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7 Incentives For Testing Your Startup Marketing Early

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see. Evaluate customer response prior to development. Surface your prototype, get customer feedback, make corrections, and iterate until you get it right. Optimize your web history and presence.

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7 Reasons To Avoid Stealth Mode For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see. Evaluate customer response prior to development. Surface your prototype, get customer feedback, make corrections, and iterate until you get it right. Optimize your web history and presence.

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10 Keys To A Credible and Trusted Internet Web Domain

Startup Professionals Musings

Smart potential customers only visit and buy from credible and memorable websites. No name, picture, address, or business history only convinces customers that you are hiding, located in an un-trustable country, or don’t have a clue. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility.

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5 Entrepreneur Exasperations To Moderate Your Passion

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, experiences and failures are the best teachers, but I find that learning from other people’s experiences is a much faster and less painful approach. You continually get frustrated with your team members, customers, vendors, and partners. It’s very frustrating. All the constituents have their own agenda.

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Should Our Schools Teach Latin or HTML?

Eric Greenspan

I didn’t take a single course on computer programming in school. I now make a living knowing WordPress, CSS, HTML and of course search engine optimization (SEO) and marketing. Creator of mind blowing customer experiences. I’ve learned much about French history as a result. Ferocious entrepreneur.

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10 Ways To Highlight The Credibility Of Your Website

Startup Professionals Musings

No name, picture, address, or business history only convinces customers that you are hiding, located in an un-trustable country, or don’t have a clue. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility. Follow-up for customer satisfaction. Put yourself on the site.

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8 Ways Blogging Can Supercharge Your Business Website

Startup Professionals Musings

Equally important, if someone does find your site, your content must stand out above all similar sites, to keep visitors engaged, close a sale, and get customers to return. Market your ideas and expertise early for customer feedback. Every business person should count on at least a couple of course corrections before they get it right.