Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2012

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. Increase customer loyalty and therefore customer retention.

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Gust

AUGUST 24, 2014

This also requires a huge investment to get to critical mass, and real work to differentiate and sell premium services to convert users to paying customers. This doesn’t work well with “nice to have” offerings, like social networks, but does work for new drugs and medical devices that solve critical health problems.

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Revenue Startup Retention Internet 184

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 29, 2017

Your brand lives in everyday interactions your company has with its prospects and customers, including the images you share, the messages you post on your website, the content of your marketing materials, your presentations and booths at conferences, and your posts on social networks.

Small Business 55

Small Business Channel Design United States 55

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 18, 2013

When the products you sell are also available from thousands of other vendors at the same or lower prices, how do you differentiate your business and convince customers to buy from you? Surprise is more effective than other forms of retention-based marketing. It has always been difficult to stand-out in a crowded market.

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Small Business Netherlands Retention Marketing 117

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2017

This also requires a base critical mass, and real work to differentiate and convert users to paying customers. This doesn’t work well with “nice to have” offerings, like social networks, but does work for new drugs and medical devices that solve critical health problems. Price based on product costs plus margin.

Revenue 166

Revenue Affiliate Advertising Retention 166

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 14, 2018

In a nutshell, a UVP is a clear statement explaining how you will solve your customer’s problem, the benefits included, and what differentiates your offer from the pack. This is your unique value proposition. Taking the time to nail down your UVP internally, will enable you to better explain the value to your customers.

Small Business 48

Small Business Customer Technical Review Software Review 48

ConversionXL

MARCH 24, 2016

Leading indicators can be usually be further broken down into three categories ( according to Richard Price , founder of Academia.edu): Network density: friend or following connections made in a time frame. Visit frequency: D1 retention. Say we’ve decided that our measure of success is user retention at 2 months post-signup.

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Metrics Conversion Analytics Retention 48

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Your brand lives in everyday interactions your company has with its prospects and customers, including the images you share, the messages you post on your website, the content of your marketing materials, your presentations and booths at conferences, and your posts on social networks.

Small Business 56

Small Business Equity Due Diligence Reputation 56

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2013

There are two questions that I recommend startups use to differentiate between being liked versus being loved. That said, there will always be categories of apps — such as social networks or messaging apps — that require a user''s identity in order to deliver value.

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Mobile Developer Technical Review Lean 167

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

A fortnight ago, Boris interviewed Reed Hastings on his business lessons and experience, but now I’m shaking it up with a look at a 26-year-old founder who is disrupting the mobile and social networking spaces: Kik CEO and founder Ted Livingston. Not only is the company small, but the startup’s retention rate is near zero.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Ive spoken in some detail about a specific pivot that we went through at IMVU , when we decided to abandon the instant messaging add-on concept, and switch to a standalone instant messaging network. We went through another pivot when we switched again from instant messaging to social networking. June 23, 2009 9:55 AM LKsaid.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 18, 2021

Turning employees into advocates can shorten the sales cycle, boost growth, and help your team differentiate from the crowd. . Talking about a brand on social media shouldn’t be reserved only for the C-suite. Businesses looking to expand their reach online should consider setting up an employee advocacy program. Conclusion.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2015

We use a hybrid approach of using data analytics and expert human recommendations to pick flavors, and through this approach, we’ve had great success in member retention. Right now we are one of the only social marketing companies that is good at Facebook ads. Thanks to Tri Nguyen, Zodist ! 2) Facebook Ads. That sounds generic.

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