37 Marketing Tips for Start-Up Businesses
ByJim has collected an amazing collection of concise marketing tips here worth looking at. Plus, he did it all through Twitter.
Here are a few of my favorites:
Marketing is like a snowball. You have to keep rolling to see results. You can’t start and stop and start and stop.
– Cynthia Powell www.ChicksAndCubs.comThink, do you need your product to succeed or do your customers need your product to succeed?
– Aronado www.LuckyStartups.comDon’t try do everything yourself, outsource tasks that don’t directly make you money. Ex: accounting, website design.
– Kim Cornwall Malseed www.marcomink.comDo not compromise your fees. Charge by project, not hourly. Don’t waste money on brochures. Have a clear vision of your business/market.
– Joanne Victoria www.JoanneVictoria.comHave money and plan set aside for 2 yrs of no-to-next-to-no profit; of course aim for better and sooner
– Christian Markley; www.blu3digital.comAll action is a response to a felt need: find the need, appeal to the need at least 7 times, and offer a solution!
– Bill Collier http://blog.freedomist.infoJust get it out there. It doesn’t have to be perfect yet. Don’t let analysis paralysis set in. You can always fine tune later.
- Christopher Thiede www.buildcommunications.com
A great list, indeed. I’d love to hear from you on this one, too. Here’s what I replied with on Jim’s blog:
Truly serve your customer. They aren’t a means to your end; you’re a means to theirs.
– Brett Duncan
3 Comments
November 25th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Hi Brett, Thanks so much for mentioning my advice and link to my website, glad you found recommendation to outsource helpful. Your advice to truly serve your customer is right on. Great idea Jim had to do this, all advice submitted was terrific to read.
November 27th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Brett -
Thanks for mentioning Aronado’s quote. However please keep it on the down low as his head is already to big and I am afraid if it gets any bigger it won’t be able to fit in the screen for the show. Seriously though it was a great quote and thanks for recognizing it. We would love to have you on the show sometime in the future if you are up to it.
November 28th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Kim – Agree on Jim’s idea. I’ve been chewing through that list ever since I stumbled upon it. In reference to your quote above, I’ve been guilty of trying to do everything myself, and as educational as the process might be, it’s always a big time waste.
Dennis – I’ll heed that warning. I’ll certainly follow-up with you on the show, too. Thanks for asking. I found Aronado’s quote to sum it all up quite nicely.