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Doing the Right Thing > 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 get a lot of traffic — not always results. If you aren’t careful every PR team will measure inches over impact.

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Why You Don’t Want to Give Financial Information to All of Your Investors

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I have blogged about some of the downside consequences of the changes and the private information I have says the consequences are much worse than is reported in the press since few people publicly talk about. Does he blog about venture capital and try to advise entrepreneurs? How founders get screwed on convertible notes.

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Netflix Redux: Is It Ever OK to Fire Your Customers?

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But creating better visibility for investors of the profitability of each unit and accountability for bosses of each to perform well according to differnet metrics is a good & important idea. Netflix announced the changes to its company via a blog post. A blog post! Of course the press is going to roast you.

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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). Don’t forget the metrics and analytics. Create an integrated conventional marketing and social media strategy.

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

So what are Rob’s secret hacks that he didn’t spill in his blog post? . Key point – if your emails are as long as my blog posts you’re forked. He did it yesterday, “Mark, I’m going to write a blog post following on from your VC’s aren’t dumb. That in itself is quite a challenge.

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Interview with Michael Wong, MergeLocal

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On average, not including our internal friends, every user who joins the site is inviting four new friends, and we haven't done any marketing except a press release. As we've built this relationship with them, we let them see the mobile and social metrics, and make it so that they're able to create a campaign.

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6 Steps To Raising Venture Capital – Hint: Preparation Matters More Than Your Pitch

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Subscribe to their blog. Based on your research from Step 1, you should be able to communicate meaningful and insightful comments regarding the partners’ tweets, blog content, etc. If you are deploying a freemium business model, test your upsell strategy on a portion of your users to establish concrete free-to-paid conversion metrics.