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Marketing

To Find Your Ideal Client Begin With a Study of Yourself

Looking at your business and industry with fresh eyes is the best start to looking for new customers.

Thought Leaders

Why Market Research Matters

A data specialist offers insights for startups.

Business News

10 Questions to Ask When Collecting Customer Data

What business owners need to know about gathering, using and protecting customer information.

Marketing

The Most Important Piece of a Marketing Plan Is Your Targeted Customer

Knowing and anticipating the wants and needs of your customers shapes all the other elements of your plan.

Growing a Business

7 Key Steps to a Growth Strategy That Works Immediately

If you don't have a tangible plan, you're actually losing business -- or you're increasing the chance of losing business to competitors.

Starting a Business

7 Steps to Defining Your Niche Market

Aiming for the right customers? Use this seven-step process to develop a profitable niche.

Starting a Business

Have a Business Idea? 6 Ways to Research Your Industry.

When deciding to launch a business, it's important not only to talk to potential customers, but to gather all of the industry data you can. Here's how to do it.

Growing a Business

How Entrepreneurs Can Benefit From Frugal Experiments

Startups can snatch success from the jaws of failure by doing research on a shoestring.

Fundraising

5 Steps to Building an Ambitious, Yet Credible Sales Forecast

Satisfy potential investors by setting up a research method to estimate how many customers will be lured to make a purchase of your new product.

Marketing

Take This Systematic Approach to Identify Your Ideal Customer

The easiest way to make your marketing campaign brilliant is to first recognize the sort of person who needs your product.

Starting a Business

4 Questions You Must Think Critically About Before Starting a Business

Don't fly blind and rapidly spend your hard-earned cash on an idea that may never work out.

Growing a Business

Shake Things Up and Keep Business Stagnation at Bay

Stave off a business slump. Steer clear of a rut by seeking new inspiration with these four approaches.

Social Media

Facebook Makes Elusive Vow to Rethink User Experimentation

The social network will give its researchers 'clearer guidelines' for future experimentations -- but just what these guidelines are is anyone's guess.

Growing a Business

3 Hard Choices That Can Boost Your Odds of Startup Success

When juggling all the risks, some entrepreneurs manage to come up winners. But it's not an easy game.

Social Media

Prepare for That Big Meeting by Studying the Hints Your Prospect Leaves Online

It is nearly rude not to examine all the social-media clues we glean about people with whom a good relationship is important.