Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2019

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Even practical issues, like understanding reporter deadlines, and your own editing rights, are critical. These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 19, 2012

Microsoft in late June announced to have acquired social network for enterprises Yammer at $ 1.2 According to the Jared Spataro Senior Director, Office Division, Microsoft in a blog post the firm had met all the requirements regarding the acquisition. It’s reported to have nearly 5 million users.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2014

Fact: social media is among the top most powerful communication tools today. Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 12, 2012

According to Dow Jones , sources close to Facebook say the giant social network is reportedly working on a job board through a third party firm to be launched this summer. BranchOut, Jobvite, and Work4 Labs use the social network’s platform and are said to be in the partnership which is reportedly to be ready by August.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? In a classic book on social media by Jim Tobin, “ Earn It. Where are the young social media users going? When the glass is only.04%

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” He is not alone, according to a recent study , which concludes that only 47% of companies use social media today for marketing, despite the fact that 78% of executives polled feel it’s critical for success.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2011

Los Angeles-based Altly , the latest startup of Dmitry Shapiro , the founder of Veoh and former CTo of MySpace Music, has officially thrown down the gauntlet, saying in a blog post this week that it there is a need for an alternative to Facebook--and the firm is going to create that alternative.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2014

There are many more, but these should get you started: Create a professional website and blog. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Create meaningful content and engage others online (free downloads, white papers, webinars, regular blogging). Do something unique to get customer attention.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). And so it goes with social networking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2013

There are many more, but these should get you started: Create a professional website and blog. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Create meaningful content and engage others online (free downloads, white papers, webinars, regular blogging). Do something unique to get customer attention.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2017

Social media as a marketing tool is here to stay, and is now widely accepted. According to a recent social media industry report , 92 percent said that social media is important to their businesses, and more than half report it helped them improve sales. These give good customer connection and SEO.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” According to this study from last year, over 65% of existing small businesses still ignore social media for marketing, so he is still the rule rather than the exception. Start social networking with peers.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2014

We''ll also aggregate media, when those people Facetime about their job blog about their job, tweet on the job, and Instagram about it--we''ll aggregate all of that on the site. We''ll be looking for a global tour reporting for three weeks in New Zealand. In some cases, it will be a full time job. That goes live next Tuesday.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2015

Don’t try to tackle all 20 major categories of digital social media at once. The big three, which have 90 percent of everything you need, include blogging (Wordpress or Blogger), microblogging (Twitter), and social networks (Facebook or LinkedIn). Integrate your social media content with some traditional media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2017

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Even practical issues, like understanding reporter deadlines, and your own editing rights, are critical. These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media.

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Media Social Media Startup Training 55

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 26, 2009

I've recently co-founded the first political social network FreedomSpeaks and CitySourced.com a real time mobile civic engagement tool. Digital LA is fun when I want to be social. You should check out my blog for my 'go to' people - I have them listed on my posse section. What are you working on now?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Even practical issues, like understanding reporter deadlines, and your own editing rights, are critical. These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media.

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Press Social Media Startup Training 105

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Isn’t it frustrating to think you understand something new in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? Don’t Buy It ,” which asserts that “earned” social engagement drives far better business results than paid social exposure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Even practical issues, like understanding reporter deadlines, and your own editing rights, are critical. These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media.

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Training Media Entrepreneur Social Media 93

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2010

There are many more, but these should get you started: Create a professional website and blog. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Create meaningful content and engage others online (free downloads, white papers, webinars, regular blogging). Do something unique to get customer attention.

Marketing 94

Marketing Startup Social Media SEM 94

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Don’t try to tackle all 20 major categories of digital social media at once. The big three, which have 90 percent of everything you need, include blogging (Wordpress or Blogger), microblogging (Twitter), and social networks (Facebook or LinkedIn). Integrate your social media content with some traditional media.

Social Media 103

Social Media Media Marketing Startup 103

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? In a classic book on social media by Jim Tobin, “ Earn It. Where are the young social media users going? When the glass is only.04%

Social Media 64

Social Media Media Snapchat Platform 64

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Don’t try to tackle all 20 major categories of digital social media at once. The big three, which have 90 percent of everything you need, include blogging (Wordpress or Blogger), microblogging (Twitter), and social networks (Facebook or LinkedIn). Integrate your social media content with some traditional media.

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Media Social Media Marketing Resource 92

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

The presentation is meant to give an unbiased overview of how to get involved in the tech community; what blogs to read, who to follow on Twitter, who the angel investors are, what areas in LA are home to the most startups and what resources there are to further educate yourself.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2011

In this space, you can create or reuse your favorite online content from YouTube, Flickr, Slideshare, Twitter, Google Maps, Facebook, your blog and more by simply dragging and dropping any or all of it onto one canvas, which you can then republish anywhere you wish. Think Minority Report meets the web. What is the market opportunity?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Then I get people sending me Twitter comments, blog comments and tons & tons of email intros. But don’t assume that I have a Minority Report like machine that can invisibly and instantly gin up my memory. The truth is that I actually do remember almost all of the people I meet. An even better way to meet.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Social media. Social networking. Social games. Just this year, Q2 investments in SoCal and New England were virtually the same, with $838 million and $843 million invested respectively, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Report. blog comments powered by Disqus. Streaming media. Streaming video.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

In 2009, when the platform was just under three years old, Nielsen put out a report stating that Twitter had grown 1,382% year-over-year. In fact, Twitter was one of the first mobile social media platforms. A new social pipeline, the quick blogging style, the similarity to texting: all these things were great for Twitter.

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Xconomy

JULY 6, 2016

He and Califf did, however, appeal to the “patriotism” of reporters on the call, asking them to sign up for the study.). But the question not only of sharing data but also sharing revenues will only become more relevant.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

You could create a business process design Genie, and announce it through public relations or social networking efforts, and direct them to a login page. It is differentiated from a Squidoo, eHow, blogs, or Google Knol in that it has a greater depth of information, and provides deeper information to the user.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 This is the same with competing activity streams in various social networks.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Share Buttons Work… In A Way Share buttons on your post help your content reach a greater audience by creating easy channels to social networks. By placing a “share on Twitter&# button or “post on Facebook&# icon, you make it easy for readers to bring the page to their network and increase your traffic.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

Washington is run by a CEO reporting to a 535-member Board of Directors. For those of you not familiar with Twitter, it's like a cross between Instant Messaging and Blogging >>> or Micro-blogging. The report suggests that an NIF would boost productivity, innovation, and growth. government. Tim Ryan (D-OH) and Rep.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. few years ago I also started following Alexander Osterwalder in his blog about his Business Model Generation -mantra. Keep the day job.

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