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Resources for start-up marketing/launch (howtolaunchastartup.com)
73 points by akshay on June 21, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 14 comments



Maybe it was just my eyes, but the black color scheme is murder to read, especially when it came to the links at the bottom.


Cool. Thx for the feedback... will play around with the color scheme


Same here. The link colours are kind of confusing in the background color.


Released this free special issue few months ago: http://hackermonthly.com/startup-marketing.html

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Very nice resource. The Diagramation and the typography are very beautiful. Do you have another free issues?



And when you get that startup off the ground and start kicking butt I highly recommend adding Fred Wilson (avc.com) to your regular reading list. Great insight into financing, what makes startups successful, etc.


Yup he's already on the list. Unfortunately couldn't add all the awesome resources I've curated..


That is a really nice collection. I think many of us are in the situation to have great products, but don't have the money to create a big marketing campaign or even buy a few ads to deliver it.

One thing: keep the dark color scheme, but don't put dark grey links on black background (like one commenter already mentioned here), and increase the line height by a few pixels, makes it a lot easier to read.


Glad you found the resources useful!


Hey, akshay. Nice resource. I saved to read it later. I'm in the prototype fase of a startup that has something like your. Maybe we could change a couple emails, what do you think? Maybe I could learn anything from you.

btw. I saw that your startup was called mokabla, and now is GetComparisons. Waay better!


sure ping me at akshay at getcomparisons dot com. Glad you like the new name better.


Lots to read, but some very useful links there.

So many articles talk about developing relationships with bloggers, but I'm finding it really hard to put into practice. Has anyone had any substantial success with that?


Another great way is to collate a list of nice articles (bookmarked) and compile into a blog and promote it here. This will drive traffic -

I should be doing the same for Clickdesk.com ;)




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