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Starting Online MLM Business! [closed]
Everyone in online marketing knows you got to have traffic in order to get leads. I am looking for free ways to get the ball started. I do free traffic sites, list builders, google email extraction ...
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is it all about how much sales you will make?
In the beginning of our online retail shop, we always have many thinkings about how much profit will we make per item that we sell in our online shop. But by the time, after 2 years, we ran the ...
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Appropriate equity for marketing / development work?
Looking for a little guidance on an equity offer for a project I'm involved in.
I was approached six months ago by a founder-developer who has written software to accomplish an idea originated by a ...
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How to get long time clients
We are a startup web development venture based in India,we have some one time clients from e-commerce industry but they will not benefit us in the long run.So we are planning to showcase the work we ...
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Salary to expect for a “well-funded” Manhattan startup
I have a second interview this week for a "well funded Manhattan Startup". They are looking to fulfill the position of both Account Manager and Business Development Manager. I am coming from a very ...
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Is starting a business without somebody knowing “business” a good idea?
I am a developer since quite some time. I am having some good ideas and plan to start a business in the startup world. I already have a friend who will join me as a co-founder.
Now the problem is: ...
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Contact Us Forms
Are "Contact Us" forms still relavant to small businesses/startups or have other more social means (facebook, twitter, etc) become the preferred method of contact.
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How to make an offer?
Assume that you are a custom app seller. You get your customers, on all kind of opportunities like events, blind mails, viral marketing.
When you are at the customer you present your product!
But ...
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Consulting while working
I kinda have a dilemma! My partner and I, who are coworkers, came up with the idea to start our own consulting firm. Our firm will target our present clients. We are Medicaid consultants in a ...
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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, high ...
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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 given ...
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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 up ...
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How can I find Beta Test Couples for my New Game?
I am having trouble finding test couples to beta test my new couples' game and website. I have what I think is a great landing page, and get good feedback on it but because it's for adults (not porn ...
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A Co-Branded website?
Our start-up is not yet launched but has been proposed to make a co-branded website with a big player on the market, where both parties would be presented equally through a number of ads and links to ...
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What should a technical co-founder look for in a business co-founder?
This is the flip side of this question about what to look for in a technical co-founder.
If I have technical skills and can build a prototype myself, what sort of skills or experience should I look ...
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Allowing instant trial download vs contacting you for trial?
On one hand, people leave bogus emails just to get the download link. You don't get any means of contacting them afterwards or build your email list.
On the other hand, if people see that sending an ...
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What are the advantages and disadvantages to entrust to a third party an application development?
I am quite experienced in the field of Web Projects and I have a capital (500.000 $). "I am planning"\"I would like" to create a "great" Web site and I noticed that I have two choices:
assign the ...
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What is affiliate tracking?
I was reading up on some stuff which may help me setup a start up. Basically I came across "affiliate tracking", read it, but was still not quite sure what exactly does it do.
What is the purpose of ...
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How to project product pricing for medical college/school
Our clients are medical schools/colleges. We have given a free product trial for 2 months with our first client. It is a unique product, there's a great learning process and we have had an amazing ...
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How to do market research with a focus group?
To help me raise funds for a new company (medical device) I decided to do some market research. I was able to arrange a focus group in a local hospital where I would like to get some input from ...
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bootstrapped startup needs to be creative about “enaging” with out of house expertise
Fanciful title really translates in simple English as this:
We are (read I am) a bootstrapped, cash strapped startup and I need to employ the services of outsite experts but want to a). minimise any ...
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Startup Marketing - Commission Based?
I own a computer repair business where all work is done remotely over the internet (serving throughout the US). I started this business on a shoestring budget and I'm trying to do my best at keeping ...
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How does one judge the merits of an idea?
I'm at the Imagine Cup Finals, and I'm getting to see lots of students' projects, and lots of ideas. For competitions like that, there are of course a set of objectives that are slated as part of the ...
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How to do marketing for a shopping comparison site like shopzilla?
Google Adwords or any other?
A website like shopzilla.com, how to do marketing ?
by the way , anyone know how does shopzilla do the marketing?
thanks.
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How a company that uses a website like groupon calculates the minimum items they need to sell?
I have the intention of giving a try at one of those group buy like businesses that you can get prepared for you and start selling in your neighborhood or village. I understand, how the hold idea ...
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Group Buy Business Startup Tips
Is there anyone that has experience with some groopon like applications (clones) and would like to share with me their experience?. I am just a programmer and I don't have much experience with ...
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Best way to promote a contest for small businesses?
I run a web design company and we're having a contest for business owners. We're giving away a lot of prizes, with the grand prize winner getting a free website, hosting for a year, and other prizes. ...
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Can you really outsource marketing of a high tech company?
How do you overcome the marketers not understanding what it is you do?
In my case making the rash assumption they are selling "some IT services". After 3 months I couldn't get through that we don't ...
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What's the best book on pricing you've ever read? [closed]
What's the best book you've ever read on pricing?
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What advantages does price discrimination have over the using the same price for everyone?
I'm trying to decide whether to change my pricing scheme from 'the same price for everyone' to 'a different price depending on which customer you are' (price discrimination / price differentiation). ...
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Do you feel anxious when you don't receive any inquiry from prospective clients for consecutive days?
What do you do when you don't receive any inquiries from potential clients for consecutive days?
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662 views
What's the best sales book you've ever read? [closed]
Any recommendation? Is sale a process to deliver comfort which is declared in the book "E-myth revisited"?
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How sites like formspring can earn money
I want to make a new site like formspring , but different idea . I didn't see any Ads or any advertising methods in these site . How they can they earn money from the site .
What's the best ...
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Does Outsourcing Sales work? Do you know any good companies and what is your own experience?
We were approached by some websites that offer virtual outsourced sales teams and I'm wondering if anyone has successfully used them, and which companies are recommendable in your experience? What are ...
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How to find business opportunities?
How to find business opportunities? How to find demand or potential demand? How to find good suppliers? How to find the customers? Can anyone share some tips? Or is there a great book in this aspect?
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What are your habitual mistakes you commonly make and how do you avoid them?
So I do the reading, got a feel for what I should and shouldn't do and even have a business education and then find myself circling back with habitual errors. Hey I'm ok making a unique mistake but a ...
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Do you think direct email marketing works for selling professional services?
And what is your opinion on bulk email marketing and would you ever use it for promoting/selling your business service?
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Thoughts/Opinions on business naming?
Just curious how people feel about business names. Do you think the name of a company composed of the last names of the owners is "old fashion" (i.e Brown-Smith Web Services, Johnson-Nixon I.T. ...
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Should a slogan imply my target market?
I was thinking of including the word "business" in a slogan for a new service but I was wrestling whether or not this is really necessary. I say business because that's the target market I'd like to ...
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How to estimate the market value of a business?
I want to know, when you come up with an idea and want to implement it and to start business , do you firstly estimate the market value of the business and how can you estimate it? A rough but not too ...
