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PR Is A Passion Play That Cannot Be Outsourced

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Rather than directly explaining their value proposition with all the passion and heartfelt stridency that only an entrepreneur can deliver, they outsource this communication to a Public Relations (PR) firm. Rather, it translates into “Passionate Relationships” and passion can never be outsourced. Thought not. PR is not order-taking.

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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

Both Sides of the Table

Now, he ‘outsources’ his investments through John Frankel of Frankel Asset Management. Around 2003, Quigo was doing tens of millions of dollars in revenue with two main products: a ready-to-use, search engine marketing solution for advertisers called FeedPoint and a contextual advertising platform for publishers called AdSonar.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 5. Outsourcing

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. I am still a big fan of outsourcing. Zondigo, Inc.

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How A Pivot Turned Vantage Media Into A $100M Plus Business

socalTECH

More specifically, we are a real time bidding platform which enables marketplaces to be set up, where an advertiser can bid on consumers who are in the process of buying a particular product. Real time bidding allows advertisers to bid on users in a particular market, who are likely to be purchasing that company''s product.

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How Nils Forsblom Is Reinventing Himself In Mobile With TenFarms

socalTECH

PhotoPoll is our first app to push live, and now we're working on our second app, AdTile, which is a mobile advertising solution for applications and mobile software. We have a couple of different ideas in the pipeline, and have filed patents in our unique way of showing advertising on a very small screen. What happened there?

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Balance Your Focus Between Passion And Perspiration

Startup Professionals Musings

New business models that provide an ongoing revenue stream, or a secondary stream from advertising, raise your margins and can give you some additional satisfaction. One approach, which is even more work, is to keep tasks in-house rather than outsourcing. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry.

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Carving An Internet Niche With FamousBirthdays.com

socalTECH

We get wired with a payment at the end of the month, and never have to worry about collecting, and don''t have to talk to advertisers. We never have to worry about monetization, and outsource that to Google. It''s much easier to monetize, than it is to drive traffic on the web and start a web site. That''s definitely on our roadmap.

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