The reality is that customer acquisition is understandably seen as the greatest challenge to startup success. In the early years of business, acquisition equals growth. It’s critical for entrepreneurs to reach out to the biggest audience possible, and to carefully plan their marketing efforts so that a high proportion of that audience converts to customers.
However, conventional marketing that focuses on marketing on time-specific campaigns just does not cut it for startups. The simple fact is that these campaigns require extensive marketing budgets, something that startups for the most part do not have. Moreover, since growth is paramount for the survival of these cash-strapped startups struggling to make an impact, this further compounds the issue