Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2013

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. Viral marketing costs real money these days, which usually means adding at least an extra zero to budget estimates. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Get exposure for your expertise. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2014

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. Viral marketing costs real money these days, which usually means adding at least an extra zero to budget estimates. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Get exposure for your expertise. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2010

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. Viral marketing costs real money these days, which usually means adding at least an extra zero to budget estimates. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Get exposure for your expertise. Marty Zwilling.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

I strongly believe that the first few hires of a startup should belong to the growth department, whether they’re marketers, community managers, or salespeople (selling your product is the best way to learn how to improve it). Jun-15: Community Manager (growth team). Aug-15: Head of Sales (growth team). Lean marketing.

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Gust

MARCH 9, 2014

When questioned, founders usually mention word-of-mouth, viral marketing, and a top quality product. Viral marketing costs real money these days, which usually means adding at least an extra zero to budget estimates. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Get exposure for your expertise.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2016

Referral Marketing– This includes intentional word of mouth activities, viral tactics as well as intentional referral generation. Sales Playbooks– This includes the creation of specific actions aimed at mining, generating, nurturing and converting leads. Pipedrive – Visualize your sales pipeline and keep the line moving.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Posted by Philippe Botteri.

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