Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

TL;DR) ActiveCampaign alternatives at a glance Tool Best For Key Advantage Starting Price Rating Campaign Monitor by Marigold User-friendly email marketing with visual impact Intuitive drag-and-drop editor with superior design capabilities, transactional emails free plan; pricing starts at $12 USD/month 4.7/5

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 22, 2025

Email marketers don't have to contend with constantly changing search algorithms and ranking factors—but that doesn't mean that an email sent is an email received. It's very possible that your marketing emails, and even your transactional emails, will never make it to the recipient.

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

We’ve tested 18 alternatives that might be a better fit for your email marketing needs. 5 (1000+ reviews) Mailchimp Small businesses All-in-one marketing platform Free plan; paid from $13/month 4.4/5 5 (13000+ reviews) Constant Contact Event marketing Built-in event management $12/month 4.1/5

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

Ready to discover which email marketing solution might be a better fit for your needs? 5 (1000+ reviews) Mailchimp All-in-one marketing Comprehensive marketing stack with strong AI features Free (paid from $13/month) 4.4/5 Let’s go. (TL;DR) 5 100+ reviews) What’s “wrong” with GetResponse? (TL;DR)

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 17, 2025

Boost your team's productivity Automate your CRM Turns out, a CRM (customer relationship management) app is like my fantasy setup, but for people with actual responsibilities. At some point, I realized I wasn't just managing a team—I was managing relationships. Table of contents: What is a CRM? Why is a CRM system important?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

There's a warning on the box my steam iron came in that says, "Do not iron clothes while wearing them." Communication plan templates How to write a communication plan Communication plan essentials What is a communication plan? Table of contents: What is a communication plan?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this. Or “I’m a new entrepreneur, why would I offer advice on how to run a startup?&#.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

How can your brand be a source of information, education, entertainment or inspiration? How can your brand be a source of information, education, entertainment or inspiration? What problems do you solve, how do you improve your customer’s life, how do you meet your audience’s needs? Build your email list.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 5, 2022

In my experience of launching the Live Lingua online language school and other 6- and 7-figure businesses on a bootstrap budget, I’ve learned a thing or two about innovative and unique ways to make a business more successful. Here are just a few of my tried-and-true tips that will help you make 2022 your enterprise’s biggest year yet.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Marketing your business for Small Business Saturday is a great way to make the most of the event. In fact, there are several free ways you can market your startup or small business for Small Business Saturday. Best of all, you don’t have to spend a fortune in order to do so. Post on your social media accounts.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Company closures left spaces for startups to fill, and the unprecedented environment prompted the creation and development of specific markets. Because many people are looking for work in the wake of layoffs and economic turmoil, it’s an employer’s job market. For example, IBM’s U.S. But if you’re one of the 3.2

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

But how do you do that? . How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). How to find a job as a VC scout. How to get a job in venture capital. How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm. Monetizing our deal flow.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2023

14 ways to generate 6-figure revenue from virtual events I originally wrote this for my full-time job at Hopin but I thought it would also be helpful or at least interesting for the readers of Entrepreneur’s Handbook, since it lays out a how-to guide for entrepreneurs to drive revenue with online events. An online event?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

The concept of generating buzz to get consumers, marketers, and media to start discussing your offers is what spreads brand awareness for your new business. The concept of generating buzz to get consumers, marketers, and media to start discussing your offers is what spreads brand awareness for your new business. Soundcloud.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

I'd been working in email marketing for quite a while before I took on my first B2B campaign. Of course, I knew that B2B campaigns needed to be handled differently than my usual consumer outreach, and I thought I'd made the necessary tweaks.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

First off, hello to all the new Startups Weekly subscribers who joined us after last week’s newsletter. I start off most of these newsletters with a mini-essay on what is top of mind to me, sometimes pointing toward one of my longer-form pieces from the week or just to share some extra thoughts at the end of the news cycle.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 20, 2021

How to strengthen your digital marketing strategy by combining these spheres. Photo by Dan Counsell on Unsplash Content marketing is a method to attract customers by answering questions that are important for your target audience. In content marketing, the author is given more freedom. Both have a cumulative effect.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

Sam Parr, founder of HubSpot-acquired newsletter and media brand The Hustle, doesn’t watch “Succession” because “it’s too real” (and because he prefers watching comedy compared to behemoth business billionaires fighting). Jokes aside, Parr’s vision for Hampton isn’t too far from that tagline.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. Surely not I, when my family moved here in 2013. That’s why this newsletter is being published a day later than it would have under normal circumstances. Welcome to The Interchange ! Fingers crossed.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Let’s get down to the basics of why preventing churn is a must for your business’s growth and how you can tackle it effectively. It’s not just a percentage, but it’s a reflection of how well you’re meeting the needs and expectations of your customer base. Techniques to minimize churn and maximize your returns. It feels great, right?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

How do I do this?’ ” . There is a lot of information out there and some people just don’t know how to decipher what’s good, what’s bad, or know how to execute.”. Michael Haddix Jr. is a former college basketball player who was pre-med until he discovered investing once finishing undergrad. So, what does that mean exactly?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 28, 2022

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. ) That is why inflation, at least from a goods perspective, will remain sticky. I discussed this at length in “Energy Cancelled”.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Both EV trucks earn high marks in my book. Ford simply knows how to make solid, sound and well-performing trucks at volume. As always, you can email me at kirsten.korosec@techcrunch.com to share thoughts, criticisms, opinions or tips.

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Campaign Monitor

APRIL 14, 2022

Despite being VP of marketing at SparkToro , a classically trained chef, and the past host of the Growth Machine Marketing podcast , Amanda Natividad had trouble growing her newsletter following. Instead, she converted her sizable marketing experience into a plan and got to work. Plan a sustainable format.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 31, 2021

Maybe you have written about how your clients have gotten great results from your product or service. Instead, I emailed a software company I was using at the time and asked if I could take part in a case study because I was getting such great results from the company’s product. But have you ever been part of a case study?

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Campaign Monitor

MARCH 21, 2024

Engaging your audience with new email marketing strategies can be exciting, but knowing where to start can be daunting. The welcome email is an opportunity for you to not only meet your customer’s expectations — but to also exceed them with engaging content that keeps them wanting to see more of your content and products.

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Campaign Monitor

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

How to level up your email design Tips from Marigold Art Directors – Noelle Grimes & Meghan Sokolnicki If there’s one topic that unites all of our customers, it’s the desire to learn more about email design. From selecting a layout to choosing an image, read their tips for designing an engaging and responsive email.

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Founder Bounty

AUGUST 20, 2022

Copywriting and creating content is essential to any company but the following is a small case study of building an email marketing using only quality email marketing focusing on a niche and creating content around that niche. Most of my posts reached number 1 on google. All you need is 2 things. or jasper.ai.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The pandemic has accelerated the process of business digitalization as more and more companies have begun to focus on the Internet as the primary source of customer attraction and apply digital e-commerce marketing techniques. . Perform advanced site analysis. Google takes into account more than 200 parameters when ranking.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Editor’s note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7 a.m. Maybe it is a stock market bubble, or a tech-stock bubble at least. You know what the market will bear once it moves to retail investors. The IPO market looks hot as Airbnb and C3.ai

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

“When I changed my criteria to finding people who were a fit, the process was really quick,” says Bamberger, who initially raised a $500K friends and family round in 2019 followed by a $1.5 “Before the investment, the numbers are just part of the story, so you really have to understand how you’re telling the story.”.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

Shane shares the story of him and his wife in how they started monetizing their knowledge and how you can too. Shane shares the story of him and his wife in how they started monetizing their knowledge and how you can too. Many people want are looking to earn a living for their families. Watch our interview.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 30, 2023

The marketing team drew the conclusion – new dads could no longer justify time off to go down the pub, so they bought beer to drink at home. Despite the impressive advances in tech in the last 25 years, the holy grail of precisely targeted sales and marketing remains elusive. How come we haven’t made it a priority?

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StartupNation

JUNE 2, 2021

As an entrepreneur, you likely rely on email every day. But beyond that, are you using email marketing , like a startup newsletter, to grow your business? If you don’t have a newsletter and you aren’t sending out any marketing emails, you’re missing out on tremendous opportunities.

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StartupNation

JUNE 16, 2021

The truth is, you need to be very strategic about your earned media coverage and how you promote it. Related: Use These 3 Media Coverage Tactics to Promote Your New Company and Boost Sales. Let’s dive into exactly how to drive sales from your earned media coverage: Why many entrepreneurs don’t profit from publicity.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 24, 2022

In December of 2020 I hashed out $280,000 and purchased my first company off a random website called MicroAcquire … Right now you might be asking yourself… What did you buy? How did you get $280k? link] In this post I am going to break down everything I learned along the way and what my experience was like. How I got s**t on ??

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The following is excerpted from “ Entrepreneur to Millionaire: How to Build a Highly Profitable, Fast-Growth Company and Become Embarrassingly Rich Doing It ” by Kent Billingsley (McGraw-Hill Education, Feb. Spend more money on marketing: advertising, SEO, social media or digital marketing. How can we all be wrong?

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