socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2015

San Diego-based sales software developer Seismic has raised $20M in a Series B funding round, to go towards its sales content management software, the company said this morning. Seismic said it will use the funding for product and sales, marketing, and customer support. seismic content management sales software'

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2015

Santa Monica-based GumGum , which operates an online digital advertising platform aimed at visual content, said Tuesday that it has named John Weisgerber as its new Senior Vice President of Sales. The company's platform is used to place advertising within visual content, such as photos. READ MORE>>.

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TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

Key Functions with High Impact Generative AI is revolutionizing sales by enabling dynamic pricing and personalized customer interactions, boosting conversion rates and customer satisfaction. Post-sale, AI analyzes customer data to improve service and loyalty, making it a cornerstone of modern sales methodologies.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Amazon.com , which has been investing in developing content out of its Los Angeles-based Amazon Studios arm, has scored five Emmy awards for its original content series, Transparent. Access to Amazon's original content is restricted to those with Amazon Prime membership, which also offers up free shipping and other benefits.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2013

Culver City-based YouTube network Fullscreen said Tuesday that it has hired Justin Danko as Vice President of Sales and Brand Strategy, East Coast. Fullscreen offers up a number of services to both content creators and brands, and is headed by George Strompolos, who the firm said helped co-created the YouTube Partner Program.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others. One thing to make clear, StartupRoar is a jump off point.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2013

Santa Monica-based content delivery network EdgeCast has just filled up its warchest, announcing Thursday that it has raised $54M in a big funding round. edgecast venture capital content delivery network internet traffic' EdgeCast said the Series D growth investment will go towards developing and launching new services. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2013

Business.com is back, and it''s looking for experts to bolster its content. According to Business.com today, it is seeing market experts to provide it with daily, weekly, and monthly content to bolster the site. business businesscom guide content marketing online jmiequity resourcenation' The new company is backed by JMI Equity.

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Southern California Edison Blog

MAY 15, 2020

Without the proper bandwidth, your enterprise is limiting its ability to effectively host videos and load other forms of content. Media and content creation businesses expanding their services to meet future content needs require a network that can support growing media content demands. in 2018 was 228.8 Dark Fiber.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Venice, California-based anonymous messaging app developer Whisper said Tuesday that it has named Shelby Huston Haro as the company's Vice President of Sales. Haro is from the entertainment industry, and has served at Maverik Digital, GetGlu, Penske Media Corp, along with Flixster, Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2014

The company reported net revenues of $1.111 billion, compared with an earlier expectation of only $885M in sales. The company explained that the numbers were driven by record digital sales of its franchises, which include World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. billion in sales. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

This new approach is often called “pull marketing,” where the idea is to establish a loyal following and draw customers to your content, and eventually your solutions. For example, top bloggers today, including Rand Fishkin and Gary Vaynerchuk , find no need to advertise, as customers come to them for value from content alone.

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2014

The people we spoke with told us that CRM sucks, and sales people have to use this software, but don''t like to use it. We recently added an entire marketing team, which was originally at Nimble, including Eric Quanstrom, our CMO, Rachel Miller, our Content Director, and Alyson Button Stone, our Chief Listener.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 11, 2011

I recently had the pleasure of spending an hour with Jon Steinberg, president of Buzzfeed , a company who focuses on helping media companies make their content go viral. But of course we also focused on making content go viral. Or creating quizzes or games with your content. That’s why people turn up to Buzzfeed.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2011

Online holiday sales this year were up 15 percent, hitting $35.3 In particular, comScore pointed out a "huge spike" in sales on Christmas Day, due to people downloading digital content and subscriptions. More than 20 percent of sales on Christmas Day were in the digital content area. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2015

Maker Studios will be producing content for distribution exclusively on Vimeo , the two said this morning, as part of a new, on-demand deal between Walt Disney a IAC. Maker Studios is owned by Disney, and Vimeo is owned by IAC. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>. maker studios vimeo video demand hollywood'

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

Snipfeed started as a content discovery platform with 44,000 weekly active users — but when Snipfeed added a creator monetization tool to its platform, it became its most popular feature. “ Content creator doesn’t necessarily mean you’re going to be the next Addison Rae or a TikTok star,” explained Ramdani.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2014

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said today that it has linked with Electus Digital , to offload premium ad sales for its Cracked.com website. According to the two, Electus Digital will now offer exclusive premium ad sales representation for Cracked.com, including custom branded content and "high-impact" ad units on the site.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2012

Los Angeles-based Aggregage , the online content aggregation and publishing startup headed by Robert Flynn, has announced a deal with professional society The Sales Association , to run a targeted vertical site called SalesProCentral aimed at sales and business development professionals. Aggregage was co-founded by Tony Karrer.

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socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2015

Carlsbad-based Business.com , which operates an online site offering up resources for businesses, said it has named a new VP of Sales--and completed an overhaul of its website. The company, which is now owned by JMI Equity, said it named Rick Szatkowski as its new VP of Sales. Business.com is led by Tony Uphoff.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

Santa Monica-based videogame developer Activision Publishing , which is a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, reports that its newly launched title, Call of Duty: Black Ops II , just crossed the $1 billion mark in retail sales. Activision said it reached that retail sales mark just fifteen days after launch. READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 24, 2017

Upfront Ventures Joins Jeff Skoll, Paul Allen Investing Arms in $119M Sale of TrueCar Shares, Disney says more than 160 stations signed up for its clearinghouse, and The New York Times launches content and crossword puzzle on Snapchat.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Santa Monica-based Activision Publishing has updated sales figures for its latest blockbuster release, Call of Duty: Black Ops , saying that the title has now grossed more than $650M in worldwide sell through in the last five days. Tags: content game video callofduty videogame black duty call activision. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2017

Even great products need great marketing “content” to fuel the ascent of their online message. A couple of years ago, I saw a classic primer on the key elements of great online content that I like, in “ Launch: How to Quickly Propel Your Business Beyond the Competition ,” by Michael Stelzner, founder of SocialMediaExaminer.com.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based Twistory Entertainment Studios , which had been a mobile game development and graphic novel design company, is being sold in an asset sale, according to auction company CMA Auctions. Twistory Entertainment was founded in 2009, and had developed Ouch!

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socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2010

Agoura Hills-based videogame maker THQ has drastically lowered its sales guidance, saying early this morning that it has updated fiscal guidance for its fiscal first quarter ending June 30th and fiscal year ending March 31, 2011, due to "lower than anticipated sales" of its title UFC Undisputed 2010, plus a strengthening US dollar.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Sony Pictures said Sunday that "The Interview" earned more than $15M in online sales as of Saturday, after its release via Google Play, YouTube, Microsoft''s Xbox Video, as well as through its own website, with over 2 million rentals or purchases of the Seth Rogen film. The FBI has blamed the hacking of Sony Pictures on North Korea.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2011

San Diego-based Sorenson MEdia , which develops video encoding and decoding software and online video services, announced this morning that it has added John Greene as Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Greene has previously served at DivX/Sonic Solutions, most recently serving as General Manager for Content Services. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 6, 2011

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 -- Content World Turned Upside Down: Can Traditional Media Adapt? Every aspect of the business of entertainment media and other content providers, and their traditional sources of revenue, are under assault by disruptive business models. TCOSC Digital Media Society.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 14, 2013

If you have your eyes and ears open, you can discover sales lessons in unexpected places, including the cable TV show, Say Yes To The Dress. I do not consume much TV content, other than cable news. There are a number of solid sales techniques on display by the Say Yes team. Startup sales require high velocity.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 14, 2012

This automated coupling of intent and content results in uber-relevancy and ultimately enhances marketers’ ROI. For instance, clients that have implemented DataPop’s platform have generated an average increase in sales of over 40% while experiencing an average 15% decrease in the cost of acquiring such sales.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Even great products need great marketing “content” to fuel the ascent of their online message. A few years ago, I saw a classic primer on the key elements of great online content that I like, in “ Launch: How to Quickly Propel Your Business Beyond the Competition ,” by Michael Stelzner, founder of SocialMediaExaminer.com. Educational.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Los Angeles-based Fandango , the online movie ticket and entertainment site, reported Tuesday that it is seeing a surge in sales of tickets via mobile phone. The firm said it saw a 60 percent, year-over-year increase in Thanksgiving holiday weekend ticket sales on mobile devices through the site.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Agoura Hills-based videogame maker THQ --or at least, what's left of THQ--released the details of how it plans to sell its remaining intellectual property late Tuesday, saying it expects to complete the bidding and sale of the properties by mid-May. The sale of THQ comes after the company declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy on December 19th.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Thursday, November 4, 2010 -- Content World Turned Upside Down: Can Traditional Media Adapt? Every aspect of the business of entertainment media and other content providers, and their traditional sources of revenue, are under assault by disruptive business models. TCOSC Digital Media Society.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Even great products need great marketing “content” to fuel the ascent of their online message. Not too long ago, I saw a modern-day primer on the key elements of great online content in “ Launch: How to Quickly Propel Your Business Beyond the Competition ,” by Michael Stelzner, founder of SocialMediaExaminer.com. Lacks a sales angle.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2019

The biggest thing right now is this puts us in a position for VR where we will have the content when the consumer is ready for it. Augmented Reality is different, because you just need a smartphone to view that content, and because you're not constrained by those headsets. That said, we do have VR apps.

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