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February 11, 2010   |   by Ricardo Bueno   |   Get free new post updates HERE.

12 Golden Rules to Marketing & Publicity for Startups

Docstoc Startups Uncensored EventTuesday evening, I attended Startups Uncensored #14 with Jason Nazar and the folks at Docstoc. Docstoc is an online community where you can find and share professional documents. If you’re not familiar with their service, I encourage you to check them out. I’ve used them to upload and share content before (such as e-books) and highly recommend them.

The subject for the evening was Google Adsense for websites (some of the Google Adsense team flew in from Mountain View, California and led a great session). Our very own Stacey Soleil won some product schwag prior to the start of the evening (we’ve since dubbed her #schwagqueen, heh). But really, though the adsense session was great, it wasn’t the hi-light of the evening for me. See, I’m not much of an adsense user. I never have been and probably won’t be (it just isn’t part of my marketing strategy). If you use adsense on your sites, I’d be curious to hear about your experience (good or bad) and how long you’ve been running adsense (just drop a comment below).

What did stand out to me was the opening presentation led by Jason Nazar to kick off the evening. There were a lot of entrepreneurs there that evening (from the solo-preneur to the small business). Each of them hungry to learn, network and grow their business. Jason shared 12 rules that entrepreneurs need to follow to kick-start their business and get on the path toward success…

12 Golden Rules to Marketing & Publicity for Startups:

#1 – “Marketing is not something you do, it’s who you are“

#2 – “You are your product: First, Market Yourself“

#3 – “Brand Recognition is Everything: People don’t use products they don’t know”

#4 – “Turn your Customers into your Mass Marketers“

#5 – “Social Proof is key: they need to hear how good you are from someone else”

#6 – “Marketing a product Does Not require having a product”

#7 – “Don’t give people an option not to listen to your message”

#8 – “Publicity is not a Meritocracy: journalists cover Products of people they know and like“

#9 – “Capture attention where I don’t expect it”

#10 – “Don’t be afraid to Piss People Off, it gives you a chance to win them back”

#11 – “Publicity is a function of persistence: No door can not be opened with time”

#12 – “Be Everywhere! In startups popularity not polish wins the prize”

Personally, each of these stands out for me… How about you?

About Ricardo Bueno

I specialize in marketing and technology for the real estate industry. Currently: Marketing Technology Director at West (a Williston Financial Group company) West. Previously: National Trainer at W&R Studios.

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  1. Allyson Ebert says

    February 14, 2010 at 8:05 am

    Absoluetly YES to all 12. Thank you for reminding me, and keeping me focused. I am personally printing this and putting it where I can see it daily to remind me of my goals and direction!!!

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  2. Ricardo Bueno says

    February 14, 2010 at 5:41 pm

    Allyson: the event really was a *great* event and the list of points was just what any entrepreneur/startup needed to hear! It's always very motivating and empowering to get out to functions such as these…

    Thanks for dropping in!

    Reply
  3. Christine Wilson says

    February 17, 2010 at 9:14 am

    I agree. This is a good list. I'll actually write this down for myself and keep it on my wall. Thanks for writing the list!

    I've been using Ad Sense for a few months now and have gotten zero clicks. I haven't experimented with it very much though. Plus I am still trying to get readership up on my blog. So I'll let you know more about it in the future if you are interested.

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  4. Ricardo Bueno says

    February 17, 2010 at 8:07 pm

    Christine: hiya & welcome to the site! It was a great event and I thought that it was an excellent list. It's a lot of things that any entrepreneur can benefit from hearing.

    I'd always be curious to hear back from folks and how they're using their sites and different services to monetize (whether it's adsense, affiliate programs, etc.).

    Reply
  5. Ricardo Bueno says

    February 18, 2010 at 3:07 am

    Christine: hiya & welcome to the site! It was a great event and I thought that it was an excellent list. It's a lot of things that any entrepreneur can benefit from hearing.

    I'd always be curious to hear back from folks and how they're using their sites and different services to monetize (whether it's adsense, affiliate programs, etc.).

    Reply

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