Berkonomics

AUGUST 2, 2018

There are exceptions, based upon cost of sales. In our past example above, Asus was able to grab the mantle of price king while maintaining reasonable quality and even provide a bit of innovation worthy of applause by those of us market-watchers looking for examples of good strategic price positioning. Think about your positioning.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

ReachLocal said that Claman has been at Dell for the past 10 years. ReachLocal provides a service which helps small and medium-sized businesses place Internet advertising, as well as reach out to customers online. READ MORE>>.

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills Advertising Customer 147

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

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.

Media 162

Media Advertising Startup Platform 162

Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

MVF was founded in the UK by five friends in 2009, and has driven incredibly fast growth over the past 9 years. Our model evolved over time as the landscape changed, from ticket sales and sponsorships to online advertising, content marketing, and consulting. Today, I’m excited to announce that Tech.Co

Media 175

Media News Organization Content 175

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 much energy to put into channel partners vs. direct sales. how to evolve our management team.

Startup 325

Startup Sales Technical Review Software Review 325

InfoChachkie

MAY 14, 2012

Since then, the craft of advertising online has matured from an art to a science. For instance, clients that have implemented DataPop’s platform have generated an average increase in sales of over 40% while experiencing an average 15% decrease in the cost of acquiring such sales. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

Content 171

Content Platform Paid Search OpenX 171

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. For businesses like this, finding new ways to drive more of these high-value inbound sales calls is key.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 4, 2016

It was a decade ago that I led the sale of Expertcity (creator of GoToMeeting) to Citrix. During the early 2000’s, my team grew the company to one of the largest SaaS businesses of its day, with sales of $70 million. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. I couldn’t spend money fast enough.

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SaaS Yahoo Advertising Customer 100

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2018

It's a bit of a sea-change to be able to get this information like this, as in the past that was a very manual process. The business model, is people use this to do better marketing and sales targeting when they sell their own products. We have to match up our sales and marketing systems to drive growth of the product.

Santa Barbara 113

Santa Barbara High Tech Outsource Development Startup 113

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

I recently wrote a blog post here in which I argued that the best VC meetings are discussions and not sales pitches. Many people agreed and added that even the best sales meetings are also discussions and not pitches. We all know that many companies have tried to deliver targeted advertising on the web.

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Venture Capital Startup Advertising Yahoo 288

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It’s different than working with a group like us that’s trying to optimize every small piece of the funnel, and being accountable for the entire funnel to drive as much sales or revenue. I oversee sales, marketing and partnerships, and my role is really trying to figure out which brands make most sense to partner with MuteSix.

Commerce 211

Commerce Content Marketing Startup 211

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Among one of the fastest growing industries--despite what has been a stagnant economy--is Internet advertising, which has continued to grow strongly over the past two years. Tim is the former head of Yahoo's Global Advertising Marketplaces unit, overseeing Display, Search and Video, and was VP of Search at Overture.

OpenX 242

OpenX Advertising Yahoo Pasadena 242

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). Does advertising work in the social networking world? He has also been a Regional Sales Director and National Account Director for Facebook.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

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

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Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The marketing and advertising industry came in third, and the construction industry came in second. Some recommend including an equal amount of non-alcoholic to alcoholic drinks at every tech event (and advertising as much beforehand). This actually might be easier than you think. ” Are Dry Events the Answer?

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Study Startup Slides Advertising 127

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

I agree with YouTube (that they provide more (hosting, ad sales, etc.) This is why the smartest analysts thinking about the MCN space have often compared the MCNs to “ad networks” which are the middlemen who sit between advertisers and publishers and often take a 15-17.5% So can you successfully build a YouTube network?

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Networking Media Content Customer 366

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2013

It also chronicles the forces behind the decline of the American city (which has been revived in the past 10-15 years) and the rise of global manufacturing. While still owning the business he now does $60 million in annual sales built from nothing. By the way, he has never spent a dollar on advertising.

Entrepreneur 415

Entrepreneur Startup Pricing Product 415

socalTECH

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. It's almost like native advertising, which recognizes an article mention is a hotel and turning it into a link.

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San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

It was a software platform for allowing advertisers to purchase brand integration (product placements) as a standardized unit through a marketplace. They did development in SF and had the ad sales team in NY. Especially after the Eagles took them down this past Sunday. I’ve known Hamet for 5 years. I stayed close.

Invest 340

Invest Venture Capital Startup News 340

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. His team--which has followed him from his past firms--has a number of successes under their belt. Less known--a healthy domain name registration business. which he sold to AOL.

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Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. Tech support is sales.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2013

The ones who are doing it feverishly are a small niche of people, which really is all of the grocery bloggers today, who figure out what is on sale, what coupons are also available, and stack those coupons on top of those sales. The cover several regions, figuring out what''s on sale, what coupons there are, and match them up.

Mobile 140

Mobile Sales Startup Sites 140

Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

MVF was founded in the UK by five friends in 2009, and has driven incredibly fast growth over the past 9 years. Our model evolved over time as the landscape changed, from ticket sales and sponsorships to online advertising, content marketing, and consulting. Today, I’m excited to announce that Tech.Co

Media 70

Media News Organization Content 70

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

Is there a way you can make direct mail perform more like digital advertising channels? Our head of client services, head of sales, and our head of data science all come with the highest level of experience and qualifications. What is a print cloud? It's been a year and a half, and it's been great.

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CTO Hire Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Marketing 100

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

Once you get past Facebook, Google, Apple, Amazon, and maybe Yelp and Bing, you've counted for 90 percent of all interaction. They want to advertise on Facebook and Instagram, and they want to see what they can do with Waze, Snapchat, and Yelp. Robert Blatt: We, as consumers, are doing everything on mobile today.

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Google Paid Search Mobile Activity 127

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. The firm has also received investments from Greycroft Partners and AT&T.

Social Media 113

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 113

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). They have grown at a 200% CAGR over the past 4 years. In the US alone there are 30 billion inbound sales calls every year. Calls are changing but not dying. THE FULL STORY.

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Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2011

It shows a return to cautious optimism compared to this past Autumn and much improvement from the record-high pessimism of two years ago. Obviously, falling income over the past two years put additional pressure on small business cash flow. Here are some areas of emphasis highlighted: Better cash flow controls. One out of two U.S.

Study 89

Study Startup Pricing Guide 89

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. The firm has also received investments from Greycroft Partners and AT&T.

Social Media 100

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 100

socalTECH

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. We''re aggressively hiring, which is great news for the local industry, in marketing, sales, and engineering.

Pricing 256

Pricing Sites Marketing SEM 256

InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2011

1) What is your primary goal in the next six months – bring on more Advertisers, top employees, celebrities, agency partners? – What we have seen over the past year, running 25,000 endorsements, we want to get more into the post-click experience. If you can’t show ROI, you are competing on sales and service. all of the above?

Social Media 252

Social Media Platform Media Networking 252

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I've been President of my marketing, branding, creative and advertising firm for, yikes, 30 years. I was on the way back to LA from a ski vacation in Switzerland where I decided while sliding down a glacier that if I survived I would start my own advertising agency. Clients use our templates for things like sales sheets.

Marketing 150

Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Kixer develops mobile advertising software which helps publishers and connects mobile web users with apps. Lakana was super persistent on this, and chased us for the past six months, and got us to where we needed to be to make it happen. Image, from left to right: Keith Bonnici, Omar Nicola, and Jake Moilanen. Keith Bonnici: For sure.

Mobile 100

Mobile Startup Content Advertising 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2011

The remainder of this article will deal with this decision but it comes down to the different economics of DVD rentals due to “ the first sale doctrine ” which gives Netflix a complete library of films and the fact that the first-sale doctrine doesn’t apply to digital downloads. Not possible.

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Netflix Customer Custom Pricing 287

InfoChachkie

MARCH 24, 2016

Unlike sites of the past that were deemed illegal, the current crop of election sites appear to well positioned to exploit the unprecedented focus Americans are applying to the 2016 election cycle. For instance, in the High Tech Sales class, we discussed the necessity of tracking ad performance.

Startup 100

Startup Sites Research Santa Barbara 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2017

They were putting online advertisements through Google Ads to solicit people to rent equipment, who could not figure it out on their own. The biggest hurdle, initially, was getting suppliers past the �friend or foe� question. Really, we're the sales and marketing arm of those companies. So where are you now?

Startup 174

Startup Metrics Customer Custom 174

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2012

Over the past few months Boston Startup School and it’s founders have reviewed hundreds of applications for their first class all while working very hard to get to know each and every candidate. That’s exactly where we come in: equipping individuals with real skills needed to have an immediate impact on the startup they join.”

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Education Startup Software Review Technical Review 86