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I Haven’t Seen A Startup Yet Thrive Without Marketing

Startup Professionals Musings

Think of a brand evangelist team online as people blogging about your product, or posting links to it in every forum. Seed viral activity. This means spending more money on search marketing (SEM) to make it look like the buzz is working. People are more demanding and have more choices than ever before.

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How To Size Your Marketing Budget For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Concentrate elsewhere on the near-term marketing activities (which are also expensive) for this round of funding. There are many more, but these should get you started: Create a professional website and blog. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Get exposure for your expertise.

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Viral Marketing And Word-of-Mouth Require Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

Think of a brand evangelist team online as people blogging about your product, or posting links to it in every forum. Seed viral activity. This means spending more money on search marketing (SEM) to make it look like the buzz is working. People are more demanding and have more choices than ever before.

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Doing the Right Things is More Important than Doing Things Right

Both Sides of the Table

So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. And the reality is that you might be better off doing less activity but doing “the right&# activities really well.

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Why Good Marketing Campaign Costs Continue To Rise

Startup Professionals Musings

Think of a brand evangelist team online as people blogging about your product, or posting links to it in every forum. Seed viral activity. This means spending more money on search marketing (SEM) to make it look like the buzz is working. People are more demanding and have more choices than ever before.

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5 Startup Marketing Actions to Impress Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Concentrate elsewhere on the near-term marketing activities (which are also expensive) for this round of funding. There are many more, but these should get you started: Create a professional website and blog. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Get exposure for your expertise.

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Many Entrepreneurs Believe Viral Marketing is Free

Startup Professionals Musings

Think of a brand evangelist team online as people blogging about your product, or posting links to it in every forum. Seed viral activity. This means spending more money on search marketing (SEM) to make it look like the buzz is working. In a business plan these are called marketing campaigns, which continue to rise in cost.