Marketing Questions

Marketing is the process of communicating the value of a product or service to customers, for the purpose of influencing buyer behavior and/or precipitate behavioral change.

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Fresh startup and hard thing what to do next, no ideas

I have fresh software product startup (4 months after end of beta). I have a problem with making more money from that, i have from 4 last months almost constant income from that and this not...

asked Dec 24 '11 at 10:05
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Svisstack
188 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
2.39K Views
How to make an introduction movie for website?

I want to create an introduction movie for my website, to demonstrate the manual operation on website and simply add some background musics. Twitter`s new version introduction movie is a good...

asked Dec 26 '11 at 08:48
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Anlai
375 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.67K Views
There are so many things to measure -- what's the best way to keep track of it all?

As a startup, we have to measure web analytics, funnel metrics, conversions, competition trackers, ROI on campaigns, etc. There's lots to keep track of and a lot of different software (google...

asked Dec 28 '11 at 05:30
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Kate G
19 points

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8 Answers
3.4K Views
Web app is built - now what?

I recently finished building a web application that relies on connecting 2 separate parties. An analogous concept would be a job site connecting Employers with Job Seekers. It would be free for the...

asked Dec 12 '11 at 03:32
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Oym
9 points

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.Net Development team -- what's the best way to start a company and get outsourcing work?

We are a .net development team in India, and we are looking for outsourcing work. But how to get such work, and how to represent in the market of software development? How should we approach...

asked Dec 12 '11 at 18:53
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Kuldip Mca
106 points

7 Votes
4 Answers
2.63K Views
Allowing instant trial download vs contacting you for trial?

On one hand, people leave bogus emails just to get the download link. You don't get any means of contacting them afterwards or build your email list. On the other hand, if people see that sending...

asked Dec 13 '11 at 15:49
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Kim Jong Woo
644 points

5 Votes
3 Answers
3.02K Views
Advertise a freelance/one-person graphic design business?

For 15 years or so, I worked at various graphic design firms as a production artist. Two years ago I left "Design Firm" in "Big City* and started working freelance from home in "Rural Area" about...

asked Dec 14 '11 at 04:13
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Bgad
28 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.47K Views
Channels to marketing an API-as-a-product to developers

My company provides a set of API for accessing telecommunication services (kind of like Twilio). The target customers are web developers. They could be indie developers, or companies. What are...

asked Dec 14 '11 at 14:00
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Samwize
106 points

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2 Answers
2.82K Views
How to sell ad space for a local coupon shopper?

I started a local coupon shopper for small businesses, but I am having a hard time selling ad space. My costs are much lower than any of my competitors, however I'm stuck on how to attract local...

asked Dec 15 '11 at 07:18
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Bernard
6 points

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4 Answers
2.95K Views
How long does it take for a completely new site to grow SEO traffic

I have a site that is just under 3 months old: http://www.problemio.com Lets say that I am doing a very nice amount of SEO for it considering that it is so young. But the problem is that I don't...

asked Dec 15 '11 at 11:40
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Genadinik
1,821 points

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1 Answers
2.19K Views
Suggestions for marketing a Twitter app to new users

Technical Background: I have an application that relies heavily on the Twitter API. This app is genuinely very useful for Twitter users across the board but especially for Twitter users who want to...

asked Dec 17 '11 at 09:35
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Chamilyan
353 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.43K Views
Marketing tips for mobile applications

Looking for developers (companies) in the mobile applications area who can comment and hopefully give examples of the best marketing strategies for mobile applications. Please only comment if you...

asked Dec 4 '11 at 01:30
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Hristian Kambourov
61 points

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2 Answers
2.37K Views
Is SMB a more difficult market to target than other segments?

I'm currently in the process of building a business of my own based on selling an enterprise software. My product can be seen as a general purpose enterprise tool but I could also make it specific...

asked Dec 6 '11 at 08:40
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Andreea Barroca
11 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.46K Views
Strategy- How to make a single time visitor into a frequent visitor of your website? User engagement

Strategy- How to make a single time visitor into a frequent visitor? I know subscribing is one of the many options for user engagement and frequent visits by users.

asked Dec 7 '11 at 18:00
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Web2jeet
96 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.85K Views
How can I figure out how much money a new software idea is worth?

I have an idea to develop an application: "Plain old" Windows application GUI based It does some "tricks" with clipboard and saves a history (It is a bit different than the ones one can easily...

asked Nov 24 '11 at 02:33
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Paolo
123 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.62K Views
What to do after I have a good service?

I built my startup as a side-project. In short, it is a social aggregator that I find way better than anything else on the market, and therefore I'm very actively using it. From my experience as a...

asked Nov 24 '11 at 23:42
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Bozho
155 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.31K Views
How should I promote an SDK / Service?

I developed a new service for iPhone developers which allows them to ask quick questions from their users and get rapid feedback. The product is now in beta (which means it's already finished and...

asked Nov 26 '11 at 22:41
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Roman
253 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
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How effective are crowdsourcing sites like Techmoola.com and Kickstarter.com to raise seed money for tech companies?

I recently started a medical tech company in Chicago and want to know what would be some common dos and don’ts when approaching crowdsourcing and group funding? Although I read more and more in the...

asked Nov 30 '11 at 07:33
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Tom
21 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.31K Views
How much money can I expect to get from corporate sponsorships on iPad applications?

I am a developer of an iPad application that can be used to expedite the transfer of information from patients to physicians. We are marketing to a wide variety of multispecialty adolescent...

asked Nov 30 '11 at 12:35
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Parseltongue
120 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.07K Views
seeding content for a web 2.0 site

so you've built a great web 2.0 system....the system works great....but you need to seed it with content so that it reaches that critical mass....the question is how do you do it? so...what are...

asked Nov 15 '11 at 16:48
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Kamikaze Pilot
253 points