SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Value of Blogging I started the presentation talking about the value of blogging. Tom Peters No single thing in the last 15 years professionally has been more important in my life than blogging. Best damn marketing tool by an order of magnitude. The bad news is that my blog gets about that many new visitors each day.

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Social Media Services Media Blogging 222

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 24, 2015

Some through blog comments – your place or mine. I was reminded of that when Shafqat Islam weighed in: @msuster @marshallk I built relationships via twitter and blog comments with both of you well before we ever met! I knew Shafqat as a reader on my blog and then I was introduced to him on a trip through New York.

Networking 332

Networking Blogging Startup Conference 332

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

But until recently we had not made these tools available to non-technical people – namely marketers who want to control their campaigns without necessarily wanting to call in the IT team to implement tools. Today awe.sm The other major pilot customer was. I have been using the basic awe.sm Startup Advice'

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Marketing Technical Review Startup Tool 307

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Irvine-based content moderation software developer WebPurify says it has enhanced its tools with a new tool, which allows its users to automatically detect text in memes and other images in blogs, forums, social media apps, children's sites, in-game chats, and more.

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Tool Social Media Content Blogging 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 7, 2011

Commenting on topical blogs is a form of topical social networking in the same way that Quora is. It’s a highly engaged audience and the content generated from many of the blogs (not all) are highly valuable. If you use any standard commenting system on your blog or website you’re sub-optimizing engagement.

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Blogging Social Network Google Startup 287

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Arnold Waldstein , who stops by periodically on my blog and always leaves relevant comments, made the observation that, “if I want to connect with you, I’ll engage with you on this blog …from there, a follow on Twitter, a link on LinkedIn are closing the loop of connection rather that opening a cold door.&# This is so true.

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Startup Blogging Social Network Networking 276

socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2013

PublishThis , the developer of content management and publishing tools for online publishers and businesses, has tied into WordPress.com with a new WordPress Plugin, the company announced this morning. PublishThis says its tools are now being used by such customers as Ziff Davis, Sporting News, Cox Media, and others. READ MORE>>.

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Blogging Content Tool News 164

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2011

Johnson, has launched a new, community feature which allows third party website and blogs to host and provide communities on their own sites. The firm said the new, Lunch Network lets blogs and websites create their own, interest-based communities, which tap into the content and information from Lunch.com's website. READ MORE>>.

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Blogging Tips Sites Networking 171

TechEmpower

MARCH 28, 2013

About What we do Portfolio People Blog Contact. ApacheBench remains a single-threaded tool, meaning that for higher-performance test scenarios, ApacheBench itself is a limiting factor. If you have a recommendation for an even better benchmarking tool, please let us know. About this blog. Subscribe to our blogs feed.

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Framework EC2 PHP Java 560

TechEmpower

JULY 31, 2023

Don’t overcomplicate things with reporting tools. Conclusion Startup metrics are an invaluable tool for founders and innovators. Then use what you’ve learned in this blog post to decide if the numbers validate your business model, or if you need to rethink your approach. Please write us at blog@techempower.com !

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Metrics Startup Slides Technical Review 260

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2019

I have found that publishing a regular blog can give you an edge in making all this happen. One of these is blogging, to let people know about your brand, provide links to supportive articles, and generate back-links to your content from other sites. Your blog followers will be your best customers.

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Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing SEO 85

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 19, 2010

This comment and blog post prompted me to write a post that has been in my queue for a long time. One of the earliest lessons we learned was how to make our bosses productive through a very simple tool called a "point sheet.” Why not tell them you're implementing a new tool designed to make THEM more productive.

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Product Writing Email Tool 301

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. companies need a “multi-channel&# customer support tool to become the Zappos of their industries. Blogging has gone through many iterations. I use Wordpress for this blog and it’s great. I like to call it a cross between blogging and Tweeting.

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Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Los Angeles-based online dog sitting marketplace DogVacay appears to be in growth mode, based on a recent notice the company sent out to its blog. DogVacay operates an online marketplace which helps connects dog owners with vetted dog sitters, offering up reviews of those sitters, tools to keep owners connected with their pets, and more.

Technical Review 191

Technical Review Incubator Blogging Los Angeles 191

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Jason’s inspiration for this 6 ½ minute talk was a blog entry he wrote in 2008, which went viral within the startup community. Always the serial entrepreneur, Jason is expanding Docstoc’s mission to include not just documents, but a variety of tools that help entrepreneurs run their businesses, such as ebooks and videos.

Entrepreneur 279

Entrepreneur Startup eBook Course 279

socalTECH

MAY 29, 2013

Pasadena-based X1 Discovery , the developer of enterprise e-discovery and search tools, has some new funding in hand, and has been ramping its efforts in the market. discovery x1discovery electronic ediscovery venture capital idealab search tools enterprise' READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Tool Pasadena Venture Capital 147

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 10, 2012

” She gave me a special one-time permission to write about her in a blog post so I could publish the advice she gave our friend. So consider this my first-ever guest blog post. This can be your most valuable career management tool so use it. She’s “type A” and I’m “type ADD.”

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Writing Mentor Blogging Tips 414

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2013

Glossi , which develops tools to help publishers create digital magazines for the web, said today that it has launched a brand new set of features aimed at rich media content publishers. Glossi is aiming at helping marketers and other publishers to create their own, slick digital magazines using drag and drop tools.

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Tool Commerce Web Blogging 153

socalTECH

MAY 31, 2013

This time, the startup has tied into high performance API/web provider Realtime.co, which helps developers with tools to manage live web communications. babblr tumblr chat photo blogging chrome browser extension' READ MORE>>.

Blogging 176

Blogging Web Software Development Tool 176

TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

We'll keep this blog entry short and sweet. New dependency tool that helps organize, unify, and simplify required software (e.g., Round 11 of the ongoing Web Framework Benchmarks project is now available! The highlights for Round 11. Three new languages are represented in Round 11: Crystal , D , and Rust. aleph (clojure). jawn (java).

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

Here’s the block that you see when you look at a blog enabled by Disqus (a third party commenting tool that can be embedded in blogs and other content): It allows you to authenticate yourself using Facebook Connect , Twitter Oauth (sign in with Twitter), OpenID , and Yahoo Browser-Based Authentication. Example What do I mean?

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Google Startup Yahoo Email 292

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 2, 2009

The volume of Tweets is enormous and growing at a rapid pace so tools are emerging to help brands manage this information. Tools (covered at the end of the post) are emerging to help us to automate this process given the sheer volume of Tweets we must now monitor. Twitter is the new CRM (customer relationship management) channel.

Social Network 235

Social Network Writing Tool Startup 235

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. We've built a tool like Gmail, for all of your public conversations, as a Chrome extension witin Gmail. SocialEngine is a white-label, community platform.

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Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Edmunds said the firm's site had "essentially looked the same" for many years, and CEO Jeremy Anwyl, in his blog, said the change was "a long time coming". Anwyl inferred that the changes were targeted at a new generation of consumers, saying that watching a "Gen Yer" buy a car was "edifying".

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Edmunds Santa Monica Research Blogging 184

InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

It has also influenced my thoughts, as evidenced by the six infoChachkie blog entries which reference Art. The second most referenced author on my blog, after Kawasaki, is Robert Cialdini, co-author of Yes! I am sure this was an exciting process for everyone concerned, but it is better suited to a blog entry, rather than the epilogue.

Technical Review 280

Technical Review Blogging Class Entrepreneur 280

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2016

In 2008 I started VC blogging. I had blogged when I was an entrepreneur. But how can you invest in technology unless you’re going to use the tools and understand them? They thought it was like MySpace and why did I need a MySpace page? Ironic to be self-centered while you’re trying to offer advice to others.

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Snapchat Product Startup AMA 230

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Right now, it's a manual process--unless you're using the tools from Los Angeles-based PublishThis (www.publishthis.com). The firm has created a tool which uses software and semantic search to help in the whole process of curating content. It's a whole new search engine, and is a business tool, not for consumers.

Web 237

Web Newsletter Content Startup 237

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 26, 2018

The company’s event and blog posts all focus on the various rendering tools like Zync Render, which Google acquired back in 2014 , and Anvato, a video streaming and monetization platform it acquired in 2016. That’s not what Google is focusing on today, though.

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Los Angeles Google Angel Entertainment 207

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

It’s important enough that I dedicate a tab on my blog to startup sales & marketing. What tools do you use? It’s the lifeblood of any organization and yet most startups don’t have any sales DNA on their teams. Telesales versus field sales? should you have calls scripted for telesales? Salesforce.

Software Review 300

Software Review Sales Tips Help 300

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2015

I wanted to spend the rest of the blog post telling you why we decided to fund the company, how we settled on the final product design and our unique way of launching the app. Video editing tools. We have simple tools to solve this but we will introduce better tools over time.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

I will talk about these strategies in my next blog post. Provide tools for creators that help them build viewership (the average Maker video producer is getting several 100% increases in viewership in the first year of working with us). Offer tools to allow content producers to build their own websites & mobile apps.

Networking 367

Networking Media Content Customer 367

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Hollywood-based BUZZMEDIA , the online publisher of entertainment focused blogs and web sites, said today that it has linked with photo sharing site Plixi , which until recently was known as TweetPhoto.

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Sites Buzznet Entertainment Content 170

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2015

Anybody who reads the blog regularly will know that I’m long video. I don’t think it’s just a B2C marketing tool. I’ve made 5 investments in the sector and I hope to make 5 more. Between the US & Europe alone the video sector is worth around $500 billion. Western countries watch > 5 hours of TV per day.

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Startup Summary Blogging Product 339

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 20, 2014

As a bonus, you''ll also enjoy a robust number of Pinterest, Tumbler and Instagram followers and you''ll still have room in your budget for 250 comments on your blog and about 100,000 views on Vimeo. In addition to high-tech tools, there are variety of common sense ways to assess the veracity of someone''s social media empire.

Social Media 274

Social Media Media Technical Review Software Review 274

Berkonomics

JANUARY 25, 2020

There’s lots more information you will find as you experiment and may need when selecting and learning the tools Dave lists. Have fun pasting in scenes or video clips to put you in an environment that illustrates your blog or posting to YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter or other media outlets.

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Tool Blogging Sites Media 156

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 22, 2012

In Celebrities With The Most (Allegedly) Fake Twitter Followers , I used StatusPeople's online tool to analyze the Twitter followers of the top15 Twitter accounts, as measured by those with the most followers. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Reality Checking.

Startup 239

Startup Activity Hollywood RSS 239

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

In case you missed all the kerfuffle this weekend, I posted this blog post originally on TechCrunch. This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. It’s a communication tool. Still, as I’ve written in the past, what I love about blogging is the ability to have a public debate where we can all learn.

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Venture Capital Writing Blogging Startup 267