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8 articles Last updated Oct 11, 2026

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Marketing7 min read · Oct 11

Startup Marketing Plan: A Practical Guide for Bootstrapped Founders

A startup marketing plan on one page: goals worked back from revenue, budget by channel, a 12-week calendar and numbers to review.…

Marketing8 min read · Oct 9

Digital Marketing for a Startup: A Practical Guide for Bootstrapped Founders

Digital marketing for a startup on a small budget: the order to build your page, tracking, search, email and social, a worked…

Marketing7 min read · Oct 5

Startup Marketing: A Practical Guide for Bootstrapped Founders

Startup marketing for founders with no budget: find your first customers, pick two channels, track CAC and follow a 90-day plan you…

Marketing10 min read · Sep 28

How to run a sale: a marketing campaign across email, WhatsApp and SMS

A step-by-step plan for running a sale across email, WhatsApp and SMS: the offer, the audience, a 7-day timeline, message templates and…

Marketing9 min read · Apr 18

Best marketing automation tools for startups on a budget: how to choose

What marketing automation tools do, the five automations a startup should build first, what common tools include on free and paid plans,…

Marketing9 min read · Mar 25

How to turn social media traffic into leads: a simple social media sales funnel

Likes don't pay the bills. Here's a five-step social media sales funnel that turns followers into contacts, contacts into conversations, and conversations…

Marketing9 min read · Mar 8

On-page optimization service: what it includes and how it brings in more enquiries

What an on-page optimization service covers, why it turns visitors into enquiries, a checklist you can do yourself, and how to choose…

Marketing9 min read · Mar 8

What is a sales funnel? A plain-English guide for small businesses

What a sales funnel is, the stages from stranger to repeat customer, a worked example for a service business, the numbers to…

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