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10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups

Both Sides of the Table

Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). I actually like finding entrepreneurs who are more circumspect, less braggadocios and generally more planned about their actions. That’s fine if entrepreneurs are your target market.

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Search Engine Marketing - No Panacea for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on Search Engine Marketing (SEM). SEM is sometimes called “buying your way into search results.” Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Tags: entrepreneurs startups. Marty Zwilling.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

InfoChachkie

As Marketing Guru Guy Gabriel of Idea Engineering points out in Max Brand , viral marketing has made many an entrepreneur terminally ill. However, Search Engine Management (SEM) is not a “set and forget” exercise. However, you are only paid for ads that generate sales. Such actions include sales, trials, leads, downloads, etc.

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What Every Entrepreneur Could Learn from Justin Bieber

Both Sides of the Table

To be a great entrepreneur you really do need talent. You need to be great at something: technology back-end, front-end design, usability, sales, marketing, quantitative analysis, leadership –> whatever. The media eats it up as they always need something to write about. Girls started appearing to get his autograph.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. Market Size. How much ad revenue does TripAdvisor make?

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Freelancers Are The New Entrepreneurs For Services

Startup Professionals Musings

You don’t need to invent an innovative product to be a real entrepreneur. Many of these new entrepreneurs were regular employees a few years ago, focused on a skill specialty. Writing specialists. Tomorrow, a similar change is likely to happen to sales personnel, customer service, even manufacturing and construction jobs.

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Entrepreneurs Can Thrive on Services or Products

Startup Professionals Musings

You don’t need to invent an innovative product to be a real entrepreneur. Self-employed services specialists are just as important, and are a growing part of this new “ age of the entrepreneur ” that I discussed last week. Many of these new entrepreneurs were regular employees a few years ago, focused on a skill specialty.