Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2020

That means starting your search through contract services sites, rather than conventional career hiring sites. You can advertise your “greener” strategy, which today will get you greater customer loyalty and advocacy. You all have to deal today primarily with on-demand customers in an on-demand economy.

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Competition Startup Demand Training 168

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. Where does someone who is starting a hairdressers advertise their business? What is ProfileTree?

Advertising 79

Advertising Services Social Network Startup 79

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

And the most logical one seemed to be “eyeballs” or number of unique monthly users finding their way to the site or registering for the service. per registered user of ICQ, the early messaging service. And yet, users rave about the service, and spend long durations of time on the site. Remembering the insanity before 2000.

Metrics 296

Metrics Sites Advertising Web 296

socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2009

Los Angeles-based Ace Metrix is looking to apply analytics to the television advertising market, saying this morning that it has launched a service which helps advertisers measure persuasion and watchability of their advertising. Tags: metrix advertising content analytics startup saas software. READ MORE>>.

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Advertising Palomar SaaS Research 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Thanks to all of our sponsors and advertisers, who make our coverage of Southern. Thanks this week to our sponsors and advertisers, which include Clearstone. Advertisers. pushing CEOs and business owners to innovate to outperform the competition. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider.

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SoCalTech Advertising Rustic Canyon Glendale 127

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2021

Most leaders agree that poor customer service is a business killer today, in terms of lost customers, reduced profits, and low morale. Young entrepreneurs and startups, in particular, often remain naively unfocused, despite their passion, of what it takes to provide the high-quality service expected. Train and coach continuously.

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Startup Training Custom Customer 154

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

Paid search engine ranking (PPC) is just buying advertising for your business. In this context, there are many parameters and concepts you need to understand before you buy advertising: Cost per impression (CPI). All these models start with the advertiser choosing the right search keywords to match user searches.

PPC 154

PPC SEO Paid Search Search Engine Optimization 154

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Is Automated Advertising the next-generation Customer Relationship Management (CRM)? I often describe the similarities between what the automated advertising industry is doing and how CRM developed. It later expanded into customer service management, marketing, etc. Now, let’s look at Automated Advertising.

Advertising 76

Advertising Sales Organization Custom 76

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Simply, it’s offering a specific product or service to a specific group of people. Here’s a question to respond to a question: Would you want to throw away advertising or marketing dollars reaching people who won’t buy no matter what? You’ll have less competition. Think about your product or service. This is easy.

Marketing 266

Marketing Resource Advertising Social Media 266

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. We don’t hear about the remaining several million apps that are mostly free, and garnering only trivial revenue through advertising. You provide the free app in the App Store that gives subscribers mobile access to your service.

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Develop Development Platform Mobile 138

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

It highlights the story of how United Airlines paid no attention to social media while Dave’s story of his crushed guitar and poor customer service went viral around the world. population now using social media, at least 30% look at profiles on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn before buying any product or service. You need to be there.

Social Media 142

Social Media Media Platform Custom 142

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Glendale-based LegalZoom , the online service which provides legal documents to consumers and small businesses, said late Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against competitor RocketLawyer. LegalZoom said that the suit alleges false and misleading advertising by RocketLawyer, trademark infringement, and unfair competition.

Legalzoom 183

Legalzoom Glendale Advertising Competition 183

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2013

Most leaders agree that poor customer service is a business killer today, in terms of lost customers, reduced profits, and low morale. Young entrepreneurs and startups, in particular, often remain naively unfocused, despite their passion, of what it takes to provide the high-quality service expected. Train and coach continuously.

Custom 92

Custom Customer Startup Services 92

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

These days, I’m hearing more and more that Location-Based Services (LBS) are entering the mainstream for mobile users, but I’m not sure why. If your B2B contacts are frequenting other non-competitive local businesses, LBS data could point you to more lucrative business partnerships. Sponsorships and advertising. Lead generation.

Services 82

Services Competition Mobile Entertainment 82

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.

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GRP Partners Advertising Idealab Social Network 191

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. Word of mouth advertising and viral marketing cost big bucks these days so budget for it.

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Startup Patents Competition Social Network 160

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

Social-media advertising. Social-media advertising relies on popular social media sites (such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter) to generate leads through pay-per-click ads and tweets on sites that target customers in specific demographics. Display advertising. Trade shows.

Marketing 114

Marketing Invest Social Media SEM 114

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.

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Google Advertising Santa Monica SoCalTech 191

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

This is the confirmation that your product or service fills a real need in the marketplace. New business models that provide an ongoing revenue stream, or a secondary stream from advertising, raise your margins and can give you some additional satisfaction. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry.

Startup 118

Startup Satisfaction Custom Customer 118

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2011

These days, I’m hearing more and more about Location-Based Services (LBS) as the next big opportunity for startups. If your B2B contacts are frequenting other non-competitive local businesses, LBS data could point you to more lucrative business partnerships. Sponsorships and advertising. See who checks into your competition.

Services 91

Services Startup Competition Entertainment 91

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

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

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

And the most logical one seemed to be “eyeballs” or number of unique users finding their way to the site or registering for the service. per registered user of ICQ, the early messaging service. And yet, users rave about the service, and spend long durations of time on the site. And the numbers were staggering. AOL paid $40.00

Metrics 207

Metrics Sites Advertising Web 207

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. We don’t hear about the remaining several million apps that are mostly free, and garnering only trivial revenue through advertising. You provide the free app in the App Store that gives subscribers mobile access to your service.

Mobile 126

Mobile Develop Development Platform 126

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2020

This is the confirmation that your product or service fills a real need in the marketplace. New business models that provide an ongoing revenue stream, or a secondary stream from advertising, raise your margins and can give you some additional satisfaction. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry.

Satisfaction 174

Satisfaction Custom Customer Outsource 174

Berkonomics

JULY 26, 2018

Is your product or service one that responds to a customer need, real or perceived? In general, there are three types of products or services: those a customer needs, those a customer wants, an d those a customer believes he does not want or need. Can you, your sales people and your marketing staff answer this succinctly?

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Sales Custom Customer Pricing 226

socalTECH

MAY 15, 2013

The Santa Monica-based company said that it has launched a next generation site, which it had codenamed "Malibu", to drive new growth and new members for the service. Warren recently returned to head up eHarmony as CEO, and the company has been making a concerted push to grow its services.

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eHarmony Malibu Santa Monica Design 178

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2023

Should they focus on increasing revenues and profitability, or entice more and more users with “free” services, to increase their valuation. The concept of free goods and services to get you hooked, financed by deep pockets, or advertising, seems marginally ethical to many. Understanding competitive early mover requirements.

Organization 94

Organization Invest Custom Customer 94

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

There are an awful lot of Internet music services out there nowadays--how does a startup try to compete with all that noise, and do it ad-free? Los Angeles-based Radical.FM (www.radical.fm) thinks it has a new formula for Internet streaming, and can take on Pandora and others in head to head competition. They should be much higher.

Startup 237

Startup Services Advertising Content 237

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

Should they focus on increasing revenues and profitability, or entice more and more users with “free” services, to increase their valuation. The concept of free goods and services to get you hooked, financed by deep pockets, or advertising, seems marginally ethical to many. Understanding competitive early mover requirements.

Organization 173

Organization Invest Custom Customer 173

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2015

Don’t bash the competition. Every investor knows how vulnerable a new startup is to competitors, so investors always ask about your sustainable competitive advantage in the marketplace. That says you are competitive today, have a real barrier to entry, and the potential to remain ahead of the competition for a long time.

Startup 118

Startup Competition Patents Resource 118

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

Social-media advertising. Social-media advertising relies on popular social media sites (such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter) to generate leads through pay-per-click ads and tweets on sites that target customers in specific demographics. Display advertising. Trade shows.

Custom 146

Custom Customer Marketing Startup 146

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For example, many investors I know tell me they look for business plans that allocate the largest portion of a requested investment to marketing, but most often see the top “ use of funds ” to be further product or service development. The smart ones were already working on new features, and able to counter competition quickly.

Marketing 133

Marketing Custom Customer Outsource Development 133

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2021

The founder explains that the product or service is so “buzz-worthy” that the merits will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. In addition, special offers and competition prizes may be required. Develop viral content. That’s a double death wish.

Marketing 139

Marketing Startup SEM Blogging 139

socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2013

Are you trying to figure out where your competitors and running in-app advertising on Android? San Diego-based WhatRunsWhere said today that it has launched a brand new service, which helps advertisers track what ads competitors are running into mobile apps for the Android operating system.

Advertising 138

Advertising San Diego Mobile Pricing 138

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

MARCH 2, 2019

It highlights the story of how United Airlines paid no attention to social media while Dave’s story of his crushed guitar and poor customer service went viral around the world. population now using social media, at least 30% look at profiles on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn before buying any product or service. You need to be there.

Social Media 98

Social Media Platform Media Custom 98