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Too Many Small Businesses Still Ignore Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce. Read everything you can about viral marketing.

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7 Steps To A Memorable New Venture Marketing Rollout

Startup Professionals Musings

Even within the digital marketing arena, there are a thousand alternatives, vying for your limited budget. Should you be buying key words from search engines, building fabulous web content, blasting out e-mail campaigns, or putting all your efforts into viral videos or social media?

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How To Begin Using Social Media In Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce. Read everything you can about viral marketing.

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Pull Investors to Your Business Plan With a Summary

Startup Professionals Musings

Think of it as a selling effort, not an attempt to fully describe your startup. Outline your sales and marketing strategy (direct marketing, sales channel, viral marketing, and lead generation). There is no magic that fits all startups, but make sure you touch in each key issue. Executive team.

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Are You Really Ready To Launch Your Business?

YoungUpstarts

Get proof of how your product can provide a solution, and you will be able to use this to push your business across different platforms – aim for a viral impact! So, don’t discredit these ‘older’ ways of direct marketing. Your digital presence should be geared for your success: A seamless user experience on your website.

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Too Busy for Social Media Marketing Could Be Fatal

Startup Professionals Musings

I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce. Read everything you can about viral marketing.

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Give Investors an Executive Summary That Rocks

Startup Professionals Musings

Think of it as a selling effort, not an attempt to fully describe your startup. Outline your sales and marketing strategy (direct marketing, sales channel, viral marketing, and lead generation). There is no magic that fits all startups, but make sure you touch in each key issue. Executive team.