StartupResources.io — Issue #77
Hi folks,
Welcome to the end of the first week of September, which some say is the most productive month of the year. Are you feeling like you’re up to full speed in your business after the summer slump?
I’m enjoying the view out of my new office’s window. I can see some 🗻🌋 and 🌲🌳, but mostly 🚗 🚕 🚌 🚓 driving by.
Time for another issue. Let’s go!
Tool of the week
Free Video Covers For Facebook by Promo — Marketing Video Maker — slide.ly
Now that Facebook allows you to have a video as your Facebook page cover, I figured this free set of videos suited for that would be great for a lot of folks.
Tools I actually used recently
Submit.co — Where to get press coverage for your startup
This is a long list of places where you can try to get PR.
WhatRuns — Discover What Runs a Website — www.whatruns.com
It’s a Chrome extension that identifies what technologies are used on the website you’re visiting, and also lets you discover other websites using the same technologies. Similar to BuiltWith but somewhat easier to use because of the extension.
Tools discovered recently
Metric.live: Periodic and real-time alerts for Google Analytics — metric.live
This seems useful. It lets you create and manage real-time alerts for Google Analytics and receive notifications by SMS, Slack and more.
Planable — Cooperate on social media campaigns — planable.io
Tool for working together on planning social media accounts. Looks pretty polished and it’s free for a single workspace with unlimited users.
Popsters — social media content analytics tool
Seems worth a try, a tool to figure out what type of social media posts get the most engagement. No free plan but a trial so you can see if it helps.
WebinarSuite — Easily Create and Run Professional Webinars — webinarsuite.com
A low-budget approach to running webinars: Use YouTube live streaming, with a bit of front-end for registrations and such. Free for up to 20 attendees.
Discounts for our audience 🤑
MyTweetAlerts.com | Receive Custom Twitter Alerts for Important Tweets
I got my friend Hákon to offer you a 20% discount on his service, MyTweetAlerts. I only had to twist his arm a little bit. Just use coupon code StartupResources at checkout to claim your discount.
Articles for this week
Content Marketing Strategy: The Complete Guide for 2017 — yesoptimist.com
This is a pretty epic piece of content about content marketing strategy, with links to many additional resources.
8 PR Strategies for Bootstrapped Startups
Some actionable PR strategies that you can use along with Submit.co (listed above) to find folks to pitch to.
The ‘reverse ICO’: How existing businesses will start tokenizing
ICOs are all the rage, but a potential new trend that Kik has started might be even more interesting: Using tokens to pay user for the value they bring to a network.
How to Overcome Sales Objections: Learn to Reframe These 4 Common Deal Killers — www.propellercrm.com
Good read on how to reframe to overcome sales objections.
That’s it for this issue
Thanks for reading! I hope you have a great weekend.
Me, my spouse is taking me to the theatre tonight for a tribute show to one of Iceland’s old-school pop divas, Ellý Vilhjálms, then it’s a weekend of finalizing some details at our new office and writing some grant proposals. Fun!
Cheers,
Jói
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