Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2013

This has been a long-time dream of Tim Berners-Lee , the man who (really) invented the World Wide Web. He calls his dream the ‘Semantic Web’ (or Web 3.0), meaning it understands user context. He and many other experts believe that the Semantic Web will act more like a personal assistant than a search engine.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Once again, we'd like to thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Advertisers. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. Tags: advertisers sponsors. They include: Sponsors. Think Glendale.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Jim Sterne, who has written many books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in a classic book titled simply " Social Media Metrics." Measuring message delivery in social media is a lot like measuring it in classic advertising, so classic metrics apply.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2023

In my view, the pendulum is swinging back, with investors looking more for the traditional indications of business integrity, stability, and growth: Some element of organic growth is a good thing. Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

In my view, the pendulum is swinging back, with investors looking more for the traditional indications of business integrity, stability, and growth: Some element of organic growth is a good thing. Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2011

If you’re a big supporter of indie films or web series you’re probably checking out your favorites on a variety of different sites on the web. has provided a platform since 2005 for indie producers, distributors and advertisers to provide viewers with this kind of content. The folks over at Blip.tv To date, Blip.tv

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Bobbie One startup that's proved to have the formula for success this year is Bobbie – the first infant formula to be certified as organic by the USDA, and the fastest-growing product of its kind to enter the US market since the 1980s. Organic milk formula product Bobbie. million site visits in October alone.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2013

Yet, it seems like there''s no easy way to specifically advertise on those games, or a way for those game developers to monetize that audience. However, Mobigirl Media (www.mobigirlmedia.com), a new mobile advertising network, is looking to change that by specifically creating an ad network focused on girls.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

Make sure the name and trademarks you want are available, as well as web site address, social media tags, and any other intellectual property. It helps to advertise your new presence with a grand opening, viral video, and traditional advertising to highlight entry into the arena. Names and taglines are critical to success.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2015

She is a savvy social maven and agency veteran with NPO experience, has a deep background in interactive advertising, relationship marketing, web and mobile applications, and startups. Jenn worked with ad industry pioneer Flycast and agencies McCann, Organic and Eveo, among others.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

It''s up 30 to 40 percent, and we had 2 million visits in May, all organic. Evan Britton: There are two things we''ve done with FamousBirthdays that has fueld our organic growth. I love the web and love Internet marketing. Although the web offers amazing chances for organic growth, you have to do something amazing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2019

Jim Sterne, who has written many books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in a classic book titled simply " Social Media Metrics." Measuring message delivery in social media is a lot like measuring it in classic advertising, so classic metrics apply.

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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?

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socalTECH

APRIL 6, 2009

Los Angeles-based Panache , a provider of advertising insertion technology for the online video market, said Monday that the firm is in a partnership with TVO, a media organization based in Ontario focused on public education. Tags: canada video advertising panache. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Here are some of his recommendations for web sites and blogs that I particularly recommend to entrepreneurs and startups: Provide good content. Visitors should never have to wonder what your organization does and why you do what you do. Few people these days wants to deal with a nameless, faceless, and location-less organization.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2009

So, it was interesting to speak with Sean Rad , founder of Twitter advertising firm Ad.ly (www.ad.ly), on how his firm is looking to help users make money from the service, even if Twitter isn't. With Ad.ly, any Twitter user--ranging from your average Joe to a celebrity, can send a tweet on behalf of an advertiser, and get paid for doing so.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The tech industry, which reaps billions of dollars by harvesting personal data and using it to sell targeted advertising and other services, opened the door to federal data privacy regulations today in a proposal by ITI, a lobbying organization for tech companies.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2009

Local.com's web sites allow users to search for local businesses and services. The firm claimed that organic traffic--traffic being driven to the site through search engines, and not via pay-per-click and other search engine marketing ads--was over 29 million monthly unique visitors. Tags: local advertising search engine.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

As we go into Halloween this weekend, we want to thank all of our sponsors, advertisers, and members, who make it possible for us to exist. Advertisers. companies, universities, and organizations will be sharing their latest technologies, products, and services in this unique Southern California event. Technology.

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socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2009

Westlake Village-based Zumbox , which is developing a system which allows organizations to send mail electronically, based on postal addresses, announced this morning that it has partnered withh a marketing services firm, and appointed that firm's Chairman and CEO as its own CEO. Details of the partnership with ALC were not announced.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. Social Networking in Web 1.0.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2017

Jim Sterne, who has written many books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in a classic book titled simply " Social Media Metrics." Measuring message delivery in social media is a lot like measuring it in classic advertising, so classic metrics apply.

Social Media 69

Social Media Media Metrics Satisfaction 69

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2010

For example, I was looking for web hosting, and kept on running into affiliate shills--which is a disease on the internet--where there are people who purport to talk about the best products, but are really pushing whoever is paying them the most money. Kevin O'Connor: We have a phenomenal amount of data, and the way it is organized.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

My point was that Amazon continues to dominate the web services business because AWS continues to cut prices & margin in the same way a hypermarket does to control market share. And we’re growing our sales organization. Many people (including inside of YouTube) mistook this to mean that I was negative on YouTube itself.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

We got lots of traction on the web, and the story was picked up in many places. We've taken the video editing process from a silo event, where someone uploads content, edits it on their computer, by themselves--to something we've exploded across the social web, which allows people to collaborate and work together on content.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2013

Jim Sterne, who has written many books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in his book titled " Social Media Metrics." Measuring message delivery in social media is a lot like measuring it in classic advertising, so classic metrics apply.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

I actually worked in the offline business world until Web 1.0. We are seeing lots of traction in the 14 cities we are live in, and people are wanting to work with us, including bands, PR people, management firms, the venues themselves, and local advertisers. It's been a really organic and vital process which is startin to pay off.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2012

Jim Sterne, who has written six books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in his book titled " Social Media Metrics." Measuring message delivery in social media is a lot like measuring it in classic advertising, so classic metrics apply.

Social Media 98

Social Media Metrics Media Startup 98

Xconomy

JANUARY 23, 2018

For example, advertisers will have to unmask their identities and reveal who’s funding their ads, Facebook civic engagement team member Samidh Chakrabarti wrote in a blog post. Company CEO Mark Zuckerberg had already announced Friday.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 22, 2015

People continue to surf the web to gather information when making a considered purchase. The ROI from tools like Invoca are so clear that our clients are asking to extend this across more areas of their organization.”. Why are the world’s biggest Internet companies investing in a technology created in the late 1800’s?

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Advertisers. FBLA-PBL The FBLA-PBL is a nonprofit business student organization with a quarter million students preparing for careers in business and business-related fields. Technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Here are factors to consider: Some element of organic growth is a good thing. Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth. The concept of free goods and services to get you hooked, financed by deep pockets or advertising, seems marginally ethical to many.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

They want a place to organize everything, something like a closed system like Pinterest. But, for a lot of people, it''s the place to organize all your stuff. The rest of the model will include things like customized marketing and advertising in a more focused way, all about entertainment. What''s the next big thing for you?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2016

In my view, the pendulum is swinging back, with investors looking more for the traditional indications of business integrity, stability, and growth: Some element of organic growth is a good thing. Re-investing profits to grow the business is organic growth.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 14, 2009

In 1986 I started an advertising and public relations firm to serve software and hardware companies, which became a marketing consulting business ( www.Allen.com ) when I moved to L.A. A few years ago, my CTO spotted a need that local groups and organizations have in handling RSVPs and registrations for meetings and events.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2012

We've created a channel and web page for every one of our partner schools and school districts, and we distribute the content there. It's a combination of sponsorship, advertising, and for some of our partners, fee for that content. It's a combination of revenue models. How have you figured out how to make it profitable?

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