Bootstrapping a startup refers to starting a small business by funding it yourself or through customer receipts — without getting any external investment.
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8 ways to bootstrap your company
Posted by normbond on February 13th, 2011
Posted in TRAINING 
Tags: business, crowd sourcing, entrepreneurship, jobs, marketing, venture capital 
1 Comment »Who Moved My Marketing? Social Media Marketing Challenge
Posted by normbond on January 2nd, 2011
It was bound to happen. In a world where the average consumer receives over 5,000 marketing messages a day — how can you be expected to keep track of Your Marketing?
Posted in DIVERSITY, MARKETING, MOBILE, OFFLINE MARKETING, ONLINE MARKETING, PUBLIC RELATIONS, SOCIAL MEDIA, TOOLS, TRAINING Tags: business, challenge, entrepreneurs, facebook, marketing, online, social media, tools, training, twitter No Comments »Dominate a Networking Scene in 5 Simple Steps
Posted by normbond on December 6th, 2010
Networking is an essential part of growing a business. It helps you locate important people who can help to grow your company, and allows you to identify the best investors, staff and consumers for your business. Each time you speak to a new person, you’re marketing your company. Every contact is someone who can help spread the word about your endeavor.
How to raise venture capital (without losing your soul)
Posted by normbond on December 5th, 2010
Venture capital may — or may not be right for you. Bu as your guide to real marketing solutions, you need to understand your options and the process anyway. No matter where you are in the business cycle i.e. seed, growth, maturity, or decline you can’t rest on your laurels. Here Michael describes his experience of raising $28 million in other people’s money”. There are some great lesson here to help you in your business and marketing efforts. Be sure to hear the long version as well.
Posted in MARKETING, OFFLINE MARKETING, ONLINE MARKETING, TRAINING Tags: business, entrepreneurs, facebook, jobs, marketing, offline, online, raising capital, social media, training, twitter 1 Comment »Social Media Marketing More Scientific
Posted by normbond on November 3rd, 2010
Social media is having a lightning rod impact on the world of marketing. However, there is still a lot of hit-and-miss in the tactics and strategies being utilized.
Posted in MARKETING, ONLINE MARKETING, SOCIAL MEDIA, SPECIAL REPORTS, TRAINING Tags: business, entrepreneurs, facebook, marketing, online, social media, twitter No Comments »Have You Linked Offline Marketing to Increase Online Success?
Posted by normbond on October 22nd, 2010
Few organizations, entrepreneurs, and corporations have effectively connected their offline and online marketing efforts. How often do you go to a great offline brand, that has 10 followers on twitter? They don’t even capture their offline customers or shoppers e-mail addresses? Invite their offline guests to join the entrepreneurs facebook fan page? Whatchutalkinboutwillis?
Posted in MARKETING, OFFLINE MARKETING, ONLINE MARKETING, SOCIAL MEDIA, TOOLS, TRAINING Tags: business, entrepreneurs, facebook, jobs, marketing, offline, online, social media, training, twitter No Comments »Let E-books Energize Your Marketing
Posted by normbond on October 22nd, 2010
One of the best tools in the new marketing frontier is the e-book. Essentially, this is a computer file that is formatted to look like a regular book, but with abilities and qualities that other mediums do not possess. They are viewed on computers, or on various handheld readers like the Kindle or iPad. E-books are instantly available through immediate download to the buyer.
Stimulus Is The Real Blowing Money Fast (B.M.F.): How We’re Spending $862 Billion
Posted by normbond on October 7th, 2010
Recently rapper-entertainer Rick Ross (aka “Ricky Rozay”) dropped what became an urban anthem, under the song title of Blowing Money Fast. He glamorizes a number of “street hustlers” and boasts how they “made seven mil a week”. Not too shabby. Do that every week for a year and you’ve grossed a cool $364 million dollars.
Although impressive, it pales next to the B.M.F. power of the federal government through the ARRA (aka “the stimulus’). Through the ARRA it has managed to blow through more than $8OO billion dollars in the same time frame.
Posted in MARKETING, OFFLINE MARKETING, TRAINING Tags: African American, ARRA, business, entrepreneurship, government, jobs, stimulus, unemployment, urban 1 Comment »Tanking Economy Predicted Until 2014
Posted by normbond on October 6th, 2010
A panel of economists on Tuesday predicted several more years of pain for the United States, agreeing unemployment will remain high far longer than 2014.My advice, connect with a knowledgeable marketing expert or source that can be a soundboard. Develop a strategy. And move your idea forward. Once you start to achieve results, leverage those for more growth.
Posted in MARKETING, TRAINING Tags: business, economy, entrepreneur, government, market, recovery, start-up No Comments »Nine Ways to Get a Bigger Lift From Your Marketing Efforts
Posted by normbond on October 6th, 2010
Any marketing tool you utilize should be designed to increase sales. If you use traditional media like print newspapers, magazines, direct mail, television,radio, and word-of-mouth you want to increase sales.
Posted in MARKETING, ONLINE MARKETING, TOOLS, TRAINING Tags: business, diversity, entrepreneurs, information, marketing, segmented, target marketing No Comments »
