How to launch a new business ? Any ideas?

How to launch a new business ? Any ideas?

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JoeClark

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1 posts

79 months

Wednesday 20th September 2017
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Hello,

My question is how do i launch the new company? I was thinking a massive boost in the beginning. Once the webpage is up and running I make sure a facebook page is up and running. I will carefully add friends and run targeted like click campaigns for my area and audience, also post relevant content and boost it. Make people share and get engaged. I will also set up twitter, linkedin, instagram, youtubechannel with a few videoes etc and regulary post good content. At the same time I will make cold calls (I have a kick ass list I´ve been working on for months with over 1500 companies to call locally) and send out emails to all of them with a well scripted good looking letter.

And after that continue to post relevant content etc.
I went through many resources and also checked B2B Advertising videos that would help me get some idea, but I did not find any.
Any ideas on budget in the "launch boost" ? I live in the capitol area of Norway, which is about 1,5 mill people, and like I said about 1500-2000 or maybe even twice as that relevant companies for me (15 or more employers) How much money should I invest in lets say likeclicks or ad campaigns on facebook?

Should I pay for twitter reach also?

Anything else I´ve forgotten?

I would very much appreciate any advice!
Thank you.

Edited by andy.mod on Wednesday 20th September 15:04

jammy-git

29,778 posts

212 months

Wednesday 20th September 2017
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What does the company do?

Simpo Two

85,349 posts

265 months

Wednesday 20th September 2017
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JoeClark said:
I will make cold calls (I have a kick ass list I´ve been working on for months with over 1500 companies to call locally) and send out emails to all of them with a well scripted good looking letter.
The first bit. Don't waste 99% of your time making videos to get 'likes' on social media, make phone calls to get appointments to get business to make money. Your list - if targeted correctly - is gold dust smile

Yipper

5,964 posts

90 months

Wednesday 20th September 2017
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Move like lightning, work 7 days a week and 12hrs a day until you make sustainable profit.

Roughly 30-50% of all new businesses fail within 2 years of launch. Don't dawdle and don't mess about. The odds are not on your side.

DennisCooper

1,340 posts

171 months

Wednesday 20th September 2017
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Hi JoeClark,

As per what Jammy-Git mentions, what does your company do? Depending on that, more relevant, useful and focused responses will come back to you. Currently, just looking at what you've mentioned, it's generic and what every new company and startup is doing. Do you have many competitors? or are you totally unique and no one else does anything remotely close to what you will be doing? are you hoping to compete on service? price? quality? What is your budget for creating videos? will they be 10, 20 30 seconds? 1 ,2 or 3 minutes?

There's plenty more questions and depending on what your business will be doing you'll get more in depth questions in order to then help you or advice right off the bat.

Cheers, Dennis!

DSLiverpool

14,733 posts

202 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderclap_(website...

Your local web marketing agency could set up a localised thunderclap for you to sustain going forwards.

srebbe64

13,021 posts

237 months

Thursday 21st September 2017
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Anyone else see the irony in the OP's original question and what he's proposing to offer clients? "Physician heal thy self" springs to mind.