Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Any reader of this blog for a period of time will know that I’ve been long YouTube for years. Along with Greycroft, I was the first institutional investor in Maker Studios (sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion) and am still the largest investor in Mitu Network , the largest online video producer of Latino content.

SEM 150

SEM Content Platform Acquisition 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

In essence Muhammad thinks the “growth hacking” is a charlatan term for online marketing that consists of a bunch of everyday tasks that all online businesses should be doing: SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Social Media, Referral Marketing, etc. “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?

Technical Review 384

Technical Review SEM SEO Marketing 384

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2014

There are many more, but these should get you started: Create a professional website and blog. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start.

Marketing 102

Marketing Funding Social Media SEM 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2013

There are many more, but these should get you started: Create a professional website and blog. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start.

Marketing 106

Marketing Startup Social Media SEM 106

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

SEO / SEM are promotional techniques for marketing through the Google distribution channel, which have yielded huge benefits to many companies – Yelp being a prime example. When I first started blogging Digg was still at its peak. Rebelling is simply a form of snobbery. Look at Viddy & SocialCast.

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2010

There are many more, but these should get you started: Create a professional website and blog. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start.

Marketing 94

Marketing Startup Social Media SEM 94

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow is a free Q&A site for software developers, blending functionality from wikis, blogs, forums, and social voting (similar to Digg/Reddit); 7.1mm unique visitors per month; new funds will be used to build out engineering team and build out product. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285