Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 24, 2024

A renowned expert in marketing, entrepreneurship, and strategic philosophy, Seth shares his invaluable insights once again on our show. With over 30 years of experience and multiple bestselling books to his name, Seth and I dive into my favorite topic—STRATEGY. My guest today is Seth Godin, teacher, author, and entrepreneur.

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Customer Cloud Curation Columbus 80

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Are you a young, new, or aspiring entrepreneur looking to take your first steps with investing in gold and are not sure on how to interpret the daily gold price? It’s not necessary for you to analyse market research to calculate which direction markets are expected to move.

Institutional Investors 241

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2012

Outline your sales and marketing strategy (direct marketing, sales channel, viral marketing, and lead generation). Explain why the background of each team member fits, by naming roles and names of relevant companies. Who is your customer, what is the price, and how much does it cost you to build one?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Stating your company name as the first thing and throwing around superlatives like “finest quality” don’t convince much. A confused mind always says ‘no’, goes the old direct marketing adage. Great services for entrepreneurs – both easy to use. Can you find a value proposition here?

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

All of you people who haven’t seen my blog, please remember my name or that website address. I changed the name, by the way, to MTGParadise.com. His name is Kai Budde. I then went and found a university student who was interested in internet marketing. domain names to each other. In 2004 I began blogging.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

For example, in our definitive guide on how to start a successful clothing brand or clothing line , we suggest that aspiring apparel entrepreneurs choose their niche. Your company name , your company logo , and your website design should all grow from the concepts you laid out here. This last point benefits both you and your clients.

Small Business Administration 86

Small Business Administration Small Business Social Media Elevator Pitch 86

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Outline your sales and marketing strategy (direct marketing, sales channel, viral marketing, and lead generation). Explain why the background of each team member fits, by naming roles and names of relevant companies. Who is your customer, what is the price, and how much does it cost you to build one?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. So I’m packaging the best of them up for you here in a new series called The Entrepreneur’s Essentials.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

There are now a second generation of entrepreneurs and companies that have learned from their last successes and are producing great new companies like TopSpin Media , Sometrics and GumGum. My favorite Rogers line was, “musicians of the future will be entrepreneurs and not employees [of labels].”

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Outline your sales and marketing strategy (direct marketing, sales channel, viral marketing, and lead generation). Explain why the background of each team member fits, by naming roles and names of relevant companies. Tags: executive summary entrepreneur startup business plan. Executive team.

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Elevator Pitch Viral Lead Generation Business Plan 138

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Puerto Rico is a US colony but the lack of competition makes it a viable country for mainland-based entrepreneurs to penetrate. The World Bank has once placed Puerto Rico as one of the most competitive markets in Latin America with high economic growth. He is one of the most successful direct marketing experts in mainland US.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 20, 2018

All business owners, sole traders, and entrepreneurs know that it’s important to have a website, but too many pay it mere lip service and suffer as a result. Remember to follow leading names and businesses within your field and interact with their posts as well. Have an Up-to-Date Website and Blog. Meet Your Customers.

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Social Media Differentiation America Media 133

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 29, 2023

Aside from the basics, finding the right bank, and pairing it with the right bank account is a consideration many startup entrepreneurs and small business owners often overlook during the initial induction phase of their company.

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Startup Artificial Inteligence Silicon Valley Small Business 129

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2018

An online coupon site is basically an advertising platform that facilitates group buying deals via direct marketing. Established coupon sites have huge databases that hold names of their new and old subscribers from various locations. What are online coupon sites? How can businesses benefit? Conclusion.

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Up and Running

JUNE 20, 2011

Even though global IPO markets may now be showing a bit of an uptick, indicative of the trend of new company formations after the abysmal depths of 2007 to 2010, any entrepreneur who has been trying to raise capital for a new venture does not have to be told that money is tighter than ever and investors have taken risk aversion to new heights.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

By Pamela Webber, Chief Marketing Officer at 99designs. You’ve got your name, you’ve got your logo. Hopefully you’ve given some thought to your brand : what makes you different and memorable, your product/market fit and your audience. We’re all about removing obstacles for busy entrepreneurs. Don’t believe us?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Eric provides many examples of potential and real application areas that are ripe for predictive analytics, but my view is that smart entrepreneurs can extrapolate these to hundreds more, just waiting to be tapped. Here are ten examples to get your creative juices flowing: Targeted direct marketing. billion by 2018.

Analytics 257

Analytics Entrepreneur Retention Social Media 257

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

Small businesses can spend tens of thousands of dollars with direct marketing efforts that might include mailers, trade show handouts, brochures, door-hangers, coupons, product spec sheets and more. But what we don’t do is treat that little 2″x3.5″

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Lean Marketing Public Relations Small Business 112

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Why Selling Less Could Be the Key to Earning More written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with Chuck Blakeman In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Chuck Blakeman, a successful entrepreneur, business advisor, and author of Sell Less, Earn More.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 20, 2022

Toilet paper entrepreneur was kind of like your first book to get out there, to write about what you'd been doing and your experience, but then it feels like you went on a pumpkin plan, profit first clockwork now even, you know, get different. So I look for a partner early on now, and his name is Justin Wise. Like that's my piece.

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Marketing eCommerce Audio Networking 95

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

DECEMBER 16, 2010

How To Build Your Media Release Generally, your media release should include: Your business name and logo at the top. If it is more of a business to business piece, then aim it at industry publications, which is your direct market, rather than a more general audience. Your contact details near the top.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2013

Eric provides many examples of potential and real application areas that are ripe for predictive analytics, but my view is that smart entrepreneurs can extrapolate these to hundreds more, just waiting to be tapped. Here are ten examples to get your creative juices flowing: Targeted direct marketing.

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Analytics Retention Startup Social Media 246

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Eric provides many examples of potential and real application areas that are ripe for predictive analytics, but my view is that smart entrepreneurs can extrapolate these to hundreds more, just waiting to be tapped. Here are ten examples to get your creative juices flowing: Targeted direct marketing. billion by 2022.

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Analytics Retention Social Media Startup 248

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

DECEMBER 16, 2010

How To Build Your Media Release Generally, your media release should include: Your business name and logo at the top. If it is more of a business to business piece, then aim it at industry publications, which is your direct market, rather than a more general audience. Your contact details near the top.

Media 66

Media Advertising Public Relations Email 66

Small Business Force

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

It said simply in the subject line � Happy Birthday from ABC Ford (I have substituted ABC for their name to protect the guilty). Where marketing puts a good direct marketing plan together only to have the IT guy drop the ball by providing an old data base for the direct marketing. He's been there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Eric provides many examples of potential and real application areas that are ripe for predictive analytics, but my view is that smart entrepreneurs can extrapolate these to hundreds more, just waiting to be tapped. Here are ten examples to get your creative juices flowing: Targeted direct marketing. billion by 2022.

Analytics 177

Analytics Retention Social Media Campaign 177

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Eric provides many examples of potential and real application areas that are ripe for predictive analytics, but my view is that smart entrepreneurs can extrapolate these to hundreds more, just waiting to be tapped. Here are ten examples to get your creative juices flowing: Targeted direct marketing. billion by 2020.

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Analytics Retention Social Media Campaign 120

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2014

The problem is many entrepreneurs aren’t willing to take that risk. Entrepreneurs miss out on opportunities because they give up after one ‘no’ when the second or third or sixth request might have yielded a ‘yes.’. Persistence is the name of the game. The lesson? You’ll have to chase them down and wrestle them to the ground.

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Technical Cofounder Florida Cofounder Tampa 150

Small Business Force

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

It said simply in the subject line - Happy Birthday from ABC Ford (I have substituted ABC for their name to protect the guilty). Where marketing puts a good direct marketing plan together only to have the IT guy drop the ball by providing an old data base for the direct marketing. He's been there.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

“We’re trying to find entrepreneurs who are thinking of it as another stage in the company,” he said. “Entrepreneurs who sell to Google are doing it because they have a vision of what they’re trying to do,” Lawee told attendees. Nice piece and certainly one that covers what many entrepreneurs think.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

Customers went into the store either looking for the SuperMac product by name (if our demand creation activities had been effective) or went in unsure of which brand of board to buy. That meant that our boards were packaged in boxes sold to retailers and were displayed on shelves in their computer stores.

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www.chancebarnett.com

MAY 10, 2011

Testimonials- these are the tried and true workhorses of the direct marketing and copywriting world. Take care Paul [link] Simple Techniques Direct Marketers Use To Ensure Success Before Even Launching Products. I believe it came from a group called Marketing Experts. early on and prominently on your landing page.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2013

As a young commodities broker right out of college, I recall receiving a call from a client named Steve each morning. All over the country, there are entrepreneurs — or wannabe entrepreneurs — who are just like Steve. However, for many entrepreneurs, the solution to avoiding the risk of reality is to keep planning.

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Florida Cofounder Tampa Hiring 182

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 25, 2010

Then, because you collect the card, you have their contact info (their name, company, and address), so you get to follow up later. Because you can use the tradeshow's name in the subject of the email, people will probably read your email blast. Take names instead of pushing brochures. Joseph Fung , serial entrepreneur.

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