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Proposed Q&A site for marketing experts, PR and advertising professionals, entrepreneurs interested in DIY marketing, specialists in both offline and online product promotion.
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Chat room: I created a room for followers of this proposal to discuss how to get it launched! – Joseph Barisonzi Sep 17 '11 at 21:16
If the question that currently has 7 votes were to get 3 more -- we could move on to the next phase. – Joseph Barisonzi Oct 18 '11 at 18:16
If the question that has 5 votes were to get 5 more -- then we could move on to the next phase! – Joseph Barisonzi Oct 18 '11 at 18:28
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This proposal is now in the Commitment phase — example questions are locked!

57 Example Questions (6 closed)

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What tools and techniques should I use to increase my site's search engine ranking?
added by picardo, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Oct 28 '11 at 15:24
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This is ontopic at webmasters.se – Christofian Aug 27 '11 at 14:26
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How can I best take advantage of email marketing campaigns without being branded a spammer?
added by Robert Harvey Aug 15 '10 at 1:07
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How does social media marketing differ from traditional marketing?
added by picardo Aug 19 '10 at 4:38
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What are the common problems of established brands starting online marketing campaigns?
added by Ivan Cherevko Aug 14 '10 at 8:58
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What did the Old Spice's “Old Spice Guy” campaign do right? What did it do wrong?
added by Ivan Cherevko, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Aug 18 '10 at 18:06
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How can I best market my Area 51 Q&A proposal?
added by Wikis Aug 14 '10 at 20:53
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I run a small [delivery] business. What advice do you have for me to cheaply but effectively market my product?
added by Wikis Aug 16 '10 at 12:51
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Can I plan for, or aim at, virality in a marketing push?
added by warren Aug 23 '10 at 19:13
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Is 'Return on Investment' the best measure of a marketing campaign?
added by James Veillon Sep 4 '10 at 14:55
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What are your best strategies for selling Android apps?
added by Rob S. Jan 20 '11 at 15:26
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Where can I find reliable and cheap marketing research data about the use of social media?
added by picardo Aug 19 '10 at 4:37
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What are the major differences between viral campaigns that large companies use, and in-house ads that small companies make that go viral?
added by warren Aug 23 '10 at 19:12
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Is a degree in marketing crucial for an advertising agency employment?
added by Ivan Cherevko Aug 14 '10 at 8:59
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What are the pros and cons of advertising in multiple, lower-cost areas vs. one big push like a billboard?
added by jerebear Dec 9 '10 at 6:42
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When can I find (online) great photos for my marketing campaign? [closed]
added by Wikis Aug 18 '10 at 23:07
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closed as off topic by warren, blueberryfields, bigown, Ciaocibai, Chris Garrett Feb 8 '11 at 20:21

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.
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Is print advertising really dead?
added by dddppp Feb 11 '11 at 5:42
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What's a good metric (besides "impressions") for quantifying the success of event marketing?
added by dddppp Feb 11 '11 at 5:43
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Is the concept of “positioning” as described by Ries and Trout still relevant as of today?
added by Ivan Cherevko Aug 14 '10 at 8:57
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What 2010 marketing books would you recommend?
added by Ivan Cherevko Aug 14 '10 at 8:59
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Is there any correlation between what types are advertising are best during a specific time of year? ie: Billboards in the summer vs. Winter
added by jerebear Dec 9 '10 at 6:43
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How effective is direct mail marketing in the age of the Internet?
added by RainMaker, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Oct 28 '11 at 15:30
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What are the best strategies for running [Facebook] advertising campaign?
added by Dmitry Selitskiy Jun 20 '11 at 13:04
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I think that this is not a good example because if/when we have an opportunity to answer it would need significant additional information for clarification. It is so subjective to the type of company, market, product. – Joseph Barisonzi Aug 19 '11 at 17:28
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Is it important to have a consistent username/page name for my [brand/business] across social networks and why?
added by Dmitry Selitskiy Jun 20 '11 at 13:11
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What is "Marketing operations"?
added by Joseph Barisonzi Aug 13 '11 at 21:32
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Is determining and setting price a "marketing function"? What role should marketing play in setting price?
added by Joseph Barisonzi Aug 13 '11 at 21:33
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When competing in a category and pricing luxury, assuming service fits the description, what are the rules in terms of percentage markup of price? [closed]
added by user17130 Aug 22 '10 at 0:02
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closed as off topic by warren, blueberryfields, jerebear, bigown, Martin KS Jun 8 '11 at 11:47

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.
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When is marketing worthwhile? When a new product is coming out? Trying to break-into a new niche/market? Etc.
added by warren Aug 23 '10 at 19:15
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Is Google AdWords and other search engine marketing good to use for selling single items like a residential home or an RV?
added by James Veillon Sep 4 '10 at 14:45
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How can a person gain the most value, in terms of professional growth, from their marketing experiences?
added by jerebear Dec 9 '10 at 6:47
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What good marketing podcasts/videocasts should I follow?
added by Ciaocibai Feb 2 '11 at 9:43
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What relationship between total advertising/marketing expenditures and profit are appropriate at which stages of business development?
added by warren Apr 25 '11 at 17:49
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How do I connect <specific> marketing activity to resulting sales?
added by Joseph Barisonzi Aug 13 '11 at 21:32
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What are good ways of measuring customer satisfaction in <specific product / service>?
added by Dan Aug 23 '11 at 11:04
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What are your companies most elusive marketing challenges?
added by Gary Katz Aug 24 '11 at 17:43
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Are there any plugins/themes for [insert cms] that make it easy to do inbound marketing and lead nurturing?
added by Chris Kluis Aug 29 '11 at 12:31
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How do I measure ROI on my social media marketing efforts?
added by Noah Goodrich Sep 9 '11 at 1:40
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What grassroots strategies have you developed to market your product or service?
added by Karl Katzke Sep 29 '11 at 23:59
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What is the best way to start marketing on Facebook?
added by Cape Cod Gunny, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Oct 28 '11 at 15:34
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How effective is a comment section on web pages?
added by Cape Cod Gunny Oct 18 '11 at 14:23
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What are the different ways of "closing the sale"? [closed]
added by Wikis Aug 18 '10 at 18:28
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closed as off topic by Ivan Cherevko, warren, Mongus Pong, James Veillon, Francesca Venturini Sep 28 '10 at 13:35

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.
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