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6 Guerrilla Marketing Tactics For New Businesses

YoungUpstarts

Also known as stealth marketing, this clever tactic advertises a product in such a sneaky manner that people aren’t even aware that they’re being subjected to advertising. One of the most memorable campaigns was launched by Sony Ericsson back in 2002 in the early days of cell phones with a digital camera. Undercover marketing.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. 1- Unique name addressing what we’re doing. Lately other data storage startups were choosing names ending in.io

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

In 2002, McKinsey published a study of 1,000 U.S. Although the company created an incentive plan to boost sales, its sales growth fell from 19% before the recession to 8% after—five percentage points below Staples’ postrecession sales growth rate. What the big studies have shown. Premium-brand market leaders [.]

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How to Build Robust User Personas in Under a Month

ConversionXL

They took on cheesy stock photos and cringey names like Big Spender Billy. It wasn’t helped by the fact that marketers seem fond of giving their personas silly names, such as “Social Butterfly Brenda” or “Value Hunter Valerie,” that attempt to collapse nuanced research into a single concept.

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A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans

Duct Tape Marketing

Mike founded GrubHub in his spare bedroom and grew it into the multi-billion-dollar online food delivery colossus that is a household name. Colossus, that is a household name, probably be, became even more so the last couple years says leaving GrubHub. But that's just part of the rejection of doing sales. I had quit my job.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. Naming a Business. SALES & MARKETING. Advertising. In 2002, he stepped gingerly into the work-for-equity arena, with a modest investment in one start-up. Kyle retained the right to name the third board member. Email Address: ); ADVERTISEMENT. Email address: Home.

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Stitch Fix: Reinventing Retail Through Personalization

abovethecrowd.com

The company, which the founder cleverly named “Stitch Fix,” had a remarkably unique offering compared to other women’s fashion experiences. Also, many of these companies were built with heavy doses of advertising spend, a clear red-flag in our book.