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Wrong Turns in Social Selling

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Business is not about doing favors for other people and then calling them in like gambling chips. Social debt is not the way to sell, and it’s not the way to get referrals. Here’s what Joanne had to say: The term “social debt” makes my blood boil. People refer you because they know and trust you.

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10 Things that 3 Customer-Centric Brands Get Right

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Their Self-Exclude from Gambling feature aims to prevent people from racking up debts from gambling addictions. Customers can block gambling transactions from their account. These measures add positive friction to safeguard people with gambling addictions. The giffgaff payback scheme.

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How to Hire a CRO Agency: A Process to Get It Right

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Word-of-mouth referrals are a great first step. On top of referrals and references, you can also establish an agency’s credibility with case studies. There are enough people who misuse A/B testing for trial and error or gambling. Talk about costs, processes, testing frameworks, team structures, and client referrals.

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Key Insights from Every Speaker of Elite Camp 2016

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Redesigns aren’t always a bad idea, but redesigns without user research = gambling. Pillars : Content/SEO, Paid, Growth engineering, Referrals. Be ambitious and don’t let other people hold you back. Karl Gilis – How to Make Sure Your New Website Won’t Be a Failure? Doesn’t work). Top : life-cycle management.

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Seed Investing Today: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t with Aileen Lee and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

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We get a ton of referrals from angels, from co-investors who we want to work with, from founders, from folks that we know. Aileen Lee: Referrals. Jason Lemkin: Warm referrals, right? How are you going to sell Procter & Gamble or Google if you can’t figure out a prospect’s email?” Aileen Lee: Yep.

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Email Copywriting 101: Five Steps to Better Converting Emails

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In the mid-1990s, Proctor and Gamble (P&G) introduced a new product, one that could decimate pungent smells like cigarette smoke. Obviously, that makes them a great place to cross-promote, upsell, encourage sharing/reviews/referrals, etc.”. Mine voice-of-customer (VoC) data for email campaigns. But Febreze bombed. The problem?

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CXL Live 2018 Recap: Top 5 Lessons from Each Speaker

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So they optimized referral process. You are gambling if you use other’s best practices. Spiceworks focused on increased users, but it ate them alive. In 2016, they had a huge layoff and had to shift strategy. Dropbox: first achieved growth through virality. Friends referring friends. Building trust. . Start with the user.