Berkonomics

MARCH 23, 2023

The mobile Internet – The latest major computing cycle [Email readers, continue here…] Over the last fifty years, the world transitioned from mainframe computing to mini-computers to PCs to the desktop Internet. There are thirty billion pieces of content shared on Facebook each month. of our nation’s use of electricity.

Mobile 156

Mobile Commerce Software Review Yammer 156

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

I began asking around who the smartest people in the online media industry were and two names came up again and again — Jonah Peretti (social & viral content) and Ze Frank (social video). Back then there were “email forwards.” I asked Jonah in my interview how he became this viral guru. But I digress.

Buzzfeed 210

Buzzfeed Media Content News 210

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based Catalog (www.catalog.cc), a startup developing artificial intelligence software to help independent visual artists scale their content production efforts, announced it raised $1.5M Lots of those businesses wanted to get display banners, but had no content to do so. in a seed funding round.

Help 133

Help IP Content Google 133

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

To use online display ads to generate leads, you post ads on websites frequented by your target audience or ones with content related to the ad. Email marketing. Display ads on mobile devices, including video and audio, also offer a new opportunity to reach target customers.

Marketing 114

Marketing Invest Social Media SEM 114

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

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Startup 210

Startup Generative AI Newsletter Tool 210

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, despite low SEO rank). Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Tracking and performance reporting.

PPC 154

PPC SEO Paid Search Search Engine Optimization 154

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

Along the way, we found ourselves constantly surprised by unanticipated applications that suddenly appeared and gained huge adoption across the Internet; this was the case with email, the World Wide Web, peer-to-peer file sharing, user generated content, Napster, YouTube, Instagram, social networking, etc.

UCLA 253

UCLA Social Media Social Network Santa Barbara 253

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Email readers, continue here.] But the competition among sites has overwhelmed available inventory of paying advertisers, greatly reducing the cost per thousand views, and making display ads no longer a preferred revenue source for marginal sites. But, when the bubble burst in 2000, most of us quickly grew up. What is the answer?

Metrics 207

Metrics Sites Advertising Web 207

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

To use online display ads to generate leads, you post ads on websites frequented by your target audience or ones with content related to the ad. Email marketing. Display ads on mobile devices, including video and audio, also offer a new opportunity to reach target customers.

Custom 146

Custom Customer Marketing Startup 146

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Historically you are your email address. Think about your local news anchor saying, “if you want to get in touch email me at xxxx.” Nearly every day now I see public figures telling people their Twitter identity in stead of Facebook, email or other forms of identity. Who are you on the web? ” Sure.

News 324

News Web Email Startup 324

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

But the low cost also means that your competition will also be there in force. Content is king of the road. The site must have more and better content (information presented) than your competitor. Digital content includes text, graphics, sound, and video, with presentation style, currency, and appeal. Do them all.

Startup 96

Startup Social Media Content Paid Search 96

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging. At the same time, there's not that intensity of competition for engineers as in Silicon Valley.

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Inspired by the vast amounts of data from videos, photos, music, websites and blogs shared by the many friends and people they follow online and seeing how much time it takes to check all the content across many platforms, friends set out to come up with a solution and CHNL was born. the need for human organized content- curation.

Social Network 104

Social Network Networking Content Web 104

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

But the low cost also means that your competition will also be there in force. Content is king of the road. The site must have more and better content (information presented) than your competitor. Digital content includes text, graphics, sound, and video, with presentation style, currency, and appeal. Do them all.

Social Media 93

Social Media Content Startup Web 93

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Here are some observations I have from this exposure: If a company moves from strength-to-strength with predictable outcomes, easy financings, low staff turn-over, limited competitive threats then the composition of the board probably doesn’t matter as much. kind of like a board for a VC firm). I call these “filibuster” boards.

Startup 269

Startup Venture Capital Layoffs Resource 269

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

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

I aspired to rise above the noise by putting out insightful content with a frequency that kept people coming back to check in directly on my website. I would delete my Tweet and then write something like, “ Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. I should know. Here’s Why: ” Ding, ding, ding, ding.

Writing 326

Writing Buzzfeed Social Media Blogging 326

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

In today’s world of constant change and information overload via the Internet, content marketing and branding are often more important to success than product quality or technology. Do the research to find your best competitive advantage, and then highlight and live the differentiation.

Social Media 73

Social Media Custom Customer Mobile 73

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

eCommerce is an enormously competitive search term. If you’re going to pump out regular content that is meaningful, you obviously need to blog about a topic in which you’re knowledgeable, thoughtful and passionate. If you write good content and consistently you’ll build an audience over time. Make it organic.

Blogging 373

Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Effective time management skills are often the best competitive edge. Determine where email and social media add value. If email is your preference, communicate that to your team and contacts, perhaps minimizing office interruptions. Find and use preferred individual contact methods. Learn to say ‘no’.

Technical Review 104

Technical Review Entrepreneur Email Social Media 104

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The day after we shut down the site, we got an email from this company, saying they had a big opportunity they'd like to talk to us about. The number one thing we are doing is making a competitive listening experience for our users. We'll also be working on partnerships at the back end of our service, in the content area.

Software Review 100

Software Review Startup Metrics Content 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

What we've discovered on the commercial business side, is that there is a massive need for translation of digital content on the Internet. But, because of the large volume of digital content out there, most of it simply is not being considered for translation, because there's just not enough money, people, or time.

Software Review 145

Software Review USC Content Tech Coast Angels 145

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2014

Effective time management skills are often the best competitive edge. Determine where email and social media add value. If email is your preference, communicate that to your team and contacts, perhaps minimizing office interruptions. Find and use preferred individual contact methods. Learn to say ‘no’.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Technical Review Email Social Media 105

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The best proof of a soft circle is whether an angel will email someone else (refer another investor) and start off that email with “I’m investing in…”. You can write an angry email to get your emotions out but you shouldn’t necessarily send it (or wait 1 hour and then make a decision). How investors’ risk differ (0:22:45).

Angel 302

Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

So that’s why we decided to work with venues to create a B2B venture and start the aggregation of more online real-time content. Right now, we are taking content from Instagram, Vine, Twitter, and YouTube. To do that, we are creating tools to aggregate content from their fans to other fans. What does WESAWIT do?

Social Media 94

Social Media Startup UCLA Media 94

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. When I get these inevitable emails or calls I respond the same way, “It’s a shame for me that I’m too late to your process.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

thought it would be helpful to put some of my thoughts into a blog post and hopefully spur some conversation in the comments and over email. Product Friday: Monetizing Content is a Product Problem - This is going to be BIG. August 20, 2010 They say people won't pay for content. There is no competition. Example: Netflix).

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2013

Make sure it has a cover page, table of contents, headings, page numbers, and is organized logically. I’ll even send you a free sample of my own business plan via email, if you drop me a note. A plan that generates more questions than it answers is not a good plan. Finally, hone the result into a professional document.

Sample 92

Sample Writing Startup Summary 92

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2018

To use online display ads to generate leads, you post ads on websites frequented by your target audience or ones with content related to the ad. Email marketing. Display ads on mobile devices, including video and audio, also offer a new opportunity to reach target customers.

Social Media 55

Social Media SEM Startup Advertising 55

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2012

Is Amazon's marketplace the largest competition for what you're doing? Neel Grover: Amazon is definitely the largest competition we have here. They can build a storefront, brand it so the customers know who they are, use tools to email our customers directly, without us getting involved. We're here to help them grow.

Sites 210

Sites Commerce Pricing Product 210

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2014

To use online display ads to generate leads, you post ads on websites frequented by your target audience or ones with content related to the ad. Email marketing. Display ads on mobile devices, including video and audio, also offer a new opportunity to reach target customers.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media SEM Advertising 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2012

Make sure it has a cover page, table of contents, headings, page numbers, and is organized logically. I’ll even send you a free sample of my own business plan via email, if you drop me a note. A plan that generates more questions than it answers is not a good plan. Finally, hone the result into a professional document.

Sample 96

Sample Writing Summary Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 31, 2015

The lawsuit comes after the FCC passed a law to prevent network owners, such as Comcast (CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable (TWC), from discriminating against certain content being sent over its networks. The providers are also not allowed to seek payments in exchange for faster content delivery. block video chatting apps. The post U.S.

.Net 40

.Net Networking Content Services 40

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

One of the most popular features of the application is the delegation feature, which with one tap allows them to email a grocery list to their husband to pick up. LowerMyBills was a lot of content, with analytics on top of it, to figure out how to connect advertisers with how people want to save money.

Mobile 168

Mobile .Net Pasadena Software Review 168

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, right hand column, despite low SEO rank). Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Tracking and performance reporting.

Paid Search 90

Paid Search PPC Organization SEO 90

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2016

To use online display ads to generate leads, you post ads on websites frequented by your target audience or ones with content related to the ad. Email marketing. Display ads on mobile devices, including video and audio, also offer a new opportunity to reach target customers.

Custom 60

Custom Customer Marketing Social Media 60

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

In particular, funding for companies developing deep technology--software and cloud, as opposed to content and media--seems to be lacking. David Waxman: It''s always great if you can get a referral, but you can also feel free to reach out to me directly--my email is on our website. That''s true in the Bay Area, and that''s true here.

Invest 159

Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159