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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Any thoughts on Ask v Bing v Google for search advertising?

I am looking for an alternative to AdSense. Have you had any experience of the non Google ad engines any any advise on the relative costs and performance?

asked Nov 18 '11 at 09:09
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Jon Slinn
16 points

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3 Answers
1.87K Views
Should I take on a marketing partner to sell my product ideas

I am having good success with freelance sites over the last three years. I want to take the next step now: create my own products and services, with the goal of generating stable cash flow, so I...

asked Nov 22 '11 at 23:32
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Arshdeep
99 points

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1 Answers
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What are the advantages and disadvantages to entrust to a third party an application development?

I am quite experienced in the field of Web Projects and I have a capital (500.000 $). "I am planning"\"I would like" to create a "great" Web site and I noticed that I have two choices: assign the...

asked Nov 11 '11 at 20:52
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User12882
108 points

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2 Answers
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What should be the typical starting amount for an Adwords campaign?

We are looking to start an Adwords campaign for our startup. We are keen to know what levels of spend people started at and what responses they found to be typical. for reference this is a service...

asked Nov 13 '11 at 11:57
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Jon Slinn
16 points

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5 Answers
7.52K Views
After hiring a person responsible for SEO for 3 months and having the site online for 5 months how good is it to have 9,000 visitors/month from SEO?

Is it a good number to have 9,000 visitors after 3 months of having someone working on SEO and being online for 5 months just from SEO?

asked Nov 3 '11 at 00:05
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Daniel Michan
66 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
2.19K Views
How do we communicate investment opportunity with video?

We have developed a great series of videos promoting an investment opportunity for one of our clients. The clients, and investor brokers love it. Now the challenge is how to show it on the website...

asked Nov 4 '11 at 09:05
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Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

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3 Answers
2.41K Views
Placing Ads in highly targeted email

I run a mail service for a particular community of users. This email system goes far beyond an occasional email to a basic mailing list - it is the fabric that holds the community together. I would...

asked Oct 19 '11 at 03:38
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Wes
6 points

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1 Answers
2.17K Views
What physical marketing material do you use?

I am just wondering what physical marketing material people are using. I originally wasn't planning on using any, however I have often had the need to hand something to someone that was...

asked Oct 19 '11 at 12:36
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Joel Friedlaender
5,007 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
3.79K Views
Pre launch marketing ideas?

I am a first time author and am looking to build buzz around the launch of my book. Does anyone have any interesting pre launch marketing ideas?- besides the ever popular blog site.

asked Oct 20 '11 at 08:38
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Keith
35 points

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4 Answers
3.61K Views
Business Card Title

I've started as a freelancer and back then I got a friend to design me two business cards that I handle in different situations. Bellow my name I have: IT Consultant, the generic card that I...

asked Oct 21 '11 at 18:04
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Fernando Martins
798 points

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2 Answers
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How do you get your Startup featured on national television news?

I am wondering if anyone has any advice on how to get your startup featured on TV? I have had some success getting written about on some blogs, but nothing that non startup / tech people would see.

asked Oct 22 '11 at 01:08
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B Sherratt
11 points

1 Votes
4 Answers
2.68K Views
It's a very new concept and struggling to convince the world in 3 seconds- help?

We have a very unique platform - connecting people by analyzing their wishes, worries, desires & dreams. People are not used to it, but when we speak then people get it. People spend 3 seconds...

asked Oct 5 '11 at 22:44
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Debasish
46 points

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4 Answers
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Acquire client number two

I have a small consulting business - write software for other people since I have yet to find that one product to develop for myself. I generally have just one client at a time, which does not...

asked Oct 8 '11 at 02:44
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Craig
103 points

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2 Answers
3.19K Views
How to get products on the market quickly and cheap?

I have designed several products that involve electronics. I do all the design, electronics, and building myself except for a few things. There is a market for these products although competition...

asked Oct 8 '11 at 17:03
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Abstract Dissonance
106 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.9K Views
Pricing strategy for digital media applications

I am developing desktop application for digital media. But i am still not sure how to set price for the application. Actually our product is integrated solution which integrates different features...

asked Oct 9 '11 at 10:14
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Vohid Abdullaev
6 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.53K Views
The type of copy which affiliate sites use on their sites. Are they using a proven standard?

I have visited several affiliate sites which sell a service or product which promise and promote something. I will pick the category of selling eBooks or electronic content. A lot of these sites...

asked Oct 12 '11 at 03:41
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Tony Henrich
283 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.13K Views
Crowd Sourcing/Social networks: What drives user?

I am working on the business model for a web start-up idea. The premise of the idea involves feedback generation for a brand/customer service, crowd-sourcing and social networking among...

asked Oct 12 '11 at 22:46
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Anshul
11 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
2.48K Views
When is good time to choose a name for a startup?

I'm creating (again) a Web service which I believe have defined quite well (at least in my and my partner's head). On previous failed projects, we have avoided creating a name for our service and...

asked Oct 13 '11 at 01:22
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Code Gijoe
118 points

1 Votes
6 Answers
2.68K Views
What is more important: Uniqueness of Idea or Marketing?

It would seem to me that users would more likely frequent a site that is well marketed (SEO, etc.) rather than one that is technically superior but has less exposure on the web. Going by this it...

asked Sep 28 '11 at 13:44
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Jason
6 points

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What are the options for running online B2B Surveys?

We have not launched yet, so we have no customers. We are a B2B company. I have used www.kickfu.com for B2C surveys: it's cheap and quick. What are the best options for online B2B surveys?

asked Sep 29 '11 at 19:22
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Etienne
1 point