Hi all,
I’m not going to post today but I thought I’d give you a chance to tell your story about using a Mac in your startup. Tell the truth and keep it clean, ’cause we all want to hear how you’re doing.
Kevin
Hi all,
I’m not going to post today but I thought I’d give you a chance to tell your story about using a Mac in your startup. Tell the truth and keep it clean, ’cause we all want to hear how you’re doing.
Kevin
You can get the answer here: Professional and Business Services!
… of rogue programmers/marketers that say they have developed an iPhone application when in fact they have not, just to get work or just to get a foot into the door with iPhone development. This Ars Technical article “Developers stealing from developers” discloses how “marketing” really takes credit for things the company has not done. So beware of companies contacting you to write that iPhone app for you.
As always there are a number of ways of getting your marketing message out to others and social media one one route. I’d like to thank Mark Hayward for his take as I’ve translated his info into Mac specific ideas and areas. Hey, my ideal customers are Mac users or potential Switchers that want to use Macs for their startup.
According to this article by Harvard Business, Big Business is losing, it is creating a “Brain Drain” on it’s intellectual capital, it’s business continuity, and small business is the recipient of this brain drain. Why?
Because people want more fulfillment in their lives than big business is able to give them. Much like big government, big business is costly in human capital. That’s why I recommend “Small Giants” as the way to go for nearly all businesses today.
So, if you want a family like environment and to contribute more, find a small business to work for.
Or better yet, start your own. Whereas a large business you’ll be really be narrowly specialized, a small business you’ll wear lots of hats.
Here’s a good site that can help get you noticed. FiredUpNetwork.com is a place that you can network with others either through a career change or starting or selling a business. It also has a number of resources to help you in your search.
Part of marketing is getting noticed by people, and hopefully the right people. As with getting noticed it’s all marketing, but how can you market? One of the ways is through social media to “go viral” with your product/service. Getting others to talk about your product/service rather than doing a shot gun blast to everyone that you know via the various channels that most companies with money do. But as an entrepreneur you don’t have money to burn so every dollar saved keeps your business afloat longer.
So, that being said, there’s are article, by Spark Media, “Tips for Running Contests” that goes into what you need to consider before you start getting an iPod putting it out for driving traffic to your web site. Contests gain interest, but you need to be careful how you do it as to not cause undue hardship on your startup if there are mistakes.
Hi all,
If you’d like to meet me I’ll be attend the Meetup group Creative Connections tomorrow at 9 AM and give a short talk about improving your marketing for entrepreneurs and start ups. As the marketing for this meeting says:
“The #1 priority for nearly all small businesses is getting new customers. But do you know that by changing the way you market and handle your customer you can make more money? We’ll be working as a group on creating a small marketing piece that will be sure to get better qualified and educated customers, create better communications with your customers about your business, reduce your workload to concentrate on what you do best, and to set the stage for more marketing results. So come prepared to walk out with an Action Plan of increasing your business going forward.”
I look forward to meeting you, we’ll have fun for sure.
Are you an entrepreneur and trying to grow your business? Are you stuck in “sales hell” and don’t know how to get out? Take a look at Ryan Healy’s comments at his blog “31 ways to grow a business” and you’ll find some good feedback as to what to do.
I can’t change much, and he’s a good blog to follow.