Boot Strapping GeoFli
Bootstrapping GeoFli Bootstrapping a software product means you embody resourcefulness. Every dollar you spend on a conference ticket, online ad, print material, or flight to visit a client had better be well thought out. There’s pressure to show a return on investment because, without it (in the early days), the money runs out. You need […]
Traction: The Ultimate Guide
Jump To; Targeting Blogs TRACTION – the startup’s guide to achieving explosive customer growth. Author’s Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares provides digital marketers with the tools necessary to increase startup growth potential for their company. Our team here at Pintler Group took on the task of dissecting each of the 19 traction channels. We did […]
Community Building Online: Five Places to Start
The final traction channel in the book Traction by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares is community building. Many of the traction channels in this book seem to overlap and build on each other. But this is a channel that more often seems to stand alone. Community building is when you are purposefully fostering relationships and […]
Geofencing: Attracting Customers at Trade Shows
As we discussed in a recent podcast, the marketing strategy geofencing, or delivering advertising messaging to people in certain locations using cities and zip codes, has many applications. It can be especially useful when trying to use digital to influence physical activities, such as a trade show or conference. How can we impact attendance at […]
Stand Out By Leveraging Existing Platforms
The term “platform” returns a surprising number of definitions. In marketing, it can refer to social media, podcasting, video, web, and more. The traction channel “Existing Platforms” alludes to how startups can leverage traction by integrating with platforms that already have a massive following. The short explanation of this channel is that startups should represent […]
Affiliate Programs: What to Do and What to Avoid
Part traction channel, part revenue stream, part lead gen tool, affiliate programs can be extremely effective for everyone involved. When done correctly, that is. By definition, affiliate programs are arrangements in which a company pays a commission to affiliates for delivering conversions. Sales and leads are the primary conversions used, but some companies will pay […]
Qualifying Leads: How to Gather Leads that Convert
Generating sales leads is getting easier. With so many marketing platforms catering to this objective, it’s satisfying for marketers to watch the leads roll in. From there, leads are given to the sales team to establish contact, evaluate the needs and how the business can meet them, negotiate and hopefully seal the deal. In a […]
Engineering as Marketing: A Match Made in Heaven
Engineering? In marketing? From first glance, the two terms don’t appear to invoke thoughts about being complementary to one another. For digital marketers, it’s a powerful combination and can be an incredible asset to any agency. “Engineering as Marketing” is building and using tools to reach more people and gain traction by providing value to […]
How To: Go Viral in Three Easy Steps
When we say the word virus, what do you think of? Probably that sickness that kept you home from work for a few days last year so you didn’t pass it on to your co-workers. Just like a virus spreads and bounces from person to person, a viral marketing campaign is one that is spread […]
Eye-Catching Offline Marketing Campaigns
In the noisy world of digital marketing, innovative strategies and ideas are mainly focused on, well, digital mediums. And yet, the presence of offline mediums including billboards continue to exist all around us. While not as easy to track as online mediums, offline campaigns are still making quite an impact on marketing. In fact, outdoor […]