Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2023

More About Ash & Hasan : Connect with Ash Ali on LinkedIn Connect with Hasan Kubba on LinkedIn Visit the Unfair Academy Get a copy of The Unfair Advantage Get Your Free AI Prompts To Build A Marketing Strategy: Download now Like this show? Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Thanks for having us.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Worried about things that may go wrong or making the wrong decisions? Did you just start a company but are concerned about how you are doing things? Few people like talking about their mistakes, but thankfully nine founders took some time to share some of their hard-earned knowledge with you. Gleb Budman , CEO of Backblaze.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

They offer improved SEO, maximized revenue and ROI with ads and landing pages, higher performance, and richer UX— all while providing flexibility and major results. Learn more about Roberto’s history with coding and ROBOAMP’s new product that will change email marketing as we know it. Does Roberto’s story sound familiar?

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

When starting out, many agencies blog about topics directly related to their offering. This is great if you’re creating success stories, but less so if you’re writing about high-level, tactical fluff. Your customers can provide you with pain-points to write about, as well as success stories to attract new clients.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

In this episode, I talk with Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba about how to identify your own unfair advantages and apply them to any project in your life. We talk about how to look at yourself and find the ingredients you didn’t realize you already had, to succeed in the cut-throat world of business. [22:57] Thanks for having us.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Ask a technical founder about his startup, and he'll proudly describe his stunning software — simple, compelling, useful, fun. Great," I always exclaim, sharing the thrill of modern software development, "so how will people find out about this brilliant website?". We're better than everyone else at SEO.". "A

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the companies they’re starting in 2023 and here are the responses. #1- The majority of new inquiries I've fielded for 2023 projects are about branding luxury residences that bridge the gap between a boutique hotel and Airbnb. Thanks to Sean Stevens, Immerse Education ! #11-

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

The idea from our company came about through notice of an everyday inconvenience— why are wallets so bulky? From there, the entire process took about a year, from conceptualizing our idea to launching on Kickstarter. My purpose was primarily learning about the internet and how to build a business. 15- To inspire others.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

In the episode, I talk with CEO of Founders Space, Steve Hoffman about the tumultuous journey of launching a startup and revealing what it takes to make it. 20:21] Where can people find out more about your programs and your book? More About Steve Hoffman: FounderSpace.com. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Tweet. --> This is a guest post from Robert Graham — a solo bootstrapper who blogs about the experience. SEO is extremely powerful, but it takes time. I didn’t know much about marketing and I hadn’t prepared for the kind of lead time necessary to be effective. (Powered by LaunchBit ). He is a Ph.D.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 25, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How to Build a Billion Dollar SEO Empire – crowdspring.co/1jrrtm7. 15 Useful Bootstrap Tools and Generators for Web Developers | DJDESIGNERLAB – crowdspring.co/1iDkMPO.

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Spencer Fry

MAY 11, 2011

A quick Google search for "bootstrap marketing" brings up a bunch of useless nonsense. The results are either in the form of "Top 10 Bootstrap Marketing Tips" or "Bootstrap Marketing 101" guides. They're outdated and uninformative — full of obvious suggestions such as: "you should blog" and "use Twitter to get the word out."

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

They already have several customers including some telcos, and are at about $350,000 in revenues. Gio expects to get to about $500,000 by the end of this year and asked me for advice on venture funding. I advised him to avoid spending money to sell to the US and UK markets for the next year.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 10, 2016

” During this same time, I had decided to audit an MBA Entrepreneurship class at my alma mater American University in order to learn more about business plans and starting a business. We have a marketing coordinator who helps get our voice heard as well as listens to and communicates with voices talking about and to us.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 10, 2016

” During this same time, I had decided to audit an MBA Entrepreneurship class at my alma mater American University in order to learn more about business plans and starting a business. We have a marketing coordinator who helps get our voice heard as well as listens to and communicates with voices talking about and to us.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 11, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Good insight from @benedictevans about the TV industry - crowdspring.co/1lzf4RO. 20 impactful package designs that teach us about effective UX | Webdesigner Depot – crowdspring.co/1mZnnE3.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2017

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast, I catch up with Brian and we just talk about a whole host of things. Why don’t you sit in and listen with us? This is about your third time on at least. As a bootstrap company without investors we always have to use cash flow as our development and maintenance funds.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 11, 2010

In the last interview Peldi Guilizzoni (Balsamiq Studios) gave detailed advice about how he earned almost a million dollars in revenue in his first year of operation. Below Bob digs into his years of experience living with, mentoring, and thinking about tiny startups to tell us what's important for a founder starting a company today.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small business and startup issues: paperwork galore&# (about the coming flood of 1099 reports) – [link]. 9 Step SEO Checkup Using Google Webmaster Tools – [link].

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

I’ll also mention that even where it appears to have flatlined, around December 13th there are still around 65 visits per day, and by the 20th it’s down to about 16 per day. For the Twitter and Hacker News traffic, their half-life is about 12 hours. A smaller one many of us are familiar with is AppSumo. Very rapid.

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Spencer Fry

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

I thought I'd share with you some of the more general issues we thought to include (about half of our Big List). You need to write about whatever you're selling in a clear, concise and engaging way. Contact page copy: For us it's a matter of making sure that we list all of the different ways visitors to our service can reach us.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

A few years ago I went on a museum date where the lady was REALLY passionate about the museum; she had favorite objects and personal stories that related to them. We’ve continued bootstrapping since then — today we are a $2.5 We have an amazing co-parenting style that works for both of us, and we’re both happy.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The more I learn about startups the more I realize that one’s chance of succeeding is a continuum rather than some kind of binary state. This applies to bootstrapped companies. I’ve seen first-hand how funded competition can crush a bootstrapping company. Photo by iamjohntmeyer. AdWords go from $.50

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MAY 10, 2010

At the same time, they also run television ads (with celebrities), are expert at SEO and AdWords, built a user-friendly web site, and do tech support for consumers. The good thing about automation is it's efficient; the bad thing is you cannot learn because you're not involved in the process. Solve the seller side first.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Specifically, an advertiser might be willing to pay $3 to have someone with 10,000 followers tweet about how great their widget is, as in this Ad.ly Bootstrapped companies have no such luxury. Of course you can't conclude that using another platform is automatically imprudent. In my opinion SEO is the same way.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 8, 2012

Pin It Listen to this episode if you want to hear a really tough conversation about refining a cool idea into a profit-making business. Transcript Automated transcription services provided by: Jason: Hi, Jared, tell me a little bit about your business. Jason: Okay, wait, but who cares about grabbing the data? Jared: I have.

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blog.traindom.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

If you feel you have a good story to tell that would interest our readers drop us a line (email me at my first name @ mo.com) Reply Phil Whelan says: October 4, 2010 at 8:58 pm Wow, that’s quite a list. You can contact us through our contact page and get your startup reviewed. Are they in any particular order? Sign up now!

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 13, 2015

Suppose the goal of this particular company is to achieve $1m in annual revenue for a two-person bootstrapped startup, with a goal to be so efficient as to never have to hire employees, and therefore produce a terrific little business that nets each of them a few million dollars over the next ten years. Bigger markets make things easier.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Think about it. 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. Let’s see, at that time I was about 22 years old. You get great back links.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. How can I go about looking for a (very) good programmer willing to do this as sweat equity? So you see my dilemma.

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ultralightstartups.com

MAY 20, 2013

Bootstrapping. One that does not produce a lot of search results when Googled (so you won’t have to expend lots of SEO resources for your own name to show up when someone searches for it directly). This helps you think about how you want your name to stand out. Don’t get excited about just 1 name. Who We Are.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

Whether you’re bootstrapping or have just secured a round of funding – chances are you want to attract as many customers to sign up for your product/service. Blogging champions as the #1 method for increasing traffic, with SEO in second place ( HubSpot ). But before we dive into the topics you should blog about.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2017

1- Converting more leads and offering more SEO packages. I have hired staff to continuously perform outreach for my SEO business, which has led to sales nearly tripling this year. I also want to create more SEO packages for small businesses with lower budgets as the industry seems to be lacking this type of offer.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 17, 2021

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners what motivates them about growing a business and below are their replies. #1- My business is about artistry and self-expression, so the motivation for me is to be able to constantly push boundaries and think outside the box. Thanks to Nick Antonopoulos, SEO Digital Chicago ! #26-

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

We wanted a name that truly reflected the brand and what we’re all about. We started as a way to help us monetize our networks since we found ourselves making great introductions to people and we would find in our inbox, “hey thanks for the introduction to so and so, they wrote me a check for a million dollars!

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Next Taha Jiwaji of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, gave us an interesting snapshot of some opportunities opening up in Africa. I suggest he offers a service, like SEO marketing, that is related to his venture to continue to bootstrap this business. Don't spray and pray! Bongo Live! He discussed Bongo Live! ,

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

He is the product marketer for get Gist , which is an all in one software platform for stuff like live chat and email marketing automation, forms, knowledge-based, all the tools that we need to use today. The classic one is always Amazon, knows what we buy and how we think and is offering those things to us. John Jantsch: Okay.

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