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Doing the Right Things is More Important than Doing Things Right

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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. Let me give you an example.

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5 Tips For Startups To Win With Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

Your plan should include a well-designed web site, events, press releases, and search engine marketing (SEM). SEM is the most common form of online marketing, which increases your website visibility on search engine results pages through optimization and advertising.

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

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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. Rebelling is simply a form of snobbery. Online marketing uses techniques for driving promotion and place.

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10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups

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Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). But don’t let this information get out into the general press and don’t market more than a few months out. You’re reading their press releases or blog posts. You don’t.

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How To Size Your Marketing Budget For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Put out regular press releases for search purposes and general visibility. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Get exposure for your expertise.

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5 Startup Marketing Actions to Impress Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Put out regular press releases for search purposes and general visibility. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Get exposure for your expertise.

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Guerilla Marketing, Brad Feld Style

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In particular, Brad was impressed that, “Trada…educated people on how SEM works…and they were incredibly inclusive. We have never done a press release. The optimizers buy keywords and create ads on behalf of Trada’s clients and then share the incremental revenue generated by such ads.

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