Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2010

Many of the investors and entrepreneurs I know still don’t realize that they need to use and understand the Internet, even if their business is not e-commerce. Believe me, the business implications are already critical to your success or failure as an entrepreneur: Blog. Tags: entrepreneur marketing internet lingo business.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I feel too many people are discouraging, and as a result, too many entrepreneurs are discouraged and give up. We have a number of startups (or pre-startups) that we are helping get launched. I am planning right not to write a post about how startups often get SEO wrong. What are you working on now? That's great.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. SEO / SEM are promotional techniques for marketing through the Google distribution channel, which have yielded huge benefits to many companies – Yelp being a prime example.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

The new war for platforms has mostly been waged by Andreessen Horowitz who have raised astounding amounts of capital and therefore had the fees to put into providing more services for entrepreneurs. There is no right or wrong – these are the three basic models. There is no right or wrong – these are the three basic models.

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 15, 2014

This is wonderful, but I can’t say its helped me in my career much. I now make a living knowing WordPress, CSS, HTML and of course search engine optimization (SEO) and marketing. Learning Latin has its uses; learning HTML, technology and other future skills, can make them a living and help them solve world problems.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Entrepreneurs who run startups have to be generalists to survive. Yet I’m seeing another critical group of entrepreneurs, self-employed specialists, who are a growing part of this new “ entrepreneurial revolution ” that I discussed a couple of weeks ago. Many of these new entrepreneurs were regular employees a few years ago.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

If I can help you avoid some of my first-time mistakes it would be a victory. Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). In my experience, entrepreneurs who are overly paranoid or are information hoarders rarely do well.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2016

The area which probably is really attuned to your readers, is we also serve many mid-market, growth oriented companies that are looking to grow and acquire customers, with paid and earned digital channels, paid search, paid media, social, email, and organic SEO, as well as digital PR and content. That's where we're the most impactful.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2010

Almost every entrepreneur needs to improve their skills in this area, so I did some research in the basic principles. For example, non-computer types should consider delegating their social media, website, and SEO activities. Tags: entrepreneur startup delegate authority business. Pick the best person to delegate to.

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Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

Launching and growing a startup is one of the biggest missions an entrepreneur can undertake. Business tools — from customer relationship management ( CRM ) platforms to accounting software — help to save startups time and money by automating key processes and maximizing efficiency. Here are a couple of our favorites.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. 5:00 – 5:55). 6:00 – 7:30).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

SEO marketing vs. social marketing. To be clear – I’m not saying huge successes make a VC less likely to be helpful to you – I’m just saying it’s not a guaranteed predictor. In my experience 90% of VCs fall short on their promises of how helpful or not they can be with intros. Connections?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2014

With the estimated 510 million live websites at last year-end, and 280,000 new ones being added every day, the biggest challenge for an entrepreneur is to get found, and get some credibility for a new startup. Too many entrepreneurs spend big money on development, only to find out that the solution isn’t quite right. Marty Zwilling.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 1, 2009

I am excited to be participating in and announcing the of: Southern California Tech Central This is a community of people in Southern California who have come together to help find and organize the best content from blogs, news sources and other web sites all around technology in So Cal.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2020

Most people don't want injectsion, radio frequency, or ultrasounds, and it helps that we can work with pregnant women. We not only give them these devices and cosmetics, we also help them run retention and referral campaigns. We then started to help clients switch to marketing using our own machines.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2013

million new pages added to the Internet every day, the biggest challenge for every entrepreneur is to get found, and get some credibility for a new startup. Too many entrepreneurs spend big money on development, only to find out that the solution isn’t quite right. Wordpress entrepreneur startup website blogging business'

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2010

We're now doing events, beyond the Hollywood space, for companies like Haute Look, where we do a model search--which ultimately helps them brand their company and grow their mailing list, but it is kind of wrapped in a contest to find new faces for their spring campaign. But, there was no good for Hollywood to find them. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

Serial entrepreneur, venture investor and startup accelerator pioneer Brad Feld has notoriously mocked traditional marketing throughout his career. When the entrepreneur is obsessed with the product and the company has organized all of its activities around that, it’s very powerful.”. This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

Having a set of metrics that you watch & that you feel are the key drivers of your success helps keep clarity. How many adds came through organic SEO? For example, if you have developers, content people or SEO folks working on SEO programs you’ll need to allocate their time / costs to this effort. In 6 months?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. It has to be managed and sold internally as a culture change, requiring everyone’s help. business entrepreneur Kristin Zhivago revenue roadmap startup' Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2017

Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. It has to be managed and sold internally as a culture change, requiring everyone’s help. That sounds to me like the recipe for business success that every entrepreneur and investor is looking for.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

In fact, very few website owners even track their website activity, or use Search Engine (SEO) or Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) tools now available. Use Net Promoter Score (NPS) to help you turn visitors into raving fans. Repeat purchases and referrals from friends are the fastest ways to grow your business.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2016

Back then, it was a much different game, and there was not much of an emphasis on social and more on SEO. On the news side, we're non partisan, which has led to lots more growth, as we tend to appeal to everyone, which has helped a lot too. We came together in 2008, to focus on digital content. That's part of our strategy.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

An entrepreneur having low self worth is the number one deterrent for a potential customer not buying into what you are selling. Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Help a Reporter Out (HARO).

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 15, 2011

Tony is currently Founder/CEO for Eventify, an LA-based startup creating a venue marketplace, and Visible Factors, an SEO consulting company. and most recently Myspace, where he ran an online marketing team focused on SEO, social media, and paid traffic acquisition. Tony has previously worked for organizations like PayPal, Yahoo!

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

But through expressing points-of-view I can raise above the consciousness of my customers (entrepreneurs and limited partners who invest in VC funds) in ways that I couldn’t without breaking through the noise of the hundreds of others of VCs who also have money. Think about Luma Partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2017

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should select only social media for marketing, or stick with digital media, or just count on traditional media. According to a recent social media industry report , 92 percent said that social media is important to their businesses, and more than half report it helped them improve sales.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. Yet I can’t help thinking there are many predictable failures that come from a lack of basic planning. How much ad revenue does TripAdvisor make? Market Structure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Many of the businesses and entrepreneurs I know still don’t realize that they need to use and understand the Internet, even if their interest is not e-commerce. If you have heard the lingo, but most of these are not in your startup business plan, you are already in jeopardy as an entrepreneur: Blogging. Search engine marketing (SEM).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings. Studying other people’s blogs will help you identify what you like and don’t like, and how you want yours to look and feel. When you post to a blog multiple times each week, you content is constantly changing and growing. Conversational style.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. It has to be managed and sold internally as a culture change, requiring everyone’s help. But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2011

Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. It has to be managed and sold internally as a culture change, requiring everyone’s help. But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

With the an estimated 150K new websites and 7M new pages added to the Internet every day, the biggest challenge for every entrepreneur is to get found, and get some credibility for a new startup. Too many entrepreneurs spend big money on development, only to find out that the solution isn’t quite right.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

As you know, a lot of what is involved in social and digital media is figuring out how to build brands, and help brands reach an audience in the interactive world. If you want read about SEO, there are probably 30 million pages on the web about that.

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2010

Being one of the first in the mom media area has helped. That helps, and continues to bolster the success of Gloss. That helps, and continues to bolster the success of Gloss. Tags: lolita carrico gloss network startup interview content women advice entrepreneur modernmom. We're getting a good response with video.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

“The one-day event will bring together leading executives, entrepreneurs and professionals to celebrate this diverse L.A. ” It’s like having an online studio helping independent filmmakers and YouTubers get seen. Helping others build their brand helps you build yours. This is the wave of the future.

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