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IM Creator – High Class Websites for the Masses, with 126,000 Websites Created and Counting.

VC Cafe

Here is a 60-second tour of IM Creator: IM Creator is bootstrapped with $250k from the founder Jonathan Saragossi, and a few unknown angel investors. The team of 8 web designers and coders have launched the public beta in May 2011. Service includes integrated Google Analytics, SEO tools, and on-demand customer service.

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How I Pivoted My Startup 3 Times to Find Success

Up and Running

Starting in 2011 and over the course of four years, my startup pivoted from an online community tool, to a live sales and support tool, to an outreach platform for businesses, to finally finding its identity in a campaigning and advocacy tool. But I never had a solid strategy in place for SEO, content marketing, and sales.

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Transcript of How to Prepare to Sell Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Being a guest on podcast, getting yourself booked on podcast is a really really great SEO tactic, great brand building tactic, Podcast Bookers can get you booked on two to three to four podcast every single month on auto-pilot. We started that company in 2003, and we sold it in the 2011, so you frame up the timing. Go check it out.

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9 Ways to Decrease Your Chance of Bootstrapping a Successful Company

Software By Rob

This applies to bootstrapped companies. I’ve seen first-hand how funded competition can crush a bootstrapping company. And your search engine rankings drop as competitors hire high-end SEO firms. All of this combines to make vertical niches the best option, by far, for someone bootstrapping a company. #3:

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How an experienced Asp.net developer multiplied his productivity.

Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

I’m still a.NET dev by day but I’m bootstrapping a startup on Rails in my free time. Flickr Search Copyright © 2011. I started on ASP.NET MVC but quickly realized both financially and technically, the platform wasn’t going to be a good decision moving forward. Titan Theme by The Theme Foundry.

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How an experienced Asp.net developer multiplied his productivity.

Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

I’m still a.NET dev by day but I’m bootstrapping a startup on Rails in my free time. Flickr Search Copyright © 2011. I started on ASP.NET MVC but quickly realized both financially and technically, the platform wasn’t going to be a good decision moving forward. Titan Theme by The Theme Foundry.

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Startup Resources

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Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. SEO and Analytics Tutorials. SEO for Startups â?? SEO Digger â?? SEO and campaign management tool. SEO Keyword Analysis Tool. Crunchies 2011. Get Satisfaction. Event platforms. Eventbrite. Women Focus.