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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It means wasted advertising spend and lost goodwill. During signup, the professional is prompted to enter their profile into a form, with an upload box for a resume, fields for awards, skills and certifications, and then a textbox - 500 characters max - for their professional summary.

Generative AI 295

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence TechEmpower Tips 295

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Add a modest advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility. These are all minimal-cost survival marketing efforts.

Web 117

Web Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising 117

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2016

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. Social-media advertising. Display advertising. Email marketing.

Customer 60

Customer Custom Marketing Social Media 60

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2014

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype, and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market-research data. Conduct your own customized market research. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.

Marketing 97

Marketing Entrepreneur Statistics Research 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2021

The specifics of these shortcomings are hard to nail down, but I was impressed with the good summary provided in a new book, “ Make It, Don’t Fake It ,” by Sabrina Horn. Evaluate the brand impact of proposed market moves. The push is always on to grow your market with new geographies, new products, and new market segments.

Examples 170

Examples Customer Custom Social Media 170

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2021

Here is a quick summary of the priorities normally covered by the due diligence process: Evaluation of key players. Size of the market. One of the criteria for a good investment is a large and fast growing “potential market.” Sales and marketing strategy. This is the highest priority item.

Technical Review 152

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Summary 152

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

I just finished a new book, “ Shortcut Your Startup ,” by the entrepreneur brothers Courtney and Carter Reum, and I like their summary of five critical changes in the market that every entrepreneur should capitalize on: Pervasive computer usage is now the great equalizer. Tools allow marketing in a much more targeted way.

Marketing 57

Marketing Startup Entrepreneur Social Media 57

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2016

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype, and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market research data. Conduct your own customized market research. Modern libraries are still worth a visit.

Marketing 59

Marketing Startup Statistics Research 59

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2016

With today’s overload of information from digital as well as conventional sources, even the best new solutions and services won’t get traction without real marketing. Digital marketing is the cost-effective place to start, utilizing the internet, mobile phones, display advertising, and other digital mediums.

Marketing 58

Marketing Startup Social Media Newsletter 58

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Add a modest advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility. These are all minimal-cost survival marketing efforts.

Search Engine Optimization 88

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2021

Look at the world as today’s global market. That means you need to tune your advertising, business model, and product features to meet multiple cultural norms, and have the broadest appeal. It starts by not giving your company a name that means something totally offensive in some future important market.

Startup 146

Startup Resource Summary Entrepreneur 146

InfoChachkie

JUNE 23, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : DataPop simplifies the lives of marketers and gives them the tools they need to build ads that people love to click on. What follows is a summary which paraphrases Jason’s responses. The catalyst was that we saw the demand and it was confirmed by some of the leading advertisers in the marketplace.

Yahoo 210

Yahoo Startup Advertising Summary 210

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2013

“We don’t have budget for that this year” “I don’t believe in social media advertising.” If they’re not buying you need to be marketing to them not selling to them. Not to mention it would be nice to have the CEO on your marketing reference list! It’s too strategic. And brilliant.

Sales 375

Sales Technical Review Organization Case Study 375

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2018

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. Social-media advertising. Display advertising. Email marketing.

Social Media 55

Social Media SEM Startup Advertising 55

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. TWIVC Summary – Richard de Silva. He then worked in consulting which gave him a broad base of business experience working with the newspaper, cable, and advertising industries. 1:00 – 3:40).

Capital 265

Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

The point isn’t to “build a business on YouTube” but rather to use YouTube as a marketing platform to build a video business that works across many platforms. Your tech needs to add value to content producers, the audience and advertisers. YouTube is a distribution and marketing channel like any other.

SEM 150

SEM Content Platform Acquisition 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2014

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. Social-media advertising. Display advertising. Email marketing.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media SEM Advertising 99

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility. These are all minimal-cost survival marketing efforts.

Search Engine Optimization 105

Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising SEO 105

InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2011

Central Desktop was founded in 2005 to provide an easy-to-use, SaaS collaboration solution to the SMB market. You can watch the video below or watch it on YouTube by clicking here : What follows is a summary which paraphrases the interviewee’s responses. For exact quotes, watch the video.

Newsletter 213

Newsletter Conference Marketing Advertising 213

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Add a modest advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility. These are all minimal-cost survival marketing efforts.

Search Engine Optimization 54

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 54

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Each with its own head, its own financial reporting and its own content strategy, pricing strategy and marketing strategy. Netflix needs to borrow the marketing prowess of Salesforce.com. Fan Summary of Netflix Redux, the movie : 2 out of 5. But they sure need somebody at the top handling their marketing and PR better.

Netflix 287

Netflix Customer Custom Pricing 287

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility. These are all minimal-cost survival marketing efforts.

Search Engine Optimization 96

Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites Advertising 96

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2017

The alternatives range from giving the product away for free (revenue from ads), to pricing based on costs, to charging what the market will bear (premium pricing). As an experienced business advisor, here is my current summary, with some of the pros and cons or special considerations for each: Product is free, revenue is from advertisers.

Pricing 66

Pricing Customer Custom Advertising 66

InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2011

What follows is a summary which paraphrases Arnie’s responses. You will see more and more integration plays were the marketing message and the content are integrated. 4) As with any marketing channel, Ad.ly’s value prop is ideal for some offerings and suboptimal for others. Value Prop Twitter Style : Ad.ly all of the above?

Social Media 252

Social Media Platform Media Networking 252

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2019

Image via Pixabay As a mentor to many small business owners, I always caution them that you can never relax completely, just because your initial solution or product set appears to be getting traction, and the market buzz is positive. Suddenly you face new overhead, with hiring, office space, benefits, and new advertising campaigns.

Metrics 86

Metrics Startup Training Customer 86

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

By now you have many smart people around your board but probably people who don’t totally understand the nuances of your employees, customers, sales reps, marketing messages, technology challenges, competitors and strategic choices. how to market our products and company. So our board meetings consisted of discussion about.

Startup 325

Startup Sales Technical Review Software Review 325

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2013

I found a great summary of key strategies used, with life stories, in “ The Risk Takers ,” by Renee and Don Martin. There is nothing more exciting than finding a lucrative market that everyone else has failed to spot or target. Save your bucks and get notice without expensive advertising.

Entrepreneur 117

Entrepreneur Startup Advertising Social Media 117

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

What sized team can I afford in order to sell, market & provide service to these customers? But expanding beyond our core customers was going to take more effort than simply launching in new markets. We realized that operating a business in distributed markets presented multi-city coordination efforts that we weren’t prepared for.

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility. These are all minimal-cost survival marketing efforts.

Tips 92

Tips Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising 92

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

In a recent book by business technologies guru Joe Wozny, “ The Digital Dollar: Sustainable Strategies for Online Success ,” I found a good summary of the top strategies, with some practical advice on how to implement them: Understand what’s in a name on the Internet. Beware of no-cost and low-cost marketing. Search engines.

Startup 96

Startup Social Media Content Paid Search 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2012

It seems like some CEOs are just more tuned in to the market realities, customer dynamics, people interactions, and are better leaders. Here is a summary of seven maxims that I excerpted from their e-book, which you can use in your startup and every entrepreneurial initiative: Work as a trusted customer advisor. Develop new channels?

Customer 89

Customer Custom Organization Summary 89

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2013

Here is a quick summary of the priorities normally covered by the due diligence process: Evaluation of key players. Size of the market. One of the criteria for a good investment is a large and fast growing “potential market.” Sales and marketing strategy. This is the highest priority item.

Technical Review 97

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Summary 97

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

It isn’t written by them or any marketing department – so please take it for what it is. Who would have guessed 5 years ago that Netbooks would have had such a big impact on the PC market? it provides complete transparency in how much advertisers are paying, how much Burstly takes and what your revenue is.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2014

The alternatives range from giving it away for free, to pricing based on costs, to charging what the market will bear (premium pricing). Here is a summary, with some of the pros and cons or special considerations for each: Product or service is free, revenue from ads. Freemium model. Product line pricing.

Startup 114

Startup Pricing Customer Custom 114

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

If you want to understand my thesis behind Maker you can read this article that outlines the trend , but in summary: People watch 5.3 This is classic “Innovator’s Dilemma” market conditions. Los Angeles Tech Market Analysis' hours of TV / day. They read less than 30 minutes. The future of the Internet is video.

Media 320

Media CTO Coach CTO Hire Los Angeles 320

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

It seems like some CEOs are just more tuned in to the market realities, customer dynamics, people interactions, and are better leaders. Here is a summary of seven maxims that I excerpted from their e-book, which you can use in your startup and every entrepreneurial initiative: Work as a trusted customer advisor. Develop new channels?

Startup 93

Startup Organization Customer Custom 93

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Or read the quick, informative summary below the image! Here’s a summary of our interview. Good listener, take in information, • Have pulse on what the market wants (hard to train that) cannot take this from customers only. Matt is one of the most transparent, focused & honest startup guys you’ll meet.

Acquisition 304

Acquisition Startup Customer Custom 304