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5 Startup Marketing Actions to Impress Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. These founders need a reality check on what recognized brand names have spent to reach that threshold, and how long it is likely to take. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content).

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How To Size Your Marketing Budget For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. These founders need a reality check on what recognized brand names have spent to reach that threshold, and how long it is likely to take. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content).

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The Proven Framework For Building A Thriving Community

Duct Tape Marketing

And then finally, our shareable moment is kind of the advocate part of the buyer's journey is it's a swag store or it's content that you've created that they can share or those white papers. Cuz it's not just, you know, it's like when viral videos were like all the thing, everybody wanted to make a viral video, but why ?

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Five Elements of a Credible Startup Marketing Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. These founders need a reality check on what recognized brand names have spent to reach that threshold, and how long it is likely to take. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content).

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How To Size Your Marketing Budget For Funding

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When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. These founders need a reality check on what recognized brand names have spent to reach that threshold, and how long it is likely to take. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content).

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QR Me

Up and Running

To provide a direct link to a lead generation tool like a white paper or a free report. To help a video “go viral”. I’ll mention your name and your website address when I answer the question (anonymous questions are also welcome!) There are many ways for service businesses to take advantage of QR codes: 1.

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Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups

crowdSPRING Blog

Oh yea – remember to put your company name and logo on whatever swag you’re handing out this week otherwise it misses the entire point. Position yourself as an expert by writing white papers to distribute to your readers and other professionals. Know your resources. Share them here by posting a comment.