Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2015

To make this work, you need heavy traffic on your site -- probably at least a million page views per month -- which most sites never achieve in their lifetimes. While you are doing all this work, of course, you need deep pockets to fund all your efforts, content and growing website hosting fees.

Advertising 99

Advertising CPC PPC Sites 99

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

And of course, the fines are astronomical. Think of the advertisements that follow you around various sites for days and weeks after you visit the first site and look for a product.) Of course, CCPA protects children under 18 by strictly prohibiting the sale of any information containing data from this group.

Sites 149

Sites Email Google Course 149

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

Of course, starting and running your own business comes with financial and personal risks, so I always recommend that you do your homework first, and follow some tried and proven strategies to improve your odds of success. Pick a name, location, and marketing strategy early. Names and taglines are critical to success.

Social Media 98

Social Media Metrics Media Tool 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Of course, growth is implied in every focus, and profit enables growth. Facebook is indeed the largest growth site on the web, with almost three billion user accounts, all free. So let’s take a look.

Platform 118

Platform Snapchat Startup Course 118

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. While traditional methods (PR, advertising, events, seminars) and online methods (SEO, SEM, social, referral marketing) are well understood by most companies there are many methods that are less well publicized. It’s worth a quick read. Underbelly.

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2020

That means starting your search through contract services sites, rather than conventional career hiring sites. Of course, as you work with contract players, explore the potential for a long-term relationship, and wait until your organization matures to pursue career positions.

Competition 168

Competition Startup Demand Training 168

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The TechZulu team is coming back to Pubcon this year from November 9-10 to bring you some amazing content from the masters of affiliate marketing, Search and SEO, Social Media, Link building, Advertising, Branding, PR, Analytics and tons more. Other then to come hang with the TZ crew of course.

SEO 64

SEO Advertising Conference Social Media 64

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 7, 2013

margins offered by YouTube, MCNs must drive fans to purchase merchandise, experience videos on wholly owned (non-YouTube) sites and directly negotiate sponsorships with advertisers, rather than solely relying on YouTube''s ad network. However, to move beyond the average 16.5% Fighting Nerds.

Course 190

Course Advertising Social Media Content 190

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2020

Of course, most of you expect that raising money will be difficult, as well as staving off competitors, and handling that occasional toxic customer. YouTube and Facebook, for example, both advertised themselves as dating sites until they recognized from results that the dating market segment was already over-saturated.

Entrepreneur 122

Entrepreneur Startup Course Examples 122

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

We teach people how to make web series and video for the web, and specifically for sites like YouTube, and independent networks like Flip and Dailymotion. We teach through video tutorials, with courses around specific sites, like how to make content for FunnyorDie, taught by one of the staff writers from FunnyOrDie.

Web 187

Web Content Startup Education 187

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site. Advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. People buy from people.

Search Engine Optimization 96

Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites Advertising 96

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site. Advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. People buy from people.

Search Engine Optimization 105

Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising SEO 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The relationships are online, with influencers other than your advertising and promotions setting the trends, customers deciding where to buy, and how much they’re willing to pay. Customers skip over your ads, and easily find the real best deals through “best value” sites on the Internet.

Demand 126

Demand Custom Customer Startup 126

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site. Add a modest advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them.

Search Engine Optimization 54

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 54

socalTECH

JULY 1, 2014

In today''s online world, there are audio streaming sites (Spotify et al), and there are video streaming sites (Youtube, Vevo, etc.); However, one local startup-- Vadio (www.vadio.com)--is hoping to bring those worlds together, by using technology to automatically add and synchronize video streaming to existing, audio streaming sites.

Platform 164

Platform Startup Content Sites 164

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The idea was that if you could put up a consumer site that was seen as the best place to consume content then people wouldn’t go to lower-quality or free sites to get it. The founders felt that having a legitimate site for content would discourage Silicon Valley VC’s from funding entrepreneurs to create the next big TV killer.

Hulu 292

Hulu Technical Review Content Advertising 292

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2015

This is the brainchild of eBay, and specifically eBay''s Classifieds group, which runs classified sites around the world. We have about sixteen sites around the world that operate under different brand names and with different goals. All of those are desktop-based sites, although we also have mobile experiences and mobile apps.

San Diego 100

San Diego Mobile Marketing Sites 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The TechZulu team is coming back to Pubcon this year from November 9-10 to bring you some amazing content from the masters of affiliate marketing, Search and SEO, Social Media, Link building, Advertising, Branding, PR, Analytics and tons more. Other then to come hang with the TZ crew of course.

SEO 40

SEO Advertising Conference Social Media 40

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site. Include links to other sites showing your positives. Advertising presence. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility.

Tips 92

Tips Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising 92

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 22, 2012

In addition to all of that, Stacksocial helps people discover their inner geek by offerings educational courses too. The courses include, app building, web development, Online Entrepreneurship and much more. Their Bundle categories consist of Music apps, Mac Productivity, Web Design and more.

Software 84

Software Web Design Pricing Course 84

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 28, 2010

Web development refers to the design and creation of the database, code, and dynamic elements of the site. Freelance Sites - he considered using one of the freelance sites, but was concerned about the quality he would get. Craigslist - He also considered advertising on Craigslist, but again was concerned about quality.

Web Development 167

Web Development Los Angeles Web Develop 167

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2019

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Of course, growth is implied in every focus, and profit enables growth. Facebook is indeed the largest growth site on the web, with well over two billion user accounts, all free. So let’s take a look.

Snapchat 74

Snapchat Startup Course Yahoo 74

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Content, of course, is the same!]. How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Private, flash sales site focused on apparel goods (women, men and children). Users: More than 280mm monthly users worldwide use its apps or see its advertising. TechCrunch article. Total raised: $129.0mm.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Of course, monetization of search became one of the best business models in the history of business. Around 2003, Quigo was doing tens of millions of dollars in revenue with two main products: a ready-to-use, search engine marketing solution for advertisers called FeedPoint and a contextual advertising platform for publishers called AdSonar.

Google 302

Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

“I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, but I can never find out which half.” In the “good old days”, pre- 1999, advertising dollars were largely gambled away. Thus, avoid link farms, mindless keyword content and similar techniques designed to make your site more Google friendly. John Wanamaker.

Custom 164

Custom Customer Advertising SEM 164

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Hmmm, I actually don’t read other entrepreneurial books or blogs – except infoChachkie of course [Editor’s Note: Kevin is clearly full of it here!]. Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory. Now, there are hundreds of millions of web sites and hundreds of billions of web pages.

Blogging 219

Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Hmmm, I actually don’t read other entrepreneurial books or blogs – except infoChachkie of course [Editor’s Note: Kevin is clearly full of it here!]. Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory. Now, there are hundreds of millions of web sites and hundreds of billions of web pages.

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Of course, we know there are ways to restrict access to your posts to certain people, but on a public social network the process is often very cumbersome. All users are protected from things like tracking, stalking and spying by advertisers inside of the site. How many users do you currently have?

Social Network 106

Social Network Networking Sites Ideas 106

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

A few years ago, before the Internet was pervasive, before everyone carried a smartphone and before do-it-yourself software tools were available for free, it was difficult to reach a critical mass of new customers without spending a million dollars on a website, custom software and television advertising.

Startup 108

Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media Outsource Development 108

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Learning experience includes: on-demand online video tutorial courses, live video-conference workshops, as well as individual online consultations, live workshops, and group programs. Creators can take any course of interest on-demand by purchasing it through our website. How does it work? Take us through your features?

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum. We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. Time will tell.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2010

They point to YouTube as the big gorilla, but also social networking with video (Bebo), and video job sites (VisualCV). billion for the site in 2006. According to predictions and what I see on the many sites I have visited, there are still positives and negatives to consider: YouTube is already gigantic, so the interest is there.

Hulu 84

Hulu Social Network Blogging Netflix 84

Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. This new company is in the Internet advertising (technology) space. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush?

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development 40

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

We now have over 100 million users visiting our owned and operated sites, and we're also doing this for other people like USA Today. She's a great expert, cable quality, and we feature multiple camera angels, visual stills, and of course the talent of the puppy. Joanne Bradford: I think quality improvements are a huge part of the game.

Demand 240

Demand Media eHow Content 240

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Recently, Santa Monica-based Docstoc (www.docstoc.com) launched a new marketplace on its site, for anyone interested in selling professional documents. What kind of documents do you envision people offering through the site? That works like Docstoc, which is now probably the fastest growing web site for small businesses.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Of course, growth is implied in every focus, and profit enables growth. Facebook is indeed the largest growth site on the web, with more than a billion user accounts, all free. So let’s take a look.

Startup 96

Startup Course Yahoo Funding 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2017

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Of course, growth is implied in every focus, and profit enables growth. Facebook is indeed the largest growth site on the web, with more than two billion user accounts, all free. So let’s take a look.

Snapchat 55

Snapchat Startup Course Yahoo 55