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.

3 Votes
3 Answers
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What is the difference between advertising and marketing?

What is the difference between advertising and marketing?

asked Aug 25 '10 at 12:00
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Steven
1 point

1 Votes
2 Answers
3K Views
What questions about twitter marketing would you most like to have tested?

I'm organizing a small group to perform some twitter experiments, testing different methods and uses of twitter for marketing (and by marketing, I mean contributing to business goals, whether they...

asked Aug 27 '10 at 03:53
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Jay Neely
6,050 points

5 Votes
2 Answers
3.17K Views
Current best practices for blogging

I'm getting ready to start posting on my blog that I've neglected for a while. I'm interested in hearing what are the best practices in terms of the mechanics, not the content of the blog. I've...

asked Aug 28 '10 at 16:47
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Dror
1,833 points

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4 Answers
4.43K Views
Where to find a good Internet marketing plan template?

Is anyone out there aware of an online resource that provides a template that lists the main components of an internet marketing plan?

asked Sep 1 '10 at 18:47
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Morpheous
236 points

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3 Answers
2.97K Views
A question about how to handle one company that does two different things

My original idea was to create a company that built software to sell. This is what I have been doing so far and it has been working well. However, I have an opportunity to sell some pre-packaged...

asked Sep 2 '10 at 04:26
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Robert
80 points

2 Votes
8 Answers
6.36K Views
Domain name starting with "get"

What do you think of domains that have the word "get" before the actual product name, just like getclicky.com or the domains used by 37 Signals products (basecamphq.com, campfirenow.com)? Does it...

asked Sep 7 '10 at 21:00
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Pedro Carvalho
11 points

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3 Answers
2.58K Views
Facebook, twitter, Google, which is the best marketing place?

Is it better to do marketing on Facebook or twitter than Google?

asked Sep 13 '10 at 01:18
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Steven
1 point

1 Votes
6 Answers
3.54K Views
If all your competitors are educating in their blogs how do you differentiate?

So I want to start a company blog and I looked at my competition and noticed they are all educating the market about the software because its an emerging market which I agree with needs to be done....

asked Sep 21 '10 at 04:10
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Stacey
484 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.73K Views
Different ways to market my consulting firm in India

I am just into consulting (IT/ITES). Here the consulting means narrow downing the bridge between Job seekers and the Employers. The business is to get profile from the employer and find the...

asked Sep 22 '10 at 17:42
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Tech Jerk
108 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
3.34K Views
Referral tracking services?

We'd like to generate business based on our customers referring us to people they know who could use our product. Some questions about this: Can you recommend a referral tracking service or...

asked Sep 22 '10 at 21:17
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Bstpierre
422 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.39K Views
Promoting my affiliate program

I have created an affiliate program for my web site selling single property websites. I have set everything up on my website to handle it and I don't want to use an affiliate network like...

asked Sep 23 '10 at 10:04
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Craig
219 points

3 Votes
5 Answers
3.31K Views
How often do I post a blog?

SO I was told I should have at least three posts a week but do I post a blog every two days or just post all three at once at the beginning of every week? Why was makes more sense?

asked Jul 13 '10 at 01:20
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Stacey
484 points

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2 Answers
1.87K Views
I'm preparing to be a wholesaler. How to do market research?

I have not decided what products I choose to work on and I need to do market research. How to do it? Any tips? I am in China.

asked Jul 13 '10 at 21:00
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Jack
116 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.15K Views
How to write an advertisement?

Any tips or guidelines? Or is there a great book on that?

asked Jul 14 '10 at 13:05
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Jack
116 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.87K Views
Knowing what PPC keywords your competitors are using

I was checking out www.keywordcompetitor.com and they claim they can tell you what keywords your competitors are using in their PPC campaigns and organic listings. They can also monitor every move...

asked Jul 20 '10 at 05:40
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Tony Henrich
85 points

1 Votes
7 Answers
2.69K Views
How do you launch a "startup" singer?

A bit of a different question than the norm...a good friend of mine just came to me asking for my feedback on his marketing plan for his daughter. She's a fantastic singer. I've marketed all sorts...

asked Jul 27 '10 at 04:57
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Chris
4,214 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
2.72K Views
Sales through street promotion - how can we recruit many more people?

We developed very innovative new sunglass clipons, which are exactly tailored to each individual pair of eyeglasses. About 40% of all eyeglass-wearers want and buy them. The best distribution...

asked Jul 30 '10 at 01:51
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Philobus
116 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.06K Views
Starting New School 4th question

Once I've solidified what we're offering, where and what are some cheap/free ways to get students involved. I need really creative ideas here. Craigslist doesn't cut it as a good answer. In my...

asked Aug 2 '10 at 15:41
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Ryan Chatterton
921 points

0 Votes
4 Answers
3.78K Views
Does Outsourcing Sales work? Do you know any good companies and what is your own experience?

We were approached by some websites that offer virtual outsourced sales teams and I'm wondering if anyone has successfully used them, and which companies are recommendable in your experience? What...

asked Aug 4 '10 at 19:00
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Tatiana Andrushko
16 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.46K Views
How can I cope with price/cost inquiry tactfully?

I'm a private English-Chinese interpreter in China. People often send Email to me to ask my rate. As soon as I tell them my rate, they often don't contact me any more. I don't think my rate is very...

asked Aug 4 '10 at 22:17
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Steven
1 point