Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2023

To achieve success in your business despite today’s volatile global markets , you and your team must have a mindset that goes beyond the traditional strategies of repeatable processes and lower costs. Measure progress through metrics on sales, revenue, and penetration. Seek customer feedback on ways to improve value and satisfaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2010

But very few are talking about how to measure your results, and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. Jim Sterne, who has written six books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in his recent book titled " Social Media Metrics."

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Social Media Metrics Media Satisfaction 84

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Happy customers quickly become your biggest advocates, today reaching far beyond friends and family, and they make traditional marketing efforts pale in comparison for growth, loyalty, and new customer acquisition costs. Use metrics to assess needs and growth economics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Make sure that metrics and goals are set up front, and not modified as the project progresses. Delegating control means having the right information, the right tools, and the right training to make the right decisions. Doing so will increase both your personal life accountability, as well as your business satisfaction.

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Startup Training Metrics Examples 132

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

With the power of the Internet, and the impact of the recent pandemic , the world of business services, such as accounting and marketing, have gone more and more remote. The bad news is that I still find a lot of you who don’t use these tools effectively, or haven’t learned the rules for nurturing remote relationships.

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Services Technical Review Social Media Case Study 121

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. Every business and brand has unique requirements to fit into their market environment. Modern information management tools.

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Technical Review Funding Organization Coach 129

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2020

Entrepreneurs need to document a process of responding to a market need, sizing opportunity, assigning a specific business model, and planning for marketing, sales, and customer satisfaction. Formalize the use of tools and information technology. Marketing, sales, support, and service operations.

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Entrepreneur Outsource Development Startup Competition 131

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2017

But very few are talking about how to measure your results and return on investment (ROI), and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. He suggests you begin with the “big three” business objectives of higher revenue, reduced costs, and improved customer satisfaction. Get attention and reach your audience.

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Social Media Media Metrics Satisfaction 69

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2013

But very few are talking about how to measure your results, and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. Jim Sterne, who has written many books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in his book titled " Social Media Metrics."

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Social Media Media Entrepreneur Metrics 102

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

Integrate social media into your overall marketing strategy. Most businesses need a mix of offline and online marketing, promotions, loyalty programs, and community involvement. Use business metrics and tools to tune your efforts. Viral videos, personal anecdotes, and informal surveys would likely be counterproductive.

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Social Media Media Tool Startup 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2020

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. Every business and brand has unique requirements to fit into their market environment. Modern information management tools.

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Technical Review Organization Coach Invest 124

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

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. Create an integrated conventional marketing and social media strategy. Don’t forget the metrics and analytics. Marty Zwilling.

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Social Media Media Startup Tips 108

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2019

Your help in quantifying the return to the business will solidify your career, make your requests for new assistance and new tools easier, and give you the insight to perhaps start your own business. Help your owner get beyond the misleading metrics of employee overtime and salary increases. Accept and capitalize on change.

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Technical Advisors Startup Satisfaction Customer 75

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2015

Entrepreneurs need to document a process of responding to a market need, sizing opportunity, assigning a specific business model, and planning for marketing, sales, and customer satisfaction. Formalize the use of tools and information technology. Marketing, sales, support, and service operations.

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Outsource Development Startup Competition Ideas 99

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. Every business and brand has unique requirements to fit into their market environment. Modern information management tools.

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Technical Review Organization Coach Invest 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2016

Entrepreneurs need to document a process of responding to a market need, sizing opportunity, assigning a specific business model, and planning for marketing, sales, and customer satisfaction. Formalize the use of tools and information technology. Marketing, sales, support, and service operations.

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Ideas Outsource Development Startup Competition 62

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Luckily, I had always been a “hands-on” professional, and I had learned the pragmatics of people leadership, marketing, management tools, and funding. Simply defining yourself as a marketing specialist, designer, or project leader minimizes the stigma of the consultant role. Adopt a project-based revenue model with metrics.

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Social Media Software Review Customer Custom 56

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2018

Market changes happen rapidly and regularly these days, requiring a realignment of skills, processes, and approaches to keep up. Utilize technology and tools for collaboration and sharing. We have all heard how messages change, when passed up or down the line, even without any politics or personal agendas.

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Startup Organization Customer Custom 62

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

The list of tools used across the panel: Building mockups with Axure, Balsamiq, Keynote. There’s no prescribed set of tools for product managers. Instead, focus on what metric outputs, more views, more downloads? ” So what did Steve Belin of Fandango mean when he answered “Move the needle: data”?

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Product Fandango Design Startup 87

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In my experience, developers can be so committed to a technology, such as hydrogen engines for cars, such that they may be unwilling to change as the business pivots for market reasons. Setting your own metrics, and measuring yourself , will facilitate accountability. Document plans and progress, with checkpoints.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Many startups and mature businesses have not yet accepted the fact that customer satisfaction and loyalty in this “always connected” age are about more than product and service quality. But to engender loyalty, you have to be delivering a good experience and keeping satisfaction high. Marketing-driven customer acquisition.

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Customer Custom Satisfaction Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Many startups and mature businesses have not yet adapted to the fact that customer satisfaction in this “always connected” age is more than product and service quality. But to engender loyalty, you have to be delivering a good experience and keep satisfaction high. Marketing-driven customer acquisition.

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Customer Custom Satisfaction Social Media 97

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Take time to organize your work and integrate new tools. Find time to research and install the latest tools to expedite repetitive tasks. In today’s market, no solution is perfect for everyone, so achieving perfection is unrealistic and unproductive. Define clear goals and metrics for your productivity.

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