Strategy Questions

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

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

With the size and market share that Amazon already size, their growth rate is getting smaller and smaller.What could Amazon.com's potential strategy be to continue growing their empire?

Strategy Growth Amazon

asked Apr 19 '14 at 16:27

Anh Martin
6 points

Large companies do it with lengthy contracts or brand recognition. What strategies can startups use to lock users in. Not in terms of a shady practice like not letting them export data, but in...

Strategy Products Competition Startups Competitors

asked Apr 27 '14 at 13:29

John Boucher
16 points

I have a small sales team that gets a commission for each new client they sign on for a B2B SaaS app.Should I cap their commissions at some point? What are some strategies on how to structure sales...

Sales Strategy Commission

asked Apr 18 '14 at 21:40

Patricia Brock
12 points

What are some ways to improve results from "broken link building" (where you contact sites that have a broken link to help them correct it and also get a link placed to yours in the process).Any...

Strategy Link Building

asked Apr 11 '14 at 17:12

Albert Lewis
16 points

What are some strategies to use Instagram as a marketing channel for your website?

Marketing Strategy Instagram

asked Mar 10 '14 at 17:57

Randy Juan
40 points

At the risk of getting down-voted into oblivion by people who are religious...What can we learn about marketing from the way all religions were created?If you really think about, there is no...

Marketing Strategy

asked Mar 13 '14 at 08:49

Lisa Lawson
150 points

What are some good practices and strategies for on-boarding users on a SaaS app?Most of my users signup for the free version to try out the app. How can I tailer the on-boarding process to result...

Strategy Saas Conversion Onboarding

asked Mar 3 '14 at 05:12

Willie Kline
20 points

We've built a homepage to help people suffering from ADD/ADHD by learning poems. The homepage is built for mostly the k8-k12 sector. (nice drawings, text for children, etc.)But our stats are not as...

Getting Started Marketing Sales Strategy Ideas

asked Dec 3 '13 at 11:12

Picibucor
69 points

For some time I was involved in tech startups a lot, and obviously used the lean methodology. Some time ago though, I got an interesting offer from a corporate (one of the largest meat processors...

Strategy Lean Retail Food

asked Oct 28 '13 at 02:56

Ilja
1 point

I have designed an insurance software. QFD - Smart Design is an Insurance Accelerator which is designed to assist insurance companies with sales and the up-selling of their product lines. I hide...

Sales Strategy

asked Nov 5 '13 at 05:37

Michel Sabourin
6 points

Suppose I had an idea for a software and I wanted to hire offshore developers/contractors to help me with this idea. Would it be more efficient/better for me if I incorporated? Will IP...

Software Strategy Incorporation Legal Business

asked Sep 14 '13 at 01:44

B Dillan
13 points

last year, i had like 8000 members, 2000 twitter followers, 2000 on facebook page, still can't motivate the members to be active on the site. it's a competition type of sites, you pay 2$ you enter...

Getting Started Marketing Strategy Ideas Website

asked Sep 29 '13 at 09:05

Fischer
116 points

Software dev myself - been working on startup idea for a four months now - I'm a solo founder ( until I can find the right person) - as previous partnerships were difficult to maintain My...

Getting Started Strategy Startup Costs Day Job Money

asked Aug 12 '13 at 22:33

Code Talk
253 points

I am not sure if I should wait till I have multitudes of users, or just start monetizing it now. My first instinct would be just to allow it to be monetized by ads. I only need it to pay for...

Strategy Monetization Saas Product Launch

asked Aug 22 '13 at 08:03

Dkroy
130 points

We are a semi non-technical team, that has access to technical people that will oversee the technical side of the build. Our thoughts, are to use the working MVP to validate the idea, and hopefully...

Funding Strategy Outsourcing Investors

asked Apr 28 '13 at 05:16

Derek
164 points

I have a health related website which I am in no rush to monetize, my first priority is to build page rank and dominate the serps. I am thinking about letting healthcare providers advertise their...

Strategy SEO

asked May 4 '13 at 07:48

Jdh
182 points

I'd like to ask you for the help/advise to come out of the problem that came out recently in our group. We're working for 3-4 months on the web application similar to http://instagram.com/ or...

Strategy Community Open Source Micro Startup Relationships

asked May 10 '13 at 22:06

Igor
111 points

For that past few months, I've been building a product that targets a specific niche. The kind of product I have been building hasn't been around the marketplace, and I knew there is a...

Strategy Competition Exit Strategy

asked Mar 7 '13 at 06:34

K2x L
111 points