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The Incentives of Traditional Marketing vs. Non-Traditional Channels
Pursuing non-traditional channels can create better incentives for building a product development organization that can compete purely based on its merits, whereas traditional marketing and sales tend to prioritize talking up the product or pre-announcing things before they're ready. This strategy can help gain initial traction in the early days.
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Non-traditional marketing channels offer better incentives because it creates a competition that improves product development organizations to succeed.
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Summary
Non-traditional marketing channels offer better incentives because it creates a competition that improves product development organizations to succeed. This strategy is useful in the early days of start-ups to gain initial traction.