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Answered by Daniel Debow Posted in Sales

1. Make it easier for your passionate users to tell others about the service 2. advertise via SEM. Google AdWords, etc. 3. Inbound Marketing: create remarkable content... (more)

What do you think are the biggest challenges (or problems if you wish to call them that) that aspiring adventure travel entrepreneurs should be aware of today?

Answered by Bruce Poon Tip Posted in Sales

The skill is in the selling. You can spend all day dreaming of a great product but the skill is in the selling. You can't hang your hat on just a great product..because gue... (more)

How can a start-up attract big advertisers to their site? If the site is well established and is getting by on adsense type ads.

Answered by Andrew Patricio Posted in Sales

Attracting big advertisers to your website depends on the amount of traffic you get and your target market. Advertising decisions are usually made by advertising agencies s... (more)

How can I find a good sales person?

Answered by Dan Martell Posted in Sales

Read the book the Ultimate Sales Machine, Chet Holmes goes through the steps and process. It's what I've used to hire any sales person. (more)

Flight tickets and travel packages are becoming cheaper and cheaper - would you consider selling experiences is a feasible way to reverse this trend by adding intrinsec val...

Answered by Bruce Poon Tip Posted in Marketing Sales

Yes. With discount airlines cluttering the travel space airlines tickets are now a commodity. In the future there will two types of traveller. The discount/last minute trav... (more)

Hi Micah, I'm demoing a working prototype to a potential client next week. Naturally, I'm interested in feedback regarding the features, the value proposition and how do I ...

Answered by Micah Baldwin Posted in Product Development Sales

make all the questions negative. "If you were using this product and it went away, how disappointed would you be?" What are the three features you couldnt live without?" St... (more)

if you were wanting to eventually do a start up in the tech space and wanted to work in sales before hand what are the companies that have the best training ?

Answered by Mark Ruddock Posted in Sales

Depends on if your idea is enterprise focused, partner focused or consumer focused. Try and find a company that is best in class in the sector that you are targeting. You'l... (more)

if you are an entrepreneur in the tech industry is it still important to learn how to sell?

Answered by Dan Martell Posted in Sales

100%. I like to call selling, persuading. The ability to persuade someone is the #1 skill an entrepreneur can learn. (more)

With the advent of different technologies and therefore different avenues of marketing and sales, is there still a strong need to go "door-to-door", with pamphlets/printed ...

Answered by Kevin O'Connor Posted in Product Development Marketing Sales

You're not the only one facing the same problem - going after small, local business is expensive, high churn and small sales. We launched an early local product (called Do... (more)

I own a word of mouth marketing business that focuses on dedicated brand ambassadors sharing our client's brands within their communities. Word of mouth is such a hard thin...

Answered by Saul Colt Posted in Marketing Sales

focus on what is important to your client and show values through the goals. If sales is important than tie your worth to sales etc. It signups or views are the goal than u... (more)

Shall I make my prices public? Or send them when I offer a service/product to a potential costumer, even before they have shown interest in my products?

Answered by April Dunford Posted in Sales

It really depends on what you are selling and the sales motion for that product. If it is a longer sales cycle, it generally doesn't make sense to start out by talking abo... (more)

We have an online classifieds website but this space is too crowded. We are here to give a better user experience then Craigslist and backpage. We are a startup and can't c...

Answered by Dev Basu Posted in Sales Marketing

Do what Yelp did - Hustle really hard in one city to build up and audience and then take on CL/Kijiji. You should also read how AirBnB grew their business by porting users ... (more)

What is the best way to do marketing for ebooks in the Apple iBookstore?

Answered by Saul Colt Posted in Sales

Having not spent any time yet in the Apple Bookstore I can't really answer this question with any authority. Sorry. (more)

re: market, customers, etc... How can I add more value to others if I have no or low value?

Answered by Bruce Poon Tip Posted in Marketing Sales

I think we've been through this.. ass off the couch Son! (more)

Getting eyeballs on your startup's site is relatively straightforward, but what can we do to convert more first-time visitors into registered users?

Answered by Dharmesh Shah Posted in Sales

Two pieces of advice: 1) Test, test, test. Try different calls to action. Different micro-copy. Different layouts. You'll find there can be a *dramatic* difference i... (more)

Do I really need to spend a couple thousand dollars to have an e-commerce website made to sell my couple products or do cheaper (under $1000) work fine? Thanks.

Answered by Corey Kossack Posted in Sales

It's not about cost - it's about quality. Depends on what your specific needs are. There are cheap website builders for e-commerce stores like BigCommerce (which start at $... (more)

Since no one else is taking advantage of this. I will take a shot. My question is not about "venture capital investment" though, maybe you will have some insight to what I...

Answered by Duncan Hill Posted in Sales

Any experience I could offer would pale in comparison to what you could learn from Stephen Pollack, former CEO of PlateSpin, one of the most successful channel companies I'... (more)

At what point should we bring on a sales person (and not do the selling ourselves as founders)?

Answered by Benjamin Yoskovitz Posted in Management Sales

Ideally you bring on a salesperson when you know: * what you're selling * to who * at what cost * and how If you can build a repeatable sales model that works, then you h... (more)

How do I get to work with some of you cool people and Anthony Robbins and Brian Tracy?

Answered by Amber MacArthur Posted in Sales Resources

It's all about networking. Each and every day try to meet someone new on Twitter or other social media websites. Also, if you know people are trying to promote a product,... (more)

We sell a product. At the beginning, we want to offer the product to a very low price to attract early adopters and thanks them to be the first to test and gradually (for e...

Answered by Mark MacLeod Posted in Sales

It makes sense only if it is clear that this is a limited time offer. You may also consider grandfathering that price (i.e. keeping it forever or an extended period of time... (more)

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