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8 Strategies To Drive Your Startup To Profitability

Startup Professionals Musings

Word-of-mouth and social media may get you started, but there is no substitute these days for special promotions, webinars, presence at trade shows, and actively calling on decision makers. Real growth requires new and innovative ways to find customers, as well as old-fashioned advertising and email blasts.

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8 Keys To Scaling The Business After Initial Traction

Startup Professionals Musings

Word-of-mouth and social media may get you started, but there is no substitute these days for special promotions, webinars, presence at trade shows, and actively calling on decision makers. Real growth requires new and innovative ways to find customers, as well as old-fashioned advertising and email blasts.

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Interview with Jimmy Hendricks, Deal Current

socalTECH

In the meantime, Groupon came along, and our media customers started to lose advertising. That tool is being used to drive traffic and acquire emails, which is why it's a part of Deal Current. We learned that Groupon was taking their advertisers. We also mail checks to the advertisers every day, to make sure people get paid.

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Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Startup Marketing Ideas - Eric David Greenspan

SoCal CTO

A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. Poogling events/webinar, radio show expansion and social media relationships and events. We have traditionally been a company heard about through word of mouth, radio advertising (now our own show) and from a Mini sighting. Love the minis!

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8 Initiatives To Increase Your Business Growth Curve

Startup Professionals Musings

Word-of-mouth and social media may get you started, but there is no substitute these days for special promotions, webinars, presence at trade shows, and actively calling on decision makers. Real growth requires new and innovative ways to find customers, as well as old-fashioned advertising and email blasts.