A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

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How cold calling (properly) works better than AdWords

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Robert has been working in software since 2005. Search Engine Marketing and online ads on the other hand can be set up in minutes. I am sure this hurt me, but I think I managed the campaign as well as most engineers in my position would. (Powered by LaunchBit ). He is a Ph.D. dropout who spent time working for Google.

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The rise of the “successful” unsustainable company

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

And the same thing happened after we sold IT WatchDogs in 2005. GroupOn’s engine that turned capital into revenue growth was a form of force-feeding rather than building a product). It’s my goal to join the ranks of those excellent companies at WP Engine.

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