socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Los Angeles-based content delivery network (CDN) provider NetDNA is making it easier for web application developers to use its CDN services, saying Monday that it has launched a new service to embed web acceleration capabilities into their web services and applications. READ MORE>>.

Web 164

Web Services Web Development Content 164

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. Social-media advertising. Email marketing.

Customer 146

Customer Custom Marketing Startup 146

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

If you're a web publisher, or even a brand developing your own outreach to customers through a newsletter or microsite, how do you efficiently gather and curate all of the news and information out there? Prior to starting PublishThis, I was the General Manager for Edmunds.com, the automotive site here in Santa Monica.

Web 237

Web Newsletter Content Startup 237

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2011

California's move yesterday to tax out-of-state, e-commerce retailers, will cause "immediate devastating loss of income" to web-based business in California, says a group focused on the affiliate marketing industry. The Performance Marketing Assocation represents affiliate marketing companies.

Web 217

Web Commerce Marketing Sales 217

InfoChachkie

MAY 27, 2013

Last week, Divshot turned a simple April Fool''s Day joke into a marketing coup, generating nearly 6,000 Tweets and over a thousand Beta customers. Unlike many viral marketing events, the company''s latest guerilla marketing stunt was not luck. Geo was a lightly veiled reference to Geocities, a Web 1.0 Don''t Force It.

Customer 195

Customer Custom Template Startup 195

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 17, 2021

A California-based medical startup that provides COVID-19 testing across Los Angeles has pulled down a website it used to allow customers to access their test results after a customer found a vulnerability that allowed access to other people’s personal information. Read more on TechCrunch.

Software Review 205

Software Review Los Angeles Customer Custom 205

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

However, what if you could take advantage of those ubiquitous smart devices, and turn that into a huge asset for your company? Daniel Tawfik: Vonjour is a cloud-based phone system for enhanced, customer support service. It''s really a service to orchestrate all of a company''s customer support and inbound inquiries.

Customer 133

Customer Custom Startup Mobile 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2009

Pasadena-based MyShape.com , the women's fashion web site, has completely relaunched the firm's web site, the company said this morning. MyShape, which is headed by Louise Wannier, offers a web site which recommends women's fashion clothing depending on a woman's measurements and body type.

MyShape 133

MyShape Sites Web Pasadena 133

InfoChachkie

MAY 27, 2013

Last week, Divshot turned a simple April Fool''s Day joke into a marketing coup, generating nearly 6,000 Tweets and over a thousand Beta customers. Unlike many viral marketing events, the company''s latest guerilla marketing stunt was not luck. Geo was a lightly veiled reference to Geocities, a Web 1.0 Don''t Force It.

Customer 153

Customer Custom Template Startup 153

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2019

We spoke with founder and CEO, Shane Bernstein , on why he thinks the company's system is far superior to using a resume to find technical talent. Shane Bernstein: We look at actionable data points and data metrics which are quantifiable across the web, and we qualify them and normalize that data, and sort them based on what they've done.

Sites 240

Sites Startup Tool CTO Hire 240

Berkonomics

APRIL 21, 2022

Owned media comes from the databases you own, such as your company’s web site, email newsletters, profiles in social media, or apps you have created requiring registration or download. One of “my” companies learned and grew to spectacular size. What resources do you already own? That was quaint and unique at the time.

Advertising 156

Advertising Media Social Media Newsletter 156

socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2010

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the online project management firm headed by Isaac Garcia, has added new web-based file folders to its suite of offerings, the company announced today. READ MORE>>.

Web 124

Web SaaS Pasadena Sites 124

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2021

Every startup fears that one angry and unfair customer who can jeopardize the business by a negative post on Ripoff Report , Yelp , or one of the hundreds of other consumer complaint and review sites on the Internet. Web reputation management, both business and personal, has become a top priority requirement.

Search Engine Optimization 163

Search Engine Optimization Content Social Network Google 163

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Although the exact sequence of events is a bit unclear, it appears that Hacker News user "lukethomas"(who is unaffiliated with Divshot) was prompted to create the Hacker News post after reading a tweet about the initiation of the company's private beta. Be Yourself - Represent yourself, not the company in your comments. Engagement.

News 198

News Sites Startup RSS 198

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

Thursday night was the unveiling of the newest batch of Launchpad LA companies. The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. Have a look at the companies below. Watch this space.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2023

With social media, you can interact more precisely and create custom products and marketing to be almost all things to all people. The very best marketing is word-of-mouth from your very happy customers. Modern web layouts flow smoothly and quickly for an easier to read, satisfying experience.

Marketing 107

Marketing Technical Review Startup Innocal 107

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Customers today extrapolate their relationships not only from personal contact, but from every aspect of their interface with your company, including web site and social media interactions, access to peer reviews, as well as the actual services experience. Relationships are a function of customer culture.

Social Media 98

Social Media Technical Review Media Services 98

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

These days, if your startup does not have an Internet web site up and running, you are not ready for business or potential investors. I still remember my disappointment the first time I published my website, did an immediate Google search on the name, and it said my company didn’t exist. Viral marketing needs a website.

Customer 90

Customer Custom Web Startup 90

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Customers go there to check on the details of your offerings and verify that you are not a scam, investors look there to check out your management and sales approach, and suppliers expect to find contact information. Yet I am amazed to see from recent data that nearly 36 percent of small businesses today still have no web presence at all.

Web 76

Web Startup Sites Design 76

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2020

With social media, you can interact more precisely and create custom products and marketing to be almost all things to all people. The very best marketing is word-of-mouth from your very happy customers. Modern web layouts flow smoothly and quickly for an easier to read, satisfying experience.

Mobile 173

Mobile Marketing Technical Review Startup 173

socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2017

Los Angeles-based food alternative developer Soylent has rolled out a new chatbot, called "Trish", and started accepting Bitcoin from its customers. In related news, Soylent says it has opened up a Bitcoin store called Soy Route on the "Dark Web", which it says is a nod to it's core community.

Artificial Inteligence 160

Artificial Inteligence News Startup Web 160

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. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price.

Startup 111

Startup Training Services Writing 111

TechEmpower

JULY 2, 2013

July marks the fourth month of our ongoing project measuring the performance of web application frameworks and platforms. The results web site has been improved with test-type and hardware-type navigation, allowing you to share links to a specific results chart, such as Round 6, Fortunes on EC2. We are hiring.

Framework 521

Framework Software Review Technical Review EC2 521

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Customer Service – As newspaper boys were the face of their employers, savvy carriers learned to establish healthy customer relationships to facilitate timely collections and generous tips. Newspaper delivery was not the only way that children in the US’s pre-litigious era could learn and deploy important entrepreneurial skills.

Web 2.0 222

Web 2.0 Web Sales Outsource Development 222

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets.

Startup 136

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 136

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal has launched a new suite of products this morning, saying that it is looking to help small and medium sized businesses attract, capture, and convert more customers. Pricing on the new tool was not announced. READ MORE>>. reachlocal marketing software leads management launch advertising saas'

ReachLocal 147

ReachLocal Woodland Hills Software Marketing 147

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. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price.

Startup 174

Startup Training Services Writing 174

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2012

Los Angeles-based Invested.in , the developer of web-based software for managing crowd funding efforts, has connected its service into the popular AngelList service, saying last week that it is launching Crowdcelerator.com , a new service which uses AngelList's API to help startup companies raise funds and close their fundraising rounds.

Web 220

Web Invest Los Angeles Pricing 220

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. Social-media advertising. Email marketing.

Marketing 114

Marketing Invest Social Media SEM 114

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 4, 2013

It will cost them too much and will create more work for them once the site has been deployed. The pride and effort they have placed in building up their business should be reflected through their web presence. With over three billion local search queries in any given month on Google alone, no business can afford not to be on the web.

Web Design 58

Web Design Web Design Sites 58

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

I define these products and services as “solutions” (customers buy solutions to a problem), but Guy Kawasaki more generically calls them causes, meaning any new idea, company, or service. You can best help yourself by doing the homework listening to customers and quantifying the pain points before you define a great solution.

Ideas 155

Ideas Startup Summary Examples 155

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Customers today extrapolate their relationships not only from personal contact, but from every aspect of their interface with your company, including web site and social media interactions, access to peer reviews, as well as the actual services experience. Relationships are a function of customer culture.

Services 128

Services Social Media Technical Review Media 128

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2011

Every startup fears that one angry and unfair customer who can jeopardize the business by a SCREAMING post on Ripoff Report , Yelp , or one of the hundreds of other consumer complaint and review sites on the Internet. Web reputation management, both business and personal, has become a top priority requirement.

Web 93

Web Search Engine Optimization Content Social Network 93

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2010

Mehdi Daoudi is CEO of CatchPoint Systems (www.catchpoint.com), a new Los Angeles startup focused on the web site and web application monitoring industry. We're trying to make monitoring of web sites and applications sexy and simple. That's why web performance and web monitoring mean serious dollars.

Tool 232

Tool Web Startup Sites 232

Berkonomics

AUGUST 28, 2014

But an increasing amount is now coming from web sites and YouTube videos created by companies looking for an edge in their marketing efforts. Dave’s Top Ten Trends workshop promo video Check this example by clicking on the link to the left – from my www.berkus.com site. Positioning'

Netflix 166

Netflix Sites Content Entertainment 166

socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2013

The firm said the latest version of its platform is aimed at brands, retailers, media companies, and trade associations, to help them scale their content efforts across digital channels. The software helps those companies publish their own data on their websites, by surfacing fresh content to help engage consumers.

Content 171

Content Tool Legalzoom News 171

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2016

I define these products and services as “solutions” (customers buy solutions to a problem), but Guy Kawasaki more generically calls them causes, meaning any new idea, company, or service. You can best help yourself by doing the homework listening to customers and quantifying the pain points before you define a great solution.

Customer 60

Customer Custom Ideas Summary 60