Prioritization for startups marketers — Melissa Kwan // eWebinar

Melissa Kwan, Co-Founder and CEO at eWebinar, talks about startup marketing. Prioritization is crucial for startup marketers as they are often limited by time, resources, and budget. However, with all the different marketing channels out there, it's important to evaluate each and prioritize the most effective channels that align with your goals and capabilities. Today, Melissa discusses prioritization for startup marketers.
About the speaker

Melissa Kwan

eWebinar

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Melissa is the CEO and Co-Founder at eWebinar

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Show Notes

  • 03:29
    Prioritizing startup marketing efforts
    Startups are advised to exhaust all of their free marketing channels first before investing in paid marketing. Launch on platforms like Product Hunt and leverage creative channels like answering questions on Quora where there is a lot of traffic.
  • 04:25
    Understanding your target market for effective marketing prioritization
    Before investing time and resources in marketing channels, startups must prioritize understanding their target market and product-market fit. This approach is crucial to avoid wasting resources and promote their product to the right audience.
  • 07:41
    Finding effective marketing channels based on target audience research
    Upon completion of your target market research, the next step is to identify the marketing channels where the target audience is most active. Once these channels have been identified, execute the marketing plan on those channels.
  • 12:01
    How to prioritize marketing channels as a startup
    To effectively prioritize marketing channels, evaluate them based on the highest ROI achievable in the shortest amount of time. The next step is to consider the reach of each channel to identify the ones that give the farthest reach while also being within your capacity to execute.
  • 14:44
    Staying focused on your marketing strategy as a startup founder
    It's crucial for startup founders to focus on what they know works and has impact, rather than getting distracted by someone else's idea of what might be successful. Avoid following every marketing trend and abandoning effective strategies for new, untested ones.
  • 17:02
    Factors that influenced eWebinar's marketing strategy
    The realization that eWebinar's price point made it unsuitable for a sales lead approach led to a shift in the company's marketing strategy. As a result, Melissa was forced to adopt a marketing lead, customer lead, and product lead strategy.

Quotes

  • "As a startup, the thing that's universally true is you should exhaust all of your free marketing channels first." -Melissa Kwan, Co-Founder, eWebinar

  • "Think about more creative channels that a lot of people aren't in. Answering questions on Quora is not something that a lot of people do, but there's a lot of traffic on there." -Melissa Kwan, Co-Founder, eWebinar

  • "As a startup founder that's very bootstrapped, if there are 10 different channels in front of me, I always look for what can I do in the shortest amount of time with the highest ROI?" -Melissa Kwan, Co-Founder, eWebinar

  • "Even though there are 10 different ways you can market your startup, it is important not to follow someone else's idea of what could be successful, because that's one way to get super distracted." -Melissa Kwan, Co-Founder, eWebinar

About the speaker

Melissa Kwan

eWebinar

 - eWebinar

Melissa is the CEO and Co-Founder at eWebinar

Watch our Webinar

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