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8 Key Focus Elements Will Attract Startup Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

No organization can manage more than 3 to 5 goals and priorities without becoming unfocused and ineffective. For a startup, it’s impossible to run an effective Facebook, Twitter, content marketing, and Google AdWords online campaign all at the same time. Limited goals and priorities.

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Entrepreneurs Need To Keep Their Business Focused

Startup Professionals Musings

No organization can manage more than 3 to 5 goals and priorities without becoming unfocused and ineffective. For a startup, it’s impossible to run an effective Facebook, Twitter, content marketing, and Google AdWords online campaign all at the same time. Limited goals and priorities.

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Protect Your Parents from Avis Budget: Direct Marketing Scumbags

Both Sides of the Table

Trilegiant Corporation , (who is owned by Avis Budget Group (yes, that Avis & Budget), in turn owned by the private equity group Apollo Management ) does business as PrivacyGuard and has engaged in the most unethical of business practices I have come across in years. But I’m also sending this to a couple of class-action lawyers.

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13 Of The Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make (That May Not Seem Like Mistakes At All)

YoungUpstarts

Tom Panaggio, author of “ The Risk Advantage: Embracing the Entrepreneur’s Unexpected Edge “, has enjoyed a 30-year entrepreneurial career as cofounder of two successful direct marketing companies. In 1983 he cofounded Direct Mail Express (DME) in Daytona Beach, Florida, with his siblings Mike and Kathy.

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Always Right: Five Risks You Must Take With Your Customers

YoungUpstarts

You’d be much better served to use what you know about your customers to create highly targeted and personalized direct marketing campaigns. In 1983 he cofounded Direct Mail Express (DME) in Daytona Beach, Florida, with his siblings Mike and Kathy.

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Entrepreneurs Need To Keep Their Business Focused

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No organization can manage more than 3 to 5 goals and priorities without becoming unfocused and ineffective. For a startup, it’s impossible to run an effective Facebook, Twitter, content marketing, and Google AdWords online campaign all at the same time. Limited goals and priorities.

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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

YoungUpstarts

CRM became more sophisticated, resulting in detailed monthly statements and targeted direct marketing. Social media is seen as something new that can be bolted onto existing CRM and loyalty management platforms. Smart phones make it easy for customers to manage dozens of these accounts. The “Horseless Carriage Syndrome”.