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Being aware of how much traffic and conversions you receive through your website is extremely important. If you own an online store front, bringing people to your website and influencing purchases is a key component to your online success. Even more, if you are using email marketing to drive traffic to your website, it is [...]

This post is a follow up to yesterday’s Pulling for Max, My Best Friend.
First, thank you from the bottom of my heart. From Max’s, too. Below I will give you my perspectives on the day and hope that I’m speaking well for Max.
Wow! What an incredible outpouring of love. The spirit of this community really shined [...]

Submitted for your consideration during this Halloween season.
A true spooky startup legend.
A teenage boy and his girlfriend were enjoying the October moonlight shining on a pond at a park just outside of town.
The radio was playing their favorite song when it was crudely interrupted.
It was a special bulletin and an almost frantic announcer exclaimed: “State police report that [...]

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Variations of these words always seem to blurt out of people as they encounter the one-and-only, life-loving Maximus Sloan. Those of you who know Max adore him. Today, friends, he needs your support.
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Among neighbors, it’s no secret that he’s had a lump growing on his back. It’s [...]

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On Tuesday, we talked to StartupNation’s latest success, Bill Clanton. He used press releases to catapult business sales for his new business, Quick Bridge Solutions, http://www.quickbridgesolutions.com/… even during today’s tough times.
Here are some more great tips from Bill…
What publicity activities do you plan to do in the future and why?
I plan to target some [...]

Halloween fun for grown-ups. That’s this week’s theme.
Our featured invention from our friends at InventionHome this week is “Cruisin’ Casket”.  This product has an issued U.S. Utility patent, and was invented by the team of Daniel Mendez, Vicky Mendez and Daniel T. Mendez.
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Cruisin’ Casket is a car-shaped coffin that enables the car aficionado to rest [...]

I have been reading or more truthfully, listening to Seth Godin’s book All Marketer’s are Liars.  Seth Godin is the author of the best selling marketing books over the past decade.  Let me clear the air, he doesn’t actually believe that all marketer’s are liars.  The title, I think is mainly to attract attention and stir up [...]

Getting your product onto a mass retailer’s shelf is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to product success. Once the product is placed….it goes into the Survival Mode!
Have you ever looked down the aisle at your local Walgreens? What is it that you see? PRODUCTS, millions of them; this friend is the [...]

Awhile back, I mentioned the importance of surveys and how they can help you gain valuable insight into your readers’ minds. Today I am going to discuss how you can leverage surveys to get the most information from your audience.
A survey is a great tool because it allows you to hear the opinions of all [...]

Have you heard about the most recent StartupNation success?
After using the StartupNation site just like you are now, fellow entrepreneur Bill Clanton hit it big with his new business, Quick Bridge Solutions, http://www.quickbridgesolutions.com/.
Although he is currently swamped with new orders, Bill took a few minutes for a two-part interview. Here’s what he had [...]