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Too Many Small Businesses Still Ignore Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce. Read everything you can about viral marketing. I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start.

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Learning is better than optimization (the local maximum problem)

Startup Lessons Learned

Many optimizers are in favor of split-testing, too: direct marketers, landing page and SEO experts -- heck even the Google Website Optimizer team. Whole product " is a term I learned from Bill Davidows classic Marketing High Technology. Or should you focus on user engagement or virality?

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7 Steps To A Memorable New Venture Marketing Rollout

Startup Professionals Musings

Even within the digital marketing arena, there are a thousand alternatives, vying for your limited budget. Should you be buying key words from search engines, building fabulous web content, blasting out e-mail campaigns, or putting all your efforts into viral videos or social media? Put your customer at the top, rather than technology.

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How To Begin Using Social Media In Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce. Read everything you can about viral marketing. I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start.

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Too Busy for Social Media Marketing Could Be Fatal

Startup Professionals Musings

They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce. Read everything you can about viral marketing. I suspect that a good part of the problem is that startup and small business owners still don’t know where or how to start.

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Pull Investors to Your Business Plan With a Summary

Startup Professionals Musings

Skip the acronyms, history of the company, and the disruptive technology behind your solution. Market size and growth opportunity. Investors are looking for a large and growing market. Outline your sales and marketing strategy (direct marketing, sales channel, viral marketing, and lead generation).

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Give Investors an Executive Summary That Rocks

Startup Professionals Musings

Skip the acronyms, history of the company, and the disruptive technology behind your solution. Market size and growth opportunity. Investors are looking for a large and growing market. Outline your sales and marketing strategy (direct marketing, sales channel, viral marketing, and lead generation).