Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

We don’t hear about the remaining several million apps that are mostly free, and garnering only trivial revenue through advertising. If you want to drive up the demand for your core product, one smart tactic is to drive down the price of all complementary products. Look for value points to control. Be aggressive and alert.

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Develop Development Platform Mobile 138

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2011

Santa Monica-based eHow , the online question and answer site owned by Demand Media, has revealed a new site redesign today, saying it has launched a new look-and-feel plus additional site enhancements. eHow said the new organization makes the site more useful to advertisers. READ MORE>>.

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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?

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It means wasted advertising spend and lost goodwill. An empty textbox, demanding to be filled with a concise, compelling summary to impress potential employers is daunting. The information provided was all pulled from data he’s already entered - just Mark, Houston, Math Teacher, Teach for America.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2021

In today’s mobile hardware environment, that means able to set up meetings, convert text messages to voice, find contact information quickly, and search the Web intelligently for outside info. A good assistant know how get things done efficiently, recognizing user hardware and software limitations. Memorable personality.

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Web Entrepreneur Software Review Google 152

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Someone has to design and create those entertaining or informative messages that are designed to be passed along in an exponential fashion, often electronically or by e-mail. It’s harder than it looks to exploit people’s propensity to share humorous, enjoyable or useful information - jokes, special offers, and games.

Marketing 139

Marketing Startup SEM Blogging 139

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

Los Angeles-based Ad.ly , the Twitter advertising firm headed by Sean Rad, is announcing today that it has raised $5M in a new round of financing. Sean Rad, founder of Ad.ly, told socalTECH that the company will be using the new funding round to scale its business, and field the impressive demand the firm has been seeing. READ MORE>>.

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GRP Partners SoCalTech Advertising Venture Capital 154

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

We don’t hear about the remaining several million apps that are mostly free, and garnering only trivial revenue through advertising. If you want to drive up the demand for your core product, one smart tactic is to drive down the price of all complementary products. Look for value points to control. Be aggressive and alert.

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Mobile Develop Development Platform 126

socalTECH

JULY 18, 2012

Santa Monica-based eHow , the online advice and information site owned by Demand Media, is targeting mothers with a new channel, the company said today. eHow said it has launched a new eHow Mom Channel , specifically designed to provide information to mothers. The channel actually launched in May.

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eHow Santa Monica Demand Sites 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Santa Monica-based eHow , the question and answer site of Demand Media, is announcing today that it has launched a new women-focused channel called Shift. The site will also feature blogs, interviews, and other information driven by Victoria Colligan of Ladies Who Launch. The new channel is being sponsored by L'Oreal. READ MORE>>.

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eHow Santa Monica Journal Demand 196

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

As we go into Halloween this weekend, we want to thank all of our sponsors, advertisers, and members, who make it possible for us to exist. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Advertisers. Tags: sponsor advertising.

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socalTECH

JULY 30, 2010

Revenues were up by 21 percent from the prior year, driven by increases in internet advertising revenues. decrease in automotive e-commerce revenues, related to continued weakness in demand from automotive dealerships. The firm had not previously disclosed financial information about its various acquisitions in the quarter.

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Internet Brands .Net Acquisition Web 160

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Overall, in today’s economy, businesses demand marketers think beyond the everyday ad and try to think outside the box for ad campaigns. This emphasis on engagement is helping many businesses stand out from the onslaught of advertisements that can plague consumers daily. What Consumers and Businesses Want. junk mail?.

Advertising 69

Advertising Training Customer Custom 69

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Don’t hide behind a website with no address, picture, or direct contact information. Audience contributions, like product reviews, discussion board conversations, and comments on your blog are invaluable because they create more credible content and attract more money from advertisers. Automate to the max.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Case Study Software Review Startup 124

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

We caught up with Julie Schoenfeld , the firm's CEO, to hear about how the firm's offerings have evolved, an interesting comparison of the firm's software to what Demand Media is doing, and what this new funding will go towards. It's some of the kinds of things Demand Media does, except, for the newsroom. Congrats on funding.

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Marketing Funding Content Writing 232

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Someone has to design and create those entertaining or informative messages that are designed to be passed along in an exponential fashion, often electronically or by e-mail. It’s harder than it looks to exploit people’s propensity to share humorous, enjoyable or useful information - jokes, special offers, and games.

Marketing 107

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

popped up consistently in an informal (and highly non-scientific poll) of a number of readers, executive recruiters, and others in the Los Angeles area, who cited growth, brand, profitability, and other factors in their suggestions to us of the top companies. Demand Media. Who are the top tech companies to work for in Los Angeles?

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socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Key Information Systems ([link]. Advertisers. Southern California's high tech news and companies. They include: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Startups Made Simple.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 23, 2011

The catalyst was that we saw the demand and it was confirmed by some of the leading advertisers in the marketplace. Pre DataPop, the way advertisers delivered a compelling message was a bunch of search analysts and Excel spreadsheets trying to put together ads. Every advertiser loves it – in the first meeting.

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Yahoo Startup Advertising Summary 210

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

Its primary goal is to focus on identifying what is truly driving demand, analytically, so that our customers can optimize their activities. The client demand we are seeing as we have married our analytics with Jovian's engineering is staggering. Advertisers are known for their creative focus, not focus on analytics.

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Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

We don’t hear about the remaining three million apps that are mostly free, and garnering only trivial revenue through advertising. If you want to drive up the demand for your core product, one smart tactic is to drive down the price of all complementary products. Look for value points to control. Be aggressive and alert.

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Startup Platform Pricing Netflix 98

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Advertisers. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com).

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Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Advertisers. They include: Sponsors. Think Glendale.

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SoCalTech Orange County Southern California IP 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Advertisers. Contact Scott Herson for an overview, pricing and information at herson@joyent.com or 949-861-1069. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Think Glendale.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 9, 2015

Upsell Logically – Craft a seamless path to charge users after a trial period or in exchange for other benefits, such as removal of advertisements or access to additional features. An efficient way to facilitate payment is to capture credit card information when granting access to your free service.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Advertisers. Tags: sponsor advertisement. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Think Glendale.

Orange County 113

Orange County Southern California IP Glendale 113

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Advertisers. Southern California's high tech news and companies. They include: Sponsors. Think Glendale.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

In today’s world of constant change and information overload via the Internet, content marketing and branding are often more important to success than product quality or technology. Position your products as delivery for on-demand services. Use personized smart advertising to target your customers.

Social Media 73

Social Media Customer Custom Mobile 73

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Advertisers. For more information contact Ray Wu-Rorrer at EducationSpec@fbla.org or 800-325-2946 ext. Startups Made Simple.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon Technology Council 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2009

One of our big areas of differentiation is the fact that we have all of this technology to improve data, whether that is looking for other, related data sets, merging that data, or using the technology to mine for factual information, and integrate that into the data set. How does that work? They're using our data in various formats.

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Startup Google S3 Platform 190

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2019

Don’t hide behind a website with no address, picture, or direct contact information. Audience contributions, like product reviews, discussion board conversations, and comments on your blog are invaluable because they create more credible content and attract more money from advertisers. Automate to the max.

Technical Review 97

Technical Review Case Study Software Review Startup 97

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

On the hardware side we need better technology to provide a common digital network around the world, better broadband to satisfy the demand, and wireless ubiquity for connecting people, devices, and businesses. If you can enhance the user’s experience with sending, or getting, real-time information, you should. Be an analytic thinker.

Entrepreneur 95

Entrepreneur Ideas Writing Training 95

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Someone has to design and create those entertaining or informative messages that are designed to be passed along in an exponential fashion, often electronically or by e-mail. It’s harder than it looks to exploit people’s propensity to share humorous, enjoyable or useful information - jokes, special offers, and games.

Marketing 67

Marketing SEM Startup Blogging 67

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

Is there a way you can make direct mail perform more like digital advertising channels? Los Angeles-based Postie (postie.com), backed by Bonfire Ventures and Crosscut Ventures, is applying machine learning and other techniques to direct mail.

CTO Hire 100

CTO Hire Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Marketing 100

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

The firm's CEO and co-founder, Jennifer Sargent , has an interesting background, most recently serving as an executive at Variety/Reed Business Information. As a result, consumers would go away after they hit that information. That ended up being a great training ground to learn about online advertising as a revenue stream.

News 173

News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Don’t hide behind a website with no address, picture, or direct contact information. Audience contributions, like product reviews, discussion board conversations, and comments on your blog are invaluable because they create more credible content and attract more money from advertisers. Automate to the max.

Startup 107

Startup Technical Review Case Study Software Review 107

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2011

On the hardware side we need better technology to provide a common digital network around the world, better broadband to satisfy the demand, and wireless ubiquity for connecting people, devices, and businesses. If you can enhance the user’s experience with sending, or getting, real-time information, you should. Be an analytic thinker.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Ideas Writing Training 92