Up and Running

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It’s clear that understanding the financial health of your company will help you make more informed decisions, and that includes differentiating between working capital and cash flow. . Whether you’re a small business or a Fortune 500, good accounting must always be a priority.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

7:30] Would you say self-publishing is seen as a differentiator for businesses? [11:42] And then our greatest feature right now, and our biggest differentiator on what's making the biggest waves is that you can now connect it to your own website and sell it directly and keep all the properties.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

John (04:23): Yeah, we had a 2000 page site that we did just that to 1400 pages and immediately lifted their results. These sorts of things are still applicable, but now with the advent of ai, we need to find ways to differentiate your website to make it seem like it's handcrafted, it's fact checked, it is authoritative and trustworthy.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Jeff Bezos’s private space technology company Blue Origin was founded back in 2000. Your brand is how you differentiate, build awareness , and sear your solution into customers’ minds so they think of you when that time comes. A few successful brands differentiate themselves with a brand moat. In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 23, 2023

2- Personal inspiration Photo Credit: Terina Nicole I launched my business 23 years ago in the year 2000. We were keen on differentiating ourselves by highlighting our unique branding-e-commerce approach towards marketing. We wanted to say no to Tingo! Thanks to Parry Bedi, Tingono ! #2- So they were calling me a Gypsy. #3-

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ConversionXL

APRIL 27, 2019

In a nutshell, a value proposition is a clear statement that: Explains how your product solves customers’ problems or improves their situation (relevance); Delivers specific benefits (value); Tells the ideal customer why they should buy from you and not the competition (differentiation). That prediction has held up.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

They see it as a source of differentiation for them as a company because their less financed competitors can’t afford it (and often their careers are wrapped up in the multi-millions of dollars they’ve spent implementing it). In 1999-2000 they weren’t doing enterprise-wide installations at Merrill Lynch, Dell and Cisco.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them. Of course, you could always work backwards to find the source(s) of the problem too… Do You Understand Why Your Customers are Leaving? image source. image source.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them. Of course, you could always work backwards to find the source(s) of the problem too… Do You Understand Why Your Customers are Leaving? image source. image source.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Over 13 years ago, in March of 2000, I wrote a blog post titled “ The Most Powerful Internet Metric of All. ” This is the art of conversion: improve your site’s conversion and you simultaneously increase operating leverage AND increase competitive differentiation – a truly powerful combination. Basic conversion is easy to understand.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2022

And the people that understand that will be able to use that as a differentiator in their business. Or you have two of those and now there's 2000 people and everyone's sending a chat. So you can actually make transparency and access to content your differentiator. I think it's already here. John Jantsch (14:50): Yeah.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

These two trends had a major impact on the computing industry from 2000-2005 but the effects weren’t yet felt by the VC industry. The Emergence of “Open Cloud&# Infrastructure. The biggest change in the software industry beyond open-source was “open cloud.&#.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a 2000 study found 68% of customers stop doing business with a company due to feeling like the company was indifferent towards them. Of course, you could always work backwards to find the source(s) of the problem too… Do You Understand Why Your Customers are Leaving? image source. image source.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 4, 2017

The content on your site needs to be unique to differentiate it from your competitors. The launching of the site took happened in the year 2000, and since then, it continues to leave a mark in the people’s lives. Your site also needs to support diverse languages to generate more players.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

We believe this isn’t just a market statement — it is where we will drive huge and differentiated returns. Dating back to Upfront II in 2000 (the single best performing fund in the US for that vintage) 2 of our 3 best returns were driven by companies with female founders / CEOs.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 13, 2022

The Profit First Professional organization is designed to support accountants, bookkeepers, and other financial professionals to substantially differentiate themselves in the market. And we've now over a thousand student, over 2000 students, I've gone through that program. Mike is also the founder of Profit First Professionals.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Like I had back in my real estate days, cuz I used to do a ton of now we're talking about the stone ages, you know, the early 2000, but I did a lot of postcard mailouts and radio advertising and print advertising and so on and all. So there, there would be one thing that would differentiate to, John Jantsch (13:34): So.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 2000, Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr founded StubHub , a secondary ticket exchange marketplace. In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007.

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alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

2000-2001 , Tullis et al., Letter differentiation and rate of comprehension in reading. Publications (in German) were: Wendt, Dirk (1970): Zur Lesbarkeit von Druckschriften (On the legibility of print), Umschau in Wissenschaft und Technik 70 (13), p 417-418, and in more detail: Wendt, Dirk (2000): Lesbarkeit von Druckschriften.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. Founded in 2000 in New Brunswick, NJ. We spent the first 45 minutes or so talking about industry trends (in this order): The history and background of True Ventures, one of my favorite early-stage VC’s (and the one with whom Om is a venture partner). 406 Ventures.

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

percent in 2000 to 19.6 Set yourself apart: Establish expertise credentials in certain areas of service to differentiate your business from your competition. From 2010 through 2015, the industry saw a moderate but steady four percent growth. This growth is due, in large part, to an aging U.S. population. percent by 2030.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I think many entrepreneurs under-estimate the benefit that capital early helps in being able to produce product and differentiate yourself in a nascent marketplace. As anyone raising money in April 2000, September 2001 or September 2008 can tell you that. Again, this is highly individualized so no generic advice can be offered.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Recent episode, The power of just one big marketing idea and How to get it really brings home this idea that instead of chasing the idea of the week, really lock in on one big idea to differentiate your business that can make all the difference in the world. Listen to Content Is Profit wherever you get your podcasts. (00:55):

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 19, 2023

If you do the math 2000 hours in a year, that's a hundred dollars an hour. Here's another way to think about it. Let's take a business owner making, let's just say $200,000 a year. So a successful business owner, right? You know, what is their hourly rate? John Jantsch (06:32): Right? And you have incredible talent throughout the globe.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 24, 2024

It is not differentiation. If you show up when a system is in flux and embrace what the system is about to become, it's like being a surfer who gets a perfect wave, that learning to use the systems when they're shifting to help the system get what it's wanted all along, that two hours of work will pay off in 2000 hours of benefit.

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ConversionXL

MAY 16, 2018

Popularized in the mid-late 2000’s by the rise of DIY website testing tools like Optimizely, Monetate, and Adobe Target, A/B Testing turned a previously painful and statistically rigorous mathematical process into a comparatively easy method of improving conversion rates. Which do you feel would be easier to test and why? A/B Testing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Recent episode, The power of just one big marketing idea and How to get it really brings home this idea that instead of chasing the idea of the week, really lock in on one big idea to differentiate your business that can make all the difference in the world. Listen to Content Is Profit, wherever you get your podcasts. (00:55):

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2017

Sometimes called “Gen Y”, millennials are the much sought after generation born between 1980 and 2000. BrandZ identified 10 characteristics of disruptive, original brands : How does your company differentiate from the competition? Millennials. percent global share of that market in 2016.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2016

Clients responded to our fresh approach and it continues to be one of our differentiators today. He joined the New York City-based company in 2000 as its first salesperson and quickly rose to Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Like George Costanza, we proceeded to “do the opposite,” and it worked in our favor.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 3, 2016

Another reason was because when I started my business it was 2000, and people used the phone more, I wanted something short and sweet I could say while answering the phone all day. I built and grew a business with the key differentiator being speed. This builds momentum and reduces the cost of the professional services.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 9, 2010

But I was more surprised by Tony’s personal sacrifices early in Zappo’s history (2000). The business concepts in the book aren’t unique, but the stories are relevant and contain many important lessons for startups, small businesses and even large companies who are focused on differentiating their products and services.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2019

And then in the middle 2000’s Domino’s began a sharp decline. What would you say to leaders who are reluctant to commit to digital transformation — for instance, that are trying to differentiate themselves from Amazon and other digital giants and maintain their own brand? should all retail companies become like Amazon).

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

The Differentiators The areas that kill the most time when consuming open source software are: Installation process Documentation Support Usability I’m sure we can all point out a handful of open source projects that have decent documentation and decent usability. 299/user for Vault vs. $0/user for Subversion?

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2011

Their differentiated technologies, well-respected brands and strong customer relationships are an excellent fit with Newport’s strategic agenda. &# – Newport president and CEO Robert J. Lightech co-founder Zvi Schreiber also founded Unicorn Solutions, which was acquired by IBM Corporation (Nasdaq: IBM) for $10 million in 2000.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 9, 2020

And these are indeed strange times, especially if you haven’t lived through 2000-2002 and 2007-2008 recessions and difficulty in finding money from banks and investors. It doesn’t differentiate facile, efficient businesses from slow, disorganized, quality-challenged ones. The simple economic truth. Here is a simple economic truth.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 29, 2020

We got our start with process automation in the 2000’s, and we never stopped looking for ways to help our clients get to their business outcomes faster. In the 2000’s, a new wave of software tried to solve business process automation. What work have we eliminated that would represent differentiation from competition?

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