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i'm doing freelance PHP programming and SEO Consulting for a couple of years now. I'm at a point where i am approached by a large company (doing business in the single millions). They want a...

Pricing SEO Web Design

asked Oct 19 '11 at 21:25

Herr K
292 points

Consider a startup with a small number of founders (lets imagine 2 to 4). At some point down the line a difference of opinion developed (such as market to target, or if to continue or fold) that...

Board Equity Corporate Structure

asked Jul 4 '12 at 18:27

Ryan
1,365 points

I wonder if publishing a NO-refund policy will prevent the chargeback? As a business, we'll show it where the customers can see it -- on the website and include in emails invoices and sales...

Customers Payments Credit Cards

asked Dec 21 '12 at 19:04

Nimbuz
174 points

I have a small internet marketing business that is growing nicely. I'm also a mobile developer on the side. I have a few app ideas I came up with, with a few different friends. Aside from my...

Apps Partnerships

asked Feb 8 '13 at 05:14

Mnort9
201 points

Due to the "online tax" law that some states have created, Amazon has removed affiliates residing in those states from their affiliate program.Unfortunately, Amazon accounted for most of our...

Affiliate Amazon Affiliate Marketing Virtual Office

asked Aug 6 '14 at 16:43

Johnnie Barrett
9 points

I have been kicking around a few web-based ideas for sometime now. I have a background in technology and though I'm not a web design or development specialist I have been able to create basic...

Partner UK

asked Nov 28 '09 at 03:24

Anon
6 points

I have a website which is a web application. I am going to add a blog(wordpress installation). From SEO point of view is it better to have "http://blog.mysite.com" or "http://www.mysite.com/blog" ?

Blog SEO

asked Jan 29 '10 at 13:05

User2202
164 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

With only 54 hours to build an app that's the basis for a business, a bunch of people who haven't worked together before will be doing a lot of things at once. Communications challenges minimizing...

Project Management Events

asked Jun 2 '11 at 02:26

Jon Pincus
52 points

As the title says, does all startups need investors? What about web applications that are made by a colleague team with costs only the hosting server? What If they have an office too, nothing too...

Investors

asked Sep 20 '11 at 12:45

Nikolai
125 points

It's a bit subjective but helpful and on-topic IMO, mayebe should be made community wiki I've been in contact with some guest bloggers lately which are interested in publishing posts on my...

Marketing Social Media Online Internet

asked Oct 3 '12 at 06:36

Fiftyeight
125 points

I have heard a lot from business people that the most important things for a startup are people, idea, team. But is it really important to register the startup's business name first before looking...

Getting Started

asked Sep 9 '13 at 08:29

Abel Melquiades Callejo
47 points

Many fields have standard guideline ratios for numbers. For example, in the catalog industry the rule I hear is that all costs excluding labor should never exceed 70% of revenue for a...

Finance Research Saas

asked Nov 17 '09 at 15:05

Adam
446 points

A company is going to hire me to call up all of their clients and sell them Adwords services (like setting up new campaigns and maintaining them). After the client agrees I'm also the one who is...

Adwords

asked Dec 9 '10 at 02:27

Dennis
176 points

Has anyone done any ab testing between a splash page which includes links to other sections of the site vs. a splash screen with basically just a "sign up" link? My site (http://getcreditable.com),...

Ab Testing Conversion

asked Apr 25 '11 at 10:25

Ryan B
168 points

I have found a good keyword phrase to target, however, there is no global or local search for it. How do I make a user start typing my keyword phrase, which is almost at zero according to the...

Strategy Recommendations Google Keywords

asked Oct 6 '11 at 20:47

Web2jeet
96 points

An engineer creates a product with most fundamental functions and is almost ready to establish a new company. He wants me to be in charge of the marketing for the new company/product. For now, only...

Co-Founder Equity Shares Stocks

asked Jun 11 '12 at 00:53

Thomas Jackson
6 points

Let's say I am based in US, and I want to sell gadgets in UK via online store. Due to shipping cost consideration, I would like to ship the gadgets to a UK location ( somewhere like a small...

Retail

asked Jul 4 '12 at 18:43

Graviton
871 points

I am a marketing professional with over 10 years of successful experience. My specialty area is strategic thinking/planning. Recently a local company in its first year of operation asked if I...

Marketing Sales Consulting Compensation Commission

asked Jan 18 '13 at 12:56

Carol Hughes
6 points

yes, I have a couple of them that I do not want to give up any. Supposing they all got very positive feedback from very initial surveys, I would like to request your views on the possibility of...

Funding Founder Hiring Growth Product Launch

asked Apr 27 '13 at 01:07

Menesa
6 points