Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Most designers, at least the ones I know, hate to network and rarely do it. The key to networking in the tech world is you do not need to be the best in the world, you just need to be passionate, willing to learn and in a lot of cases be the best designer or developer that people know. Networking through social media.

Design 91

Design Networking Social Media Google 91

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 24, 2016

For new businesses, social media marketing may seem a bit overwhelming. Here are four steps to help you get started building a great social media presence. Construct a social media style guide. Over 500,000 parents and educators follow and share this blog’s content on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

Social Media 40

Social Media Media Content Guide 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2019

Initially that means a creative, collaborative toolset for visual communications, allowing users to develop really compelling slides, print materials or social media posts that are more visually compelling and easier-to-build for those who aren’t naturally gifted as visual story tellers. What are some examples?

Startup 191

Startup Social Media Slides Design 191

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Charlene Li, in her classic book “ Open Leadership ,” shows leaders how to tap into the power of the social technology revolution and use social media to be “open” while still maintaining control. New publishing tools, like blogs, collaboration platforms, and even Twitter provide updates that are easily available.

Framework 159

Framework Social Media Software Review Social Network 159

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Capture your “secret sauce.”

Startup 111

Startup Training Services Writing 111

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

Generalized email blasts and social media ads may be great for finding interest in your services, but these are not enough to close and maintain new clients. Just like consumers give top priority to peer feedback and experiences on social media or Yelp, you need to incent your clients to tell others about you and become your advocate.

Services 121

Services Technical Review Social Media Case Study 121

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - First Principles.

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

I’ve also known startups who have worked for months on the infrastructure of their business – front office, manufacturing, product design, marketing, personnel, and sales – then started work on a web site in parallel with their “grand opening.” Two months later they still didn’t have a web site, and didn’t have a customer.

Web 139

Web Startup Sites Design 139

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Capture your “secret sauce.”

Startup 174

Startup Training Services Writing 174

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Their latest addition to Worlize is the ability to for a “Chat Now” badge to be placed on your blog. When the badge is clicked on your blog, it will transport your visitors to the entrance room of your world. If there are people chatting, the badge will also display the current population of the entire world.

Blogging 84

Blogging Paramount Social Network Entertainment 84

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I hadn't talked to her in a while and then because of a presentation I did around Social Media for Service Professionals she and I reconnected. And I'm looking forward to more interaction now that she's blogging. BLOG: [link] LINKEDIN: [link] TWITTER: [link] What's a phone booth? Maybe you can blog about that?

Marketing 150

Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success. And they do all this in the span of four intense months. Amplify Mentor Panel in full swing. That is not to say the Partners are breathing down their neck.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Charlene Li, in her classic book “ Open Leadership ,” shows leaders how to tap into the power of the social technology revolution and use social media to be “open” while still maintaining control. New publishing tools, like blogs, collaboration platforms, and even Twitter provide updates that are easily available.

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Media Social Network Technical Review 92

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

In essence Muhammad thinks the “growth hacking” is a charlatan term for online marketing that consists of a bunch of everyday tasks that all online businesses should be doing: SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Social Media, Referral Marketing, etc. “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?

Technical Review 384

Technical Review SEM SEO Marketing 384

Xconomy

DECEMBER 29, 2017

A series of events this year—from the Equifax data breach to the foreign use of social media to influence the U.S. presidential election—has prompted some to question the utopian promise of innovation, especially when it comes to Web companies and cybersecurity. Read more » Reprints | Share:

Social Media 69

Social Media Web Design Media 69

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Sometimes I make a blog entry. I have a few meetings with the team, perhaps about the website design, radio show structure, an event we are working on, a sponsorship (perhaps the uniforms for our youth basketball team). I'd rather invest time investing in social media to drive traffic to our site. Love the minis!

Acquisition 170

Acquisition Custom Customer Ideas 170

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

When polled 88% of marketing professionals said they couldn’t accurately measure the effectiveness of their marketing campaigns and the majority said lack of ROI measurement is their single greatest frustration with social media (Forbes). The other major pilot customer was. I have been using the basic awe.sm Startup Advice'

Marketing 307

Marketing Technical Review Startup Tool 307

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

It's like WordPress, but instead of blogging, it provides an online community, which is self-hosted. That's funding our new product, FanMix, which is a a social media tool. I was really into graphic design in high school, and took several summer workshops at Caltech. SocialEngine is a white-label, community platform.

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2013

Charlene Li, in her book “ Open Leadership ,” shows leaders how to tap into the power of the social technology revolution and use social media to be “open” while still maintaining control. New publishing tools, like blogs, collaboration platforms, and even Twitter provide updates that are easily available. Marty Zwilling.

Social Media 102

Social Media Entrepreneur Software Review Social Network 102

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Charlene Li, in her classic book “ Open Leadership ,” shows leaders how to tap into the power of the social technology revolution and use social media to be “open” while still maintaining control. New publishing tools, like blogs, collaboration platforms, and even Twitter provide updates that are easily available.

Software Review 90

Software Review Social Media Social Network Technical Review 90

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

His challenge is to focus on one market, with a specific design, cost, and price. These days, even with the pervasive Internet and social media, it still takes time and money for your marketing and customer communication efforts to have an impact. For example, I have a friend with a Ph.D.

Ideas 126

Ideas Writing Examples Outsource 126

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Los Angeles-based Buzznet , the venture-backed operator of a network of entertainment-focused social media sites, is making the rounds with a new feature on its Celebuzz celebrity web site this week. The firm rolled out a "zoom" feature that allows users on the site to magnify celebrity photos on the site.

Buzznet 100

Buzznet Anthem Redpoint Social Media 100

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague Posted on 12 January, 2010 The bot playground commonly refered to as “social media&# is responsible for shitloads of absurd cretinism. The web is broken by design and we cannot fix it anymore.

Social Media 41

Social Media Develop Development Media 41

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures. This is true on all of the major tech blogs. So in my opinion you should design your funding story to get wide distribution.

Startup 355

Startup Funding News Press 355

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

I’ve also known startups who have worked for months on the infrastructure of their business – front office, manufacturing, product design, marketing, personnel, and sales – then started work on a web site in parallel with their “grand opening.” Two months later they still didn’t have a web site, and didn’t have a customer.

Web 76

Web Startup Sites Design 76

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2015

A client relationship suggests that the consultant is in charge, whereas the customer designation recognizes the more modern model of the customer in control. It’s time to adopt your customer’s favorite mode of communication, whether that be texting, phone calls or social media, and not limit responses to office hours.

Services 100

Services Startup Software Review Social Media 100

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. He is author of the award-winning eLearning Technology blog and a frequent speaker at industry events.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

10 Blogging Tips. My 1,000th Post on This Blog - Tim Berry's Blog - Planning Startups Stories , July 21, 2010 Last night I was halfway through a draft post patting myself on the back, illustrated with champagne glasses, when my youngest daughter, Megan, called from San Francisco, where she lives now. Here’s why. Silly, right?

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217

socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2014

One local startup, Chippmunk (www.chippmunk.com), hopes so, and believes that focusing on user interface design will help it win over its competitors. They don''t have coupons that work on that given day, the layout and design looks really spammy, and it feels spammy. The company recently raised a $750,000 seed round of funding.

Internet Brands 257

Internet Brands Content Startup Sites 257

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

You need to be great at something: technology back-end, front-end design, usability, sales, marketing, quantitative analysis, leadership –> whatever. There has been all sorts of discussions about marketing on blogs lately. The media eats it up as they always need something to write about. He knew this.

Entrepreneur 398

Entrepreneur Startup Writing Blogging 398

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

I also read - The Difference Between Apple and Microsoft Marketing that tells us: Apples marketing is designed for Time Poor buyers, while Microsofts is designed for Time Rich buyers. I would agree that Apples product design would suggest that it aims at Time Poor buyers. Its certainly something to keep in mind.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

You no longer need to travel to China or hire an expensive prototyping expert to mock up your new design. Take advantage of social media and free websites for marketing. Site marketing is easily extended through blogs, Twitter, Facebook and social media. Building the prototype can be fun.

Startup 108

Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media Outsource Development 108

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Capture your “secret sauce.”

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Charlene Li, in her latest book “ Open Leadership ,” attempts to show leaders how to tap into the power of the social technology revolution and use social media to be “open” while still maintaining control. New publishing tools, like blogs, collaboration platforms, and even Twitter provide updates that are easily available.

Social Media 89

Social Media Startup Software Review Social Network 89

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success. And they do all this in the span of four intense months. Amplify Mentor Panel in full swing. That is not to say the Partners are breathing down their neck.

Web Design 40

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

I’m generally not a believer in too much PR until you have a product built or at least well designed. This is somewhat changing in the world of crowd funding where people actually raise money so that they can build products but at a minimum your product design ought to be complete and ready to execute. Just don’t spam people.

Press 319

Press Startup Writing Training 319

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Bedloo is a social media voting platform for those who want to find the right answer in life. TechZulu catches up with one of the co-founders of Bedloo, Vincent Plummer, and talks to us about social media, startups, and Bedloo. Since Bedloo is a social media voting platform. Which video was funnier?

Startup 69

Startup Social Media Platform Media 69