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6 Ways To Get Credible Data To Support A New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Competitor annual reports, white papers, press releases, and presentations are great sources of data and trends that you can use to support your own efforts. With social media and the new survey tools, it’s easy and fast to set up and run your own focus group, or opinion survey.

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6 Keys To Sizing Your Market For A New Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

Competitor annual reports, white papers, press releases, and presentations are great sources of data and trends that you can use to support your own efforts. With social media and the new survey tools, it’s easy and fast to set up and run your own focus group, or opinion survey.

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7 Strategies For Brand Leadership Through Influencers

Startup Professionals Musings

You too can become an influencer through social media, videos and blogs, and people will follow you on what to buy, what causes to support, and who to vote for. People want to connect with and learn from people like them – not from edicts, anonymous brand marketing material, and white papers that allow no interaction.

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How To Make Digital Marketing Excel For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

It is search engines, web content, blogs, social media, e-mail direct, on one of many mobile-phone approaches? Encourage ongoing social media customer conversations. Social media is the ideal vehicle for these conversations. Firing randomly to see what sticks doesn’t work. For good content, less is more.

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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. Create meaningful content and engage others online (free downloads, white papers, webinars, regular blogging). Gather leads online from your social media initiatives, mine your contacts, attend trade shows, and use lead-generation services.

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6 Market Research Sources That Fit A Limited Budget

Startup Professionals Musings

Competitor annual reports, white papers, press releases, and presentations are great sources of data and trends that you can use to support your own efforts. With social media and the new survey tools, it’s easy and fast to set up and run your own focus group, or opinion survey.

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5 Startup Marketing Actions to Impress Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Create meaningful content and engage others online (free downloads, white papers, webinars, regular blogging). Gather leads online from your social media initiatives, mine your contacts, attend trade shows, and use lead-generation services.

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