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How to make customers eager to give comments about products which they bought from us?
I have an online store which sells baby products. Thankfully, some customers have already bought my products, although my startup is just 2 months old. One of my plans is to make my customers come ...
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Pilot customer incentives for intial launch of start-up
As I work on finishing up the final details for my start-up. I wanted to know if anyone here setup pilot programs for their first few customers at discounted rates or for free for a limited period of ...
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Is a promo code a good idea?
I'm getting ready to "relaunch" my site. The site currently sells royalty-free Silverlight controls by independent developers (sort of an iStockPhoto business model). I'm working on a massive ...
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Enterprise Software Promotion on tucows/softpedia
Does anyone have any experience to promoting enterprise software on download site like tucows/softpedia? Is it worth to try?
I'm looking a site where I can promote my product (enterprise market/web ...
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Where do Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) hang out?
We are launching a new quoting software product targeted at ISVs, but don't know where to find them. I won't include the link as I don't want to seem spammy, but it's in my profile if you want to ...
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Legal constraints, responsibilities, and documentation required for prize based promotions
I'd like to run a prize based promotion in the USA -- and looking for suggestions on legal constraints, responsibilities, and documentation required to execute one.
Yes, I know there are lots of ...
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Seeking tips on using competitions to promote a website
We are considering running a competition to promote the use of our website. We run a directory style site full of acting talent. We want to promote to advertising agencies and encourage them to hire ...
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Promoting the application (SAAS)
I created a flash app. A service or a game - it does not matter. Advertising takes a lot of money and not always effective, it is desirable that my app promote itself.
Task - to create in the app (or ...
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How do I choose the right sub-segment to market my new Q&A community to?
I'm launching a new Q&A community and was wondering how specific a market I should target while seeding and promoting the site in its early stages.
If the ultimate goal is for it to become the ...
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How to find people interested to participate in a brand-new open-source project?
I recently set up an open-source infrastructure for Obix.
Obix is a new, object-oriented programming language designed to help people writing more reliable code in less time. More information can be ...
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How did youtube get people to upload videos in their early days?
I was wondering how did youtube get their first initial 1,000 videos. What kind of marketing method did they use? How did they get people to upload so many videos in such a short time?
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promoting web 2.0 sites
suppose a web 2.0 startup has completed its product and is trying to launch it...what are some of the most effective ways to promote the product that is specific to a web 2.0 model (ie. users come in ...
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What are the unexplored marketing channels for web apps?
Say I have a niche web app and need to raise awareness for it. The default route is to have a blog, ask around nicely for reviews, and buy Adwords.
I am currently trying out Adwords with limited ...
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How to get attention to an early-stage product or site?
I have an early-stage site that I think is pretty good. I won't put the link here because I don't want to seem like spam. But the link is in my bio.
While I have been able to get some attention to ...
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Swag & Giveaway Advice!
I've just found out that I will be presenting my startup, mokabla at an Entrepreneur event in ATL in less than a week. There will be about 200 people attending. Since this event doesn't have sponsors, ...
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Asking customer to promote product
I have a new customer that is very happy with my software. He asked about a feature that the software does not have, but would be simple for me to add and would be a good feature. I am thinking of ...
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Are there companies outhere that we can outsource PR, inbound marketing and general marketing/promo/sales work to?
We are small bootup startup.
We recently launched a MVP website. Marketing is generally, 'not our bag' and we would like to seek the help of someone/an entity that specializes in this field, to help ...
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Can I offer points for participation to be redeemed for discounts and cash back rewards?
I'd like to offer points for posting product reviews, comments, purchasing products, etc... basically all different types of participation that can be redeemed later for discounts on products or ...
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Advertising - Yard Signs
I found a few places online that sell yard signs for advertising in neighborhoods (you usually see these signs for political ads, yard services, etc) and I was curious if anyone has a good experience ...
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Recommend a company for promo pens?
I'm looking for a legitimate/affordable/responsive company to order some promo pens from (with our logo etc).
I've found http://www.pens.com/pens/ via Google, they look legit, but I thought I'd ask ...
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Include degrees/qualifications on business cards?
This is a pretty trivial question but I'd be interested in your opinions.
Would you include post-nominal letters and/or other qualifications on your business cards? Do you think it's overly ...
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How effective is Twitter for disseminating links?
What sort of attention does Twitter get for links?
How effective is it for disseminating links, in comparison to other techniques?
In what circumstances is it the one of the best channels for ...
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Digg vs. Reddit for promoting a blog post
If you are promoting a blog post, should one focus on digg or reddit ranking?
Which is preferable and why?
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How do I attract visitors to a niche content site?
I recently launched a niche content site.
The niche is actually fairly popular, but I am not sure how to attract visitors or promote the site.
I feel that my site offers value to people in this niche, ...
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How would you reach language professionals?
I recently launched a Q&A language site (powered by StackExchange just like answers.onstartups.com) as a side project. Now that it's gaining noticeable interest, I am looking forward to push it to ...
