Marketing Questions

I've seen Fiverr used to build fans to a new social network page or profile, build links (spammy) for a website, or design a logo. Is it an effective tool for building fans to a social media page...

Marketing Social Media SEO

asked Jul 9 '12 at 08:17

Paul O'brien
521 points

Will you ask your site competitor's member to join your site by sending message to them through competitor's site (like maybe sending message,mail etc)? Do you think members who received such an...

Marketing

asked Jul 12 '12 at 02:48

Simplyme
186 points

BACKGROUND I'm a senior software developer and started my own company last year. Prior to last year, I worked for a couple of years as a software developer on contract for many companies. And...

Marketing Technology

asked Jul 14 '12 at 02:36

John
170 points

I have reserved a name for my business. It does not contain any "Co" or "Software" suffix. But sometimes it's more appropriate to use the suffix, e.g. in Facebook page's title. Can I use the "Co"...

Marketing Legal Name

asked Jul 15 '12 at 00:48

Muller
19 points

Background: I have a web app idea in mind that I have started developing for fun. As I started seeing potential for revenue, I realized that a lot of other competitors have already started this...

Getting Started Marketing Market Opportunity

asked Jul 17 '12 at 03:46

Jason
11 points

I'm a 22 year old mobile marketer and QR designer. I can create artistic branded qr codes for musicians, mobile app companies, and other mobile based companies. How do I go about getting in touch...

Marketing Mobile

asked Jul 19 '12 at 02:37

Qrezy
21 points

We have just launched (yesterday actually!) a website for our startup - providing mobile and Facebook app development services. Sales will totally drive from leads generated from the website....

Marketing Sales Strategy Inbound Marketing SEO

asked Jul 21 '12 at 17:21

Ali
179 points

The common wisdom is that when creating a product you must solve a problem or need people have. For example, Facebook solves the social problem, and Evernote is your "second brain". However, it...

Marketing Problem Solving

asked Jul 23 '12 at 18:46

Maximus M
136 points

I like the idea of creating an online course. However, I have never done something like that before. My idea is: Create an online course about a field I know a lot about and charge for that. So...

Marketing Entrepreneurs

asked Jul 23 '12 at 18:55

Maximus M
136 points

We are trying to setup a contest at my school where contestants have to pay to enter and compete. We have enough money to cover a grand prize, as well as other minor prizes. According to my naive...

Pricing Marketing Revenue Economics

asked Jun 16 '12 at 09:02

Paul
111 points

What impact did your Facebook fan page have on your sales or traffic? Did you try to measure conversion rate: "Facebook fans/visits" or "Facebook fans/sales"?

Marketing Facebook Conversion

asked Jun 20 '12 at 17:26

Activation Cloud
153 points

My co-founder and I have invested $50k together and launched phase 1 of our social network website. We have started marketing in NY metro and have grown to 300 users in 4 weeks. We are in the...

Marketing Startup Costs Social Network

asked Jun 23 '12 at 04:36

Rajiv
11 points

My company makes and sells computers for Autodesk software, so Structural Engineers, 3D designers etc. Where would be best to advertise? We have an adwords campaign running, but we are only...

Marketing Sales Advertising

asked Jun 26 '12 at 21:15

Adam
133 points

I have my own web development company and I created a web shop for a customer using Drupal Commerce. My customer was selling children's clothing in a regular store. This store, however, no longer...

Marketing Branding

asked Jun 6 '12 at 18:36

Mike
140 points

I want to run an advertising campaign that will drive downloads of my mobile app. I'm open to AdWords, Facebook ads, Reddit self-serve ads, AdMob ads that appear on mobile devices etc. The mobile...

Marketing Adwords Advertising Facebook Mobile

asked Jun 9 '12 at 11:43

Sunday Monday
167 points

I have a habit of registering my own name on social sites, just to ensure that nobody impersonates me. Now, starting a business, I am doing the same with the business name and the product...

Marketing Social Network Online

asked Jun 11 '12 at 20:51

Torben Gundtofte Bruun
350 points

I'm about to launch a social travel network PhD colleague. It uses a complex algorithm to rank results and recommendations. We've just concluded the development and must say that we made mistakes...

Marketing Product Launch

asked May 29 '12 at 00:47

Jan
1 point

I'm getting ahead of myself here because my product hasn't launched yet, but I thought about this and would appreciate the thoughts of this community: Imagine this: You're launching a great app...

Marketing Sales Launch

asked May 30 '12 at 14:56

Torben Gundtofte Bruun
350 points

So my co-founder and I spent 10 months and launched a social network 2 weeks ago. We are doing simple fb ads and craigslist advertising and have reached 200 users. As anyone will say, our idea is...

Marketing Startup Costs Venture Capital Entrepreneurs Social Network

asked Jun 2 '12 at 01:24

R W
8 points

I've sent concise pitches about my startup (general, and for various features) to around 20 tech journalists from tech blogs/sites (Mashable, Techcrunch, TNW, RRW, Lifehacker, Venturebeat, etc.),...

Marketing Pitch Coverage

asked May 19 '12 at 00:43

Bozho
155 points