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How to Create Free Buzz for Your Startup

David Teten

For startup companies trying to build buzz around their brand, but without the capital to launch a full-fledged PR campaign, there are a lot of ways to hack the PR game. E.g., See ffVC’s blog post about the JOBS act, which discusses portfolio company Indiegogo. Reach out to websites that profile entrepreneurs.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 2) Market . 3) Raise capital.

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How To Create Buzz Around Your Startup

David Teten

Are you trying to build buzz, but don’t have the cash to launch a full-fledged PR campaign? We’ve listed below some of the more creative ways that we’ve seen our portfolio companies and others attract the media, at zero or trivial cost. Distribute press releases on free sites like Free Press Release and PRLog.com.

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How to Radically Stand Out with Brand Marketing

ConversionXL

By demonstrating proven marketing expertise, we can provide a consistent, valuable experience for our audience. It helps them audit existing content portfolios (blog posts, landing pages, etc.) Modern brand marketing methods to build an audience. speaking to something your audience cares about ).

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Hiring Writers at Your Startup? Scrap Your Usual Approach

View from Seed

This was back when I was director of content at Dailybreak Media, and I was hiring several creatives to build a new team that would grow our audience and work with our brand partners to launch native or sponsored content campaigns. Their portfolio trumps their past jobs, and it’s not even close.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

Use that intelligence to inform product portfolio and investment choices.”. Jocz , you may need to change how you segment your audience: Marketers typically segment according to demographics (“over 40,” say, or “new parent” or “middle income”) or lifestyle (“traditionalist” or “going green”). What does a thoughtful campaign look like?

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Is Crowdfunding for Startups a Good Idea?

ReadWriteStart

While these fees may seem reasonable at first glance, they can add up quickly and significantly impact the amount of capital that the startup receives from the crowdfunding campaign. A campaign should only be used if your product has a “viral” quality to it. The crowdfunding act itself becomes a marketing strategy.

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