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5 Tips For Startups To Win With Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

Startups should begin by selecting just a few of the vast array of social media offerings out there, and customize based on results. Ask yourself where are the influencers in your market, the majority of your target customers, and what type of interaction will be most productive to your business?

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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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How To Size Your Marketing Budget For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

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). A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start.

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10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups

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Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). Marketing futures can be really good for enterprise software companies where the information is passed between sales rep and potential customer in terms of near-term roadmap. They come and go.

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5 Startup Marketing Actions to Impress Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

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). A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start.

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

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SEO / SEM are promotional techniques for marketing through the Google distribution channel, which have yielded huge benefits to many companies – Yelp being a prime example. When I first started blogging Digg was still at its peak. Rebelling is simply a form of snobbery. Mea culpa and get right back into line.

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Five Elements of a Credible Startup Marketing Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

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). A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start.