Berkonomics

JULY 11, 2013

Visit to purchase, click to close, or other terms are used in various industries to describe the measure of conversion rate from initial landing on a page displaying purchase information about a product or service.

.Net 207

.Net Sales Tool Social Network 207

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the online, customer relationship management (CRM) tool developer, has tied with Simi Valley-based TeamAutomation , a business and IT consulting firm focused on customer relationship management tools. Financial details and business arrangement between the two companies was not announced. READ MORE>>.

Santa Monica 174

Santa Monica Social Network Tool Customer 174

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2022

But that is just the beginning of the opportunity to provide or take advantage of the new power and tools on the Internet. Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address.

Customer 137

Customer Custom Technical Review Symantec 137

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

The fitness professional network develops business tools that make it easier for fitness professionals to run their businesses and keep their clients engaged between training sessions. There are several competitors we’ve identified who have built a similar product. Our fitness events and mapping tool is a key differentiator.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Berkonomics

JUNE 30, 2012

Given the statistics quoted above, you must find ways to have your consumers endorse your product publicly, and in a form that is divorced from looking like an advertisement. People are more trusting of unknown third parties endorsing your product that they are of direct ads touting the benefits of the product in large, clear type.

Case Study 212

Case Study Study Social Network Advertising 212

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

I also talked about Virgin Money , a product that I have used to lend friends money in the past. I know the product intimately and it rocks. The idea is that in a world in which companies need to deal with customer support requests from Twitter, Facebook, email, phone, IM, etc. In business you spend your life in email.

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Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Not every social network is a Facebook or Instagram. What are the elements needed to focus upon in making the attempt to take a product viral? In today’s world of social marketing, it takes someone knowledgeable if not expert in understanding how to use available resources in promotion and marketing. Second: channels.

Social Network 179

Social Network Metrics Ideas Sites 179

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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Networking Newsletter Social Media Email 100

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2011

Unfortunately, despite the wealth of Internet based tools for email management, web-based sales management tools, and more, contact tracking has been mostly an afterthought in the Internet age. Most business people aren't doing this in their current CRM tools. You have to BCC messages to even get them into the system.

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Google Tool Email Sales 216

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.

Entrepreneur 210

Entrepreneur Commerce Sites Social Network 210

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 2, 2009

The volume of Tweets is enormous and growing at a rapid pace so tools are emerging to help brands manage this information. On Facebook (and nearly all social networks that preceded it) the relationship was always reciprocal – if I accept your invitation to follow me then I have to follow you.

Social Network 235

Social Network Writing Tool Startup 235

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 7, 2011

I’m not an investor – I just love the product. Commenting on topical blogs is a form of topical social networking in the same way that Quora is. Disqus emails me when somebody puts a comment on the blog or when I put a comment on somebody else’s Disqus blog and if somebody responds to me.

Blogging 287

Blogging Social Network Google Startup 287

Berkonomics

MARCH 3, 2016

These same CEOs sit in their corner offices and email the COO in the next–door office and call their VP of Sales rather than walking down the hall. Email readers, continue here…] We brainstormed with a consultant and each other. Not a good time to be in the recruitment business.

Layoffs 120

Layoffs Ideas Email Social Network 120

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

Using an organizational tool called SameSide , whose launch coincided with the Women’s March and a joint effort with RockTheVote, Women’s March organizers are hoping to transfer excitement about the march into broader political engagement with local and national women’s issues in this Presidential election year.

Los Angeles 128

Los Angeles Organization Angel Technology 128

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The irony: a sad state that even with the huge number of social network applications we have at our disposal, we’re oftentimes lost, unable to keep up, or still lose touch so easily. It’s not your fault that we can only be social creatures to a certain extent before brain overload.

Web 74

Web Social Network Email Networking 74

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2009

Venice, California-based Topspin , a developer of software focused on helping musicians market and distribute their work, launched an upgrade to its product Wednesday at the SXSW festival. However, the firm still isn't taking just any artists, however, explaining it is still in "invite mode" on which artists can use its products.

Software 100

Software Marketing Redpoint Venice 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Costs of product on YouTube content is literally 99% cheaper than traditional TV and; Distribution of content can now go viral and can predictably distributed via social networks. Now the largest network on YouTube according to ComScore. How are you going to drive social adoption? How will you grab email addresses?

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Hollywood Content Yahoo Java 374

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

Social Media 115

Social Media Media Startup Social Network 115

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2010

Based on a survey just last year by Robert Half Technology , over half of today’s companies block social networks completely, while another 19 percent only permit it "for business purposes." Social networks have become a great vector for Trojans like Zeus and URLZone.

Social Network 87

Social Network Networking Tool Sites 87

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

What we saw with CareerArc, was there was already a tremendous amount of investment in the middle of the market, with all of these different services and products that went into taking care of an employee when they were hired until they were let go. We had already built a tool for employers to help push their jobs to qualified employees.

Content 193

Content Social Network Coach Help 193

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

Social Media 106

Social Media Media Startup Social Network 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2019

But that is just the beginning of the opportunity to provide or take advantage of the new power and tools on the Internet. Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Symantec Social Network News 78

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. I was very inefficient at doing my job with the lack of tools. What is Solaborate all about?

Social Media 92

Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

socalTECH

JULY 18, 2012

One way is to create your own, custom video clip which you can share via email, text message, or through a social networking site like Facebook. They can then share that across a social network. But, what she found was that not everyone has an editor's eye, and can use those video and video tools.

Social Network 246

Social Network Mobile Media Examples 246

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” He is not alone, according to a recent study , which concludes that only 47% of companies use social media today for marketing, despite the fact that 78% of executives polled feel it’s critical for success. What’s the problem?

Social Media 104

Social Media Media Marketing Social Network 104

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.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Berkonomics

JUNE 15, 2010

Do home-based employees work with the same dedication and productivity as those in office cubicles next to each other? A creative CEO will find ways to motivate and compensate for the lone nature of working alone, but using social networking tools to make office workers and home workers feel and behave as a unit.

Conference 136

Conference Email Social Network Tool 136

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Understand the basic tools – the social media trinity. Blogging (Wordpress), micro-blogging (Twitter), and social networks are the trinity. Key social networks are Facebook (500 million consumers) and LinkedIn (60 million professionals). The best attribute of social media tools is that most of them are free.

Social Media 95

Social Media Media Startup Blogging 95

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Josh Brooks: The goal of Postcard On The Run, is I'm trying to develop a product that speaks to the crossroads of analog and digital, and online to offline. Nowadays, when you post something online, whether that is an image in a gallery or social networking site, it only has a lifespan of just a few seconds.

Email 218

Email Startup Ideas Burbank 218

Eric Greenspan

MAY 29, 2010

Social media can help bridge a long standing gap between customers and the companies they trust with their hard earned cash. If nothing else, they will reply to my email, message me or call the company. So I switched to the old-school means of communication and emailed them asking for them. Eric Greenspan.

Social Media 214

Social Media Customer Custom Media 214

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” According to this study from last year, over 65% of existing small businesses still ignore social media for marketing, so he is still the rule rather than the exception. Start social networking with peers.

Social Media 88

Social Media Media Marketing Startup 88

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

But that is just the beginning of the opportunity to provide or take advantage of the new power and tools on the Internet. Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Social Network 100

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. Here's an example of that kind of email. LinkedIn - This remains one of my primary tools. Hire a Product Design Lead First Nailing that elusive technical co-founder Ask around for ideas on where they hang out.

CTO Hire 211

CTO Hire CTO Coach Startup Equity 211

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2017

But that is just the beginning of the opportunity to provide or take advantage of the new power and tools on the Internet. Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Symantec 54

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Our interview this morning is with David Sacks, CEO of Geni.com, an online family tree and social networking site, as well as Yammer, the instant messaging startup spun out of Geni.com at TechCrunch50. Most social networking sites have a problem with having lots of pageviews, but advertising that isn't very valuable.

Yammer 133

Yammer Geni Startup Southern California 133

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2012

The opportunity is to take advantage of the new power and tools on the Internet. Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address.

Startup 85

Startup Technical Review Social Network News 85

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 2, 2011

Sign up with your email address, Facebook or Twitter account, and it allows you the early adopter, founder, designer, investor, or critic to join the site and track only what you find appealing. There are some things the site could improve in my opinion, one of its communication tools. Founded by Nick Frost Startupli.st Startupli.st

Help 85

Help Sites Design Social Network 85