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5 Tips For Startups To Win With Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

I agree with my friend Lon Safko, and his classic book “ The Social Media Bible ,” which asserts your team can be successful at social without the cost of an expensive expert or agency, by following these five basic steps: Start with the dominant players. Top social networks are Facebook (1.2 billion users).

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How To Size Your Marketing Budget For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Concentrate elsewhere on the near-term marketing activities (which are also expensive) for this round of funding. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Promotions that appeal to the wrong customers won’t help you. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content).

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

Both Sides of the Table

By now we all know that the largest part of the online spend has been SEM (search engine marketing) where people buy CPC (cost per click) links to display alongside the “organic&# search results in the search engine. I believe that many social networks confused this idea. Not necessarily in the shopping mindset.

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5 Startup Marketing Actions to Impress Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Concentrate elsewhere on the near-term marketing activities (which are also expensive) for this round of funding. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Promotions that appeal to the wrong customers won’t help you. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content).

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Five Elements of a Credible Startup Marketing Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

Concentrate elsewhere on the near-term marketing activities (which are also expensive) for this round of funding. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Promotions that appeal to the wrong customers won’t help you. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content).