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TikTok Hopes Startups Can Breathe Life Into Its Shopping Struggles

Tech.Co

TikTok is struggling to make a dent in the world of US and European ecommerce , and has now enlisted the help of a number of startups to try and reverse that trend and bring the Live Shopping craze sweeping Asia to other markets. By some metrics, certainly not. Should Tech Giants Stop Trying to Make Social Commerce Happen?

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8 Ways To Ensure Customer Interactions Are Memorable

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, I commonly see metrics to keep track of revenue per employee, overtime, and absenteeism, but I don’t often see measures of overall customer satisfaction with individual employees. Incentives should be a combination of metrics and recognition to highlight results. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 06/09/2021.

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7 Keys To Sustainably Enriching Your Customers’ Lives

Startup Professionals Musings

A winning linked focus example is to choose a higher purpose common to all cultures, such as protecting the environment, or helping the underprivileged. Your goal must be to make every aspect of a customer interaction a joy to both you and them, starting from the shopping experience, to the sales close, to delivery and service.

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7 Short-Term Business Mistakes Can Limit Your Impact

Startup Professionals Musings

Obsessive sales – must meet revenue goals. Hypermetricemia – metrics for everything. My advice is to focus on a handful of high-level metrics that matter , and are simple and relevant to organizational objectives. Narcissus complex – look inward to see what helps. Make sure your vision is clear and communicated.

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7 Ways To Highlight Your Personal Value To Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Unfortunately, most of us don’t have enough resources to bootstrap our own startups, so we are completely dependent on investors to help turn great ideas into great businesses. Emphasize your real ambition to change the world, through helping the underprivileged, improving healthcare, or saving the environment.

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6 Tips For A Marketing Focus To Match Your Solution

Startup Professionals Musings

If marketing is not your thing, then you need to find a partner or outside expert to help you. You won’t need the multiple follow-ups and time to close new sales. Build a marketing plan with deliverables and metrics. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/27/2021.

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6 Ways To Improve Your Odds Of New Business Success

Startup Professionals Musings

No matter how passionately you believe that everyone needs one, and positive feedback from friends and early adopters (false positives), before you invest in scaling the business, make sure you set and meet good metrics in cost of customer acquisition, recurring sales, and margin. Needed help can be your biggest burden.