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The purpose of a startup is very simple. Build, be bought, or fail

Posted by gregmeyer on Saturday September 15, 2012 @12:43PM
from the gregmeyer.wordpress.com dept.

http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/the-circle-of-startup-life/

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Customers ask for more choice than they want - true or false?

Posted by gregmeyer on Monday September 10, 2012 @12:00PM
from the gregmeyer.wordpress.com dept.

http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/customers-ask-for-choice-and-dont-always-want-it/

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What can you do with $5? Fight Diabetes.

Posted by gregmeyer on Saturday April 21, 2012 @11:46AM
from the gregmeyer.wordpress.com dept.

http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/what-can-you-do-with-5-bucks/

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What's it like to work at a standing desk?

Posted by gregmeyer on Wednesday April 11, 2012 @12:33AM
from the gregmeyer.wordpress.com dept.

http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/whats-it-like-to-work-at-a-standing-desk/

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Developers and Business People Need To Talk More

Posted by gregmeyer on Saturday March 03, 2012 @03:25PM
from the gregmeyer.wordpress.com dept.

http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/your-business-people-and-developers-need-to-talk-agile-marketing-principle-6/

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Have you found a job through social media?

Posted by gregmeyer on Thursday March 01, 2012 @11:07AM
from the blogs.hbr.org dept.

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/03/smart_social_media_helps_jobs.html

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Did Pinterest just solve a really important UX problem? (Really)

Posted by gregmeyer on Sunday February 19, 2012 @01:05PM
from the gregmeyer.wordpress.com dept.

http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/pinterest-is-brilliant-because-it-solves-the-tagging-problem-and-makes-it-mainstream/

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Productivity tip: can you measure your work 4 times a day?

Posted by gregmeyer on Sunday February 12, 2012 @02:13PM
from the gregmeyer.wordpress.com dept.

http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/can-you-measure-what-you-do-4-times-a-day/

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Are you minding your ABCs? Always Build Content to share your story

Posted by gregmeyer on Wednesday January 25, 2012 @11:42AM
from the gregmeyer.wordpress.com dept.

http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/always-build-content/

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Re:3 Things We Can All Do To Make Our Emails Better on Monday December 26, 2011 @10:23PM (#3394688)

Great ideas - thanks!

3 Things We Can All Do To Make Our Emails Better

Posted by gregmeyer on Monday December 26, 2011 @02:40PM
from the gregmeyer.wordpress.com dept.

http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/3-things-we-can-all-do-to-make-our-emails-better/

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Please support a cool Kickstarter idea to help you learn music theory on an iPad

Posted by gregmeyer on Friday December 09, 2011 @02:54PM
from the kickstarter.com dept.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/troyapeterson/harmonium-grammatika-music-teaching-toy-for-ipad

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Code changing constantly? Help your customers by focusing on the same problem

Posted by gregmeyer on Friday December 09, 2011 @01:30AM
from the gregmeyer.wordpress.com dept.

http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/keep-solving-the-same-problem-agile-marketing-principle-3/

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What's the best way to reach Millenial Customers? [infographic]

Posted by gregmeyer on Thursday December 01, 2011 @01:39PM
from the webassets.assistly.com dept.

http://webassets.assistly.com/new/infographics/millenial-customers.html

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Re:Expect (and accept) the oh s%$^t moment - an agile marketing manifesto on Saturday November 05, 2011 @03:28PM (#3200660)

Thanks - it started as a defensive measure ;) and then I realized it had good applicability beyond just the immediate project

Expect (and accept) the oh s%$^t moment - an agile marketing manifesto

Posted by gregmeyer on Saturday November 05, 2011 @01:38PM
from the gregmeyer.wordpress.com dept.

http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/the-product-you-deliver-will-change-agile-marketing-principle-2/

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Is it possible to build an Agile Marketing Program? A Manifesto

Posted by gregmeyer on Saturday October 15, 2011 @11:03PM
from the gregmeyer.wordpress.com dept.

http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/ready-fire-aim-a-manifesto-for-agile-marketing/

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Looking for perspective? Visit a Big Volcano

Posted by gregmeyer on Tuesday October 11, 2011 @02:09PM
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http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/looking-for-perspective-visit-a-big-volcano/

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Will we learn anything from Hurricane Irene?

Posted by gregmeyer on Saturday August 27, 2011 @08:10PM
from the gregmeyer.wordpress.com dept.

http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/how-to-prepare-for-a-customer-service-hurricane/

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Does it make sense to force customers to contact you using only email?

Posted by gregmeyer on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @12:10PM
from the assistly.com dept.

http://www.assistly.com/blog/customer-service-experience-trends

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Was airport steak delivery to Shankman great service or a marketing gimmick?

Posted by gregmeyer on Thursday August 18, 2011 @11:54PM
from the quora.com dept.

http://www.quora.com/Have-you-seen-the-Peter-Shankman-story-about-Mortons-Do-you-think-this-is-really-the-greatest-customer-service-story-ever-told-or-just-a-one-off-marketing-ploy

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Is Saying Thank You the Key to Customer Success?

Posted by gregmeyer on Thursday August 18, 2011 @11:53PM
from the gregmeyer.wordpress.com dept.

http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/say-thank-you-its-the-best-advice-ive-received/

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Vacation is for catching soap bubbles

Posted by gregmeyer on Tuesday August 09, 2011 @08:15AM
from the gregmeyer.wordpress.com dept.

http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/vacation-is-for-catching-soap-bubbles/

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Re:I found a job through Quora (I thought I was just answering a quest... on Wednesday August 03, 2011 @11:33AM (#2841523)

Peroni, RyanB -

Thanks - would be interesting to know how many people have gotten jobs through Quora. This experience has been great!

-g

I found a job through Quora (I thought I was just answering a question)

Posted by gregmeyer on Wednesday August 03, 2011 @10:43AM
from the assistly.com dept.

http://www.assistly.com/blog/greg-meyer-assistly/

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What are your best suggestions for someone starting a new job?

Posted by gregmeyer on Sunday July 31, 2011 @07:15PM
from the gregmeyer.wordpress.com dept.

http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/starting-a-new-job-is-never-easy-so-just-jump-in/

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Assistly now FREE:"Netflix could take a page out of Assistly’s book."-Techcrunch

Posted by gregmeyer on Tuesday July 26, 2011 @09:36AM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/26/with-v2-0-assistly-brings-a-simple-pricing-model-rewards-and-a-bit-of-free-to-customer-service-software/

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Who doesn't like a red convertible?

Posted by gregmeyer on Saturday July 23, 2011 @03:09PM
from the gregmeyer.wordpress.com dept.

http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2011/07/23/who-doesnt-like-a-red-convertible/

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3 Ways to Get to Product-Market Fit (hint - customers will tell you)

Posted by gregmeyer on Sunday July 17, 2011 @11:27PM
from the gregmeyer.wordpress.com dept.

http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/make-the-customer-feel-like-a-rock-star-theyll-come-back/

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What to do if you see Lord Vader walking the street in your town

Posted by gregmeyer on Saturday July 09, 2011 @08:43PM
from the gregmeyer.wordpress.com dept.

http://gregmeyer.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/be-a-tourist-in-your-own-town-even-if-lord-vader-doesnt-allow-parade-photos/

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