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If you are an entrepreneur these days, or trying to grow an existing business, everyone is telling you that you need to use socialmedia. Socialmedia is the realm of public opinion and customer conversations. If you don’t have a clear idea of why you are there, anything you measure will be useless.
If you are an entrepreneur these days, or trying to grow an existing business, everyone is telling you that you need to use socialmedia. Jim Sterne, who has written many books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of socialmedia metrics in his book titled " SocialMedia Metrics."
If you are an entrepreneur these days, or trying to grow an existing business, everyone is telling you that you need to use socialmedia. Socialmedia is the realm of public opinion and customer conversations. If you don’t have a clear idea of why you are there, anything you measure will be useless.
If you are an entrepreneur these days, or trying to grow an existing business, everyone is telling you that you need to use socialmedia. Jim Sterne, who has written six books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of socialmedia metrics in his book titled " SocialMedia Metrics."
If you are an entrepreneur these days, or trying to grow an existing business, everyone is telling you that you need to use socialmedia. Socialmedia is the realm of public opinion and customer conversations. If you don’t have a clear idea of why you are there, anything you measure will be useless.
That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. In my experience, both are always required in heavy doses. Increasing customer focus and loyalty.
If you are an entrepreneur these days, or trying to grow an existing business, everyone is telling you that you need to use socialmedia. Socialmedia is the realm of public opinion and customer conversations. If you don’t have a clear idea of why you are there, anything you measure will be useless.
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I will highlight here just a few of the many lessons that they mention, and I also recommend, to get you started down the path to the satisfaction and success you dream about: Make sure some crazy ideas are added to your list. No idea should go unspoken. A popular and effective way to generate a range of ideas is brainstorming.
That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. In my experience, both are always required in heavy doses. Increasing customer focus and loyalty.
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I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is. 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 socialmedia groups. It takes more than passion and a course on business basics.
In my years of working with entrepreneurs, I have heard many times the promise that their new idea will create the next Amazon or Apple, but I rarely hear the more important promise that the founder will practice all the good habits of winning entrepreneurs like Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs. Make personal life goals drive the business.
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A lifestyle business assumes that you will be able to put your ideas and skills to use in implementation as the business evolves, while working directly with customers as well as your own team. This can be a key source of personal satisfaction, as well as the ultimate success factor and legacy.
With socialmedia and smart phone apps, real product information spreads at astounding speeds. Discipline is required to continually track results, return on investment, and customer satisfaction. You can’t have an agile business without effective communication, an empowered team, and a constant influx of new ideas.
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They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and socialmedia. In the idea stage, get customers involved with an engaging contest. Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you.
They know how to communicate what they have to the best advantage, and generate more results and satisfaction for all parties. In my experience as an angel investor for startups, I often heard entrepreneurs try to cover their lack of real data with passion for the idea and the potential. In business, your personal brand is key.
There are many levels of innovation that go beyond copying someone else’s idea, but stop short of pushing the leading edge (bleeding edge). And we all know Facebook didn’t invent socialmedia. Or you may decide that your dream was not really the great idea that you thought it was.
Make sure everyone accurately posts their role with your startup on socialmedia profiles, resumes, and references. Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. Communicate what is happening and why to everyone. Don’t let the due diligence process be a surprise to the team.
They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and socialmedia. In the idea stage, get customers involved with an engaging contest. Establish vehicles, like a formal customer satisfaction program, to recognize and reward staff and customers for sharing what they can do to help you.
I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is. 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 socialmedia groups. It takes more than passion and a course on business basics.
In my years of working with entrepreneurs, I have heard many times the promise that their new idea will create the next Amazon or Apple, but I rarely hear the more important promise that the founder will practice all the good habits of winning entrepreneurs like Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs. Make personal life goals drive the business.
There are many levels of innovation that go beyond copying someone else’s idea, but stop short of pushing the bleeding edge. Or you may decide that your dream was not really the great idea that you thought it was. Timing is critical, as well as a focus on marketing and customer satisfaction.
He provides dozens of ideas and examples to illustrate how this discipline can work, and the power it brings to any organization. The idea is to seek fundamental truths that will always remain true, after you remove all the things that don’t necessarily have to remain true. Your long-term survival and satisfaction depend on it.
Every entrepreneur should consciously follow these five key choices and implementation tips, to compete and survive, as well as to get the personal satisfaction they expect from the lifestyle: Act on the important, don’t react to the urgent. Rule your technology, don’t let it rule you.
With socialmedia and smart phone apps, real product information spreads at astounding speeds. Discipline is required to continually track results, return on investment, and customer satisfaction. You can’t have an agile business without effective communication, an empowered team, and a constant influx of new ideas.
Make sure everyone accurately posts their role with your startup on socialmedia profiles, resumes, and references. Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. Communicate what is happening and why to everyone. Don’t let the due diligence process be a surprise to the team.
Unfortunately, in my experience, it takes much more than an innovative idea to launch a successful business today. Over time, I have collected a list of new business attributes that go beyond the initial idea or solution, which often are more critical to long-term success and satisfaction.
For example, while socialmedia exchanges are now quick and simple, they miss all the body language and emotion that many believe constitute more than fifty percent of human relations and communication. The result is that even highly engaged workers can get results without a sense of fulfillment or satisfaction.
That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. In my experience, both are always required in heavy doses. Increasing customer focus and loyalty.
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