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Ways Your Startup Needs To Be Getting Customers
- jasonlbaptiste 16y agoThere's probably stuff I missed and it's a basic overview too. Share other customer acquisition methods, hopefully unusual ones too that worked here.
- Detrus 16y agoTypo: "Another method might include putting together infographics and white papers that also educate your prospective customers with education."
- jasonlbaptiste 16y agoThat sounds like an awesome Bushism: "Educate your customers with education." Changed. Thank you.
- coreyrecvlohe 16y agoGreat post, truly a comprehensive list of all the differing strategies commonly available to startups and establishments alike. Looking forward to "Metrics Every Startup Should Know."
- yurylifshits 16y agoAnother channel is franchising: TEDx, Yahoo! Japan (operated by Softbank), Yahoo! China (operated by Alibaba). Franchising is especially important for global expansion.
- alain94040 16y agoI still love this quote from the article: Another more grandiose way of going about things is throwing your own conference. Alain from Fair Software did this with Founder’s Conference Especially the "grandiose" part :-)
- yurylifshits 16y agoYet another channel is to recruit evangelists from your most passionate users. Microsoft did a great job with their Microsoft MVP program. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
- jonathanjaeger 16y agoWhen you are starting out small or if you're still testing a public beta, having discussions with your most passionate (or frustrated) customers can often end up turning others into brand advocates. Show that you care and others will be impressed with your product regardless off the temporary shortcomings.
- jeffreymcmanus 16y agoItem 1 is public relations? Yeah, probably not.
- yurylifshits 16y agoAnd another one: flyers, posters, t-shirts and souvenirs