Come for the Ride!

Most of the companies I’ve consulted for had sick budgets that allowed them to buy traffic.  While these techniques are great for them to build an audience and establish a barrier to entry, they don’t do so well for bootstrap startups and/or startups that do not have extensive experience with interactive marketing.

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I don’t spend too much time on YouTube but last night I did spend about 3 hours on omnisio.com watching a bunch of Startup School videos. In fact, I would highly recommend watching all the speakers from Startup School 08 as they all provide great advice on a variety of topics.

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First marketing test with KillerStartups bombed – majorly. The entry was submitted over a week ago along with a clean copy of our logo (on white background w/o the beta text) and it finally received approval just short of 8-9 days. We received an email (one that’s broken in Gmail) stating their team had reviewed our website and that it was kept in the site-reviews section. (So I guess this means we didn’t make front page news.)

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A friend sent me this link over today and I thought the video had many great points. It’s definitely worth checking out if you’re looking to start a web business.

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Entrepreneurship sure is getting easier these days. Years ago, it seemed like my only option to network with local entrepreneurs were schoolmates or Chamber of Commerce events. Yeah, I was young and honestly a bit turned off by the official sounding of “chamber of commerce” so I never went to those.

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