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PR Is A Passion Play That Cannot Be Outsourced

InfoChachkie

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. Beyond PR, such roles include: Sales, Product Development, Strategic Planning and Fund Raising. Thought not.

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Interview with Elizabeth Cholawsky, HG Data

socalTECH

For this morning's interview, we caught up with Elizabeth Cholawsky , the new CEO of Santa Barbara-based HG Data (www.hgdata.com), which develops software which helps marketers and salespeople understand the "technology stack" of their potential customers and prospects. I've been in product, product development, marketing, and management.

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

socalTECH

We started looking to see if we could use technology disrupt the agency business, for companies serving the performance marketing area, the cost-per-sale area. 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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A Chat with Chris Tragos of Jetpack

socalTECH

Chris Tragos: Typically, with an advertising RFP, a campaign will come pre-loaded with a standard ad spot and creative. At Spin Media, we tried to do that ourselves, but that really sucked up product and development resources, who really should have been working on building the user experience, rather than ads.

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Decoding The Secret To Success In Subscription Businesses: Georg Richter, OceanX

socalTECH

It was a logical system to start offering up cloud-based systems like those we had developed. But what they also did is figure out, is instead of talking about whether something is a good product, how it works, and how much it costs, they always have advertised how that product makes you feel. That's actually what we've done at OceanX.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

InfoChachkie

“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. Google’s market capitalization is in the stratosphere for a reason – keyword search advertising is highly effective. John Wanamaker.

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The Master Checklist of EVERYTHING You Need to Start a Business

Jason Nazar

Ensure your business name is available on a wide variety of social networking websites in order to develop consistent branding ( KnowEm ). Create a sales forecasts and financial projections regularly. Execute the 5 Step Sales Process. Get paid online ads, such as Google AdWords and Facebook Advertising.