SheKnows Launches Social Media Feature
socalTECH
MARCH 28, 2011
Los Angeles-based SheKnows , the women's media site run by Evolve Media, said this morning that it has launched a new social media, community features for the service.
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The Convergence of Social Media & Traditional Radio
Eric Greenspan
MAY 25, 2010
What I mean by this is we do radio better by building it around the web, social media and traditional marketing strategies alongside, behind and wrapped around our radio shows. For one, we built a following by using Facebook and Twitter and other social networking sites. We built unique websites for each show.
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CrownPeak Takes On Social Media
socalTECH
APRIL 29, 2009
Los Angeles-based CrownPeak has set its sights on the social media space, saying this morning that it has launched a new product which publishes content into social networking sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Tags: crownpeak social media publishing facebook software saas.
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Social Networking and Business Value
SoCal CTO
MAY 15, 2009
Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies?
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How The Promise Of Social Media Advertising Is Measuring Up For Adly
socalTECH
MAY 10, 2013
We caught up with CEO Walter Delph to hear how the promise of social media advertising has measured up to reality, and what that means for brands and marketers today trying to leverage the new reality of social conversations. We''re the leading social advertising platform that leverages celebrity relationships.
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Social Media is a Boon to Startups Who Do It Right
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
If your startup can’t be bothered with social media, or has no plan to take advantage of it, then you are definitely at risk these days. They also identify clearly the five key social media mistakes that I often see, along the following lines: Diving in without a strategic plan. Not having a social media policy.
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6 Key Principles For Inducing Customers To Buy Today
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 2, 2022
Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence , which consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.
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Five Steps To Social Media Success for Startups
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 18, 2010
Everyone is talking about how social media can help you jumpstart your business at no cost, and experts are springing up on all sides to help you do it at a high cost. Before you start, analyze existing media, demographics, and new social media alternatives for a fit to your rollout campaign requirements.
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United Online Sells StayFriends
socalTECH
APRIL 1, 2016
Woodland Hills-based United Online has sold its StayFriends social networking site, to German company Stroer Content Group GmbH , the company said Thursday afternoon. United Online said it will receive 16.0 million euros ($18.3M US) for StayFriends. READ MORE>>.
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More investors are betting on virtual influencers like Lil Miquela
TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 14, 2019
Meanwhile, new venture-backed companies like the superstealthy Shadows, SuperPlastic and Toonstar are all developing virtual characters that will launch via social media channels like Snap and Instagram, or on their own platforms. Our appetite for fresh content and this stuff is kind of limitless,” says Rojas.
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Startups Should Avoid These Social Media Mistakes
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 4, 2010
If your startup can’t be bothered with social media, or has no plan to take advantage of it, then you are definitely at risk these days. They also identify clearly the five key social media mistakes that business often make, along the following lines: Diving in without a strategic plan. Not having a social media policy.
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Interview with Jeremy Gocke, Fliptu
socalTECH
JULY 16, 2012
With the proliferation of social media, how do you--as a brand--manage all of those various websites, content, and media? Los Angeles-based Fliptu (www.fliptu.com), headed by Jeremy Gocke , thinks it has this figured out, by providing a central place to access a brand's content, across social networks.
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268 LiveOffice Looks To Archive Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter
socalTECH
MARCH 2, 2010
Torrance-based LiveOffice , a provider of email archiving services, announced today that the firm is releasing a new product specifically aimed at archiving social media sites, including LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
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Lunch.com Adds Personalized RSS Feeds
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 1, 2010
Los Angeles-based Lunch.com , the online social media and networking site run by J.R. Johnson, told its users today that it has unveiled a new, personal RSS feed feature to the site. According to Lunch.com, the new feed can be added to blogs, personal sites, or elsewhere to help users promote their content.
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Africa’s Largest and Fastest Growing Social Network | Interview with LAGbook’s Chidi Nwaogu
Tech Zulu Event
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
Today they say its Africa’s largest and fastest growing social networking utility with over 4,000 daily new sign-ups. They also add that LAGbook ranks #2 in the city of Yaba-Lagos, where the social network was incepted, and #37 in the city of Hirtshal, Denmark. What is LAGbook? Why the name? How does LAGbook work?
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March Capital Leads Funding Round In Knock Knock Games
socalTECH
AUGUST 29, 2019
Knock Knock develops "chat" games, which run on social media sites and through chat platforms, which it calls "chat-native" games. The funding also included Raine Ventures, London Venture Partners, and Ludlow Ventures. As part of the funding, March Capital's Gregory Milken joins Knock Knock's board of directors.
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6 Elements of Customer Psychology Drive Buy Decisions
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 1, 2019
Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence , which consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.
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Marketing The Funniest Site On The Internet With Patrick Starzan of Funny or Die
Tech Zulu Event
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
He is a marketing professional with over 8 years of extensive online and social media marketing experience. Patrick is the man behind all the marketing aspects of what could be called one of the funniest sites on the web. How do you market the Funniest site on the internet? No social network has stood the test of time.
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61 Social Search – What Entrepreneur Needs To Know
InfoChachkie
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
It is no secret that Pinterest and other social commerce sites have begun to dial in the commerce equation. These sites (so far) have managed to balance facilitating product discovery and purchase capabilities with users'' desires to entertain and educate themselves without feeling like they are in a marketplace.
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DreamJobbing: Melding Online And Media To Create A Platform For Dream Jobs
socalTECH
OCTOBER 3, 2014
We broadcast a launch video, which describes the dream job, and if you want to apply, you can create your own video on why you should have the job, and use the power of social media to get that job by getting as many votes as you can. Do sites like YouTube play into your plans at all, or will all of your video stay on your site?
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233 Engaging Your Network Online
Tech Coast Venture Network
FEBRUARY 20, 2010
Social media and email marketing act separately as great marketing tools. While social media offers a continuous interaction with your followers, email marketing is a tool to provide a steady flow of information received directly by your connections. www.BreakThroughNetworking.org.
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Report: Buzznet Chops Staff
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 24, 2008
Hollywood-based, music-related blog and content firm Buzznet has reportedly cut employees, according to a report from Digital Music News. Buzznet operates an online social networking and social media site focused on music and bands, and is backed by Anthem Ventures, Interscope, Redpoint Ventures, and others.
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100 Neel Grover: How Indi Is Helping People Earn Money For Their Knowledge
socalTECH
AUGUST 17, 2020
Indi operates an app which lets people get paid for sharing their social content, making product recommendations, and more. The reason for this business, is folks are always going on social media to recommend products to their friends, but they're not making any money from it.
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Entrepreneurs Need To Be Experts On Social Change
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 29, 2014
Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence, that consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.
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100 New Buying Habits Are More Important Than Technology
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 2, 2017
Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence , which consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.
How FilmBreak Is Bringing Data and Analytics To Hollywood, with Darren Marble
socalTECH
MARCH 1, 2013
One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. There's no silver bullet, and the industry is in flux.
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256 Startups Must Adapt to New Customer Buying Dynamics
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 22, 2013
Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence , that consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.
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100 MTV Buys Social Project
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
According to MTV Networks, which is a division of Viacom, the acquisition will allow the firm to accelerate its introduction of its Flux social media platform across its portfolio. Social Project is behind the development of Flux, software which allows web publishers to create their own social networking web sites.
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Solaborate: Professional Connections | Founder Interview Labinot Bytyqi
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 22, 2013
Solaborate is a blend of great social network platforms, by taking in all the greatest bits and putting it all into one. Consumers all have access to social networks, but the business-side has never really caught on. Solaborate is a professional social media network.
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92 Fan Appz Launches Personal Marketing Platform To Help Brands Convert Fans Into Loyal Customers
Tech Zulu Event
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
Fan Appz, a Santa Monica headquartered firm founded in 2010, and a Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) today Tuesday launched its Personalized Marketing Platform, a next-generation social media marketing solution set to help firms convert fans into customers and increase repeat purchases by turning good customers into great ones.
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82 Interview with Howard Lindzon, StockTwits
socalTECH
APRIL 14, 2011
He was also the founder of Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS back in 2007, is an investor in a significant number of web and social media companies. Early on, we realized that because Twitter was having issues keeping the site live and up, we needed to solve that for our users in order to build our business.
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248 flik Social Discovery | Startup Advice From Founders Chris & Tracy Hayes
Tech Zulu Event
JULY 29, 2013
The flik app is a new social video platform developed for the iOS, utilizes short videos for sharing and discovering. Chris and Tracy talk with TechZulu about the flik app, social media, and startup advice. At first, the flik site was mainly for our own personal use. Where does the future lie with social media?
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81 Where's Waldo Panel: Finding Social Influencer's & Decreasing Your Costs Live This Thursday
Tech Zulu Event
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
ZexSports and PacSun are putting an amazing panel together to discuss the value of key social influencer's, where they are on your social network, and how targeting these potential brand evangelists will have a positive influence on your social media network and ROI. Cameron Olthius 5ones.com. .
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Don’t Count on Crowd-Funding to Save Your Startup
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 25, 2011
One of the hot new approaches I have seen around the country for assisting startups looking for funding has been “crowd-sourcing” sites ( Kickstarter ) or “crowd-pitching” events ( Funding Universe ). These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events.
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92 Feel Lost On LinkedIn? ExploreB2B Wants To help You Network With People Of Your Profession
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 18, 2012
The idea for exploreB2B resulted from my own experience in business development for a young consulting company and my brother’s enthusiasm for tech and social media. The result was a social platform especially built to serve the needs of Business-to-Business interaction and networking. How does it work? Any funding yet?
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Veritable Guide For Traditional Stores Turning Digital
Tech Zulu Event
APRIL 1, 2015
Pull your audience with content. With online marketing, marketers produce great content to pull the audience towards their brand. Content marketing plays a big role here because it is the content that makes a brand relevant. Post content that puts emphasis on what your brand stands for. Focus on customers.
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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 5, 2010
I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.
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318 Interview with Brandon Hance, Audiolife
socalTECH
MARCH 24, 2010
We allow them to have virtual store fronts, portable stores, which they can place on their social networking profiles, on their own dot com, on their blogs, and so forth--anywhere fans already interact with the artist. There's a convergence between the paradigm of the music business, and the business of social media.
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191 Chill.com | A Place To Chill And Watch Online Video
Tech Zulu Event
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
I was inspired by the combination of content, social networking and gaming. People should have better ways to meet and discover new people and content. Our key learning from the TechCrunch Disrupt Lounge was that our customers were just as interested in socializing with each other as they were in consuming content.
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Interview with Sam Rogoway, Near Networks
socalTECH
OCTOBER 14, 2011
In between practicing, I actually started and ran my own social network, TripUp, which was later acquired by Sidestep, which is now Kayak. At TripUp, we had lots of user generated reviews and hotels, and we were the first to add user general video to a travel community site. Finally, what's the next big goal for the company?
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150 Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 29, 2009
Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. Turns out everybody likes to produce content and take part in the “conversation.&# Massive uptake of user-generated content including blogs (e.g. Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia).
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The social Web in 2010: The emerging standards and technologies to watch
SoCal Delicious
JANUARY 20, 2010
On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 This is the same with competing activity streams in various social networks.
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The Radical Evolution of Mobile Apps
Tech Zulu Event
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
It is a good thing that there is an app for everything today — work, social media, games, shopping, travel, photography, and schedule of movie screenings. Suddenly, maintaining a company website and a social media account is no longer enough. Mind your content and make them personal. Branding with an app.
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Mix and Mingle | LA Startups Shows Some Bite
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 27, 2012
There are no confusing configuration tools, it eliminates browser bookmarks, content refreshes in real time and there are multiple levels of security, plus more. It uses games that are already established in the app store and will be launching their beta site in the next couple days. The site launched a few months ago.
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