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TikTok Hopes Startups Can Breathe Life Into Its Shopping Struggles

Tech.Co

Live Shopping is an integral part of the “social commerce” phenomenon – a general term for ecommerce experiences within which customers don’t even have to leave social media platforms to buy items – but other tech companies like Meta, as well as TikTok, have struggled with it in the US and Europe so far.

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7 Modern Day Business Strategies For Long-Term Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

You may feel good when that first burst of customers arrives, but don’t assume that “ word of mouth ” and those early adopters will grow your business to match your dreams of success. In these days of global competition via multiple channels, you need continuous marketing to find more customers. They won’t find you.

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6 Success Mistakes Often Made By Serial Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Unfortunately, in this new age of rapid market change and harder-to-satisfy customers, you can’t assume that what worked yesterday will work tomorrow. New technologies and the power of the Internet can change things almost overnight, so do your homework from scratch on every initiative. Believing you have a magic approach to growth.

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8 New Business Keys To Success For Real Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

They helped create over 5 million new businesses in 2022, a forty percent increase over the previous year. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology.

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6 Marketing Accelerators For Boosting Business Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

Great marketing is required to generate revenue and grow every business, especially new businesses which have no brand recognition nor loyal customer base. Yet, as a business consultant, I still find many of you business leaders relying primarily on your technology, word-of-mouth , or location to attract necessary customers.

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6 Sources Of Purpose To Drive Business Success Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Today more than ever, the evidence is clear that business people need to find and communicate a purpose that goes beyond making a profit, in order to ensure customer engagement, as well as your own, and drive results in the marketplace. As you grow, so will your team and customers. Driven to reduce personal hardship and suffering.

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6 Keys To Thriving In This New Era Of Remote Services

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet the value of real relationships, as with consumer customers, has become critical to your business services growth and success. In my experience, the good news is that everyone is becoming more and more comfortable with relationships via the new media and technology. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 3/4/2022.

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