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Leadership Sioux Falls is Fundraising for New Playground Equipment at Hayward Park. Here’s How You Can Help.

Posted on March 2, 2021 by matt in Blog, Community Projects, Email Notifications No Comments

Leadership Sioux Falls is a leadership development class put on by the Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce that provides emerging leaders with personal development skills, education about local and state governments and professional networking opportunities. I’ve been meaning to apply to Leadership Sioux Falls for the last several years, but the dates always conflicted […]

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Sioux Falls to Celebrate Entrepreneurship Day on March 3, 2021

Posted on February 18, 2021 by matt in Blog, Email Notifications, Entrepreneurship, Sioux Falls Startup Community No Comments

Beginning this year, Sioux Falls will celebrate Entrepreneurship Day on the first Wednesday of March. For the 2021 celebration taking place on March 3, the general public is invited to join the festivities by participating in a host of events organized by the teams at the Zeal Center for Entrepreneurship (Zeal) and Startup Sioux Falls.  […]

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MarketBeat is Hiring for Three Positions (Support, Data Analyst and Web Developer)

Posted on February 17, 2021 by matt in Blog, Email Notifications No Comments

MarketBeat’s growth has been astonishing over the last several months. We’ve added more than 2,000 new premium subscribers in the last 90 days, had more than 20 million people visit MarketBeat.com in January and are forecasting more than 100% revenue growth in 2021. To manage this growth, we are looking to grow MarketBeat’s team with […]

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The Biggest Mistake You Can Make with Your Email Sign-Up Forms

Posted on February 16, 2021 by matt in Blog, Email Marketing Book Project, Email Notifications, Entrepreneurship 1 Comment

You are a savvy business owner. Maybe you listen to marketing podcasts and have read some popular business books. You understand that one of your business’s most valuable assets is its customer and prospect lists. You put an email sign-up form on your website to build your audience, perhaps incentivized by a discount coupon, a […]

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Five Lessons Learned from the MarketBeat Burger Project

Posted on February 2, 2021 by matt in Blog, Community Projects, Email Notifications 1 Comment

January has come and gone. The Downtown Sioux Falls Burger Battle has officially come to an end. The final MarketBeat Burger has been grilled and served, and Chef Lance finally has a welcome reprieve from making pork belly and brisket patties. Approximately 25,000 burgers were sold as part of the 2021 DTSF Burger Battle. Nearly […]

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Seven Lessons I Learned Helping Animal Shelters Raise $18.5 Million Over Seven Years

Posted on January 19, 2021 by matt in Blog, Email Notifications, Entrepreneurship No Comments

One of my goals for 2020 was to wrap up some entrepreneurial side projects so that MarketBeat is the only company that I have an operating role in. There were a couple of little websites that I got rid of and a real-estate investment club that I was part of that disbanded, but GoGo Photo […]

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My Quarterly Update: Q1 2021

Posted on January 5, 2021 by matt in Blog, Email Notifications, Quaterly Updates No Comments

With the total train wreck that 2020 was behind us, there is a lot of reason for optimism in the air. More and more people are getting the COVID vaccine every day. Business has been good at MarketBeat and the Sioux Falls economy seems well despite the pandemic. Karine and I find great joy in […]

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Introducing the MarketBeat Burger (Yes, we made a cheeseburger!)

Posted on December 29, 2020 by matt in Blog, Community Projects, Email Notifications No Comments

It was the morning of November 2nd. Some of MarketBeat’s team members were working at our downtown office, getting ready for that week’s staff meeting. Just as our meeting was about to start, a curious email came in from Downtown Sioux Falls, Inc. (DTSF). Here’s what the email said: The time has come to start […]

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Announcing the Paulson Center at Dakota State University

Posted on December 10, 2020 by matt in Blog, Community Projects, Email Notifications, Entrepreneurship No Comments

When I was a student at Dakota State University, I paid close attention to the emails that were sent to all students. A lot of the emails were noise from student activities I was not interested in, but every now and then great opportunities were presented that any ambitious student could take advantage of. It […]

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The Two Million Dollar Ideas that Propelled MarketBeat’s Growth and Success.

Posted on November 17, 2020 by matt in Blog, Email Notifications, Entrepreneurship 1 Comment

The setting is Thanksgiving of 2010. Karine and I were engaged at the time and were planning a wedding the following summer. We spent the long weekend at her parents’ farm outside of Emery, South Dakota. The weekend was marked by energetic nieces and nephews, board games, walks on country roads and German chocolate pie. […]

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Recent Posts

  • Leadership Sioux Falls is Fundraising for New Playground Equipment at Hayward Park. Here’s How You Can Help.

    March 2, 2021
  • Sioux Falls to Celebrate Entrepreneurship Day on March 3, 2021

    February 18, 2021
  • MarketBeat is Hiring for Three Positions (Support, Data Analyst and Web Developer)

    February 17, 2021
  • The Biggest Mistake You Can Make with Your Email Sign-Up Forms

    February 16, 2021
  • Five Lessons Learned from the MarketBeat Burger Project

    February 2, 2021

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