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Build Social Media Into the Customer Experience

Startup Professionals Musings

Social media connections, if they exist, are buried elsewhere or reserved for monitoring purposes only. Social media is here, and is the preferred mode of communication by a large segment of your customers, so make it a positive differentiator for your business. Guide customers to the right social media channel.

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How to Make a Real Social Media Customer Connection

Startup Professionals Musings

Social media connections, if they exist, are buried elsewhere or reserved for monitoring purposes only. Social media is here, and is the preferred mode of communication by a large segment of your customers, so make it a positive differentiator for your business. Guide customers to the right social media channel.

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7 Strategies To Prepare For The Next Customer Change

Startup Professionals Musings

Their expectations of relationship and personalization are taxing businesses today, and their power through social media will kill those who can’t or won’t comply. They are not hesitant to engage the crowd through social media and sites like Yelp to drive you from the marketplace.

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8 Tactics For Every Entrepreneur To Manage Technology

Startup Professionals Musings

A business startup is not an academic environment, or a big company research organization. If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social media marketing and e-commerce technologies. They are attracted to people who agree, but may not be able to help.

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8 Ways To Stay Competitive In Today’s Technical World

Startup Professionals Musings

A business startup is not an academic environment, or a big company research organization. If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social media marketing and e-commerce technologies. They are attracted to people who agree, but may not be able to help.

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Welcome To The New Wave Of Opportunities And Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location. Entrepreneurs growing companies create more value and more jobs.

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7 Tips For Success With Today’s Demanding Customers

Startup Professionals Musings

Their expectations of relationship and personalization are taxing businesses today, and their power through social media will kill those who can’t or won’t comply. They are not hesitant to engage the crowd through social media and sites like Yelp to drive you from the marketplace.

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