Marketing Questions

Both I and a close friend are involved in separate startups. I'll cut to the chase. I am essentially a geek, and don't like "beating about the bush", or unnecessary "hyperbole" or "hype". I know my...

Marketing Partner Negotiation

asked May 19 '10 at 01:16

Morpheous
236 points

How many social network profiles should I have and in how many groups should I participate? What is your approach?

Marketing Networking Advertising Website

asked May 19 '10 at 20:29

Tatiana Andrushko
16 points

Let's say one of THE key influencers in your space loves your product. They write books, have a radio show, give lots of speeches. They've asked you what they can do to help. What type of things...

Marketing

asked May 20 '10 at 15:21

Chris
4,214 points

We have a application portal which has a high number of student hits everyday. We would like to start having selected advertising on this portal, probably have very relevant advertisers who would...

Marketing Advertising

asked May 20 '10 at 17:43

Kabir
96 points

I see some people making money from selling ebooks and they doing pretty good. When I look at the titles, I know I can easily get the same information by doing some research & reading using...

Marketing Sales Books

asked May 22 '10 at 02:28

Tony Henrich
85 points

I would like to find bloggers who speak to my target market, and who might mention my business and therefore drive name recognition and search engine optimization for my website. Any suggestions on...

Marketing Blog SEO Bloggers

asked May 30 '10 at 12:47

Smart1 Cpa
171 points

I have a high tech software start up B2B ...I know in my industry that competitors market through blogs, webinars, seo, associations, broadcast emails etc... I am targeting the Canadian Small to...

Getting Started Marketing Sales Strategy

asked Jun 2 '10 at 07:26

Stacey
484 points

I have a high tech startup company that sells a B2B Software solution. It is not a web driven business, but more a consulting/solution sale. I am targeting small-to-mid-sized businesses from $50m...

Marketing B2B Leads

asked Jun 2 '10 at 07:41

Stacey
484 points

And what is your opinion on bulk email marketing and would you ever use it for promoting/selling your business service?

Marketing Business Crowdsourcing

asked Jun 4 '10 at 19:48

Tatiana Andrushko
16 points

Is there a checklist or some stats that anyone has used that gives a comfort level to getting to a minimum valid product? I'm a lone startup ISV and find that I need to take extra effort to...

Marketing Software Focus Products

asked Jun 5 '10 at 00:42

John Bogrand
2,210 points

If you are a MicroISV with 20$ utility product, what are your best options for advertising? How and where do you advertise your MicroISV businesses? What are your experiences with PPC schemes...

Marketing Adwords Advertising

asked Jun 5 '10 at 02:05

Spiro
105 points

From stratup MicroISV perspective, the way I look at the possibilities for advertising, it's much better, as a long-term strategy, to invest and work on the best SEO possible for your web site...

Marketing Adwords Advertising SEO

asked Jun 5 '10 at 02:06

Spiro
105 points

So I do the reading, got a feel for what I should and shouldn't do and even have a business education and then find myself circling back with habitual errors. Hey I'm ok making a unique mistake but...

Marketing Recommendations Business

asked Jun 8 '10 at 05:13

John Bogrand
2,210 points

What savvy thing can a start up company do to drive incoming leads from the web when they don't really have a marketing resource and its depedent on the founder to bring it in?

Marketing

asked Apr 22 '10 at 06:05

Stacey
484 points

I'm curious if any of you calculate 'loaded' labor costs for use in ROI calculations, and what multiplier you use vs the salary. The 'loaded labor' cost attempts to reflect the true cost of a...

Marketing ROI Products

asked Apr 27 '10 at 01:28

Corry
111 points

I'm very curious about which option is better for the company's strategy view: A one general product for the three target groups, Or three different products for three target groups Or a product...

Marketing Strategy Distribution

asked Apr 27 '10 at 05:16

Kamil Rudnicki
8 points

I know that to find leads in my business start up you have to blog, create webinars, SEO, PR, social networking and just do good rich content that can be easily found. So with no budget to do the...

Marketing Interns Human Resources

asked Apr 27 '10 at 06:32

Stacey
484 points

Are there any suggestions on a survey application I can use to pop up when someone is exiting my site? I am trying to get all the information I can to learn how to improve my web application. I...

Marketing Website

asked May 2 '10 at 04:20

Chris
4,214 points

We're starting a service with a specific value for many home owners, still don't know if many will subscribe. Social networks such as Facebook and others don't work for the profiles that we target....

Marketing Viral

asked May 2 '10 at 04:44

User2387
111 points

We use Google Analytics to track metrics on our site. I'm doing search engine marketing with both Google and Yahoo. There is a HUGE difference in the visits we "see" on our site vs. what Google and...

Marketing Analytics Website

asked May 2 '10 at 07:00

Chris
4,214 points