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How do I get my first few customers?

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

I spent only hundreds of dollars a month and covered the entire spectrum of SEM. Today it would be near-impossible to bootstrap Smart Bear on those keywords. Because I have an unfair advantage in my network, because I’ve invested in blogging for three years. But this was 2003 when AdWords was new. I bought ads for $0.05/click

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The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

Startup Professionals Musings

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. New cost equations brought about by the Internet and social networking are causing a revolution, and a new age — the age of the entrepreneur — is dawning.

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You Don’t Need to be Rich to be an Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. See my interview a while back with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each.

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The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

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Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM), like cohort analysis , yourself. Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K. Sales and marketing costs. Don’t be the last to get on board.

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Be Part of the Entrepreneurial Revolution

Startup Professionals Musings

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. See my interview a while back with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each.

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Your Business “Driving Force”

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Cisco’s driving force is building products for network professionals. Essa é uma discussão polêmica e sem um claro consenso. Johnson & Johnson , for example, makes hundreds of highly differentiated products that serve doctors, nurses and patients. Technology Company looks for opportunities to apply its technology.