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Doing the Right Thing > 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. You get a lot of traffic — not always results. If you aren’t careful every PR team will measure inches over impact.

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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. You have a marketing department with three people. They’re tasked with doing … marketing.

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

SoCal CTO

Some days I respond to questions asked by folks like yourself, the press, or an entity doing a case study, i.e. Citrix, RIM, USC. I'd rather invest time investing in social media to drive traffic to our site. My company and I are a perfect case study for the Tech Council affiliation. Love the minis!

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In-House Business Innovation Requires a New Mantra

Startup Professionals Musings

I see many startups who seem satisfied with a “me too” approach, building yet another social network or e-commerce site, rather than being truly innovative. He asserts that the problem is lack of inspiration, and he supports this with twenty years of real case studies from his own experience.

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Innovation Takes Real Effort, Even For Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

I see many startups who seem satisfied with a “me too” approach, building yet another social network or e-commerce site, rather than being truly innovative. He asserts that the problem is lack of inspiration, and he supports this with twenty years of real case studies from his own experience.

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Interview with Eden Jarrin, eDivvy

socalTECH

How do people use the site? We've been doing case studies, and we've found that people don't want to be stuck with money and nothing to give. How long has the site been available? Eden Jarrin: We officially launched in fall, though the site has been up for a year. The other lesson I learned was with funding.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. First off the two prezis and then the case study material (i used ERPLY as inspiration). I Be specific.

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