This question is very broad so it's tough to answer, but I'll give it a shot. Is there anyone else making money in that market? If so, how? What business models are working well? Take the automobile industry. There are hundreds of business and revenue models in the auto industry (wholesale, re...
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Established businesses and/or indirect competitors will most probably not bother getting into a partnership with you, at least until you start having some traction and results. Many startups have the ambition that they will build great partnerships starting from day one and they often get dissapo...
Agreed. Pownce and FriendFeed were both hailed as Twitter competitors in the early days. In 2008 Twitter was consistently plagued by downtime as they had trouble scaling. However, the service was simple and easy to use and they did a great job getting early digital influencers and celebs onboard ...
As Seth Godin once said "If all your customers care about is price, its probably because you haven't given them anything else to care about!" Get those numbers on bad handling, shipping delays, lost packages and differentiate yourself from your competitors! Repackage what it is you do, in the wa...
Groupon made a billion dollar business out of email marketing. I don't think it is underrated by people who are good at growth. Most startups do think email is boring and rather invest in third-party platforms. This is a mistake as email is the true social network and reflects the raw habits an...
As an current investors and former Chief Strategist of Metroclick one of the largest interactive touchscreen & kiosks suppliers in the states. It's very easy to lease the equipment, the more important questions is the reason behind the use of the equipment. Also the location of the kiosks test ma...
You need to have a marketing plan.. Define your market segment and see how to reach them. SEO / SMM / your blog interaction , ads in newspapers or on the streets, or newsletters ... etc. All depends on the target segment.. If you want to share more details about your project, I can help wit...
I don't have a lot of experience directly with journalists, but in my experience not really. If one of them was interested but couldn't do it in the first place they would send the piece around the office to see if anyone else wanted it. At least that's how it's worked with talent agents and en...
Hi, There are a number of important questions that will influence your strategy to monetize your healthy list of 60k leads. -Do you have a product to sell? A list is meaningless unless you have a credible offer that resonates with your leads. -If you don't have a product, can you create one to ma...