Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Guy Kawasaki, in his classic book “ Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions ” provides some in-depth recommendations on the “how to” of pull technology. Here are some of his recommendations for web sites and blogs that I particularly recommend to entrepreneurs and startups: Provide good content.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Guy Kawasaki, in his classic book “ Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions ” provides some in-depth recommendations on the “how to” of pull technology. Here are some of his recommendations for web sites and blogs that I particularly recommend to entrepreneurs and startups: Provide good content.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2012

You have to build a web presence with marketing content to get visibility above the 300 million other new websites created last year, and attract the customers you need. Recently I was reviewing a book on content marketing, “ Accelerate! ” Search engines and people love blogs these days. Curation, the most efficient content.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2011

You have to build a web presence with marketing content to get visibility above the 50 million other new websites created every year, and attract the customers you need. Recently I was reviewing a new book on content marketing, “ Accelerate! ” Search engines and people love blogs these days. Curation, the most efficient content.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. If you came here via a direct link you might want to check out the more detailed full version on my blog, which is here. What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Social Networking in Web 1.0.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

He is not a technical person, but is somewhat web savvy. And in the case of defining mobile/web/software, there is even more variability in terms of form and format. Just make note of it in the document and/or in an email when you send it. Quite often these things get old quickly.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2015

more than books face me. book face-to-faces. means my whole web wide world would forget that I exist. And for what it’s worth blogging has always been a creative outlet for me and never felt like an obligation or work. I have forgotten what that feels like it was difficult to connect when friends formed clicks.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 7, 2013

Here’s what our client said about this project: “The Zodiac805 team was able to quickly and effectively compile a list of web influencers for my business and kept me abreast of progress during the process. Complete this quick form or email sales@zodiac805.com. Social Marketing mommy bloggers Mommy blogs'

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2013

Guy Kawasaki, in his book “ Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions ” provides some in-depth recommendations on the “how to” of pull technology. Here are some of his recommendations for web sites and blogs that I particularly recommend to entrepreneurs and startups: Provide good content. Refresh it often.

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Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

There are 7 Ways to Get (unpaid) Traffic on the Web , in no weighted order they are: 1.) The Viral Loop / User Email. Wikipedia and About are two of the most popular sites on the web, but the majority of their traffic comes from referrals from search engines, not people going directly to their site. Search Engines.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. Cialdini who is also author of a very well received book called “ Influence &# (which I plan to read). You should, too. (no,

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2016

It is search engines, web content, blogs, social media, e-mail direct, on one of many mobile-phone approaches? As I was scouting around for some guidance on this subject, I came across a new book, “ Get Scrappy ,” by Nick Westergaard, who is a recognized expert on brand strategy and digital marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

The days when you could launch your business with a new web site, and the phone would begin to ring, are long gone. According to many experts, including Michael Hyatt, in his book, “ Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World ,” you need to build the highest platform you can, to stand out and be heard above all the rest.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

was the “static&# web. Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. Turns out everybody likes to produce content and take part in the “conversation.&# Massive uptake of user-generated content including blogs (e.g. Then came blogs. That was a kerfuffle too.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2011

Guy Kawasaki, in his new book “ Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions ” provides some in-depth recommendations on the “how to” of pull technology. Here are some of his recommendations for web sites and blogs that I particularly recommend to entrepreneurs and startups: Provide good content. Refresh it often.

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Technical Review Customer Custom FAQ 90

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

The days when you could launch your business with a new web site, and the phone would begin to ring, are long gone. According to many experts, including Michael Hyatt, in his new book, “ Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World ,” you need to build the highest platform you can, to stand out and be heard above all the rest.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2017

Yesterday I wrote a blog post about what the role of a board actually is. Communicate frequently and proactively The most effective CEOs that I’ve observed send regular, short, board update emails every few weeks or monthly just to give the board a sense of what is going on. Of course it’s not required and many don’t do it. It happens.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2017

Every business I know is intimately familiar with outbound marketing, or pushing your message out to customers through email, newspaper, and television advertising. Only a few really understand the process and value of inbound marketing, for pulling customers to your brand. Inbound marketing data is more easily measured for ROI.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Customer conversations are easy today, through responding to customers on social media, web live chats, and interactive applications on mobile devices. In fact, your marketing costs using this approach may be far less than the traditional television, newspaper, and email campaigns. Be sensitive to geographic and cultural implications.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The cost of entry is so low – you can create a web site for almost nothing - and you are on your way to riches with e-commerce, your latest invention, or personal services. Mashable claims there are 150,000 new web sites created per day. Having a web site is necessary, but not sufficient. Content is king of the road.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. Sometimes I make a blog entry. I frequently work on networking through the social web and building new relationships that will foster knowledge gathering or business growth. A negative customer acquisition cost!

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

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Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

For $9 bucks a month I send in all my business cards and receipts in a prepaid blue envelope, they promptly scan and accurately enter in all the info from each card for me to easily view on their web based dashboard. Once you’ve answered these questions go ahead and contact them in a short email. Blogs and Forums.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2013

Customer service has always been reactionary, meaning someone has to wake up and answer website email requests. I found a good summary of these new expectations in a book recently published by Micah Solomon, “ High-tech, High-touch Customer Service.” It’s time to end the automated email responses with the “do-not-reply” address.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2012

Here are my key recommendations from her book: Get out of your marketing “comfort zone.” Everyone must have a web site that is complete, inviting, and easy to use. Create and maintain your own database of targeted prospects, and don’t rely on generic email lists for marketing. Use technology to reach your prospects.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Viewer "@" Reply: Quality interaction with the show's chat room visitors and responses to viewer email, Tweets and call-ins. Gagnier serves as the Chief Executive Officer of REALPOLITECH , a digital public relations and web strategy consultancy. Christina blogs in the Technology section of The Huffington Post [ [link] ].

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Kind of like a disarrayed choose your own adventure book about your life. We discuss productivity, emails, communication, and the dynamics of the team. As Alex points out in this blog post there’s a ton of options out there in a severely fragmented industry. PERMANENT vs NON-PERMANENT COMMUNICATION.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2011

Here are my key recommendations from her book: Get out of your marketing “comfort zone.” Everyone must have a web site that is complete, inviting, and easy to use. Create and maintain your own database of targeted prospects, and don’t rely on generic email lists for marketing. Use technology to reach your prospects.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Do a web search to find companies that they didn’t give you. Instead of references, I like to give a list of every entrepreneur I’ve ever worked with and an email address. I list all of the companies (except one in stealth) on my blog and this includes both VC investments and angel ones. I play open book.

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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. For example, for one day when you finish your book, you can submit it here, or there--and put those all on your wish list. It's then transferred to our system, and out into the world.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Eric Ries is the author of the blog Startup Lessons Learned and the lean startup methodology. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming(Waite Group Press, 1996). In 1995 he developed with Robert Morris the first web-based application, Viaweb, which was acquired by Yahoo in 1998.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

If you enjoy snarky, clever prose, you should check out Chuck''s book. Over the years, as our reputation grew, we got more repeat business and corresponding word of mouth (then) everything changed, especially with the web. . Travel, and the trust it requires, is too personal to rely solely on email and social media.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). I think you’ll end up with a newer lawyer who’s trying to build her book of businesses. Much of this is unfounded – some is not.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Heres 5 steps to start exploring: View the "Best Of" list with 50+ essays on viral marketing, gaming, and ads » Get introduced: About this blog, why entrepreneurs and marketers recommend it » Receive updates by email or RSS feed or Twitter. See the books I recommend to friends. Block email. Block email.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Idea Mensch. where entrepreneurs share their stories. Subscribe to RSS.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. emerge and are there any lessons to be gained about the future? cheap accessible digital hardware].

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