My experience with online communities is mixed. Those work best if you have a value proposition that appeals to a large mass for a short period of time - i.e. a game. For something like healthcare I'd imagine you are looking to have people engage regularly and for an extended period of time. Th...
It's a tricky situation. In my experience, it makes the CEO of the company not strong enough if he can't handle the fundraising efforts. It might be different in biotech, especially because the R&D and the work that has to be done is way more time consuming than a regular startup. Also, investo...
Wow, I am disgusted to here that an employer would do this. This is not legal of your employer and pretty downright unprofessional. Do NOT pay the invoice. He sounds like a scam. What I suggest is that you demand a 1099 from him. The 1099 is a tax form that an employer sends you when you do n...
Try Elance. Whether you are selling B2B or B2C, you have to focus on selling to only one person. You can actually sell to one person at a time while selling to millions at a time. They are one and the same. Don't get off track, what we call digital marketing selling is just selling in print. An...
Here's what I don't see so far: executive (buyer) INVOLVEMENT by your target customers. Go to them. Show them what you've got. Get the testimonials from your employee-level advisors to show them the need is legit. (Use these same employees to start going up the chain and finding out who are the ...
There's obviously no way to ensure a sale through, but to increase the chance of sale through as much as possible would involve using a combination of several known marketing/psychological techniques. Some of these would require for you to have some control over the text of the mail sent. However...
I can immediately think of several NYC-specific hacks. For instance, some that would be immediately deployable in Jackson Heights, Queens. I've lived in Brooklyn NY for over 10 years, and I had South Asian roommates for 6 years (college and after), which has led to having many South Asians in m...
Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, I've never played one on TV, and it has been ages since I've stayed at a Holiday Inn. However, it sounds like you've stated clearly that your need is a lawyer who SPECIALIZES in contract law, with EXPERIENCE doing so for Digital Agencies. A great way to find someo...
Ask, Ask, Ask, then Ask again. Bonus: Here is $10,000 worth of information for free and in a nutshell. Concentrate on the 3 M's. There are actually 7, but 3 will do for now. These are Market, Message, and Media. They come in that order. Who is your target market (customer, clients, buyers, us...
The biggest thing you can do is spend time prospecting. If you're deal cycle is 6 months, you need to be filling up a +$10 million pipeline in order to close $4 million over the course of the next 10 months. That means lots of prospecting, keeping prospects engaged while they make their decision...