Marketing has changed. Everyone thinks that they can do Marketing. They think it’s easy, just a matter of common sense. We all consume Marketing (or rather what we consider Marketing); we know what we like and what we respond to, hence we believe that we’re experts. But Marketing has changed and has to change…fundamentally. Changing […]
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How to think about marketing spend One of the most frequent questions that I get asked is when should I start spending money on marketing, and how much? Don’t think that you HAVE to spend, especially when you first start, but don’t fear it if and when you can. All companies that grow like crazy […]
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For today’s startups, the opportunities and ability to extend their offerings to foreign markets has never been greater. Global platforms for web infrastructure, commerce, and marketing make international market development a real possibility, yet many are held back by lack of understanding; concern over the resources required; and a fear of the unknown. By building […]
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Most startup marketing focuses on hunting for new customers, rather than trying to ‘farm’ customers to build sustainable long-term growth. Hunters rely on new customer acquisition strategies to constantly replenish their customer base, moving onto the next prospect once the deal is done. The energy, buzz and ‘vanity metrics’ associated with ‘capturing new prey’ makes […]
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Rockstar Games have been described as the Apple of the games industry and their founder, Sam Houser, likened to Steven Spielberg (by John Riccitiello, the former CEO of EA). In a sector of multi-million dollar development budgets and marketing spends, their titles are the highest rated (with the top 2 rated games in history according […]
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What is Marketing…really? Marketing for developers may be a dirty word…for some a voodoo science…to many, marketing is practiced by over-paid ‘suits’ with no understanding of product development who create expensive but ineffective ads. In reality, anyone who’s been through a startup launch realizes that marketing is critical as the biggest problem that any new business […]
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According to the Startup Genome Report (March 2012), 74% of Internet startups fail due to premature scaling. Of these, 60% were focusing on validating the product during their initial lifecycle phase, whilst 80% of those startups that scaled successfully were focusing on discovering a problem. In other words, finding and defining a real problem is critical to […]
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