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10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups

Both Sides of the Table

The following are some lessons I learned about early-stage startup marketing. Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). For early-stage consumer companies I would be careful not to market futures at all.

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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

Both Sides of the Table

In essence Muhammad thinks the “growth hacking” is a charlatan term for online marketing that consists of a bunch of everyday tasks that all online businesses should be doing: SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Social Media, Referral Marketing, etc. “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?

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Fad, Shmad. New Domain Extensions Like.FAMILY Are Here To Stay.

YoungUpstarts

You don’t have to create a whole new website, you can simply forward viewers who visit your new domain to content on your existing.COM and get zero SEO penalty for doing so (see number 3 below)! What is the Search Engine Marketing (SEM) value of new domains? New domain extensions are a boon to SEM efforts.

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

Because it can be hard to define or agree company objectives at an early stage I believe most people avoid them. How many adds came through organic SEO? How many through SEM? For example, if you have developers, content people or SEO folks working on SEO programs you’ll need to allocate their time / costs to this effort.

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The Expert Guide to Creating a Marketing Growth Strategy

ConversionXL

Think about the touchpoints at each stage of the AARRR framework. SEO , SEM, paid advertising , content marketing, social media, email marketing, strategic partnerships with other brands, PR; Activation. But in the early stages of development, you might not have the quantitative data necessary to dig into these questions.

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16 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Side Hustles

Hearpreneur

I run an early stage-startup called Smarthome NX that helps consumers discover Smart home technologies through content, collaborative partnerships and commerce. 7- DIY SEO blog. Due to the need of having to market myself, I learned social media and SEO. Thanks to Feuza Reis, Next Level SEM ! #8-

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How To Get Ready To Participate In An Acceleration Program

YoungUpstarts

If this happens, the risk of having an unpleasant experience is much higher, as an early stage startup cannot afford 7 months off the correct path. Marc has a background in online marketing, with a focus in SEO and SEM. Make sure to read the program’s Terms and Conditions (T&C).