Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. I’m sure you’ve heard the meme that “email is dead” – if fact if you Google it you’ll find a long list of articles that will mislead you.

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Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 16, 2011

You send them update emails. The moment a big job is advertised you’re fawked. Help them write other stories. One day they’ll write yours. If you wait until you need to fill somebody in a roll you’re losing valuable time as an entrepreneur. You invite them to cocktail parties. You’re a candidate.

Startup 410

Startup Writing Press Venture Capital 410

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 4, 2016

We are all victims of our past successes and thus, as an early-stage venture capitalist at Rincon Venture Partners , I constantly must remind myself that just because something was effective in a bygone era, doesn’t mean it will be so today, such as: CPA – After the dot bomb crash, online advertisers were hurting.

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SaaS Yahoo Advertising Customer 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging. Jordan Glazier: Wildfire has developed a platform for monetizing social messaging.

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Understand and write down every expense, and budget for required costs, especially initial inventory and accounts receivable delays. Skip the complex contracts by lawyers, but at least use an email to confirm terms and conditions to all parties. Meticulously manage cash inflow and outflow. Details are important.

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Customer Custom Tool Writing 125

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, right hand column, despite low SEO rank). Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Cost per click (CPC). Cost per action (CPA).

Paid Search 90

Paid Search PPC Organization SEO 90

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

“I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, but I can never find out which half.” In the “good old days”, pre- 1999, advertising dollars were largely gambled away. Google’s market capitalization is in the stratosphere for a reason – keyword search advertising is highly effective. John Wanamaker.

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Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise.

Search Engine Optimization 105

Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising SEO 105

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 11, 2011

We talked about a lot of great stuff in the video including how to do sales calls and a how a new “culture of writing&# is emerging as a critical skill set in business today. It is absolutely MVP of advertising. His words, “we find things on Sunday morning that will be on the Today show on Tuesday morning.&#

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Buzzfeed Content Tips Blogging 354

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation. that is an “in-stream advertising&# company currently focused on monetizing Twitter. This has prompted many people to question whether advertising “in stream&# and on Twitter is a good thing or a bad thing. So what do we mean by in-stream advertising?

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

In the meantime, Groupon came along, and our media customers started to lose advertising. That tool is being used to drive traffic and acquire emails, which is why it's a part of Deal Current. We learned that Groupon was taking their advertisers. We also mail checks to the advertisers every day, to make sure people get paid.

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Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Back to regular writing this week so check back in. He then worked in consulting which gave him a broad base of business experience working with the newspaper, cable, and advertising industries. Richard’s email address is public but it is hard to manage all the inbound cold emails. How does someone get access to you? (22:00-33:00).

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Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

In their case, people write their scripts on a web site, and when they're done, they can submit them to contests with a single click. If you're doing freelance writing, have a story you're trying to sell, there's a whole process of finding out where you're doing well, not doing well, and what responses you have received.

Writing 209

Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise.

Search Engine Optimization 96

Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites Advertising 96

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on Search Engine Marketing (SEM). Search engine marketing is simply buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company. Campaign setup and ad copy writing.

SEM 90

SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90

InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

Bill Gates – “The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. However, his first-hand knowledge of how to write, test and commercialize code facilitated his ability to lead Microsoft from startup to world dominance. Share and Enjoy.

Tips 279

Tips Startup Education Entrepreneur 279

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

You can ask them to come and watch your videos at your owned & operated websites (O&O) where you can make higher margins as well as ask directly for more meaningful customer information such as Facebook connections, Twitter oAuths, email addresses and the like. To produce content that people want to watch takes unique skills: Writing.

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Company Companies Technical Review Content 339

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

I ended up passing on the Twitter investment, but I put out a blog post at the time--I was working for CBS--asking if someone would want to build it, and a kid named Soren MacBeth emailed me back saying he'd build it, which started the idea of StockTwits. Advertising is one of our revenue streams right now, but not our core focus.

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Ideas Web Startup Content 248

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

Ryan is a serial entrepreneur, having previously co-founded email marketer NetCreations, and also has been an angel investor in local startups. We stopped doing consumer facing content a year ago, and handed over writing of the Impact Section on Huffington Post to the team at AOL. Ryan Scott: We focus on a couple of things.

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Causecast Startup Content Education 222

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Publish a daily blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise.

Tips 92

Tips Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising 92

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2011

When you stick that plugin on a blog you are writing, it scans the article for names. For example, if you are writing about Barack Obama, you can, with a single click, vote him up or down in the article. Chris Lyman: For the blog owner, we allow them to see the scores in real time on the folks they are writing about.

Startup 174

Startup Blogging Writing Examples 174

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

Fred talks about it here – he beat me to the punch because I always wanted to write about how awesome this is. Frankly, I enjoyed the community so much that I would have continued to come back more often but my blogging pace has been such that evening time commenting on an answer website was time away from writing pieces like this.

Blogging 301

Blogging SEO Startup Writing 301

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

As of the last four months, we've had about 200,000 plus downloads, a bunch of great write ups, and a lot of mom bloggers who have been reviewing the app and writing stories on it. We've had close to 2 million tasks people have put into there in the last four months, and all this without any PR or advertising, completely organic.

Mobile 168

Mobile .Net Pasadena Software Review 168

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2008

All you need is an email address. You give us your email address, and register each of your items. We give you a number, that you can then write on a label or put on the device, or in the case of something like sporting equipment you can write directly on the object. Second of all is convenience.

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Santa Barbara Startup Writing Ideas 100

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 1, 2007

(By the way, thank you to all of you that I have sent emails letting me know that you miss my regular posts, it keeps me motivated to keep writing.) Tags: square1 the rubicon project clearstone internet advertising. The reason that I haven't posted in a while is because we're preparing to finally start talking about what we.

Clearstone 40

Clearstone Writing Blogging Advertising 40

Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

Other than paying for traffic with advertising, there are only so many ways to get people to show up at your door. The Viral Loop / User Email. Helpful Resources about for Getting Referral Traffic : Top Blogs List (with email contacts). There are 7 Ways to Get Traffic on the Web, in no weighted order they are: 1.) Social Media.

Web 61

Web Social Media Content Sites 61

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Let me share an email I got today. The email says, “Your app helped me find a job that was better than my current one and allowed me to have a better life at the moment. What advice would you give to employers to advertise their company to job seekers? But that also doesn’t mean write in short, incomplete job descriptions.

Mobile 86

Mobile Marketing Writing Startup 86

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2010

We know that their model works for a certain type of content but we believe we can build higher value sites where we can sell premium advertising and target niche audiences. Acceptable : Would you mind if next time I’m in Boulder I emailed you to see if you had 30 minutes for a coffee? We deliver much higher CPMs”. Don’t blow it.

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Startup Content Conference Media 315

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

On the card I usually write the date, where I met the person, how I met them and what value I can bring to the table. Once you’ve answered these questions go ahead and contact them in a short email. If these companies have email lists even better! Pay Per Click advertising. Now study the event organizer.

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Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Basically, once a sale is made, that client gets links to profiles on HeyTutor, and based on their preferences it might provide tutors within in 50-mile radius, a 20-mile radius, and the tutors who match up with those preferences will be notified through SMS, email, and our apps. That's a great question.

Startup 113

Startup Venture Capital Beverly Hills Acquisition 113

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

There’s one attribute (coming soon) that I need to have in order to write a check but I don’t believe is vital for success. Traffic.com sold 10-second in-content advertising spots to local TV broadcasters. So sticking to my definition of “attributes for success&# it had to be my Top 11 +1 rather than a Top 12.

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Entrepreneur Startup SaaS San Diego 267

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Big thank you to Darius Vasefi , of EyeOnJewels for the write up. Business model: o They bought a lot of ad inventory (banner ads/advertising) driving people to signup forms, converting (fill out form) and sold leads, o Initial strategy was first comparison shopping and then monitoring and upselling on more savings.

Acquisition 304

Acquisition Startup Customer Custom 304

Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

Other than paying for traffic with advertising, there are only so many ways to get people to show up at your door. The Viral Loop / User Email. Leave comments on their posts, link to them from your site… do that and when you approach them to write about you, you’ll find a welcomed reception. Search Engines. Social Media.

Web 62

Web Social Media Content Sites 62

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 1, 2007

By the way, thank you to all of you that I have sent emails letting me know that you miss my regular posts, it keeps me motivated to keep writing.) OK, I know I haven't posted in a while but, I'm hoping I can make it up to you with a change that I am making in the style of this blog. (By

Writing 40

Writing Blogging Startup Email 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

An inflated sense of financial well-being can result in sloppy budgeting and accounting as you write checks here and there without pause. Print advertising is expensive, but social media is free. John is a veteran of over two decades in the advertising industry. Your mortgage and grocery bill depend on it.

Startup 92

Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

The ratings were poor, the writing was uninspired and Oprah did not have enough time or energy to devote to the show. Saying “No” to certain advertisers was a cornerstone of her authenticity, which ultimately led to her global popularity. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire.”. Share and Enjoy.

Tips 279

Tips Startup Networking Entrepreneur 279

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

Panels were based at hubs including Leadership, Branding / Advertising, Social Media, Entrepreneurs, Community and more. If u see an article or write a blog post, email us or leave a comment below with a link to your story and we’ll add it in. Email info@digitalla.net with SBF as the subject for sponsor or speaker info.

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Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67