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North Star goals for category leaders: Customer lifetime value model

Martech

Sales and marketing professionals understand the continual pressure to reach and convert new customers to a product or service and how easier it is to keep a happy customer than win new ones. For instance, a car manufacturer and a quick service restaurant will have different time frequencies that make sense.

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Should Your Business Invest in Technology Now?

Salesforce

They have a different view of normal and how to use your products and services,” said Guive Balooch, global VP of L’Oreal’s technology incubator. We don’t want to over-engineer something that ultimately provides no value,” said Ann Yauger, AVP of product management. “We

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Going International? Tips for Global Ecommerce Expansion

Salesforce

While it’s tempting to go full steam ahead to capture your global potential, it’s important to be strategic. In my experience, it’s most effective to first target a small number of strategic, high-potential growth countries. Fill in remaining markets with a verified third-party international fulfillment service.

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SEO vs. PPC: Differences, pros, cons & an integrated approach

Search Engine Land

Credibility and trust Having your site return in the organic results can influence your perceived credibility with an audience looking for your services. Strategic advantage Visibility in organic search is not quick or easy – which is a good and a bad thing. Want to test a new product? Agile Speed provides agility.

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How to Build a Beloved Product Without Email Marketing

ConversionXL

have built products they think people want before they test that assumption. Unlike a traditional minimum viable product (MVP), painted doors are mock features that allow us to see if users engage with them before we invest to build it. Many companies (my own included!) Here are two ways that we did just that.

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Acquire New Users by Adding Growth Hacking to your Marketing Strategy

ConversionXL

Cross-functional strategic thinking: Being able to come up with new ideas, understand the customer journey, identify opportunities, and work effectively with other stakeholders. Activate customers quickly by helping them get the most value from your product or service. Slack started with a minimum viable product.

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It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem

ConversionXL

Not because they have a conversion problem but because they never really nail the product or how to market it. A corporation like Starbucks could pick locations by throwing a dart at a map and know they’ll at least break even with a new location and mediocre customer service. Most startups fail. But is this really step one?