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“People are free or cheap. Marketing: using Twitter or blogs. Cheap or free. Infrastructure: call up Amazon, call up Rackspace, terabytes of data in the clouds, thousand dollars, two thousand dollars.” quote by Guy Kawasaki
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“People are free or cheap. Marketing: using Twitter or blogs. Cheap or free. Infrastructure: call up Amazon, call up Rackspace, terabytes of data in the clouds, thousand dollars, two thousand dollars.”

Guy Kawasaki

About This Quote

Marketing can be low-cost or free using digital platforms, while infrastructure costs can be significant in the cloud.

In simple terms: Marketing can be cheap; cloud costs can be high.

Key Takeaway

Balance cheap marketing with mindful cloud spending.

Themes

marketing cost management cloud computing

Mood

strategic pragmatic

Type

business technology

When to use this quote

  • startup launches
  • social media campaigns
  • cloud budgeting
  • cost‑control meetings

Key Concepts

budgeting digital strategy scalability

Questions to Reflect On

  • How do you measure ROI on low‑cost marketing?
  • What strategies keep cloud costs predictable?
A Different Perspective

Cheap marketing may not guarantee quality leads.

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