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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Most professionals know that networking is the key to building their business and finding new opportunities, but don't necessarily know how to go about doing so effectively. A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Zenvoy (www.zenvoy.com) is looking to change that, with a service that helps match professionals with one-on-one networking.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Neal Pecchenino , the founder and CEO of Boxi , while trying to advertise the brand of a company he was working for--how do you reach a lot of people with a branding campaign, affordably? Neal Pecchenino: We are the largest truck advertising company in the country. We spoke with Neal about the startup. What is Boxi?

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

San Diego-based Brickfish , a developer of social media and networking software being used by brands, reported today that it has hired on a Paul Botto, most recently Head of Analytics for the North American Sales Organization at Google, as its Vice President of Sales. Brickfish is venture backed by DCM, Draper Richards L.P.,

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MAY 14, 2013

It''s up 30 to 40 percent, and we had 2 million visits in May, all organic. Evan Britton: There are two things we''ve done with FamousBirthdays that has fueld our organic growth. Although the web offers amazing chances for organic growth, you have to do something amazing. Six months ago we only had 650,000 visitors.

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MARCH 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile advertising company Airpush has quietly grown to around $100M in annual revenues, according to a recent ranking from Forbes--a big surprise, as the company was completely bootstrapped by founder Asher Delug , who eschewed the usual use of venture capital and private equity to build a company to those revenue levels.

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

So, it was interesting to speak with Sean Rad , founder of Twitter advertising firm Ad.ly (www.ad.ly), on how his firm is looking to help users make money from the service, even if Twitter isn't. With Ad.ly, any Twitter user--ranging from your average Joe to a celebrity, can send a tweet on behalf of an advertiser, and get paid for doing so.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Irvine-based WebVisible , the provider of local advertising services for the small and medium sized business market, said today that it has linked with a provider of technology for franchise organizations and franchisees. Financial details of the deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 7, 2009

San Diego-based Brickfish , a provider of social media marketing and advertising services, said Tuesday that Nike is using the firm as part of a user-generated photo contest. with the Youth Noise organization, which will ask entrants to submit photos demonstrating how they create impact using sports. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 15, 2008

El Segundo-based Ripple, which operates a network of retail digital displays featuring content and advertising, said earlier this week that the firm has partnered with On The Go Media Network. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ripple has deals with Borders, Einstein Bros. and Robeks for its information screens.

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JULY 8, 2009

Irvine-based Local.com , which operates a network of local business search sites, reported the firm's traffic numbers today, saying that during Q2, it had 63 million monthly unique visitors on its site and network. Tags: local advertising search engine. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 21, 2013

The consumer piece is a big part of our business, and the next big piece is the advertiser platform, plus everything we wrap around the advertiser experience, helping them to manage their content, and provide great reporting, and helping them to understand the ROI of doing business with us. We''re connecting those two parties.

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MAY 21, 2013

A consumer piece is a big part of our business, and the next big piece is the advertiser platform, plus everything we wrap around the advertisers experience, helping them to manage their content, and provide great reporting, and helping them to understand the ROI of doing business with us. We''re connecting those two parties.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

Right now, news organizations write off the news cycle. The second piece, is we distribute that across search engines and social networks. On page performance of advertising on a page is linked to the context and intent of a user. If you're coming through a social network, you're most likely sharing, a different experience.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Right now, when people are communicating using Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and others, those businesses are principally using display advertising and sponsored listings to monetize those users. We have standing agreements to drive revenue share from all of those merchants in our network. We're taking a different approach.

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JUNE 11, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest covers more than 30 topics that uniquely reflect LA’s strengths, including: Investors, Entrepreneurship, Entertainment, Games, Social Media, Digital Content, Advertising Technology, Design UX/UI, Fashion, and more. June 19: TechZulu Penthouse at ROC: TechZulu will livestream interviews and provide a place to network.

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AUGUST 3, 2012

John Mudge: We launched IBN Sports in January of 2007, focused on creating an interactive, broadcast network for sports. We have our own site, IBNSports.com, and we also work with partners schools to create a presence on the network. It's a combination of sponsorship, advertising, and for some of our partners, fee for that content.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2009

It does the work for them, and uses the data to make intelligent recommendations specifically for that person's advertiser. How does your solution fit with the many automated tools and ad networks out there? Publishers who are using networks to fulfill lots of inventory, are basically failing in their sales effort.

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DECEMBER 23, 2016

This morning, we have Kevin Winston of Digital LA (www.digitalla.net), the organization which is LA's largest digital networking group and which is behind the Silicon Beach Fest, the first and largest tech, startup and entertainment conference in LA. You'll be able to see all the many 2016 reflections here as they are posted.

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MARCH 10, 2017

But what's also happened, is we've narrowed down the set of networks that we use as consumers to engage with companies. At the same time, those networks have all figured out how to be as helpful and relevant as possible. The reason those companies are growing so rapidly, is they are the intermediaries of everything we buy.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

The company was founded in 2007, and the initial emphasis was to deliver to end users a personalized content portal on their smart phone, learning what they like anticipate what they'd like to see, and pay for it using personalized advertising. We can help you organize video on demand and pay-per-view offerings.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

We had been looking at the social commerce category, broadly speaking, and I thought that here was an interesting opportunity to fuse together entertainment, gaming, shopping, and social networking online, and that this concept accomplished that incredibly. Who has been signing upf or the service, and why? What do you have planned next?

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MARCH 20, 2009

Scour is an offshoot of a PPC advertising firm, ABCSearch, which was also founded by Dan. It's pretty much been all organic. What's the business model behind the site--it looks like this is advertising driven? Dan Yomtobian: 100 percent of our revenues come from advertisers, and from people clicking on sponsored listings.

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JUNE 27, 2011

To do that, the firm has combined the world of social networking and personal finance with its newly launched service. Part of our advertising, is we are sending people checks in the mail for $25, or $50. Ultimately, we expect those to be ad-funded by different advertisers involved in our platform.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

If you're a big influencer, you might get paid by a brand, but every day, people are providing word-of-mouth advertising, posting about their favorite things. We haven't turned on any marketing, just really good organic use and sharing. Every day, there are people out there with tremendous knowledge about things.

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JUNE 30, 2010

Tom Grasty: There are, as I like to say, no shortage of online video editing platforms, online video editors, or social networking sites, even though there are fewer online editors now than eighteen months ago. We saw that we had traction in the journalism and news organization marketplace, so we concentrated on that area.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

For additional verticals, we'll expand that through additional acquisition or through organic sites launched internally. And second, that Curate Media will be the corporate brand and organizing unit. Second, we look at advertising/brand/and marketer appeal for that audience. One hundred percent of our traffic is organic.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

They can access them, organize them, and keep them in one location. Additionally, we have all the different instant messaging networks available in Orgoo. You can archive and organize your IM conversations, along and inside the same folders as your email. We're advertising supported, what a lot call a premium/freemium service.

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AUGUST 16, 2013

They''re mostly C level executives, and households with incomes of over $200,000 a year, which makes advertisers on our site such as Neiman Marcus, LVMH, Mercedes, Ritz Carlton, and Mandarin Oriental a big component of our business. Have of all our transactions are from repeat buyers. Talk a bit about the history of the company?

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APRIL 15, 2016

To get a discount, we ask customers to share information on the brand on Twitter and in the future, other social networks, and that discount is based on how influential they are for that brand. That worked out very well, and I learned a lot about business and partnerships, and pitching to large organizations. Finally, What's next?

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NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Eric Bjorndahl: At the highest level, we're a social networking web site for travelers. How we differentiate from other social networks that are more general, is that we offer lots of features specific to travelers. Eric Bjorndahl: We're primarily advertising driven, and we also do hotel and flight bookings on the site.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

We had been talking with another of their companies, the GoBig network, which is a membership organization of investors and entrepreneurs. We started talking with the folks at GoBig, and they ended up talking to people higher up in the organization, and then we ended up talking with their founders, including Wil.

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MARCH 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based FameBit (www.famebit.com) has developed a new platform which lets any content creator connect with brands, without the need for an agency or MCN, to help them grow their content and network. The other 90 percent of their creators really were like counters for their network. Tell us about FameBit? READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

If you're like many people, you're having more and more public conversations, but there is no tool out there similar to Gmail which a lot of people use to organize their whole life. The third thing, is it has given us an access to a great network of investors, not just in Boulder, but in California too.

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JANUARY 15, 2009

I had early success working in-house with Matt Coffin at LowerMyBills in 2005, and then I was brought on by Yahoo to build out the Yahoo Publisher Network Team. Josh Stomel: How we make money right now is advertising revenue. Josh Stomel: My background is in the recruiting industry. We're growing extremely aggressively.

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JUNE 1, 2011

There are lots of things you can do with data if you can clearly organize it. Right now, we are running targeted ads using ad networks or whatnot. We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. How do you generate all of your data?

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MAY 15, 2010

SocialVibe – Social media monetization platform that benefits non-profit organizations and social causes. Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos. Addressable advertisements are capable of being targeted to the individual household. OTHER DEALS. Primarily targets SMBs.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Our core thing, is you can go to the Zui.com portal, and find movies, music, and other content organized around brands and ratings by age and gender. We entered into it carefully. Our number one job is finding the best content on the Internet for kids.

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