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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. And the reality is that you might be better off doing less activity but doing “the right&# activities really well.

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How to Solve the Biggest Frustration Marketers Have With Social

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What you really want to know is which campaigns drove “bottom of funnel activities” such as: Purchases, newsletter signups, subscribers, comments and so forth in the same way you’d be tracking this on Google Analytics for your SEO / SEM campaigns, direct referrals, etc.

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The Most Misunderstood Facts About Building a Business on YouTube

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Almost every online business I know (eCommerce, online software, mobile games) invests heavily in “customer acquisition” This includes investments often not properly measured (SEO, PR, Social) as well as costs that people measure more precisely (advertising, SEM, FB CPA/CPI ads). But you don’t need to spend money on SEM.

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Guerilla Marketing, Brad Feld Style

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Instead of focusing on marketing as an activity… integrate it into (your) products.”. If you look at many of the companies we invest in, sure they have traditional marketing activities, but most of their growth and momentum comes from delighting their users. “…companies should… focus on building amazing products.

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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” When merchants sign up MyTime then helps them with marketing activities through marketing automation tools they’ve build across SEM, social, and email. Ethan took great inspiration in this from Alex Rampell of TrialPay (an advisor to the company) who had written about this concept of “ Service as a SKU.”

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Interview with Billy Fried, Kijubi

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This morning's interview is with Billy Fried , co-founder and CEO of Kijubi (www.kijubi.com), a new startup which is looking to help people find travel activities. I was always perplexed at finding fun activities out there to do. The firm is launching itself today at TechCrunch50. It's been around for the last six years.

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5 Tips For Startups To Win With Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

Your plan should include a well-designed web site, events, press releases, and search engine marketing (SEM). SEM is the most common form of online marketing, which increases your website visibility on search engine results pages through optimization and advertising. Prepare your staff to deliver on social media requirements.