socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the new media venture of former MySpace chairman Richard Rosenblatt, said today that it has just published its one millionth piece of original content, and is launching an effort to extend health care benefits to freelancers creating that content for the firm. READ MORE>>.

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TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

Targets Are you developing a native app and/or a web app? Can you do a hybrid web/native application? Do you need to process user-contributed media? Does it need to throttle potential malicious activity? Often this ties to marketing support. Are you targeting desktop, tablet, or mobile? Are they dismissable?

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Develop Development Technical Review SEO 520

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Social media is so pervasive in today’s world that every entrepreneur believes instinctively that they know how to use it for their startup. When it comes to social media for your business, expect a high learning curve, but rest assured it’s not rocket science. Create an integrated conventional marketing and social media strategy.

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Social Media Media Startup Tips 108

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

You can’t get any word-of-mouth or media activity by hiding. Most people agree that even negative media attention is better than none. Optimize your web history and presence. Here are seven key reasons that being open is better for your startup than trying to fly under the radar: Visibility generates interest.

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Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas 105

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2021

It works best through effective use of social media, mobile apps, societal initiatives, becoming an influencer, and providing a modern easily-found web site with credible customer-focused content. Participate in the top social media sites for maximum impact. Don’t just monitor – engage customers. That trend is growing every day.

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Customer Custom Marketing Social Media 172

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2020

You can’t get any word-of-mouth or media activity by hiding. Most people agree that even negative media attention is better than none. Optimize your web history and presence. Here are seven key reasons that being open is better for your startup than trying to fly under the radar: Visibility generates interest.

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Search Engine Optimization Ideas Startup Customer 174

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2017

If you are an entrepreneur these days, or trying to grow an existing business, everyone is telling you that you need to use social media. " He has one of the first books on this subject, and he breaks the process down into nine key activities, as follows: Get focused and identify goals. Get attention and reach your audience.

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Social Media Media Metrics Satisfaction 69

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 4, 2014

It’s the New Year, and there’s no better time to get educated on all the blogging, podcasting and Web video tools to help you become an active content creator. The post Join TechZulu LIVE from New Media Expo in Las Vegas appeared first on TechZulu.

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Media Social Media Education Blogging 82

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

CreatorUp is the online web series school teaching the next generation of web series creators how to make and market their own new video projects on the web. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world. What inspired you?

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Web USC Course Guide 93

Tech.Co

JULY 13, 2023

Initially pinned as a generative AI startup for Twitter when it first hit the headlines back in April, the xAI website seems to suggest that the new startup will remain separate from the social media platform, as well as Musk's collection of other technology companies. The post What Is xAI?

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Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Generative AI Technical Review 115

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The dynamism of web design ascertains that trends should keep varying to the better with changing times. Creativity thrives on a blend of several ideas to propose solutions and convey emotions, creative fields like fashion and graphic designs always find its way to web design and vice versa. Cinemagraphs. Quirky illustrations.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Since the advent of the World Wide Web in the mid-1990s, we’ve seen such networks proliferate, from the Whole Earth ‘Lectronic Link (remember The WELL?) Nowadays, Facebook is the most popular social networking site in the world , with more than 2 billion monthly active users.

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San Diego Social Media Social Network Yahoo 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2023

For all those entrepreneurs and startups who can’t yet afford a new age marketing agency, it’s impossible to keep up with “best of breed” marketing activities and strategies. With social media, you can interact more precisely and create custom products and marketing to be almost all things to all people.

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Marketing Technical Review Startup Innocal 107

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Anticipate and establish supporting social media accounts. Customers expect consistency of your brand name across all channels, so don’t pick a web site name if the comparable name is available or already taken on relevant social media. It’s easier, cheaper, and quicker to pivot at this stage rather than later.

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Product Entrepreneur Technical Advisors Technical Review 127

socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2014

Those channels still exist today, and get around 200 million views a month--we ended up becoming one of the largest movie networks for video on the web. We saw that fan activity, and were excited about it, and thought it was really cool. But, more often than not, they''re doing different kinds of activities around a brand.

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Hollywood Help Media Content 159

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

To get some insight into how those names are changing--we caught up with Steve Banfield , SVP and GM of Registrar Services over at Rightside (www.rightside.co) -- which is in the midst of spinning out from Santa Monica-based Demand Media. Steve Banfield: What will become Rightside has been part of Demand Media.

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

So, what we do, is bring all of that data together into a unified, comprehensive solution, so they can manage all of that activity and data in one place. Rob Reed: I was doing social media strategy consulting from 2007 until 2009, what I would really characterize as Social Media 1.0. That's really what Social Media 2.0

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Social Media Zumbox Media Startup 248

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2020

For all those entrepreneurs and startups who can’t yet afford a new age marketing agency, it’s impossible to keep up with “best of breed” marketing activities and strategies. With social media, you can interact more precisely and create custom products and marketing to be almost all things to all people.

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Mobile Marketing Technical Review Startup 173

SoCal CTO

MAY 22, 2012

I recently posted about the Increase in Early-Stage Startup Activity in Los Angeles. In that post, I mentioned how one of the signals is the big increase in number of startup events and the number of attendees at those events.

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Los Angeles Southern California Angel Enterprise Forum 198

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2021

Unfortunately, in my role as business advisor , I don’t see the same response to more common weak signals , like the move to phone texting instead of voice, or politics invading social media. As times change, you may need new metrics, such as total experience, web site hits, and social media complaints.

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Marketing Social Media Metrics Customer 162

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

And measuring activities or output can mislead you into thinking you’re doing a great job. So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

For this morning's interview, we sat down and talked with Nick Desai , CEO of Global Fitness Media , which runs FitOrbit (www.fitorbit.com), an online site looking to help users put together a fitness and connect with fitness trainers. The trainer makes you a daily, customized meal plan and exercise and activity plan. READ MORE>>.

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Media Pricing Sites Training 168

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

The explosion of self-reporting on social media has led us to provide very intimate details of ourselves. Many market research companies now use this data by ‘scraping’ the web to obtain detailed examples of the sentiment relating to particular issues, brands, products, and services. Datafication of offline and back-office activities.

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Custom Customer Social Media Research 115

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 24, 2016

For new businesses, social media marketing may seem a bit overwhelming. Here are four steps to help you get started building a great social media presence. Construct a social media style guide. The Artful Parent is a blog that provides an excellent example of quality content regarding art activities for children.

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Social Media Media Content Guide 40

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Social Media Week (SMW) helps organizations connect and share the latest social media findings through social, cultural and economic talks and workshops in major cities worldwide. A City of Angels: How Social Media is Bringing LA Closer to Utopia. Social Media and Urban Development in Hollywood. 10:30-11:00am. Tues 9/25.

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Social Media Los Angeles Media Angel 92

socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2014

as part of that company''s Warner Media Camp accelerator. With our backend tools we can push products to the front of videos, allowing content providers to drive shopping activity. How did you get involved with the Warner Media Camp? software media warner youtube channel multi content ecommerce sidevision justin'

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Commerce Content Downey Media 153

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2010

So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. And the reality is that you might be better off doing less activity but doing “the right&# activities really well.

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Startup Press Development Team Review SEM 323

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2010

We've dug through our database of high tech companies, web sites, and startups and found four Southern California companies and web sites looking to cater to that adventure traveler in you. . Laguna Beach-based Kijubi is looking to connect travelers with all of those vacation summer activities you were looking for.

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Sites Southern California Technical Review Allegis 153

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

Leaders and investors need to know if you have and are tapping into your key sources of relevant data, including web analytics, sales management data, and customer relationship management (CRM) software. The current term for all these activities and results online is “ content marketing.” Don’t forget it.

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Customer Custom Acquisition Technical Review 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

Assess your connections, both social media and financial. If you have no followers on social media, or connections to influencers, or business advisors, you will be unlikely to get support for a new business plan. New business creators often defeat themselves by neglecting their physical, mental, and emotional health.

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Social Media Writing Ideas Resource 105

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2010

Jeff is the founder of crowd-sourcing location based mapping services web sites DeadCellZones.com and PhotoEnforced.com. It has been a long 10 year drought of no IPOs and sub par M&A activity that has stifled the startup, venture capital and angel investment community throughout the US.

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Venture Capital Capital Tech Coast Angels Angel 145

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

We set up a digital media fund, which had the goal of investing in new digital media properties, ideas, and concepts. The digital media fund funded the company, and it's unique, in that Ross Levinsohn and I are incubating it ourselves in our office, and are running the company today. What was behind that decision? READ MORE>>.

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Incubator Startup Web Technical Review 239

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2020

The explosion of self-reporting on social media has led us to provide very intimate details of ourselves. Many market research companies now use this data by ‘scraping’ the web to obtain detailed examples of the sentiment relating to particular issues, brands, products, and services. Datafication of offline and back-office activities.

Social Media 124

Social Media Research Examples Commerce 124

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Kanaan Jemili: uCast Global is a digital media company that is looking at creating a scalable global solution for online video. 3 very active, 3 have been deployed. The second ones are media brand and companies and we have several of those brands on our platform. We caught up with Kanaan to learn more about uCast Global.

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Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The cost of entry is so low – you can create a web site for almost nothing - and you are on your way to riches with ecommerce, your latest invention, or personal services. Mashable claims there are 150,000 new web sites created per day. Having a web site is necessary, but not sufficient. Engage your audience with social media.

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Startup Social Media Content Paid Search 96

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The most cost-effective marketing approaches have changed; from catalogs to web sites, and from television commercials to social media. Excessive support and return activities. But I often see premiums being paid for social media monitoring, standard accounting, and facilities mgmt.

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Outsource Development Outsource Metrics Technical Review 122

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2013

Cameron is responsible for SEO and social media across CBS Interactive’s properties, which include CNET, Last.fm, CBS.com, Metacritic, ZDNet, CBSSports.com, CBSNews.com, and more. He is also a former Founding Partner of Performa Media, a performance-based lead generation company with a successful exit in 2010.

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