Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Ever since Google started dropping algorithmic bombs around 2011 (think Panda, Penguin, and so on), SEO industry behavior has changed. Most SEO services have moved back onshore and “real” SEO is now an integrated part of holistic marketing. Dwell time has been a hot SEO topic for the last year or so. Oh yeah, Sales !

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Video, email, audio, even sales copy that is meant to sell. So really, it’s like old-school SEO, although we never use those letters ever. Old-school SEO with really genuine, high quality content that’s created with subject matter expert interviews, but everything is around growth. I think it’s a fine line.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

And the same thing happened after we sold IT WatchDogs in 2005. But all that investment in growth and sales force didn’t have a long-term payback, and the actual value of the product to small businesses wasn’t as high as claimed, even though the simplest of customer development reveals this fact (ask any restauranteur).

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2011

I’m no science wiz, but I’ve always loved the idea of resistance in physics as a metaphor for the kind of resistance many business owners encounter when trying to spark a sale. Many times we can present a solution and price that seems like the obvious and logical choice, but can’t seem to make the sale.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Company names are uber important for two main reasons: determines how easy prospects will remember your brand name AND improves the SEO of your site if you use keywords that relate to that industry. Why should a highly-trained engineer, who could potentially be building a bridge, waste time on a sales proposal in PowerPoint?

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www.ashmaurya.com

AUGUST 29, 2012

Robert has been working in software since 2005. You research the market and develop some materials that will improve their standing, sales, or prospects. This can be really effective, and I was best introduced to the idea in Chet Holmes ‘ The Ultimate Sales Machine. He is a Ph.D. dropout who spent time working for Google.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2011

On the surface it’s a stock market like game where individuals and companies offer shares of stock for sale and that stock value is measured based on demand, actions taken on Empire Avenue and the collective participation and engagement in social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. First off, what is it.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 25, 2011

Your SEO strategy is buying links, expired domains, et. It irritates me to no end when I hear perfectly smart SEOs stuck in the 1940s. " I'd postulated this rule in 2005, it is even more true in 2011. " 27: You are going crazy with SEO optimization. Trust me it is a lot less embarrassing that way.

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Bryce Dot VC

MARCH 13, 2013

Shortly after my first visit ro NYC in 2005, Google purchased an entire city block in Chelsea and proceeded to fill it with engineers. Up to that point, NYC served primarily is as outpost for Sales and Marketing functions. This was a massive departure from the traditional Bay Area playbook.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

In contrast to “distribution-first content,” movement-first content is a conscious sacrifice of reach: “it isn’t beholden to any SEO tactics like word count and keyword density.” Identified a communication gap between customers and the sales and marketing teams as a primary pain point. An eponymous book (e.g. Original research.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

The strategy that seems to give people the best chance of success is creating a simple product, with a simple marketing plan – that means a one-time sale product, with a single traffic channel. Other examples of one-time-sale products might be a Shopify app, a Drupal add-on, a Photoshop plugin, or an ebook. all at once.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

After the year was over, I landed a job as a sales person for a property portal in Dubai. The year was 2005, and the real estate was booming. I quickly proved myself and was promoted to head a small sales and marketing team (6 people) in the company. I had been doing B2B sales for several years, and I was really good at it.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

The strategy that seems to give people the best chance of success is creating a simple product, with a simple marketing plan – that means a one-time sale product, with a single traffic channel. Other examples of one-time-sale products might be a Shopify app, a Drupal add-on, a Photoshop plugin, or an ebook. all at once.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

Getting those initial early sales is a big win. In my case, that meant getting good at SEO with my first project, instead of trying to learn SEO, Adwords, Facebook ads, etc. Richard Chen of PHP Grid recently made the jump from one-time sales to leaving his job, and is working on climbing to the next step. all at once.

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Or Ford (it is amazing that in 2013, for such an expensive product, it looks so… 2005). It does require working with your CMO, VPs, Directors, IT, Offline Sales, UX, IT, and more people than you could ever imagine. You can do it for Bing, email, AOL ads, social, even SEO! Beat Beneful. It is worth it.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

In terms of having the right personalities behind the company, a great place to start is by reading self help books like this one [link] – learn how to speak publicly and of course get good at sales. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. ©2005-2012 Mashable, Inc.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

The biggest deal I’ve ever done was a sale of a $100,000 website. I was still nervous because I hadn’t really invested that kind of money and negotiated a sale before, so I went to bed that night after I made the offer, wondering whether I was going to follow through with it. I saw them for sale and checked out the traffic statistics.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Growing to the next level, which means exploring ways to maximize opportunities, business models, sales, and profits. How are your sales, profitability, and cash flow? Learn some SEO (search engine optimization) basics so that you make it easy for people to find you when they do Google searches for terms that pertain to your business.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 14, 2013

Side benefits from a pillar effect may also include ongoing sales of your product or an affiliate product from within the article, a stream of new newsletter subscribers coming from traffic to the article, bookmarking of your site and an overall increase to your repeat daily readership and improved brand recognition.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Claiming False Competitive Advantages The following are not competitive advantages: “We’re better at SEO;&# “We’re better at social media;&# “We’re good at design;&# “We have a unique feature;&# “We’re passionate;&# “We’re less expensive.&# All Rights Reserved. startupcto

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

the meebo that launched in 2005 was a group effort – the idea primarily came from sandy being a huge IMer and having trouble getting on IM when we were working on earlier ideas in elaine’s apartment! link] SEO India Wonderful!! The second one not until 2005. get to know each other first, etc.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Being a guest on podcasts, getting yourself booked on podcasts, is a really, really great SEO tactic, great brand-building tactic. John Jantsch: There are, if we’re going to flip that to a true extrovert, that would be that same sales person who then wants to go get drinks with everybody, right? You get great backlinks.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

I run / wrote a site that serves approx 500,000 page requests a day, 5-10 complex SQL queries a page, god knows how much SEO related intelligence, 100,000s of users, external network comms. You use marketing and sales language, when attempting to make technical points. Just not a good fit for you. March 26, 2011 at 6:03 pm.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? SEO and Analytics Tutorials. SEO for Startups â?? SEO Digger â?? SEO and campaign management tool. SEO Keyword Analysis Tool. turn customer feedback into sales and relationships. SaaS Sales Team Compensation â?? Startups For Sale.

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