Marketing Questions

Has anyone here had success driving sales for their SaaS startup using telemarketing, or is it usually just a waste of money and a way to annoy potential customers?

Marketing Saas

asked Feb 10 '11 at 11:55

Jon Kragh
185 points

I am going to a startup seminar/meeting this week where there will be entrepreneurs, investors and business people . I am getting ready for my startup 's online/offline presence, hopefully that...

Marketing Strategy

asked Oct 31 '11 at 12:03

Nikolai
125 points

Godaddy usually sell their products (domain and hosting services) at high prices then give an option to enter a promotion code. There's nothing unusual about that, except that these promotion codes...

Marketing Strategy Promotion

asked Aug 14 '13 at 00:37

Pacerier
317 points

I want to get a bunch of logod schwag printed as part of our promotional plans. Some of the things I want are: Tshirts Full size footballs smaller nurf/soft footballs other balls that can be...

Marketing Swag Conferences

asked Dec 18 '09 at 07:33

Jer Levine
173 points

We are a small software design and development company with expertise in the areas on facebook apps, iphone, android apps development. Most of our clients/projects have come from sites like Elance,...

Marketing Sales Software Outsourcing Entrepreneurship

asked Dec 8 '11 at 19:44

Ali
179 points

With the $5K that I have to work with, what is the best way I can utilize it to grow my SaaS app? The items should be measurable (so... magazine ads it out :) My app is an email marketing...

Marketing Growth Budget

asked Feb 10 '14 at 16:04

Leigh Geyer
38 points

With the increasing number of social media websites, and businesses all over the world using social media for promoting and branding their products, will this over take the traditional way of...

Marketing Social Media Branding Internet Marketing

asked Jul 30 '11 at 20:43

Dart Consulting
16 points

What steps and marketing strategies would you recommend for a brand new blog without any existing traffic or audience?I'm looking to start a blog on entrepreneurship and not sure where to start in...

Marketing Blogging

asked May 1 '14 at 22:12

Cynthia Smith
1 point

Fanciful title really translates in simple English as this: We are (read I am ) a bootstrapped, cash strapped startup and I need to employ the services of outsite experts but want to a). minimise...

Marketing Sales Bootstrapped Inbound Marketing Business

asked Jul 19 '11 at 21:09

Voidstar
55 points

I have the intention of giving a try at one of those group buy like businesses that you can get prepared for you and start selling in your neighborhood or village. I understand, how the hold idea...

Marketing Sales Ideas Business

asked May 13 '11 at 19:44

Sfrj
205 points

I'm just getting started with social media marketing and wondering what were the most important things you learnt?

Marketing Social Media Facebook Social Network Twitter

asked May 28 '14 at 14:14

Karen Blanton
7 points

During the first few weeks of launching, should you give your product away for free to get people to use it and possibly spread the word about it?Is that a good marketing tactic? It's a strategy...

Marketing Products Free Early Adopters Startups

asked May 20 '14 at 13:21

Cynthia Wilson
12 points

I have a SaaS application I have made a 6 months ago. A month ago, I decided to shut it off and upgrade it. I have shut the SaaS down so that I may do another launch as the first version was very...

Pricing Marketing Saas MVP

asked May 21 '14 at 16:50

Jo K
11 points

What are some strategies and tips to reduce customer acquisition costs? Lets assume you have found that SEO, PPC, display ads, and lead generation are the four channels that work best for you. How...

Marketing Strategy Customers Acquisition Costs

asked May 13 '14 at 14:41

Heather Thomas
19 points

We have spent a lot of time creating variations of pitch decks for our business and closed a small angel round. Could we continue to use the decks for other purposes now that funding is over?What...

Marketing Pitch Deck Startups

asked May 13 '14 at 14:13

Leann Dement
11 points

If a startup were to get some questionable press in the media, would it still be considered a good marketing strategy? Granted that negative press might tarnish a large company's brand. But...

Marketing Press Release Publicity Media Public Relations

asked May 14 '14 at 12:43

Thomas Becker
7 points

Is cold calling a viable marketing channel for a B2B Saas product? We are trying every possible channel to see what sticks in order to get more paid customers.Cold calling has a higher investment...

Marketing Strategy B2B Marketing Channel Cold Calling

asked May 9 '14 at 01:10

Mike Lambert
1 point

Is placing an ad in Yellow Pages still a worthwhile investment for local businesses? Or is it completely worthless and people solely rely on Google to find stores?

Marketing Local

asked Apr 28 '14 at 11:12

James Andrade
9 points

What is the fastest way to build a large email list of potential customers that you can pitch your product to?PS. I don't mean mass emailing people, but contacting them one by one manually and...

Marketing Sales Email Email Marketing

asked Apr 19 '14 at 14:56

Russel Corley
12 points

I have a very limited budget for marketing. How would you suggest using it to drive the most traffic to a social media app? The traffic would have to be targeted as well.It's a Saas social media...

Marketing Traffic Budget

asked Apr 12 '14 at 02:10

Wilber Villacorta
7 points