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Not really. I can give countless examples of mediocre products with no marketing doing super well because the market really needed that product.

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I really don’t want this to sound snarky, but I think listing 3-5 of the best examples would be quite enlightening to readers.

I would like to know also.

Also note just because some companies aren't flashy with their marketing, doesn't mean they aren't doing any.

Marketing != advertising. There are a ton of things companies do with respect to marketing that are mostly pretty invisible to the average consumer.

If the technology itself is hot and there's a big unmet demand, other companies are doing most of the marketing already and you just need to inform customers you have it to sell also.

That really isn’t not doing marketing though. That’s just piggy backing off your competitors but the product itself is still being marketed by your competitor.

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