Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

It is a platform that allows anyone who offers a service to advertise it for free – we promote this profile on the most popular social networks such as Twitter , Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest, Stumbleupon and many more. ProfileTree was a good fit – the branches – network, leaves – people.

Advertising 79

Advertising Services Social Network Startup 79

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Now these principles are complicated by the worldwide instant access to many competitive alternatives, indirect social and environment impacts, and the velocity of change enabled by the pervasive market move to digital. These principles include the following: Free and ultra-low cost may no longer be competitive.

Marketing 124

Marketing Customer Custom Competition 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

Love that sustainable competitive advantage. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Both are networks.

Startup 160

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 160

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2017

Revenue and competitive position followed. They have no understanding or patience for extra steps and delays caused by bureaucratic processes, disengaged employees, complex networks, or software usability problems. Facebook’s winning strategy was a laser focus on increasing active user counts and time spent online.

Competition 65

Competition Social Media Metrics Customer 65

socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2009

In what might be some new competition for Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project , the high profile ad optimization firm headed by Frank Addante, search engine giant Google told its advertisers late Wednesday that it will begin to offer similar capabilities in its AdSense program.

Google 191

Google Advertising Santa Monica SoCalTech 191

Frank Addante

AUGUST 22, 2013

Advertising is following similar trends that we’ve seen in the financial industry, where trades are now executed in nanoseconds. The impact of this is that hyper-speed, hyper-scale advertising automation/decisioning platforms now require hardware that’s faster than hardware required to scale Web sites or mobile applications.

Advertising 79

Advertising Cloud Computing Web Technical Review 79

socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision Blizzard announced this morning that it has launched a brand new, Esports division, which will focus on competitive gaming and growth of esports. Activision titles in the Esports are include StarCraft, World of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm, HearthStone, and more.

Activision 100

Activision Santa Monica Competition Advertising 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Courting them with ongoing updates and special offers through their social networks is a natural way to keep their loyalty. Keep up with the competition. Last year, Facebook’s revenue from advertising was over $55 billion, which was a 50% year-over-year increase. Proactive customer service. Marty Zwilling.

Social Media 142

Social Media Media Platform Customer 142

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Today they say its Africa’s largest and fastest growing social networking utility with over 4,000 daily new sign-ups. They also add that LAGbook ranks #2 in the city of Yaba-Lagos, where the social network was incepted, and #37 in the city of Hirtshal, Denmark. We create a social network for students of the University of Lagos.

Social Network 100

Social Network Networking Advertising Startup 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Ad.ly , the Twitter advertising startup, is further looking to diversify its service from Twitter, saying this week that it has added support for Facebook. had added support for MySpace in June, shortly after Twitter said it would not allow other companies to automatically include advertising into Twitter.

GRP Partners 191

GRP Partners Advertising Idealab Social Network 191

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

Yesterday MiTú Networks announced that Upfront Ventures led a $10 million financing in what is now the largest producer of Latino online videos – primarily driven through YouTube. In food you have the amazing food network Tastemade – the Food Network of online video. Indeed we are already seeing that online.

Invest 291

Invest Content Media Networking 291

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2010

Los Angeles-based Mail.com , the online media network run by Jay Penske, is being sued by The Gross Family Foundation, a New York-based charity, over its use of "FASHION ROCKS" to advertise and promote its own multimedia services.

Advertising 182

Advertising Entertainment Media Competition 182

socalTECH

MAY 24, 2010

Micro-messaging service Twitter said this morning that it is banning third-party advertising in its stream, taking direct aim at Los Angeles-based Twitter advertising service Ad.ly. However, Twitter's own "Promoted Tweets" feature is direct competition to TweetUp's services.

Idealab 173

Idealab GRP Partners Advertising Pasadena 173

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Personalized card-linked offers Edo has raised $15million, ready to set a new trend in the payments and advertising sector. Ed Braswell, CEO, edo says this is necessary as, “Payments and advertising are colliding; to stay competitive firms are searching for solutions to drive customer acquisition, loyalty and return on marketing investment.”.

Advertising 64

Advertising Media Networking Capital 64

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Now these principles are complicated by the worldwide instant access to many competitive alternatives, indirect social and environment impacts, and the velocity of change enabled by the pervasive market move to digital. These principles include the following: Free and ultra-low cost may no longer be competitive.

Customer 101

Customer Custom Competition Netflix 101

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. Advertising revenue is generated from each site visitor, paid or otherwise. Any competition in LA? Athletes can join for free.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. 8 ) Click-to-call has been around for years, yet RingRevenue has secured non-exclusive relationships with the five largest affiliate networks.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2022

Revenue and competitive position followed. They have no understanding or patience for extra steps and delays caused by bureaucratic processes, disengaged employees, complex networks, or software usability problems. Facebook’s winning strategy was a laser focus on increasing active user counts and time spent online.

Startup 144

Startup Social Media Metrics Customer 144

Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2015

Susan is a startup coach and the founder of Givelocity, a social network for giving that offers a new spin on crowdfunding for good. She was a member of the founding team at LinkExchange, pioneering the online banner advertising network. She’s been on the founding team of 9 startups, six with successful exits.

Santa Barbara 70

Santa Barbara Startup Mentor Social Network 70

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

I don’t intend either, Burstly has respectable and strong competition. He knows the ad management and ad network businesses. He’s a natural leader, appropriately competitive, very customer focused and a pleasure to work with. This post is mine and written by me based on my understanding of Burstly.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2019

Courting them with ongoing updates and special offers through their social networks is a natural way to keep their loyalty. Keep up with the competition. Last year, Facebook’s revenue from advertising was over $55 billion, which was a 50% year-over-year increase. Proactive customer service. Marty Zwilling.

Social Media 98

Social Media Platform Media Customer 98

Berkonomics

APRIL 8, 2021

Not every new game-related site is a Steam, and surely not every social network is a Facebook. Google became an overnight industry standard for search strictly by word of mouth, never spending a dime on advertising in its early years. It doesn’t happen by accident. And not every texting application is a Twitter. Fourth: measurement.

Sites 156

Sites Product Social Network Press 156

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation. that is an “in-stream advertising&# company currently focused on monetizing Twitter. This has prompted many people to question whether advertising “in stream&# and on Twitter is a good thing or a bad thing. So what do we mean by in-stream advertising?

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

The consumer piece is a big part of our business, and the next big piece is the advertiser platform, plus everything we wrap around the advertiser experience, helping them to manage their content, and provide great reporting, and helping them to understand the ROI of doing business with us. We''re connecting those two parties.

Technical Review 223

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Along with Greycroft, I was the first institutional investor in Maker Studios (sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion) and am still the largest investor in Mitu Network , the largest online video producer of Latino content. Your tech needs to add value to content producers, the audience and advertisers. You must invest in technology.

SEM 150

SEM Content Platform Acquisition 150

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

The buy puts ReachLocal squarely into the fast growing area of daily deals, but also potentially into competition with such companies as Groupon and LivingSocial. We're going to local merchants, getting deals, and building the DealOn network. It's an interesting opportunity to pursue, and a sourcing and network play.

ReachLocal 249

ReachLocal Woodland Hills Acquisition Advertising 249

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The second annual USC Silicon Beach event, hosted by the four professional schools at USC, featured a pitch competition and a conference filled with informational panels and interviews. Startup Pitch Competition. I tried to treat it as a learning experience and refined my pitch for this competition.”.

USC 98

USC Cornerstone OnDemand Southern California Netflix 98

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

A consumer piece is a big part of our business, and the next big piece is the advertiser platform, plus everything we wrap around the advertisers experience, helping them to manage their content, and provide great reporting, and helping them to understand the ROI of doing business with us. We''re connecting those two parties.

Technical Review 211

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Among one of the fastest growing industries--despite what has been a stagnant economy--is Internet advertising, which has continued to grow strongly over the past two years. For today's interview, we spoke with Tim Cadogan , CEO of OpenX, to hear more about the firm's growth on the strength of Internet advertising, and what the firm is up to.

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OpenX Advertising Yahoo Pasadena 242

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

It’s building a product that is substantially differentiated, and, as Bill Gross, one of the most prolific tech entrepreneurs of our era says, “ It needs to be 10x better than the competition ” (because if you shoot for that then in competitive markets you might achieve 3x. How do people drive SEO growth?

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

The pedigreed studio has in recent times faced more internal competition from its siblings inside Tencent, particularly the Lightspeed Quantum studio, which is behind the successful mobile version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). One potential drawback is it will drive down traffic and discourage advertisers.

Tips 149

Tips Activision Mobile Tool 149

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Los Angeles is rapidly gaining a reputation as being the center of the Internet advertising world, for good reason, with a large number of online advertising firms located within and around Los Angeles. One of those firms is Hydra (www.hydranetwork.com), which is a cost-per-action affiliate advertising network.

Advertising 100

Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Customer 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Los Angeles is rapidly gaining a reputation as being the center of the Internet advertising world, for good reason, with a large number of online advertising firms located within and around Los Angeles. One of those firms is Hydra (www.hydranetwork.com), which is a cost-per-action affiliate advertising network.

Advertising 100

Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Customer 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Right now, when people are communicating using Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and others, those businesses are principally using display advertising and sponsored listings to monetize those users. We have standing agreements to drive revenue share from all of those merchants in our network. We're taking a different approach.

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

If your B2B contacts are frequenting other non-competitive local businesses, LBS data could point you to more lucrative business partnerships. Broadcast sponsorships and advertising. then you may want to consider potential sponsorships or advertising opportunities with that business or venue. Track the competition.

Competition 84

Competition Entertainment Advertising Social Media 84

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The Internet thus far has been monetized by display, video, and in-text advertising — but the one place every user’s eye focuses on first are photos. After Tanz had sold his pre-Instagram photo-sharing app called MoJungle, he was intrigued with notion of bringing advertising to photos, and had no idea if it was even possible.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Top social networks are Facebook (1.2 SEM is the most common form of online marketing, which increases your website visibility on search engine results pages through optimization and advertising. Never “sell” or push out your message like conventional advertising. billion users).

Social Media 108

Social Media Media Startup Tips 108