Is Email Marketing Dead? - High Paying Affiliate Programs

https://www.highpayingaffiliateprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/preview-300x206.jpg [ad_1]Not Even Close: Learn How to Benefit from Cold Email Marketing in 2018What’s the average response rate to cold emails?See; that’s a question that many marketers and business owners are asking. The assumptions are harsh; people usually don’t believe that email marketing works nowadays.The facts show us that cold emailing no longer works when you want to connect with business people. Fast Company made an experiment; they sent 1000 emails to busy executives. Out of those emails, around 300 bounced. Out of the remaining ones, the open rate was 45.5%....

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Amazon Spikes Prime Cost to $119, and Dark Chocolate Can Help With Stress and Memory. 3 Things to Know Today.

[ad_1] Stay in the know in 60 seconds. April 27, 2018 1 min read Amazon more than doubled its quarterly net profit and plans to raise the cost of annual Prime membership by 20 percent, making the new price $119.In other news: If you're feeling stressed or having memory trouble, dark chocolate with a cacao concentration of more than 70 percent might help, according to two new studies.And if you're heading to see the new Avengers this weekend, you're not alone. Estimates indicate the film could bring in up to $540 million worldwide.  [ad_2]Read_more MMO masterm...

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This Founder Stuck Through More Than 700 Investor Meetings to Achieve Her Dream

[ad_1] Anu Duggal took what she learned as an ecommerce entrepreneur to launch a venture capital firm called Female Founders Fund. April 27, 2018 6 min read In this series, Open Every Door, Entrepreneur staff writer Nina Zipkin shares her conversations with leaders about understanding what you have to offer, navigating the obstacles that will block your path, identifying opportunity and creating it for yourself and for others.In 2014, Anu Duggal was at a crossroads. She had founded and sold an ecommerce company called Exclusively.in and was ready for her next challenge.She wanted to take her experience as a first-time tech founder and help other people...

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The Top 100 Franchises for Less Than $150,000

[ad_1] Check out the top franchises that can be started for less than $150,000, ranked based on their scores they received in Entrepreneur's 2018 Franchise 500 ranking. April 27, 2018 8 min read Buying a franchise doesn't have to break the bank. Below you'll find the top franchises that can be started for less than $150,000, ranked based on their scores they received in Entrepreneur's 2018 Franchise 500 ranking.This list is not intended to recommend any particular company, but rather as a starting point for your own reserach. No matter how much a franchise costs, you should always carefully read the company’s legal documents, consult with a franchise attorney...

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The 6 Questions I Ask Before I Say 'Yes' to Anything

[ad_1] It's okay to value your time and energy -- in fact, it's important. April 27, 2018 8 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When I started my business at 19 years old, I was so hungry to grow it that I said yes to just about any conference, any opportunity and anyone who would meet with me. Any idea I had was worth pursuing.It worked out. I grew my business to be my full-time job out of college, and we're now six years strong. I credit a lot of the growth to just showing up and saying yes. Opportunities couldn't happen to me if I wasn't there for them. For years, I've been armed and ready to seize every glimmer...

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GDPR and Social Media Privacy Reform : Social Media Examiner

https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/facebook-ad-targeting-prompts.png [ad_1]Welcome to this week’s edition of the Social Media Marketing Talk Show, a news show for marketers who want to stay on the leading edge of social media.On this week’s Social Media Marketing Talk Show, we explore how marketers are preparing for GDPR with Danielle Liss; Facebook ad updates with Amanda Bond; Snapchat, Pinterest, and more with Jeff Sieh; and other breaking social media marketing news of the week!Watch the Social Media Marketing Talk ShowIf you’re new to the show, click on the green “Watch replay” button below and sign in or register...

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'This Is Climate Change' Tells an Urgent Message Via Virtual Reality

[ad_1] Whether you're selling a product or a societal warning like global warming, VR is the wave of the future. April 27, 2018 3 min read Imagine: You're wading through chest-high jungle in the Amazon Rainforest beside sweaty workers slashing through the brush to create the broad open fields that will grow soy for Brazil's greedily expanding cattle industry.Suddenly you're hovering over the kill chute of a slaughterhouse where a panicked cow paces back and forth, consigned to become society's next steak dinner.Related: 12 Amazing Uses of Virtual RealityJust as suddenly, you're on the bone-dry plains of Somalia where camels graze and where...

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5 Life Lessons Essential for Business Success

[ad_1] Step outside of your comfort zone, and never forget where you came from. April 27, 2018 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. There are many truths in starting and operating a successful business. Many business truths are common sense concepts -- like if you run out of cash, your business might not make it. But, you can also draw on general life lessons when growing your business.I’ve been in the entrepreneurship game for more than 30 years now. I’ve applied a lot of the lessons I learned in life to starting and growing my businesses. And believe it or not, keeping these in mind has helped my businesses...

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Kym Gold Explains How She Started True Religion, Then Sold It for $835 Million

[ad_1] Kym Gold discusses how she disrupted an entire industry, scaled and sold her company for hundreds of millions and more. April 27, 2018 1 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Kym Gold is the co-creator of True Religion Brand Jeans; author of the business book, Gold Standard: How to Rock the World and Run an Empire, and producer for projects with a social conscience, including the documentary, SLAG: Served Like a Girl. Kym’s unwavering drive has helped her achieve success as a designer and entrepreneur. She shares tips about life, business and selling her company for more than $800 million.Related: Rapper...

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What You Can Learn from This 19-Year-Old Bitcoin Investor

[ad_1]  Crypto still makes me nervous. Maybe it’s the fact I was coming of age between 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis. I graduated from college during the aftermath of that crisis. And then I see the people who are already rich because of cryptocurrency investments and I wonder if my feelings are wrong. Besides, I’m no Luke Skywalker here. I can’t really trust my feelings can I?There is one bitcoin investor out there who is already a millionaire after seven years and he’s saying everybody should ignore their “feelings” about bitcoin and invest. His name is Erik Finman and he’s only 19.1. The Kid Who Invested His Birthday MoneyMost kids will spend their birthday money...

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3 Ways to Harness the 'New Power' That Let Airbnb, Kickstarter and Other Companies Climb to the Top

[ad_1] The most powerful companies and movements use mass participation and peer coordination to grow and succeed. April 27, 2018 7 min read Dictionaries pin down the first known use of the word “power” to between the years 1250 and 1300 -- the same century that brought us classics including “poison,” “pitchfork” and “patience.”Although the literary definition of power hasn’t changed, recent years have seen a shift in its cultural meaning. That’s what authors Henry Timms and Jeremy Heimans aim to explore in the book New Power, a window into how “new power” structures influence society, business and politics in the 21st century.What is “new power”?There’s...

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