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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Ads, Viral/Social, SEO)? What are some sites or companies in the same space? What functionality would make your company launch-ready? Social Integration/Viral Outreach Is your application tied into any social networks? SEO Support Will URLs and page content need to be properly formed for SEO?

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10 Keys To A Credible and Trusted Internet Web Domain

Startup Professionals Musings

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Until the company name is a famous brand, you are the brand. Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. People buy from people.

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

SEO for Startups )? What set of functionality would make your company launch-ready? Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Is your integration limited to login and “like” buttons or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves?

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

SEO for Startups )? What set of functionality would make your company launch-ready? Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Is your integration limited to login and “like” buttons or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves?

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Chartbeat is to Blogs as Google Analytics is to Print Newspapers

Both Sides of the Table

Chartbeat is a relatively young company and product. For Mahalo this often means making modifications to the story in real time both to update any facts and to improve SEO on a story that is already becoming popular. But I can always see the correlation between writing a blog or publishing on a social network and traffic.

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10 Ways To Highlight The Credibility Of Your Website

Startup Professionals Musings

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Until the company name is a famous brand, you are the brand. Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. People buy from people.

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. Make them widely available inside the company and share your most important goals with your board. My experience has proven that even some well known companies are under-whelming in this department.

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