Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

We have made 5 online video investments in total – some we will talk about later this year. Content is a “hits driven business” and therefore you can only invest in platforms not media. You must invest in technology. Your tech needs to add value to content producers, the audience and advertisers.

SEM 150

SEM Content Platform Acquisition 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

SEO / SEM are promotional techniques for marketing through the Google distribution channel, which have yielded huge benefits to many companies – Yelp being a prime example. How do people drive SEO growth? Rebelling is simply a form of snobbery. Online marketing uses techniques for driving promotion and place. What about mobile?

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Search engine marketing is simply buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company. This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO). In this context, there are many parameters and concepts you need to understand before you buy advertising: Cost per impression (CPI). Cost per click (CPC).

SEM 90

SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

He then worked in consulting which gave him a broad base of business experience working with the newspaper, cable, and advertising industries. Are you thematic in your investing or entrepreneur focused? (11:40-14:15). In 2003 one of their first investments was Qiigo, Mike Yavondite’s company. 11:40-14:15). 37:00-40:30).

Capital 265

Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

However, as I read more about your focus, you are using these things in a slightly different way, i.e., not sure if SEO is as important. I recently posted about SEO for Startups. Is/was SEO important for MakeItWork? I'd rather invest time investing in social media to drive traffic to our site. Great stuff!

Acquisition 170

Acquisition Customer Custom Ideas 170

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Vince Bianco: The company has been around since 2006, and we started by launching an SEO tool for press releases for professionals. The wizard, which you can find on Newsforce.com, essentially allows anybody, with little or no SEO experience, to optimize their press release for search, prior to sending it over the wire.

News 124

News Advertising Press Sites 124

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

I pick my topics to answer and they’re ones that I know better than most having worked at Fox through all of our growth years and building out this large advertising network. And, finally, anybody who works in the space of SEO knows that the hottest thing going right now in user results are Q&A sites (see below).

Blogging 301

Blogging SEO Startup Writing 301

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

If you web site is not optimized for search engines (SEO), all your online content and marketing efforts are wasted. There is still a place for paid advertising. Online advertising is the promotion of your site and content on other sites, such as pay-per-click contextual ads, banner ads, rich media ads, and ads in newsletters.

Startup 96

Startup Social Media Content Paid Search 96

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

If a tutor were to go out and try to advertise like we do, they would go under, and they'd lose money right away. We were able to boot strap the company on only $800, and scaled it to millions in revenues without investment, because of the efficiency of our marketing. Customer acquisition costs can be as much as $200 an hour.

Startup 113

Startup Venture Capital Beverly Hills Acquisition 113

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. Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil. Affiliates invest the up-front marketing expenses required to attract customers.

Customer 164

Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2010

I started looking to sell ModernMom and do something strategic a few years ago when I saw that there was a shift in the mom space, where advertisers and brand partners were moving from targeting mass numbers of people, towards niche sites. Brands are definitely investing it in the women and mom's space. Lolita Carrico: I think so.

Networking 230

Networking Social Media Startup Search Engine Optimization 230

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K. Sales and marketing costs. Of course, a word of caution is also in order here.

Startup 102

Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM Social Network 102

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

If your web site is not optimized for search engines (SEO), all your online content and marketing efforts are wasted. There is still a place for paid advertising. Online advertising is the promotion of your site and content on other sites such as pay-per-click contextual ads, banner ads, rich media ads, and ads in newsletters.

Social Media 93

Social Media Content Startup Web 93

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

We've also got SEO feed pages. Because we have a large, structured database, we are using SEO to feed content to the search engines. He's now at Gogii, which has received investment from Kleiner. So, the core revenue model is online advertising. B2B advertising is really an interesting story.

SEO 100

SEO Advertising Gogii Tech Coast Angels 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

What would it take in investments to acquire and retain traffic to support these businesses? Equally, hoping to unseat TripAdvisor without understand their SEO strengths and how much it would cost to knock them down would be naïve. But I’m investing on the assumption you will be successful, of course. Market Structure.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. See my interview a while back with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM 94

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The theme for Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is startups and Hollywood, featuring leaders from movie studios, music labels, agencies, and startups in entertainment – how Hollywood studios are investing and working with startups, and how Silicon Beach startups are making entertainment businesses.

Hollywood 100

Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Recycled Bride earns revenue from sales commissions, premium memberships, and advertising. Funding was a major challenge for Tracy, since she had no experience in the space and needed to prove her model before finding investment capital. Business Model? What inspired you?

Design 84

Design Social Media Sales Sites 84

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

I was in advertising and marketing, working in Newport Beach on the Mazda account. We bat about 800 in terms of people buying off on the idea, who understand the bigger reach we have on the Internet, and the more SEO/SEM we do, which delivers business to them that they wouldn't have gotten otherwise. It's down in Laguna Beach.

Activity 164

Activity Startup Sites Web 164

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. See my interview a while back with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each.

Startup 50

Startup High Tech Search Engine Optimization SEM 50

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Find sources of capital— friends & family, business bank loans , angel investment , venture capital or even crowdfunding ( Crowdfunder , Fundable ). Improve SEO. Get paid online ads, such as Google AdWords and Facebook Advertising. Financing and Business Planning. Recommended. Plan your marketing strategy.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup Google Mentor 40

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Just this year, Q2 investments in SoCal and New England were virtually the same, with $838 million and $843 million invested respectively, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Report. Advertise on VentureBeat. SEO Software. blog comments powered by Disqus. most popular. most shared. October 20, 2012 1:57 PM.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We spoke about the changes to an “accredited investor&# proposed by Chris Dodd – This would be bad for angel investing. Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos. Addressable advertisements are capable of being targeted to the individual household. Short answer: no.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2016

From the day after we sold the company until today I felt it was important that I not comment too much publicly about online video even though I continued to work actively in the sector and made five more investments. We had a studio and invested in content creation. Who came up with this term and why? We sold brand integration.

Content 150

Content Snapchat Platform SEO 150