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How to Make a Real Social Media Customer Connection

Startup Professionals Musings

Social media connections, if they exist, are buried elsewhere or reserved for monitoring purposes only. Social media is here, and is the preferred mode of communication by a large segment of your customers, so make it a positive differentiator for your business. Guide customers to the right social media channel.

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How to use PR Firms at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

This post is a short guide to what I’ve learned: 1. I was talking a month ago with a founding team who was lamenting the fact that their competitors got way better coverage than they did when they felt that their traffic numbers were > 2x the competition. That’s why keeping a personal blog is so great.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

Bootstrapping Marketing Strategy, social media marketing, web applications. . Removing the Middleman: Embedding Shopping on Your Blog. In 2009 my art blog www.johntunger.com earned $188,138 in gross sales from 205,839 unique visitors. Entrepreneurism / Monetization cosmetics, social media, women in tech. .

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Here’s How to Do PR on a Budget

Both Sides of the Table

But of course it’s hard to advise people that they should do PR without a guide to how to do it on the cheap or how to do it at all. It’s why in this article I advise that people “market today not futures” because you don’t want your playbook in the hands of the competition. When to start PR?

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6 Entrepreneur Recovery Steps When Profits Plateau

Startup Professionals Musings

If you are in this category, first know that you are not alone, but then you need to take a look at the advice given by Patricia Sigmon in her book “ Six Steps to Creating Profit: A Guide for Small and Mid-Sized Service-Based Businesses.” It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. 50 Ways to Expose Yourself to Randomness - Ben Casnocha: The Blog , May 16, 2010 Cal Newport's three step way to become interesting: 1.

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What To Do When Your Startup Profits Hit the Wall

Startup Professionals Musings

If you are in this category, first know that you are not alone, but then you need to take a look at the advice given by Patricia Sigmon in her book “ Six Steps to Creating Profit: A Guide for Small and Mid-Sized Service-Based Businesses.” It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve.

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