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.

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4 Answers
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What marketing materials could be created for presenting outsourcing company?

I'm focusing on direct sales at software and mobile outsourcing company, located in Eastern Europe. Our management is often traveling around Europe to meet with clients. I was wondering what...

asked Mar 22 '12 at 00:47
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Alena
6 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.22K Views
Creative Solutions for Cheap or Volunteer Auditing

We're making donations as a percentage of web-app downloads. We'd like to report to our users that we're "3rd party audited," but we don't have the funds to hire large audit firms. Are there any...

asked Mar 2 '12 at 07:21
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Emile
204 points

5 Votes
3 Answers
2.75K Views
Should I go for SEO or PPC?

I am working on starting up a new company for providing software development services for iPhone and Android apps. My goal is to get at least 10 projects in a month to reach break even in 3/4...

asked Mar 2 '12 at 18:43
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Ali
179 points

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2 Answers
2.28K Views
What is a good marketing framework for an internet marketplace application

We are building a web-based application which will provide an advertising outlet and online fulfillment for certain service providers. We are writing our marketing plan and I am wondering if anyone...

asked Mar 6 '12 at 04:37
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Confused
6 points

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1 Answers
2.5K Views
Marketing in absense of portfolio of projects for a software start-up.

I am starting a mobile/web development outsourcing company. My development team (currently 4 developers) is moving to my starup from our prev. company, that worked in IT, but not in SD...

asked Mar 8 '12 at 04:26
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Maxim V. Pavlov
217 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
2.46K Views
Have an idea - general outline - what's the next step?

A good friend (and former colleague of mine) has put together a general executive summary of a SaaS product idea. She has an excellent presentation, good statement of the need the product meets,...

asked Mar 10 '12 at 08:22
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Chris
4,214 points

6 Votes
4 Answers
2.83K Views
I made a product, now how can I find customers?

This question gets asked repeatedly every day on this site in many different facets, but essentially boils down to this: I made a product. How do I get customers?

asked Feb 21 '12 at 06:44
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Michael Pryor
2,250 points

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1 Answers
2.02K Views
What Happens After funding and Product Development?

I've been running my own online business and do very well from it however I'm looking to go to take it to the next level as i found there is a ceiling in my current business of mid 6 figures....

asked Feb 21 '12 at 17:43
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Jake
11 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.21K Views
Standard Marketing and SEO Techniques

The new version of my business website is about to release in coming weeks which mainly includes UI improvement and support for some advance features. Within that time period, I don’t want to...

asked Feb 22 '12 at 08:13
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Usman Sarfraz
1,326 points

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2 Answers
2.68K Views
1 man coder/designer/marketeer best practice/strategy for launching social network startup?

Is there a best practice roadmap based on proof of concepts methods when you release a webapplication / startup as a 1-man "company" ? There are several options I have been looking at for getting...

asked Feb 24 '12 at 00:05
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Rubytastic
139 points

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How to promote a desktop Facebook app about music to get alpha testers?

Possible Duplicate: I made a product, now how can I find customers? I built a prototype for a desktop music app that will keep you updated with music. It has real-time music aggregation, and a...

asked Feb 24 '12 at 08:48
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Meir
238 points

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2 Answers
2.13K Views
When to add paid options or premium membership to startup?

Would it be more wise to add paid options to a startup later on or from the start? The paiad options would of course take extra time to develop since they would be an enhancment on the...

asked Feb 26 '12 at 01:26
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Rubytastic
139 points

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3 Answers
2.37K Views
Ethical marketing?

I'm a bit confused at the moment... hope someone can help me out. I'd like to hire a temporary internet marketing team to promote my website on the internet. I'd like them to promote it on...

asked Feb 28 '12 at 09:00
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User16659
18 points

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1 Answers
2.14K Views
How does the "invite friends and earn cash" functionality work?

I'm seeing new startups use the "invite friends and earn cash" invite functionality. How can I manage my financial status with this process? Is it an investment in the short term or long term? Is...

asked Feb 11 '12 at 05:25
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Eberto
8 points

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2 Answers
3.17K Views
Should I offer referral fee to consultants?

I am considering to offer a referral fee to a certain category of business consultants to help drum up business. The fee would be part of a "relationship package" along with an opportunity to write...

asked Feb 11 '12 at 16:03
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Sergei Veinberg
429 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.21K Views
Getting users to trust a virtual currency

I am about to build a service where a virtual currency is a vital part. The kind of virtual money, I am talking about here something, which is conceptually equivalent to money in a game like second...

asked Feb 13 '12 at 04:58
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David
1,567 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
3.12K Views
20% equity for introduction to a major client

I have built a product in the past 4 years for traders that is being used by a few accounts. I haven't done any marketing at all so far, the few clients using it are a few beta testers that have...

asked Feb 15 '12 at 02:15
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Joe
6 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.84K Views
Is it a good idea to launch a start up without a marketing plan?

My friend and I have invested $40-$50 k in a website we are launching in April. We have full time jobs but put all our savings into this project. We are done with the development phase and are...

asked Feb 15 '12 at 04:55
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Raj
24 points

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3 Answers
3.6K Views
How to promote a web application?

Does anyone have any opinions on the best way to promote a web application aimed at developers? We have spent the last few months developing an application and it will be released some time this...

asked Feb 15 '12 at 00:47
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Iconic Digital
108 points

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3 Answers
2.75K Views
How to create a BUZZ few weeks before launching your website?

We had planned not to market our website that goes live in 8 weeks, but now going for the opposite. So we are building a website where users sign up and interact on the basis of XYZ (apologies for...

asked Feb 16 '12 at 03:50
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Raj
24 points