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6 Ways To Get Credible Data To Support A New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Use your favorite search engine and keywords describing your solution to find online sales reports, trade association statistics, and online newsletters with the latest statistics. Competitor annual reports, white papers, press releases, and presentations are great sources of data and trends that you can use to support your own efforts.

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6 Keys To Sizing Your Market For A New Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

Use your favorite search engine and keywords describing your solution to find online sales reports, trade association statistics, and online newsletters with the latest statistics. Competitor annual reports, white papers, press releases, and presentations are great sources of data and trends that you can use to support your own efforts.

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How To Size Your Marketing Budget For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, the average spent by Inc 500 companies for sales and marketing expense continues to hover around 10% of overall revenues. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Create meaningful content and engage others online (free downloads, white papers, webinars, regular blogging).

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7 Strategies For Brand Leadership Through Influencers

Startup Professionals Musings

You too can become an influencer through social media, videos and blogs, and people will follow you on what to buy, what causes to support, and who to vote for. Tony Hsieh, founder of Zappos, is recognized as an influencer in online retail, doubling sales annually, by giving away shoes to the needy.

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5 Startup Marketing Actions to Impress Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, the average spent by Inc 500 companies for sales and marketing expense continues to hover around 10% of overall revenues. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Create meaningful content and engage others online (free downloads, white papers, webinars, regular blogging).

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6 Market Research Sources That Fit A Limited Budget

Startup Professionals Musings

Use your favorite search engine and keywords describing your solution to find online sales reports, trade association statistics, and online newsletters with the latest statistics. Competitor annual reports, white papers, press releases, and presentations are great sources of data and trends that you can use to support your own efforts.

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7 Strategies For Anticipating Future Customer Trends

Startup Professionals Musings

With today’s Internet instant access to all the latest reports and white papers of industry experts, there is no excuse for not staying current with outside perspectives, to temper your own views. I often hear entrepreneurs who seem to rely wholly on their own passion, and the view of a few friends.