Marketing Questions

background. We are developing a product which can be repurposed to target many different industries. We have spoken to several marketing companies who have recommended creating a 1 or 2 page...

Marketing Internet Marketing

asked Feb 6 '12 at 12:46

Robin Vessey
8,394 points

I've pre-launched my start-up two days ago. After being featured on a few sites, we now have a good influx of subscribers. Now I know an inevitable slow down subscribers will happen if I don't act...

Marketing Development Leads

asked Feb 8 '12 at 09:39

User744319
94 points

Being a libertarian, I am completely honest with all my business-transactions, business-offerings and partnerships. From a marketing perspective, would it be beneficial to post my business-plan on...

Marketing Advertising Website Business Plan Ethics

asked Feb 9 '12 at 02:57

A T
38 points

I'm building a web application for an academic community. I'm relying on advertisements as the revenue model for my business. My website is currently in its very initial stage so, how can I get the...

Marketing Strategy Advertising Website Internet

asked Feb 10 '12 at 07:19

Aditya
18 points

I am running a startup and I reached out to an industry publication that I read while I was working for my last employer (for advertising our product with them). I am interested in their email...

Marketing Advertising Email Email Marketing

asked Jan 25 '12 at 13:11

Ktr
53 points

I'm working to launch my product in the near future and some guys are asking if there will be a "free" version. I've read some opinions that discourage the freemium model because canibalizes sales...

Pricing Marketing Software Freemium

asked Jan 25 '12 at 14:00

Nestor Sanchez A
690 points

We offer a SAAS and I am at the stage where we have a MVP and are looking to validate our assumptions which is that small shop owners will make more revenue by using our system. Our target...

Marketing Small Business MVP Validation

asked Jan 27 '12 at 02:44

User15995
42 points

I am pursuing an opportunity as an outside consultant to an established company, but don't really know how to package my services. Here are a couple of models I have come across: Charge a...

Pricing Marketing IT Consulting Service

asked Jan 27 '12 at 06:33

J.Rightly
106 points

I am an American with (a bit of) a marketing background, though currently I live in Minsk, Belarus. I recently met the CEO of a very tiny Software Development start-up, and we developed a friendly...

Marketing Outsourcing Offshore

asked Jan 28 '12 at 03:56

Davey Boy
55 points

I have bootstrapped a startup and am at the stage where I need salespeople who can go out and acquire some customers. Online marketing doesn't seem to be helping since my startup is a B2B focusing...

Marketing Sales Customers

asked Jan 28 '12 at 09:02

User15995
42 points

What is the name of a business model where you offer a product for free to entice people to use your service? I'm not referring to freemium. I am more talking about how Google works. They offer...

Marketing Definitions Business Model

asked Feb 2 '12 at 17:53

Daveo
113 points

I've ran a few contests / giveaways on my site for new customers. So far I've given away a color nook, 2 rounds of golf, and 2 ski lift tickets. Just some stuff to get people more active in the...

Marketing LLC Tax Promotion

asked Jan 18 '12 at 05:03

Jared
31 points

I recently launched a web site but I have a dilemma between building a community completing business model at the moment the site just MVP so it has some attractive features but doesn't have...

Marketing Strategy Community Freemium MVP

asked Jan 18 '12 at 06:56

Altuure
103 points

Okay so i Know this question has been asked before but i feel like this is a little different. Can you patent a medium of marketing/advertising. For instance, billboards on the highway. Obviously...

Marketing Patent

asked Jan 19 '12 at 14:54

Alex Betz
6 points

Initially a potential customer asked us whether we can design product X with features ABC. Now, we have built an alpha-stage product. We are ready for a demo of product X with feature ABC, but the...

Marketing Products Product Launch

asked Jan 19 '12 at 23:41

Kamal
8 points

I have an idea for a website which I think will generate traffic. I want to put the material itself on the website but minimize taking care of the advertising which is how it's supposed to generate...

Marketing Website

asked Jan 20 '12 at 01:49

Startup1
90 points

I was reading about the creation of mingle2.com, and what struck me as curious is that at that time (in 2007) the online dating market was well on its way to being saturated (aside from niche areas...

Marketing Social Media Website SEO

asked Jan 20 '12 at 02:17

Jason C
41 points

This may be similar to a previously asked question ( What is standard marketing practice for a niche SAAS product? ) but I'm hoping that by providing a bit more detail, others will have additional...

Marketing Saas Niche

asked Jan 21 '12 at 10:59

Shawn
6 points

We are looking at developing a new product but want to get the market research right first up. It's a time keeping application with some secret sauce. We have brain stormed a range of vertical...

Marketing Products

asked Jan 22 '12 at 10:49

Robin Vessey
8,394 points

I usually like selling our new product, but today I'm not very excited about it. It really reflects on the feeling in my sales-calls. How do I get more excited about it?

Marketing Sales Selling

asked Jan 24 '12 at 01:09

Kristoffer Nolgren
113 points