Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

With the an estimated 150K new websites and 7M new pages added to the Internet every day, the biggest challenge for every entrepreneur is to get found, and get some credibility for a new startup. Too many entrepreneurs spend big money on development, only to find out that the solution isn’t quite right. Find potential partners.

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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? .

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JUNE 12, 2013

And sometimes I feel happy to help somebody even when we’re just getting to know each other. Brunson’s short and to-the-point blog post, “ It’s Called Networking, Not Using.” It feels much better to be helpful than to be indebted. It’s why I wrote the blog post on 50 Coffee Meetings. .”

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

I first learned the ropes around SEO (search engine optimization) and how for years this has been a cat-and-mouse game where people game the system (Google) through link exchanges, offshore SEO “agencies,&# widgets, algorithmically optimized content and the like that degrades the quality of search results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2014

With the estimated 510 million live websites at last year-end, and 280,000 new ones being added every day, the biggest challenge for an entrepreneur is to get found, and get some credibility for a new startup. For blogging to work, you need to do it consistently and frequently, at least once a week, or the value evaporates.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. Maybe this meme will help.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Blogging has come a long way in the past few years, from a social release for narcissists, to today’s required vehicle for promoting your business and gaining valuable online exposure, ultimately bringing in more customers. Here are some tips I’ve gleaned from experience: Make your blog your website. Anchor blog in your domain name.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2010

Many of the investors and entrepreneurs I know still don’t realize that they need to use and understand the Internet, even if their business is not e-commerce. Believe me, the business implications are already critical to your success or failure as an entrepreneur: Blog. Blogs composed of video clips are called “vlogs.”

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I feel too many people are discouraging, and as a result, too many entrepreneurs are discouraged and give up. I can be found on LinkedIn , have a blog Holocognics and my firm’s website is www.SolutionsLLP.com. We have a number of startups (or pre-startups) that we are helping get launched. What are you working on now?

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MARCH 14, 2013

The major battle for press is a battle for “mindshare” and it’s exactly the reason I blog. They basically help companies get sold and help buyers determine which companies to buy. Consider this blog post titled, “ Christmas 2012 Shatters More Smart Device and App Download Records.”

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JUNE 27, 2011

If I can help you avoid some of my first-time mistakes it would be a victory. Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). In my experience, entrepreneurs who are overly paranoid or are information hoarders rarely do well.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

Serial entrepreneur, venture investor and startup accelerator pioneer Brad Feld has notoriously mocked traditional marketing throughout his career. When the entrepreneur is obsessed with the product and the company has organized all of its activities around that, it’s very powerful.”. This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE.

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JANUARY 12, 2014

The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. 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.

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JANUARY 3, 2016

The new war for platforms has mostly been waged by Andreessen Horowitz who have raised astounding amounts of capital and therefore had the fees to put into providing more services for entrepreneurs. There is no right or wrong – these are the three basic models. There is no right or wrong – these are the three basic models.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 1, 2009

I am excited to be participating in and announcing the of: Southern California Tech Central This is a community of people in Southern California who have come together to help find and organize the best content from blogs, news sources and other web sites all around technology in So Cal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Many of the businesses and entrepreneurs I know still don’t realize that they need to use and understand the Internet, even if their interest is not e-commerce. If you have heard the lingo, but most of these are not in your startup business plan, you are already in jeopardy as an entrepreneur: Blogging. Viral marketing.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

An entrepreneur having low self worth is the number one deterrent for a potential customer not buying into what you are selling. Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Help a Reporter Out (HARO).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

Having a set of metrics that you watch & that you feel are the key drivers of your success helps keep clarity. How many adds came through organic SEO? For example, if you have developers, content people or SEO folks working on SEO programs you’ll need to allocate their time / costs to this effort. In 6 months?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

In fact, very few website owners even track their website activity, or use Search Engine (SEO) or Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) tools now available. Use Net Promoter Score (NPS) to help you turn visitors into raving fans. Repeat purchases and referrals from friends are the fastest ways to grow your business.

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MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2017

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should select only social media for marketing, or stick with digital media, or just count on traditional media. According to a recent social media industry report , 92 percent said that social media is important to their businesses, and more than half report it helped them improve sales.

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2010

Being one of the first in the mom media area has helped. That helps, and continues to bolster the success of Gloss. That helps, and continues to bolster the success of Gloss. We don't think of ourselves as mommy bloggers, Gloss is not a blog but really an online magazine and community. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

If your web site is not optimized for search engines (SEO), all your online content and marketing efforts are wasted. Marty Zwilling Disclosure: This blog entry sponsored by Visa Business and I received compensation for my time from Visa for sharing my views in this post, but the views expressed here are solely mine, not Visa''s.

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Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. The type of sites that might link into you are blogs, traditional press online, forums or bulleting boards, or content rich sites that are focused on a similar topic.To Create a target list of blogs that could cover your product or content.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

What can they do for funding, where can they go for help? Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Where LinkedIn Works for Me A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive About this Blog Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading. in Computer Science.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

This morning, Knowledge Genie (www.myknowledgegenie.com) launched a new web site that helps experts and authors publish online information to the web. That became our company Hit the Ground Running, which we launched in 2007 to help a number of Fortune 500 clients with our technology and methodologies.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Disclosure: we helped build the system that is behind these.) Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Take a look at other sites: [link] But the overall idea is to provide branded search in order to get merchandise from your artist, star, etc. in Computer Science.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. With LaunchPad’s help, more than 61 Orange County companies have raised more than $97 million in startup capital, seed, and series A investments — and much of that money comes from Valley investors betting on their neighbors to the south. blog comments powered by Disqus. Cloud storage.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Maybe its because Im 66", but I think most clothes shopping really stinks and when was the last time that a sales person was actually helpful. Having help narrowing choices is what its going to be about going forward. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 in Computer Science.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

We help them with this. We came together to help others in the same situation – ie starting a business but not knowing how to market it. They can add photos, video and even a blog article to improve their profile. Why the name? Why this region? We are allover, we have users from across the world.

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Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. The type of sites that might link into you are blogs, traditional press online, forums or bulleting boards, or content rich sites that are focused on a similar topic. Create a target list of blogs that could cover your product or content.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As Marketing Guru Guy Gabriel of Idea Engineering points out in Max Brand , viral marketing has made many an entrepreneur terminally ill. Unpaid Search – Never pay a consultant to help you achieve a higher search ranking. Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil. Copyright © 2007-9 by J. Meredith Publishing.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

" 8 Questions to Ask When Interviewing at a Startup - Instigator Blog , June 18, 2010 Job interviews are meant to be conversations. How-to learn about angel/vc term sheets - Gabriel Weinberg , June 28, 2010 I think every startup entrepreneur (and angel investor) should have a good understanding of financing term sheets.

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