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6 Tips For Entrepreneurs To Lock In On The Right Road

Startup Professionals Musings

There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups. Entrepreneurs should be monitoring online curator platforms and blogs. They do need the first few steps, and where to find the next steps.

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10 Tips For Rising Above The Crowd In Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are some tips from a classic book by Harvey Mackay, “ Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door ,” which work even better in a startup than they do in a bigger company: Make yourself indispensable. Not just degrees, but loading up on books, business journals, and blogs that your top executive favors. Pay attention to your image.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Both Sides of the Table

Tim encouraged us to set up a blog and start talking openly about what we were doing as a company and inviting comments. But I had been reading Munjal Shah’s blog about his experiences at Riya (later renamed Like.com) and this openess had an appeal to me. This was 2006 and we were now working on our second company.

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5 Tips For Startups To Win With Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

Many soon find that what you do in a personal context doesn’t necessarily translate to your business, and measuring business value is quite different from measuring personal satisfaction. Add a blog to give yourself a voice, show your expertise, but skip the sales pitch. Identify your target customer and create customer profiles.

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10 Ways To Get Tagged As High-Potential In A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are some tips from a classic book by Harvey Mackay, “ Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door ,” which work even better in a startup than they do in a bigger company: Make yourself indispensable. Not just degrees, but loading up on books, business journals, and blogs that your top executive favors. Pay attention to your image.

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You Need Customer Loyalty, Not Just Satisfaction

Startup Professionals Musings

You hear a lot of talk these days about the importance of customer satisfaction, but customer loyalty is the real win. From my own research, here is a collection of seven top tips on how to build and maintain real customer loyalty: Communicate more personally more often. Not too long ago, everybody thought customer loyalty was dead.

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10 Keys To A Credible and Trusted Internet Web Domain

Startup Professionals Musings

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Follow-up for customer satisfaction. Use the tips outlined above during the first three months to get in the game, and count on much more time and money if you intend to stand above the rest.

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