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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1 Answers
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Innovative consultant for businesses looking to find more clients

I am tech consulting for a few small businesses generally not exceeding 9 employees in my area. I like being involved in the success of a fellow business by helping them with technology. I'm at a...

asked Jul 22 '11 at 03:56
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Kp01
9 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.09K Views
Beta Download as Achievement?

I just wondering, whether anyone agree if I say that software (beta/prototype version) download number as an achievement for a software product, especially in startup stage. I know it is not a...

asked Jul 3 '11 at 03:44
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Jazar
123 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
3.05K Views
What is standard marketing practice for a niche SAAS product?

My product solves a known problem for a specific industry and I am wondering how best to sell this. Eventhough it is a SAAS based product, our leads won't come online to search for this type of...

asked Jul 8 '11 at 07:30
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User11074
39 points

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3 Answers
2.13K Views
Measuring the benefit of internet marketing specialist

Being in the last stages of completing the development of a video based social network, my partners and I have interviewed a few internet marketing specialists for promoting us. After receiving...

asked Jul 8 '11 at 17:34
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User11829
1 point

4 Votes
3 Answers
2.35K Views
How does one judge the merits of an idea?

I'm at the Imagine Cup Finals, and I'm getting to see lots of students' projects, and lots of ideas. For competitions like that, there are of course a set of objectives that are slated as part of...

asked Jul 9 '11 at 04:21
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Billy O Neal
121 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
3.02K Views
Company Showcasing: Do Recruiters have the need to showcase work/ projects of their organizations while promoting company to potential candidates?

Do Recruiters have the need to showcase the work/ projects of their organizations while promoting their company to the potential candidates ? If this showcasing is required, through what means is...

asked Jul 11 '11 at 22:29
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User01
106 points

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3 Answers
10.3K Views
Affiliate programs for promoting Android or iPhone apps?

Is there any way to set up an affiliate program to market android or iPhone apps? Where I can pay someone in a given market space (say "cooking for diabetics") for each app installed as a result of...

asked Jul 12 '11 at 00:44
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Justin Alexander
111 points

8 Votes
3 Answers
5.14K Views
What to put in an about us page when you are one-man startup?

Most of the about us page puts the purpose of the startup, then the team, background of company, etc. But when you are just one person, no office, and sometimes history of the company is not so...

asked Jun 26 '11 at 00:59
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Victor
593 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
2.41K Views
Business model: Sell component or complete solution?

I've working for a product (component) that need to integrated with other software (market: other software developers) for almost a year, to be honest selling this component is not easy, so as a...

asked Jun 26 '11 at 22:43
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Jazar
123 points

4 Votes
5 Answers
3.9K Views
Advice to iPhone App Developer on Marketing the app

My app is out there... after 100 hours of hard work... I hardly find any people downloading it forget about using it. Honestly, I find marketing stuff pretty boring and dont really get motivated to...

asked Jun 28 '11 at 14:47
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Xoail
365 points

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1 Answers
3.52K Views
Marketing Ideas for a B2C Startup

I have a paid B2C web app. I'm currently running a trial model but I'm working to convert it to the Freemium model after evaluating the potential gains and losses. Although my conversion rate is...

asked Jun 29 '11 at 14:19
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Nick
173 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
2.22K Views
Should I create Company or Product website?

For a startup company with 1 product which website will be more beneficial? Should I create website that concentrates on a product or my company? My software targets transportation/trucking...

asked Jul 1 '11 at 22:59
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Katit
276 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.93K Views
Need simple pre-launch website to attract mgmt. team, investors, and co-marketing alliances

I am looking for a simple website solution for my pre-launch (and pre-funding) start-up to do the following: Introduce the business without totally giving the concept away. Have a web address as...

asked Jun 15 '11 at 00:16
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C. Scott
85 points

5 Votes
7 Answers
4.57K Views
How can I evaluate a link building company?

We're looking for a link building company, but are weary of anything we find in Google. So far I've looked at: backlinkbuild.com (most promising so far for their blog network) submitedge.com (for...

asked Jun 15 '11 at 07:50
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Mike
252 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.72K Views
Are press release distribution sites such as PRWeb or MarketWire worth paying for?

Possible Duplicate: Is it worth using a press release distribution service? From either an SEO standpoint, or an exposure/PR standpoint, are press release distribution sites such as PRWeb or...

asked Jun 15 '11 at 09:12
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Mike
252 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.83K Views
Pivoting problem for a food subscription startup

I launched my website which sells healthy snack subscriptions about two months ago. We provide healthy snack alternatives to white collars. That arent available other than our site We sell...

asked Jun 16 '11 at 05:54
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Hakkasan
21 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
3.51K Views
Is iphone/ipad market that saturated?

Ok I was thinking of hiring app developer (once i know what I want to develop) and sell apps for the ipad/iphone. But all im reading is about how the market is saturated and how no developers are...

asked Jun 21 '11 at 00:54
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I Scotts
152 points

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2 Answers
2.31K Views
Is a promo code a good idea?

I'm getting ready to "relaunch" my site. The site currently sells royalty-free Silverlight controls by independent developers (sort of an iStockPhoto business model). I'm working on a massive...

asked Jun 21 '11 at 00:55
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Steve Wortham
287 points

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3 Answers
2.08K Views
Tumblr, EverNote, Facebook - How Do They Start?

There is a lot's of start-ups that not protected by a patent like tumblr/twitter/evernote and more... How do they start getting massive users without letting copycats and Competitor disturbing...

asked Jun 21 '11 at 01:47
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Frank Parsons
6 points

5 Votes
3 Answers
3.16K Views
Choosing who to contact at a giant corporation

I have a small startup and what I want to push right now means my potential clients are big corps. If I identify the president/CEO/senior VP of the department I'm interested in, they could be...

asked Jun 22 '11 at 06:46
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John
173 points