Have you achieved any notable business growth in the recent few years?
If so, what industry are you in, and what do you attribute your success to?
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Kenneth L.
Retired Aerospace Contracts Manager, MicroMentor Volunteer and Founder "Smalltofeds"
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In order to manage high volume of inquiries in federal government contracting, I set up a Google blog as an extension of my volunteer work that blossomed into a web site ($10 a year to buy and convert it from a blog to a domain in my name) containing the basics of entering and succeeding in the venue as well my books and articles on the subject for download via Box Net (also a free application)
The idea was to refer clients to article links at the site to avoid repeating myself over and over to new business clients and still keep myself available for specific inquiries and problems.
I linked everything together on "Linked In" and began answering questions at the "Answers" feature there as well as registering at many of the free applications for networking web sites on the Internet to see how that could benefit my work. Twitter, BlogCatalog, Facebook, Widgetbox, Friendfeed, Ning and similar free applications served my site well.
The Adsense Feature added cash flow. Roughly 30% of my clients began coming via Linked In or Linked In related networking.
The result has been heavy traffic, good efficiency in supporting in excess of 4000 counseling cases over the last 5 years and virtually no expense to me as a volunteer working for a non-profit organization.
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Most definitely actually my business was only created in 2010, we have been profitable every single month. Never a negative month to date. We are an eCommerce Jewelry Business (Purely online) and source liquidated goods from business that have gone under (all brick and mortar).
The growth is online. Brick and mortar store sales have been dropping year over year, while online growth is in the 100's of percent. The growth is online, it is still young, and it is easier than ever to source products.
So don't despair, do some research before you take the plunge, and I think you will be pleasantly surprised! The American / Canadian / whatever dream is still alive! Hope this helped :)
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Our company has grown each year since it was founded in 2000, for the past three years we've made the Inc 5000 list. Our biggest area of growth has been online. Ecommerce sales are up 800% higher than they were just three years ago.
In the past two years we've put a major emphasis on Internet marketing, including email newsletters, video, PPC and social media. Whatever you do, find a way to track everything.
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Dave M.
Professional trade show booth traffic builder and party entertainer. Corporate and private sector events.
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Social networking has given me the ability to market myself to folks all around the world, expanding my business exposure quite a bit...
I'm in the marketing and entertainment industry... My profile will give me all the info concerning what I do...
Sahar A.
Diversity& Inclusion|Leadership training|Social Media Marketing|Social Media Training|Public Speaker|Culture Competence
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Yes I think my business grew like 500% this year versus last year - I am in consulting for diversity. leadership. cross cultures
My attribute has been that I network all the time face to face and online I strategize social media networks and LI
I have built a brand that is both offline and online - I published, blogged, shared comments in books basically was very active and committed as well as consistent to create a clear brand
Rama B.
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We are a marketing consulting/promotional products company. We had 100% yar over year growth in 2010 and are on track for 150% year over year growth this year.
I attribute it to our continued and consistent marketing strategies and our ability to help our clients grow their businesses. If we don't do our job for them, they don't refer us. We've taken on at least two new clients per month every month for the last two years.
page 1 of google without paying google a dime, video text,video email
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Jackie N.
Strategic Business Coach at Synnovatia
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One of the biggest areas of growth for us has been in our profitability. We switched from an outbound to an inbound marketing model which has proven to be more cost-effective.
Vasco Phillip D.
Head of media production in Aberystwyth at ptara.com
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