Marketing Secrets and Hacks for Startups

Our last meetup was a great success, a 5/5 rating. In it we discussed what it takes to start a company - from day 1; however...you wouldn't have much success if people don't know about it! Enter our next meetup: we will discuss how to bring your product to market with as little budget as possible.

We will interview a panel of three experts, specializing in various parts of the marketing stack:

1. SEO/SEM (Search Engine Optimization/Marketing)

2. Email Marketing

3. Social media / content creation

You will be able to ask questions, meet them, and walk away with some concrete tactics to get your product or idea out there, whether for testing or selling.

• Raul Pellerano - Founder and Chief Consultant, ClickCatalyst

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/8/8/6/600_279742662.jpeg With a degree from Babson College, the famous entrepreneur school - Raul started his first company, then worked at Social media giant LinkedIn. He then realized the growing need to help companies get noticed in search engines and online in general. His company, ClickCatalyst helps startups and large companies attain new customers by being found. He has numerous clients, including one of the founders of this meetup group. He will share tactics normally only reserved for his clients! Visit: clickcatalyst.net

• Amanda Day - Marketing Coach, VerticalResponse

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/9/f/8/600_279743032.jpeg Amanda has a range of marketing experience with large companies and startups spanning over 6 years. These days she is helping companies with their email marketing strategies at email marketing giant VerticalResponse (recently acquired by Deluxe Corp). You'd be surprised by the extent email marketing is under-utilized! She will share some of the secrets she only shares with her clients. Visit: verticalresponse.com

• Ana Lucia Novak - Founder, Novak Media Group and SocialAna

http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/3/9/3/2/600_279794642.jpeg Dubbed as a “Social Media Architect”, specializes in social media strategy and effective implementation of online and social media marketing strategies. She's been fortunate to work alongside affluent leaders, and companies, such as Oracle (http://www.oracle.com/index.html), SAP (http://www.sap.com/index.epx), Palm (http://www.hpwebos.com/us/), Adobe (http://www.adobe.com/), Electronic Arts (http://www.ea.com/), and many hot startups. She has over 21K followers on Twitter! She will share some of her secrets on making the most of Social media, and some tools you wish you knew about yesterday. Visit: socialana.com

Agenda:

5:30-6:00 -- Networking / Food (FREE Pizza!)

6:00-7:00 -- Panel Discussion

7:00-7:30 -- Networking

Location and food generously sponsored by:

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Please RSVP to attend.