Finding Customers

[ad_1] Wells are dug because people need water. If you don’t dig a well, you might find yourself without water. When it comes to business, the same truth holds. Russell Brunson — my man out in Boise, Idaho and creator of Clickfunnels — knows this truth. He has quoted the book …

[ad_1] This story appears in the November 2013 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » When die-hard football fans find themselves in a new city, priority No. 1 is locating the place in town where the like-minded go to watch the game, drink beer and cheer. Now those displaced supporters can tap …

[ad_1] I co-founded Panamplify with Christopher St. John back in 2013. Chris and I spun the company out of our marketing agency Extra Sauce, and from day one we were determined to follow Steve Blank’s process called Customer Development outlined in his book The Four Steps to the Epiphany. A …

[ad_1] Several years ago I started a hip-hop jewelry ecommerce store. My most popular products were “grillz.” For the unfamiliar, those are the shiny teeth you see a lot of rappers wear. I shipped tens of thousands of these grillz to customers from all over the world. The idea to …

[ad_1] Does it take much more than a match and a bowl to go into business? If you know your chronic from Colombian, isn’t that enough to sell the stuff? What does an entrepreneur need to do to open a green business and capitalize on the new cannabis laws? Planting seeds in …

[ad_1] It happens about once a year. The local bank, hardware store or real-estate firm holds their customer-appreciation event. Where I live, these events are almost always accompanied with barbeque, beer and local country music group on a flatbed trailer. Sometimes, the event is an open house for a new branch or office opening. But, …

[ad_1] As any small business owner will tell you, acquiring new customers is not easy. In order to get a prospect’s attention, you really need to think outside the box of common sense. There are many different marketing tactics, but one cold email strategy that I use is searching for something unique …

[ad_1] In the future, if you find yourself using Garageio, a device that allows you to open and close your garage door from your smartphone no matter where you are in the world, you will have Maple Plain, Minn.-based Proto Labs to thank. Proto Labs is expected to announce today …

[ad_1] Reader Resource Join Entrepreneur’s The Goal Standard Challenge and make 2017 yours. Learn more » When it comes to buying products online, customers have more options than ever before. There are businesses serving every niche and there are also ecommerce giants like Amazon that essentially offer a catch-all solution. …

[ad_1] If you’ve been thinking about starting a business, chances are that you’ve also considered becoming part of a franchise. If you thrive on entrepreneurship and love the idea of owning your own business, but want to work with a tested concept that offers vetted systems and support, franchising can …