Improve Your Conversion Rate and Increase Revenue With These User Experience Design Essentials

https://assets.entrepreneur.com/images/misc/1526495917_image2.jpg [ad_1] Don't deter your customers with a poor website design. May 18, 2018 6 min read Did you know that 88 percent of consumers are unlikely to return to a website after one bad experience?It's a staggering statistic, but it certainly says something about the importance of user experience in website design.Related: 50 Must-Have Features for Small-Business Websites (Infographic)User experience (UX) is the overall experience a visitor has on a website, in a program or in...

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Why This Entrepreneur Says It's Smart to Focus on Microinfluencers

[ad_1] Entrepreneur Daniel Greenberg explains why microinfluencers matter in today's digital world. May 18, 2018 1 min read Daniel Greenberg is a young entrepreneur who has worked with brands such as Vita Coco, The Meadows, Jetsmarter, the VMAs and more. These days he's in charge of product ideation for MSCHF and believes working with microinfluencers can help brands reach their target audience. You can read more about Greenberg in Jessica Abo's book, Unfiltered: How to Be as Happy as You Look On Social Media.Related: This Entrepreneur Is Creating a 'TED-like' Event for Meditators to Help People Become...

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The Growing Influence of Women Entrepreneurs

https://assets.entrepreneur.com/content/1x1/300/20180221210941-EllevateLogoSquare.png?width=100 [ad_1] Women entrepreneurs face special challenges in the business world. May 18, 2018 4 min read This story originally appeared on Ellevate There are many challenges that women face in the modern workplace -- and that goes double for the boardroom or when trying to break through the ever-present ‘glass ceiling.’ These issues are never more of a challenge than when a woman decides she is going to go ‘off on her own’ as an entrepreneur....

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What a Cryptocurrency Takeover Would Look Like

[ad_1] May 18, 2018 7 min read This story originally appeared on Due Fiat money, or fiat currency, is a currency that a government (usually a national government) has declared to be legal tender. This currency, unlike older styles of currency, is not backed by a physical commodity (the way U.S. dollars were once backed by gold). It’s the type of currency we’ve all relied on for the past 50 years or so and constitutes all the dollar bills, coins and digitally held U.S. dollars you have to your name.There’s an implicit expectation that fiat currency will last forever, barring any international takeover or radical transformation (such...

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Zola Founder Shan-Lyn Ma Shares How to Collaborate and Conquer Your Biggest Challenges

https://assets.entrepreneur.com/content/1x1/300/20180430174639-Ninaheadshot.jpeg?width=100 [ad_1] The leader of the wedding registry and planning startup reveals who and what inspires her every day. Nina Zipkin // Staff Writer. Covers leadership, media, technology and culture. Entrepreneur Staff May 18, 2018 7 min read Editor’s Note: Inspire Me is a series in which entrepreneurs and leaders share what motivates them through good times and bad, while also sharing stories...

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From Prison to Y Combinator Graduate to Megamillion-Dollar Business

[ad_1] Andrew Medal chats with Frederick Hutson, the co-founder and CEO of Pigeonly. Hutson created a multimillion-dollar business after going to prison for five years. May 18, 2018 1 min read Frederick is the CEO and founder of Pigeonly, a low-cost communication and financial services platform that makes it easy for people to support an incarcerated loved one. He came up with the idea after serving time in the federal penitentiary for distributing 3,000 kilograms of weed. Hutson leads a growing team of over 20 people from Pigeonly's Las Vegas headquarters and has raised over $5 million in funding from investors including Erik Moore (Base...

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Are You Craving Community for Your Customers? Here Are the Tools You'll Need.

[ad_1] Cultivating a feeling of 'community' is crucial to any company's success.Without it, customers will just shop somewhere else. May 18, 2018 5 min read Consumers at many businesses aren't content to be mere passersby or just the means to an end (profit) for those businesses. They want, instead, to feel a part of something significant, something that helps those of a similar mind connect and share their common interest.Related: Why Building Community Is More Important Than NetworkingSo, when companies build a community-oriented customer base, members of that community are more likely to return to that business than...

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You're Thinking About the Career Ladder All Wrong

https://assets.entrepreneur.com/content/1x1/300/20180404214804-Stephanie-Newby-Headshot-3.jpeg?width=100 [ad_1] My experiences breaking through the glass ceiling showed me there is no one ladder to success. May 18, 2018 6 min read The questions aspiring CEOs ask about how to get to the corner office are all wrong -- especially for women. Newly minted professional women ask for tips on breaking the glass ceiling, finding a work-life balance and plotting out every rung on the ladders they hope to climb. Alas, no ladder looks...

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The One Thing Millennials Can Do to Live Life More Comfortably in the Future

[ad_1] The age group may not like buying big-ticket items, but they can benefit from early investing behavior. May 18, 2018 2 min read After living through the Great Recession and dealing with student debt, the millennial generation have developed their own way of planning finances and spending their money. Their decision to invest now or invest later can have great dividends later on.Entrepreneur Network partner Phil Town describes some of the unique behaviors that set millennials apart in their spending behavior.Millennials would rather spend their money on a trip to Europe or a concert, rather than on a nice car or...

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3 Signs the Best Move for Your Business Is to Hire Somebody Else to Run It

[ad_1] The fact that everybody knows the same few hugely successful founder/CEOs indicates how few founders succeed big-time as CEO of their own company. May 18, 2018 7 min read “Founder/CEO of Some Company” sure sounds flashy. Feels good, too, until you realize the distinction between the two jobs and the amount of work that comes with each. But even with that, you keep on telling yourself, “This is how it’s supposed to be.” Maybe that’s why many of the high-ranking entrepreneurs have 80-plus-hour workweeks. You don’t really have space in your budget for a new hire anyway, let alone a new CEO.Then things get harder and, of course, you...

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7 Moneymaking Apps to Turn Your Phone into a Passive Income Machine

[ad_1] The average American adult spends about 86 hours a month on their smartphone.  What could you do with 86 extra hours a month? Train for an Ultramarathon? Learn a new language? Make money?Instead of giving up your smartphone addiction. (Who wants to do that anyway?) Why not turn your addiction into a moneymaking machine? Did you know that apps exist in the world that will make you either passive or nearly passive income? Here are the ten apps I found that are more than likely going to make you some decent pocket change.1. SlidejoyWe all love ads, right? Well, when we’re making money off them, of course. Otherwise, they might just be a mild annoyance at the corner...

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I Was Ripped Off by Someone I Thought Was a Friend. Here's What I Learned.

[ad_1] If I had dug a little deeper, I would have seen the truth. May 18, 2018 5 min read When I first met Chris, I felt a real kinship. He was accomplished, had a strong following and had the successes that I had been struggling to achieve. Not only did he understand marketing, manage a team of virtual assistants and run ads at scale, but he was also earning hundreds of thousands of dollars every month.Related: It's Time to Talk About Startup Scam ArtistsAfter close to a year of being friends and exchanging life-changing insights on business, Chris told me about a business idea he'd recently used. He relayed to me the big...

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If You Struggle With Authority, Science Says Blame Your Brain

[ad_1] People who want to be their own bosses -- like entrepreneurs -- may fall into this neurological group. May 18, 2018 5 min read If you hate being told what to do, and that’s why you decided to become an entrepreneur -- or that’s why you aspire to launch your own venture -- brain science may have an explanation for your aversion to authority.Some people are predisposed to “control aversion” given their neurological structure, according to a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience. The control averse don’t like it when others hold sway over their decisions and actions and feel strongly inclined to rebel. This tendency is linked...

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Tips and Tricks to Free Up Google Drive Storage Space

http://cache.johnchow.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/google-drive-688x403.png [ad_1]One of the best things about living the dot com lifestyle — whether you’re a freelancer like me or you’re an Internet marketer, blogger, website developer, e-commerce professional or anything else — is that you can effectively work from anywhere in the world so long as you have reasonable access to the Internet. This level of freedom is truly empowering.It doesn’t matter if you’re set up in the comforts of your home office or you’re hanging out in a luxury hotel in Singapore or you’re overlooking the beautiful beaches of Bali. As long as you can open up that laptop...

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Airbnb Adds Surfing to Its Booking Service

[ad_1] Plus, TiVo is adding Alexa voice controls to its DVRs and a startup in North Carolina is going to help home buyers make an all-cash bid. May 18, 2018 1 min read Airbnb has added surfing to its booking service. The home rental and travel company has partnered with The World Surf League to introduce more than 75 surf activities to its experiences category. The surfing activities will range from surfing lessons to surfing photo tours and will be available to book in 20 major surfing locations.  TiVo is adding Alexa voice controls to its DVRs. The company announced that its Series 4, 5 and 6 DVR...

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How To Get Out Of A Rut

https://www.highpayingaffiliateprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/rut.jpg [ad_1]11 Signs Your In A Rut And How To Get OutWe all get off track at some point.For self-employed entrepreneurial people it often happens because of burnout. But it can also be because of a personal issue or relationship that’s getting in the way of our focus and success. Being stuck in a rut is often due to the feeling of being overwhelmed.Today’s environment is unlike any other in our history. We are bombarded non-stop by messages, information and every other form of distraction. It’s not just our smart phones either. Computer monitors, radio programs, TV...

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3 Components of the Perfect Elevator Pitch

http://img.youtube.com/vi/sP_pKHw48yU/0.jpg [ad_1] After filming two seasons of Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch, I've come to realize that there are three key elements to delivering the perfect pitch.Our show is unique when it comes to pitching: Potential entrepreneurs have just one minute to pitch their idea, service or product. Those 60 seconds have added pressure because the contestants are being filmed, and they are talking to a camera (instead of people) while riding up to the penthouse suite in an elevator.Related: Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Season 2 Ep. 1: Breaking the Cardinal Rule of PitchingIn real life, with a different set of distractions, it's essential to know how to deliver a convincing...

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