Well done! You now realize that it is not the idea alone that matters. Too many would-be entrepreneurs miss this understanding. Marketing is an art when done correctly. It must be rooted in the 4Ps as we say, but it MUST be uniquely inspired by the goods and/or services that need to be "Crossin...
"What's the best way to interest busy consultants ... ?" As a busy consultant myself, I can say that you missed an opportunity right here. I read your question from start to finish, but it told me NOTHING about what you offer. By the end of the paragraph, all I know is that you're trying to se...
The answer to this question is surprisingly pretty simple and it depends on who your target group is. If it is a subgroup of your competitors' users, then do engage where they already talk about your competitors. If your target group is people who don't use the product yet, then go where those pe...
The first question you need to answer is who is your audience? Who are you trying to reach with your advertising? If for example, you were promoting a local restaurant, Facebook may be a good choice. If you are trying to reach business owners, LinkedIn may be a good choice (its more expensive tho...
Depending on the advertising platform and your budget, you can run multiple highly targeted campaigns at the same time. The more targeted your campaigns the more profitable they will be. For example, Campaign A can target only those in US, while Campaign B, can targeted only those in Australia. E...
Online coaching is a great space right now, and I'm glad to see someone with real-world coaching experience making the shift. The agency I started worked primarily in the fitness industry, and I helped plan, market, design, and build over 300 websites for personal trainers, gyms, and online coa...
That's awesome. You are at a first stage of building a MOOC, a Massive Open Online Course portal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course I worked in the growth team of a UK startup that reached an explosive growth in 2015. I like your approach you applied the "don't scale" ap...
Firstly - it is not always about spending a fortune on marketing and advertising. It is more about laws of physics than math. If you can put enough force into things that all increase the energy of that force - meaning, doing less isolated efforts of marketing but more integrated approach. Look ...
Betalist and similar startup "launch" sites house a pretty updated list of software-based products that are being built. Betalist in particular is for beta level software projects, so at the point when they'd be looking for these types of solutions.
It does violate the TOS for most social sites and PPC advertisers. Additionally, you're not doing your end customers any favors because you are selling them access to crap contacts who are not necessarily interested in their product. Don't do it. Build your own targeted list of 1000 legitimatel...