8 Reasons Startups Need Marketing Automation

8 Reasons Startups Need Marketing Automation

Tech startups are generally innovators.  But whether bootstrapped or venture funded, they are burning cash and have significant milestones to meet in order to get to the next level – namely, increasing sales.  The irony of many startups, even ones that are selling disruptive technologies, is that many rely on the same old ways of marketing and sales that existed before the Internet came along, […]

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Fear and Loathing in the Department Silos

Fear and Loathing in the Department Silos

The cover story of the May 12, 2008 issue of Fortune magazine is “The Best Advice I Ever Got.” All of the stories cover a very diverse set of leaders and are both a quick reading and interesting.  The one that stuck out most in The Marketing Consigliere’s mind was that of Craig Newmark of Craigslist.  In particular, his statement that he “was working within a marketing division, […]

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