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by builtinbuffalo 9y ago
This smells like a long play on cannabis. As it becomes further legalized across the country the demand will grow for suppliers.
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by builtinbuffalo 9y ago
You know you can buy health insurance, right? When you start a business, you will have costs. Health insurance, part of benefits, is one of them. You need to factor this into what you charge customers and clients. It shows poor business acu
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by builtinbuffalo 9y ago
He needs to show something tangible to investors and the world. He's a phone guy, so he starts here, knowing voice assistants are still a few years away from mainstream. That'll give him a customer base and some revenue, keeping i
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by builtinbuffalo 9y ago
This is because the use the technology and it works well.
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by builtinbuffalo 9y ago
We've created a patient feedback software ( http://www.repcheckup.com ) that allows doctors to automate their patient feedback by sending email and text rating/review solicitations. On average, less than 5% of all patien
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by builtinbuffalo 9y ago
There's more money in real estate. The state owns much of the real estate around campuses across the state. Give away the content, make your money back on rent and living fees. Similar to their StartUP NY program which offers income ta
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by builtinbuffalo 9y ago
Its probably some combination of paid "shout outs" from popular accounts to the new account they are attempting to build and reposted or shared content where the popular account showcases a piece of content from the new account. T
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by builtinbuffalo 10y ago
Google said so themselves late last year.
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by builtinbuffalo 10y ago
Exactly why Google is aggressively monetizing the search results by reducing the number of organic listings, in favor of AdWords, Knowledge Box, Featured Answers and direct response plays such as Google Guarantee.
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by builtinbuffalo 10y ago
Google no longer applies a demotion penalty to a site with spammy links, especially those from negative seo campaigns, but rather devalues the links. This is since the "real time" Penguin update at the end of September. You can st
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by builtinbuffalo 10y ago
I don't envy the position and having been on both sides before there's no simple answer. I wish I lived in a reality where I could actually take the time to build meaningful relationships with the press at all times, but most of t
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by builtinbuffalo 10y ago
For as long as sending 100 emails results in one or more sales. Cold email, even done poorly, will still net 1-2%. If economics work, then people do it.
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by builtinbuffalo 10y ago
So then how does one make you aware of what they're doing? Should they send you over a fax or wait for you to call them? Part of your job, whether you like it or not, is interacting with pr agents and in house marketers via phone and e
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by builtinbuffalo 10y ago
Except if you do that you won't get very far. At least with MailChimp, which does a lot of policing. You'd be luck to get a few thousand emails out before their spam filters pause your campaign.
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by builtinbuffalo 10y ago
This is true, but new competitors also haven't been around as long as Avaya. Before Asterisk and other software hit the market, there were four players - Avaya, Cisco, Mitel and Nortel. Now there are dozens of large players and hundred
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by builtinbuffalo 10y ago
You are correct. It's been a closed system in a space that was opened by OSS like Asterisk in the early 2000s. Their solutions cost 5-10x's similar ones available from competitors. Add in their late embrace of cloud and it's
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by builtinbuffalo 10y ago
You'd be surprised. There's more customer using the internet than businesses investing in it across many niches. I launched a trades business with my brothers and thanks to seo and social we've grown a real, substantial busin
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by builtinbuffalo 10y ago
I know your product and space well - you'd be better off with getting people on an email list via a content giveaway to start your marketing. You need a lot more top of funnel and long term engagement marketing to convince your prospec
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by builtinbuffalo 10y ago
This isnt as far fetched as one may think. There's a lot of talent in Montreal and great technology has been developed there. There's a lot more entrepreneurs than many assume from their daily interactions. Example: The worlds fir
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by builtinbuffalo 10y ago
Not when you factor in that this program revolves around the startups using state owned and run real estate facilities. To be eligible for the program, you must locate your company on a designated "campus." So, you get incentives.