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6 Information Surges Raise Huge Startup Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

exabytes per month at the end of 2017, of which more than half was video. Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms.

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6 Technology Trends Will Spawn Countless New Ventures

Startup Professionals Musings

exabytes per month at the end of 2017, of which more than half was video. Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms.

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8 Key Ingredients to a Profitable Consulting Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on my own years of experience in this space, I would like to highlight a critical subset of his key ingredients for success, to save you from the frustrations and setbacks we both have felt: Implement real competitive differentiation. Use visibility and social media to pull clients in. Don’t forget seminars and events.

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6 Keys to Marketing Customer Experience vs Products

Startup Professionals Musings

The advent of social media and real-time interactive feedback via the Internet allows every customer to build and expect a relationship with your business, rather than just touchpoints. One metric now commonly used is called the Net Promoter® Score (NPS). So how do you measure customer loyalty and relationships? Detractors.

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5 Steps On The Success Path For Every Small Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Start with a new understanding of real customer solutions needs, their search process in finding you (referral, website , social media), and most desired payment model, like one-time payment versus subscription, or lease versus purchase. Include planned measurements and metrics. Don’t start from how you want to sell.

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8 Principles For Building A Competitive Core Business

Startup Professionals Musings

He talks in detail about ten of the key challenges that Facebook faced in their growth, to move from a tiny social media upstart to one of the most successful companies in the world. Pick a single metric that is the focus for all growth. Revenue and competitive position followed. Less is more.