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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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The Most Misunderstood Facts About Building a Business on YouTube

Both Sides of the Table

Any reader of this blog for a period of time will know that I’ve been long YouTube for years. If you’re just a content company your advantages are too small to win on the web. But you don’t need to spend money on SEM. You have to have some of your own content formats and not just be an aggregator of talent.

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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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5 Tips For Startups To Win With Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

Add a blog to give yourself a voice, show your expertise, but skip the sales pitch. Your plan should include a well-designed web site, events, press releases, and search engine marketing (SEM). Your plan should include a well-designed web site, events, press releases, and search engine marketing (SEM).

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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. You have a marketing department with three people. They’re tasked with doing … marketing.

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Test Your Aptitude for Business Internet Jargon

Startup Professionals Musings

If you have heard the lingo, but most of these are not in your startup business plan, you are already in jeopardy as an entrepreneur: Blogging. A blog is basically a journal (“web log”) that is published on the web. Business blogs are an extension of your website and can effectively communicate the value of your business.

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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.