SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 1, 2008

I went to a meetup yesterday that was on the topic of Internet Marketing / SEO / SEM. I'm hoping to figure out a way to spark a meet-up around SEO / SEM in Santa Monica / West Los Angeles / South Bay. Then the organizer went into a 20 minute sales pitch around his new training/coaching offering.

SEM 150

SEM SEO West Los Angeles Case Study 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Almost every online business I know (eCommerce, online software, mobile games) invests heavily in “customer acquisition” This includes investments often not properly measured (SEO, PR, Social) as well as costs that people measure more precisely (advertising, SEM, FB CPA/CPI ads). Take for example, an eCommerce company.

SEM 150

SEM Content Platform Acquisition 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. No need to make the assumption that you will need a rich uncle or an angel investor for every idea you come up with. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K. Sales and marketing costs.

Startup 102

Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM Social Network 102

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. No need to make the assumption that you will need a rich uncle or an angel investor for every idea you come up with. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K. Sales and marketing costs.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM 94

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In many ways the fact that it has become so cheap to start a company and relatively cheap to raise angel/seed money that we as an industry have gotten lazy on basic planning. Equally, hoping to unseat TripAdvisor without understand their SEO strengths and how much it would cost to knock them down would be naïve. Market Structure.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We spoke about the changes to an “accredited investor&# proposed by Chris Dodd – This would be bad for angel investing. WordStream – Provides software and services that help businesses manage SEM and SEO campaigns. and who had biz reasons for wanting to remain stealth.”. - We spoke briefly about why.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. No need to make the assumption that you will need a rich uncle or an angel investor for every idea you come up with. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K. Sales and marketing costs.

Startup 50

Startup High Tech Search Engine Optimization SEM 50