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Test Your Aptitude for Business Internet Jargon

Startup Professionals Musings

If you have heard the lingo, but most of these are not in your startup business plan, you are already in jeopardy as an entrepreneur: Blogging. A blog is basically a journal (“web log”) that is published on the web. Business blogs are an extension of your website and can effectively communicate the value of your business.

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How To Size Your Marketing Budget For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

There are many more, but these should get you started: Create a professional website and blog. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. With these, your business presence can look big and credible even when you are small.

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Internet Business Lingo Quiz for Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Believe me, the business implications are already critical to your success or failure as an entrepreneur: Blog. A blog is basically a journal (“web log”) that is published on the web. Business blogs are an extension of your website and can effectively communicate the value of your business. Search engine marketing (SEM).

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

Both Sides of the Table

SEO / SEM are promotional techniques for marketing through the Google distribution channel, which have yielded huge benefits to many companies – Yelp being a prime example. When I first started blogging Digg was still at its peak. Rebelling is simply a form of snobbery. So What is This Underbelly of Which You Speak?

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5 Startup Marketing Actions to Impress Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

There are many more, but these should get you started: Create a professional website and blog. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. With these, your business presence can look big and credible even when you are small.

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Five Elements of a Credible Startup Marketing Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

There are many more, but these should get you started: Create a professional website and blog. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. With these, your business presence can look big and credible even when you are small.

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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.). The truth is that we work in a very small, tight-knit industry and news & plans spread fast. I talked about that in detail on this post about how to blog as a startup.

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