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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Unless your business is a religion, I don’t recommend it for a startup these days. Chief Sales Officer (VP Sales). Chief Risk Officer.

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Social Media is a Boon to Startups Who Do It Right

Startup Professionals Musings

The same messaging rules that apply to classic public relations and branding apply to social media. Lead generation continues to be the biggest benefit of social networking for U.S. Research your target market to find out who they are and how to reach them. Producing weak, unfocused, or unhelpful content.

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10 Job Titles Never Found in an Investable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Unless your business is a religion, I don’t recommend it for a startup these days. Chief Sales Officer (VP Sales). Chief Risk Officer.

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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

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What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Unless your business is a religion, I don’t recommend it for a startup these days. Chief Sales Officer (VP Sales). Chief Risk Officer.

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The Changing Face of Lead Generation

Duct Tape Marketing

The Changing Face of Lead Generation This content from: Duct Tape Marketing. I’ve spent a great deal of time over the last few years professing the virtues of what I’ve been calling the lead generation trio made up of some combination or advertising, public relations and referrals. GoDakshin via Flickr.

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Ten Executive Titles You Don’t Want in a Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Unless your business is a religion, I don’t recommend it for a startup these days. Chief Sales Officer (VP Sales). Chief Risk Officer.

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10 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Leverage Networking in Business

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5- Grow our brand and lead generation. Rather than seeing these agencies as competitors, I see them as opportunities to grow our brand and lead generation. I saw an impressive stat for a software company I used to work for that 64% of their leads generated were through referrals. Photo Credit: Jeff Pitta.