Email marketing is NOT dead and we still read our emails (if they are not too spammy). Look at some of these stats More than 122 billion emails are delivered to inboxes every hour 91% of consumers check their email daily (ExactTarget) 76% of email opens occur in the first two days after an email is sent (Alchemy Worx) 48% of […]
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10.5 Facebook Post Ideas for Startups
Rand Fishkin says that marketing after creating your product wastes energy, time, and money. I agree with with him 100%, start marketing as soon as you start working on your idea. Marketing first ensures a loyal and active audience so that when you do debut your product you will be able to get feedback right away. Here are some Facebook posts ideas […]
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Use This Growth Hack To Get FREE Press
A free press is a game changer for all startups, and fortunately the social media has really made connecting with journalists a whole lot easier. When I launched by $5 food app, I got a ton of press. It may seem random or maybe you think I got lucky? Actually it was neither. I used several growth hacks to increase […]
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Do This Even If You Hate Social Media
Social media is a big cocktail party, but you don’t have to participate all the time. You can just watch and learn. One thing that separates good marketers from average ones is the social listening skill. Social media listening is the process of identifying, monitoring and assessing what is being said about a topic, company, individual, product or brand. Here are […]
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5.5 Things I Learned At Collide Village Startup Accelerator
Recently I graduated from Collide Village accelerator with my food tech startup FiveOH. The Collide Village is a milestone-driven accelerator where they invest in startups, teach them about evidence-based entrepreneurship and help founders brand and commercialize their innovations. Here are some key things I learned from the program. 1 – Customer development is hard but worth it Getting out of the building and talking […]
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Startup Marketing: This is The Biggest Mistake Founders Make
Recently I was on Startup Dallas TV show with Jason Croft. We talked about the challenges of startup marketing and why most startups fail to get traction at the launch. To me, the biggest mistake founders make is to wait until the product is launched before marketing it. It’s a mistake because 1000s of products and apps are released daily. Yours is […]
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