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Seven Reasons Why Customer Reference Programs Fail

YoungUpstarts

by Bill Lee, author of “ The Hidden Wealth of Customers: Realizing the Untapped Value of Your Most Important Asset “ Harnessing the power of references and referrals seems like an obvious win. There are certain predictable mistakes companies make that can derail customer reference programs before they ever get off the ground.

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Refer a friend? Affiliate tracking? Is your integration limited to login and “like” buttons or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? Any other kind of viral outreach? See Branchout an Example of Viral Spread Opportunity for Startups. Cloudsponge for email invites to large group? Commenting? Moderation?

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Refer a friend? Affiliate tracking? Is your integration limited to login and “like” buttons or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? Any other kind of viral outreach? See Branchout an Example of Viral Spread Opportunity for Startups. Cloudsponge for email invites to large group? Commenting? Moderation?

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How to Add Affiliate Marketing to Your Content

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Add Affiliate Marketing to Your Content written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Matt McWilliams, “The Affiliate Guy” and the President of Matt McWilliams Consulting. When you should start affiliate marketing.

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Ninja Affiliate Plugin Review – Affiliate Marketing For Blogs Made Easy

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

More importantly, you can make this change today and take advantage of something that all bloggers who use WordPress to sell affiliate products, should use. It’s called Ninja Affiliate Plugin by Max Blog Press. In theory the link should be safer from other people stealing my affiliate credit for referrals.

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10 Key Business Plan Elements Not In A Product Spec

Startup Professionals Musings

Set specific targets on the sales channels and marketing initiatives you need, including the use of social media, brand building, franchising, trade shows, affiliates, and distributors. The best way to do this is to reference actual data from a recent similar startup success. Budget time and dollars for each.

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Paranoid Companies Miss the Best New Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

If your "competitor" isn't really competing with your direct market, you can refer business to each other without anyone losing customers. Affiliate marketing might actually be one of the more effective (and easier) ways to partner with someone else in the industry. Cross endorsement.