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10 Effective Marketing Tips for Any New Business

Strategy Driven

Apart from coming up with new products and dealing with finances, you also have to market your product efficiently to catch customers’ attention. Build an email list by offering a newsletter, a free eBook, or other valuable content free of cost. Starting a new business can be challenging on its own.

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Investors Punish Amazon for Investing in Disruptive Growth

Harvard Business Review

Listening to Amazon's finance chief Tom Szkutak explain the miss, it was immediately apparent that Amazon's problem was not with the top line. On the conference call, Szkutak explained that significant capacity investments are being made in distribution centers so Amazon can continue to grow its core retail business.