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Business News

As Ad Business Struggles, Investors Question Snapchat's $16 Billion Valuation

The free mobile app is having trouble courting advertisers, and investors are nervous.

Growing a Business

Don't Believe Your Own Hype. Instead, Watch for These 7 Indicators of Traction.

You should be looking for evidence of your business's success, rather than being stuck in your own head.

Leadership

Commit to Employee Well-Being and Your Team Will Grow the Company

The pressure on CEOs to meet short-term goals becomes self defeating when employees are treated as just another cost in the equation.

Data & Recovery

How to Clean Up Customer Data and Revive Your Company

A three-hour database training session could transform your marketing team and boost your bottom line.

Growing a Business

3 Ways to Develop a Business Success Barometer

You can't manage what you don't measure. Have goals, but also implement ways to track your progress.

Business Plans

The Only Report You Need to Run a Successful Business

And the best part? It won't cost you anything extra and it'll be available in a Flash.

Growing a Business

The Case Against A/B Testing at Early-Stage Startups

A/B tests have become so ubiquitous that founders who don't frequently employ them have been subtly made to feel bad about themselves for having such a weak data-driven culture.

Marketing

Make a Monthly Content-Marketing Check-In a Must-Do

Without a regular review, you won't be able to take a strategic approach to your efforts, and if you don't understand where you're at, you can't create a clear path for where you're going.

Growing a Business

Does Your Assessment of Your Business's Value Match Up With Reality?

Having a gap between your self-assessment and the actual market value is a common trap in business because it's hard to see the picture when you're trapped inside the frame.

Growing a Business

The Complete Guide to Building a Metrics-Driven Company

Good metrics can help you motivate your team, stay focused on key objectives, create realistic forecasts, impress investors and become acquirable by larger companies.

Marketing

Measure the Success of a Marketing Campaign Through the Product and the Brand

Without a goal and measurement system in place at the beginning, you can't possibly ascertain success.

Marketing

The Secret to Maximizing Your Marketing Dollars for Fun and Profit

Don't act like the big companies. You can be doing a lot more in marketing, for a lot less money.

Growing a Business

Use the Metrics That Really Matter in Your Business

Numbers are vitally important to knowing how well you're doing, but only if they're pertinent to your goals.

Data & Recovery

Why Your Startup Needs to Be Data Mature From the Beginning

Data-driven decision making is fundamentally important. Startups make a mistake thinking it is a capacity they can wait to develop.

Growing a Business

4 Metrics Enterprise Software Companies Should Be Tracking, But Aren't

You'd be surprised what you'll learn from determining, for instance, average revenue per end-user.