Mark O'Brien wrote a great easy read on this exact topic, it's called "A Website that Works" - http://www.newfangled.com/a_website_that_works This is the philosophy that Newfangled is built upon, so let me know if you're ever interested in partnering with us for consulting or development. Good ...
It really comes down to 2 major buckets. 1) CONTENT / INBOUND MARKETING Some people consider this option free, but it's not. Time is money, and it requires an major investment to do it right. The options are: - Company blog - Guest post on other blogs - Engage on social media (Facebook, Twit...
You're throwing the word strategy too much I think and referring to it wrong. -Wordpress is a great platform to create websites, and is hardly a negative as far as SEO goes. Although it is a good thing that you realize the possible implications and postponed development until you have a plan in ...
Business lead generation. Give the reader a taste of the content and have them fill out their info to get access to the entire report. Then you build a list that you can market to later. Hubspot does this well - http://www.hubspot.com/marketing-resources. As a rule of thumb nowadays content shou...
I've attended this class in-person and the video version of Michael Dearing's class on pricing is great. You can see it here: http://vimeopro.com/harrisonmetalshorts/pricing If you haven't already done so, I'd carefully study the effectiveness and uptake of "premium" services already offered by...
I have in the past developed cost-savings calculators and they can be one of the most effective tools in moving an enterprise software prospect through the sales funnel to a closed deal. So I understand why you are so keen to get a handle on these numbers. Unfortunately, you are in a bit of a ch...
2 different solutions: #1: Ad Proxy They serve ads throughout the web and these websites act as referrals in order to gather statistics about the Ads. #2: Fake Referrals The websites use bots in order to fake referrals and appear on analytics tools like Google Analytics or Mixpanel. Either way...
Using their logo implies that they are truly partners / customers of yours. Is this the case? It not, it is grossly misleading. Otherwise, I would check with them, out of courtesy. They may not want their competitors knowing what software services they use. I don't believe you are legally obli...
I hate to be "that guy," but I'm gonna say, "it depends." What I mean by this is it is highly subjective to the market you are in and the target you're going after. However, with that being said, let me share a few of my favorite growth-hacky-type ideas that you might want to consider using to g...
Likely you won't like my thoughts about this. When I give talks about business bootstrapping, I suggest people only work ideas which meet my "Sunset Rule". Sunset Rule - You should be able to go from idea to first sale, before sunset, or best consider other ideas. This also relates to your MVP...