5 Tips for Getting a Yes and Closing More Sales
An entrepreneur needs to have a well-rounded understanding and knowledge of all components involved in running a business,…
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6 Tips for E-Commerce Entrepreneurs Who (Eventually) Want to Cash Out
Almost three years after starting my journey into e-commerce, I was sitting at my kitchen table with two…
3 Steps to B2B Success That Will Transform Your Business
It’s no secret that some of the largest success stories in the mobile age have been consumer-driven companies…
Manage Cash Flow with These Essential Money Saving Tips
Cash flow is the lifeblood of all businesses. When starting out, you need enough cash to sustain operations…
The New Rules of Closing: 6 Steps to Securing Customer Sales [Book Excerpt]
There reason so many startups fail has nothing to do with the quality or marketability of their idea.…
Customer Journey Mapping: How to Understand Each Stage of Your Customer’s Experience
StartupNation has partnered with “The Art of Opportunity” to provide an exclusive content series for our readers. Today…
6 Simple Ways to Find Your Target Consumers Online
You’ve taken the first big step and started a business. You know that a website and a social…
Holiday Season: 7 Ways to Knock Your Customers’ Socks Off
While you should be working to dazzle your customers year round, the holiday season represents a significant opportunity for…
How to Know When it’s Time for Change
On June 7, 2016, we celebrated our 25th year in business. It is hard to believe how fast time…
4 Traps To Avoid When Selling Your Company
Business owners have been known to refer to due diligence as “the entrepreneur’s proctology exam.” It’s a crude…
10 Questions to Build a Strong Brand Identity
No matter how good your products or services are, you’ll still need to build a strong brand identity…
Lead Generation Growth Hacking Tactics for Startups
For bootstrapping startups, developing and implementing the right selling tactics can mean the difference between long-term success and…
The Anatomy of a Perfect E-Commerce Store [Infographic]
Oftentimes, entrepreneurs fail to realize how tough running an e-commerce store can be. Granted, it may be possible to…
How to Live a Life of Purpose
The purpose of life is living a life of purpose. The power of this particular mantra came to…
Customers are forever… not just for Christmas
Many brands and retailers will be facing Christmas with a mixture of excitement and fear: excitement for all…
Read up, and start getting referrals
Among the many “experts” out there touting “the way” to success, there are a lot of fly-by-nights, lightweights and hucksters.…
Target is re-branding to “Real MOMS”…..Bye-Bye Bullseye!
Is that bull’s-eye logo going bye-bye to survive the Wal-Mart effect? What does Wal-Mart know that may save…
Sales continued: Listening to your customers
In his book, Succeed and Grow Rich through Persuasion, Napoleon Hill listed eleven traits that the successful salesperson…
The Four Ps of Marketing: Product
Last week, I gave advice about how to use Sign-up forms for event planning and management. Your Sign-up…
Know your ”most valuable purchasers”!
A recent Nielsen/Netratings study indicates that a approximately 18% of online buyers account for almost a whopping half…