Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM 94

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2009

Third, is we provide customer care and phone support for orders; the fourth is the software technology, the platform that powers everything. The sixth is marketing analytics, including SEM/SEO, collecting customer names, emails -- we use ExactTarget for emails, and Omniture for Analytics.

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital SEM Commerce Email 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). Equally, hoping to unseat TripAdvisor without understand their SEO strengths and how much it would cost to knock them down would be naïve.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

Startup 50

Startup High Tech Search Engine Optimization SEM 50

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). Marketing futures can be really good for enterprise software companies where the information is passed between sales rep and potential customer in terms of near-term roadmap.

Marketing 380

Marketing Startup Press Technical Advisors 380

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil. However, Search Engine Management (SEM) is not a “set and forget” exercise. You must apply dedicated resources to your SEM efforts, either in-house or via a trusted third-party partner, in order to maximize customers acquired from this channel.

Customer 164

Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

We bat about 800 in terms of people buying off on the idea, who understand the bigger reach we have on the Internet, and the more SEO/SEM we do, which delivers business to them that they wouldn't have gotten otherwise. With those mom-and-pop businesses, does your site still have to make a phone call to reserve things?

Activity 164

Activity Startup Sites Web 164

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. Software specialists. Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. Administrative specialists. Writing specialists.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Services Search Engine Optimization Startup 106

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow – We both have a love fest for Joel Spolsky who also co-founded Fog Creek Software. He is the author of “ Joel on Software ” and I was a reader nearly 10 years ago when I had never heard of Fred Wilson, Brad Feld and VentureHacks didn’t exist. Rumored to be appox. Primarily targets SMBs.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. Software specialists. Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. Administrative specialists. Writing specialists.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur Services Product Search Engine Optimization 89

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. Software specialists. Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. Administrative specialists. Writing specialists.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Startup SEM 48