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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. Because I knew that Ethan was on to a powerful idea and one in which he had developed huge competence and domain knowledge in. He was seeking $500k.

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10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups

Both Sides of the Table

Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). Where Stealth is Good – There’s a lot of discussions on the web about whether startups should be stealthy before they launch or not. Most people totally advise against stealth.

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The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

Startup Professionals Musings

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings. No need to make the assumption that you will need a rich uncle or an angel investor for every idea you come up with. Sales and marketing costs.

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Interview with Billy Fried, Kijubi

socalTECH

We talked with Billy last week about the firm, and what it's trying to do: What's the whole idea behind Kijubi? The idea there, is you sift through brochures, and call them to see if they are still there, and then make a reservation. It's migrated onto the web in Hawaii, a simple migration, but no one had done it here yet.

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You Don’t Need to be Rich to be an Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings. No need to make the assumption that you will need a rich uncle or an angel investor for every idea you come up with. Sales and marketing costs.

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

You’ll have no idea when you’re off course. How many through SEM? If you have multiple versions of your product, how many are web vs. mobile? per click on an SEM basis this is NOT your cost to acquire a customer – you need to add conversion rate. Do you have a customer referral program? SEO is seldom “free.”.

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How Luxury Link Is Growing Its Travel Marketplace, With Scott Morrow

socalTECH

We grew our SEM and improved our ROI. Our is unique inventory, packaged with the best web pricing. We help reinforce the idea of being in a luxury segment, which really works. When I first came on board, we were not very sophisticated with our search engine marketing. That''s not what our partners want.

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