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Doing the Right Things is More Important than Doing Things Right

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They are tasked with “getting deals done&# so they race around talking to tons of potential partners inking anything from channel sale deals , product integration, international distribution agreements, co-marketing arrangements, M&A discussions, etc. Let me give you an example.

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How To Size Your Marketing Budget For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, the average spent by Inc 500 companies for sales and marketing expense continues to hover around 10% of overall revenues. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Gather leads online from your social media initiatives, mine your contacts, attend trade shows, and use lead-generation services.

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5 Startup Marketing Actions to Impress Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, the average spent by Inc 500 companies for sales and marketing expense continues to hover around 10% of overall revenues. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Gather leads online from your social media initiatives, mine your contacts, attend trade shows, and use lead-generation services.

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Five Elements of a Credible Startup Marketing Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, the average spent by Inc 500 companies for sales and marketing expense continues to hover around 10% of overall revenues. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Gather leads online from your social media initiatives, mine your contacts, attend trade shows, and use lead-generation services.

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5 Reasons Growth Hacking is THE Most Important Function of a Startup

Tech Zulu Event

Guest article by Richie Hecker, Founder of Bootstrapper Media. For about 50 years, (…cough M) Ad Men, or marketing and sales individuals, have been the kings of organizational hierarchy … and then came the Internet of things and engineers took over the throne. He currently resides in NYC.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

I like to use the example of a company I backed called MakeSpace because it’s such an easy an obvious market to understand. For example, if you’re going to build a travel planning website (as many, many startup entrepreneurs do) your basic research would be: How much do people spend on travel books / guides today?

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What Every Entrepreneur Could Learn from Justin Bieber

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You need to be great at something: technology back-end, front-end design, usability, sales, marketing, quantitative analysis, leadership –> whatever. Only after you’ve done all this can you consider whether or not it makes sense to pay for any marketing such as SEM, PR, trade show expenditure, etc.