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Marketing and sales
Take time to understand your market this will help you determine what features or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. Many great businesses have been born from strong marketing campaigns and an even stronger sales force.
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Role of Social Media in Marketing
25 Feb, 2010Loic LeMeur talks about the role social media can play in marketing strategy
Persistence and Simplicity
26 Jun, 2011"When Google Analytics' Group Product Marketing Manager Brett Crosby was landing his first big deal, ...
Assessing Customer and Market Risks
24 Jun, 2011"The odds of success in Silicon Valley are about 1,000:1. How can so many good ...
Endure Like the Grateful Dead
20 May, 2011Author and entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki shares how The Grateful Dead has continued to endure as ...
Building Brands Inside-Out
10 Jun, 2011Focus on making your employees excited about the brand, rather than just the customers. This ...
Don't Seek Publicity Too Soon
24 Jun, 2011"Public relations and media contact should be strategic, rather than serendipitous. Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank ...
Delivering the Customer to the Advertiser
24 Jun, 2011"The advertiser doesn't care what media property they're buying online; they simply want to reach ...
Dealing With Complaints
25 Jun, 2011"When receiving complaints, Conley recommends that managers drop everything and immediately contact the offended party. ...
Role of Social Media in Marketing
25 Feb, 2010Robert Scoble, blogger and entrepreneur, discusses his thoughts on how ideas spread. The public session ...
Driving a Successful Social Media Campaign
10 Jun, 2011Using the case study of Team Sameer - a successful social media campaign to find ...
Branding and Commitment
12 Jun, 2011Serial entrepreneur Mark Suster offers quick lessons in smart branding for startups: 1) Your company ...
The Advantage of Not Marketing
10 Jun, 2011Pandora CTO Tom Conrad invites start-ups to "be genuine". Rather than investing in marketing, Pandora ...
Market Size Determines Company Size
26 Jun, 2011Medtronic, Boston Scientific, and Johnson & Johnson all began as single-product ventures, says Mir Imran, ...
Intimate Customer Understanding
24 Jun, 2011"An entrepreneur needn't be a heart surgeon, but they must have an understanding of the ...
Role of Social Media in Marketing
25 Feb, 2010MCHammer, entertainer and entrepreneur, discusses his thoughts on the impact of social media in marketing. ...
Dwarfed by Metrics
10 Jun, 2011With over 50 million listeners, Pandora is easily one of the most popular online music ...