Remove Blogging Remove Content Remove Guide Remove Sites
article thumbnail

8 Challenges For Startups With A Neighborhood Focus

Startup Professionals Musings

At first this was limited to news sites that concentrated on a segment of a community, like West Seattle, but the concept is now being applied to advertising and promotion sites, blogging sites, and even legal services sites. Building content is costly and time-consuming. Getting these users costs money.

Startup 144
article thumbnail

6 Key Principles For Inducing Customers To Buy Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Survey results show that more than 80% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Authority – the guiding light. Most consumers now research online product reviews, blogs, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook, for authoritative guidance. Liking – builds bonds and trust.

Customer 122
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Best Alternatives to the Amazon Affiliate Program

Tech.Co

Amazon used its popular affiliate program to spur additional growth, getting reviewers and publishing sites – including us here at Tech.co – to link to Amazon in exchange for a small payout whenever a reader bought something by following that link. See our full guide on How to Make Money from a Website.

article thumbnail

Interview with Mike Macadaan, Urbandig

socalTECH

I actually just got a chance to do this in Portland, and I got to test all of the content coming in from my Portland guides on Urbandig, which I thought was very empowering. There are lots of knowledgeable people that we find to write these guides--people who grew up there, and who are experts in the area. When did you launch?

Guide 203
article thumbnail

The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery

Both Sides of the Table

Actually, it was originally called “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web&# (true story) – it was basically a way for newbies to find information that had been curated by experts. As you know, Twitter restricts you to 140 characters so many people use it to publish links to other content.

RSS 349
article thumbnail

Bestofmedia Buys Computing.net

socalTECH

Culver City-based Bestofmedia Group, publisher of gadget and electronics blog site Tom's Guide, has acquired Computing.net, a provider of high tech information and technical support. According to Bestofmedia, Computing.Net is now part of Tom's Guide. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>

article thumbnail

6 Elements of Customer Psychology Drive Buy Decisions

Startup Professionals Musings

Survey results show that more than 80% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Authority – the guiding light. Most consumers now research online product reviews, blogs, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook, for authoritative guidance. Liking – builds bonds and trust.