Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Your Twitter and YouTube messages better match your print advertising message. Return-On-Investment metrics are not new, but the tools are different.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2019

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Even informal results can be your best advertising. It’s difficult to measure the planet and people accounts in any quantifiable terms, compared to profits.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

What kind of clients are definitely not a good fit? But then Facebook became a more crowded platform, and the same happened with Google: more advertisers, higher CPM and a more competitive environment. Have you worked with a talented individual or agency who helped you find and keep more users?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

First of all, a definition. Obviously this definition is generic, so my first recommendation is that you take the lead in defining traction metrics for your startup, and then selling your results convincingly to investors. Your graph should show that sales have “turned upward” per projections, beyond friends and family.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2017

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Check your brand definition against the clarity of this one from Xerox for office software. Return-On-Investment metrics are not new, but the tools are different.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2017

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Your Twitter and YouTube messages better match your print advertising message. Return-On-Investment metrics are not new, but the tools are different.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Even informal results can be your best advertising. It’s difficult to measure the planet and people accounts in any quantifiable terms, compared to profits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2012

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Your Twitter and YouTube messages better match your print advertising message. Return-On-Investment metrics are not new, but the tools are different.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2017

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Even informal results can be your best advertising. It’s difficult to measure the planet and people accounts in any quantifiable terms, compared to profits.

Tips 55

Tips Startup Entrepreneur Examples 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2013

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Even informal results can be your best advertising. It’s difficult to measure the planet and people accounts in any quantifiable terms, compared to profits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2011

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Your Twitter YouTube messages better match your print advertising message. Return-On-Investment metrics are not new, but the tools are different.

Social Media 93

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Platform 93

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Twitter’s initial access to its analytics dashboard was just limited to advertisers, Twitter card publishers, and verified users. It provides key metrics that allow you to have a better understanding of your tweets. But now, thanks to Twitter Analytics , everyone can have a better grasp of how their tweets are doing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Financial forecast and metrics. Funding requirements.

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Competition Metrics Startup Invest 113

socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2016

The number one metric we are targeting with Gatsby, is the pre-conversion and abandonment rate. Brett Bernstein: Yes, Facebook will be out shortly after this, and although we don't want to give away too much, we definitely have a roadmap. Any plans to expand this to other social networks? Finally, What's next?

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Social Media Social Network Examples Startup 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

These metrics-application rely on our need to know our “value” and will only continue to perpetuate the dilution of online engagement. By definition, tweeting well, using Facebook to the fullest, or being the mayor of whatever on Foursquare doesn’t hold any actual value, unless you own Facebook, Twitter, or Foursquare.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Financial forecast and metrics. Funding requirements.

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Competition Metrics Startup Sales 116

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Clinton Foy: That depends on your definition of big. What would be interesting, is when the non-endemic sponsors and brands start to get into advertising and positioning in e-sports, such as the Toyotas, the Hyundais, the Allstates and State Farms, the McDonalds. That's what's exciting about this. It's not quite as big as the NFL.

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Riot Games Southern California Invest Mobile 100

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. Our traffic metrics have been growing, and we're now up to over 2 million monthly uniques, and 7 million monthly page views. Right now, we are running targeted ads using ad networks or whatnot.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

We weren’t in enough cities to do national advertising campaigns yet we weren’t centralized enough to benefit off of our central marketing traction. And my family are a definitely a “MakeSpace family” regularly donning MakeSpace t-shirts at school and at home and cheering every time we see a MakeSpace truck driving down an LA freeway.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2010

That’s great if your goal is to have 5,000 hits (as the case may be with those looking for advertising revenue based on volume). With goals in place, your metrics have so much more meaning and the time you spend analyzing data will drive more informed decisions geared at improving your conversion rates. to buy my eBook”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it requires at least 100M users and $50M investment. Financial forecast and metrics.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

On the SEO side of things, I'll definitely want to get your feedback on Browse My Stuff. and also to local advertisements. I'm working quite a bit with startups who are leveraging social media, but I'm finding it hard to predict success and metrics. I'll be interested to see what it turns into. For me, it's a matter of degree.

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

I’ve definitely thought to myself “take me back” multiple times. This year, it being our third year in a row conducting on site interviews and live streaming, we definitely had to ensure this year’s lineup was up to snuff with the great ongoings of SXSW.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2018

What is the definition of traction for a business startup today? Unfortunately, your personal assessment that you have traction probably won’t be convincing to potential investors and partners, so it’s important that you create and track your progress against some metrics. Define metrics on customer feedback and user counts.

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