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. What’s the problem?

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Customer support emails require both accurate information and a professional, helpful tone. Product descriptions and listings require tedious editing to make them engaging - especially after the fortieth one. An LLM can help fill in all these boxes, either directly, or by providing prompts, tips, and editing help.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

Entrepreneur's list included the Southern California startups across a number of areas -- tech, apps, travel, geek chic, invention, retail, social media, and music/art.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. Data enable: use metrics and measurements.

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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. Develop a marketing strategy specific to this media.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

Along the way, we found ourselves constantly surprised by unanticipated applications that suddenly appeared and gained huge adoption across the Internet; this was the case with email, the World Wide Web, peer-to-peer file sharing, user generated content, Napster, YouTube, Instagram, social networking, etc.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging. Jordan Glazier: Wildfire has developed a platform for monetizing social messaging.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2021

Cold calls to strangers and email blasts are not so productive. You can get started by visiting your local Chamber of Commerce and attending the next Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Use social media for marketing, not just feedback. It works in fashion, real estate, and certainly in the technical world.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2011

How did an email marketing provider turn into a provider of software which mashes up a combination of email marketing, wiki, customer service management, event and meeting management tool, project management software, and much more? Lars Helgeson: We started about ten years ago, with an email marketing platform called CoolerEmail.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

It is no secret that Pinterest and other social commerce sites have begun to dial in the commerce equation. Search Meets Social = Commerce. The combination of Search and Social is redefining the way marketers are allocating their ad budgets. A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. Data enable: use metrics and measurements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. Data enable: use metrics and measurements.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 25, 2015

Email readers, continue here…] Basically, the company created software for online forums. Now listen to one of Bazaarvoice’s short pitches: “Our industry- leading social commerce solutions capture & amplify user-generated content, driving the highest social media ROI, for the world’s largest brands.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Innovation is key in setting your company apart from the onslaught of promotional media out there today, including email blasts, banner ads on the Internet, and pervasive television spots. Here are some key recommendations for building your branding plan: Find out who your customers are through social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. Data enable: use metrics and measurements.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

In 2018, it had found itself at the center of controversy when the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce froze $21.6 She also states that Cotton was very security conscious, and held email accounts that would automatically delete encrypted messages after a short period, making accessing some company data very difficult. What Happens Next?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. Digital commerce: infinite options for buying goods and services online. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. Data enable: use metrics and measurements.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2016

When I published This Remote Working Experiment Failed And Succeeded on the Wall Street Journal last year, I had no idea it would generate so much social media attention. He then started several successful companies, including FastSpring, a company that provides outsourced e-commerce services to over 3,000 software companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The cost of entry is so low – you can create a web site for almost nothing - and you are on your way to riches with e-commerce, your latest invention, or personal services. Social media activities require professional effort and time, so beware the hidden costs. Engage your audience with social media.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2009

The Dollars and Sense of Apps as Commerce Build vs. Buy: The Biggest Question Customer Conversations: Are Apps A Shout Out or a Deep Discussion Survival of the Fittest: Darwin's Law of Apps and packed with case studies! High-Level Sessions Include Should Every Brand Have an App?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2016

Today’s generation is accustomed to relationships via social media and texting, as long as social protocols are honored. Waiting for an email response, for a chat session to start, or listening to elevator music on the phone won’t endear you to customers and won’t convince them that their satisfaction is urgent for you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Another place to start is the local Chamber of Commerce. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors. Don’t corner and barrage that heavy hitter you heard about with your life history at a social gathering. Remember it helps to give a little to get something back.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

Customer care, obviously, is emails, phone calls, and customer service back office services. It''s all over the map, from content moderation for applications like Whisper and Tinder, to photo retouching for e-commerce websites.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

This will also drive mobile usage and the growth of industries such as e-commerce and fintech, with a focus on streamlining and online task management integration tools supporting business use. As social media becomes a platform for online extremists, valid questions regarding freedom of speech, monitoring and censorship have arisen.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 26, 2012

All this is happening as social media gets more and more important in our lives. Even e commerce is becoming social. We also have feedback from some of our users, we receive emails like, “Gabi makes me fall in love with Facebook again.” ” Or “I deleted my Facebook App now I use Gabi.”

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

The florist business center we launched recently empowers florists, with tools to run email marketing campaigns, reach out through social media, and even gives them a point of sale system and website builder. We partner with them, and give them tools to help their business.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Ensure your business name is available on a wide variety of social networking websites in order to develop consistent branding ( KnowEm ). Create and manage your social media presence. Pick an internal email system ( Gmail , Outlook ). Master social media marketing. Financing and Business Planning.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email. The company’s first offering will be a mobile retail commerce platform. Alex created his next company that leverages the senior relationships he’s already built in the retail space.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 5, 2011

We hope to end the need for cold calls and cold emails by making information about what partnership opportunities a company is really looking for readily available.”. Creating a profile is a cinch with company name, email, and password required. https://www.bnsprt.com/. Personally, we feel this is a fantastic idea.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2010

Where they go wrong is focusing on the goal behaviors such as “collect an email” or “add an item to the shopping cart” all the way to “spend $10.00 This is especially useful if you use links in social media (blogs, tweets, Facebook links or YouTube links) to grab some traffic. to buy my eBook”.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. The Future: Where is Social Networking Headed Next?

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Berkonomics

MARCH 23, 2023

The principal drivers of this re-imagination are the hyper-growth of the mobile Internet, consumer-controlled commerce, the rise of big data, and “globality.” Mobile commerce is up 552% in one year (measuring cyber-Mondays). Let’s explore examples of these and more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2019

This is called inbound marketing, where customers are pulled to you, rather than feeling accosted at every turn by your brand messages via email, newspapers and television. If you have yet to get started, here are some key steps that I recommend to my advisory business clients: Actively engage customers via top social media sites.

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Marketing Social Media Technical Review Custom 94

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The best proof of a soft circle is whether an angel will email someone else (refer another investor) and start off that email with “I’m investing in…”. Entrepreneurs should also use social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) If they’re not willing to do this then you probably don’t have a real soft circle.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly Real-time information drives commerce. Our Twitter handle has become our identity, on par with an email address. as an example of why I shouldn’t be investing in the Twitter ecosystem any longer.

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