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That transformation offers an important lesson for startups about marketing and branding. Apple benefited from an enormous marketing budget. How can startups, with limited marketing budgets, tell their stories and reach their customers in an increasingly noisy world? Apple may sell 48 million iPhones in 2010. The misfits. MORE >>

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To really sell, you have to master all aspects of marketing — and that could include some form of paid advertising. Fortunately, in today’s world of websites, blogs and e-newsletters, you have plenty of inexpensive advertising options to test. Online advertising is, in many ways, brilliant. Marketing advertising MORE >>

Small businesses and startups face many challenges when marketing their products and services. Small businesses and startups have minimal brand recognition, are often located in geographic or demographic areas that limit their marketing options, and most have small (or non-existent) marketing budgets. Listen to your customers. MORE >>