Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The place to start today is if your company only uses traditional media for marketing, or no marketing. According to a Harvard Business Review article , only 60% of companies today use social media at all, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively. These give good customer connection and SEO.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

However, as I read more about your focus, you are using these things in a slightly different way, i.e., not sure if SEO is as important. I recently posted about SEO for Startups. Is/was SEO important for MakeItWork? Flip flops required , How I got my mortgage company to lower my payments by $10k , Want more Twitter followers?,

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

Thus I recommend that every entrepreneur start blogging in parallel with solution development for the following benefits: Get customer idea feedback before you commit resources. In small companies and startups, people seek out leaders they want to work for, in lieu of a big company with more job security.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Here is my summary of her roadmap which I believe can get you back on the right track with a “customer-centric” approach rather than a “company-centric” approach: Find out what customers want and how they want to buy it. Decide which parts can be automated, people resources required, and customer service points of contact.

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Startup Search Engine Optimization Summary Customer 105

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2017

Here is my rendition of how her roadmap can keep you on the right track, like Xerox Data Solutions, with a “customer-centric” approach rather than a “company-centric” approach: Find out what customers want and how they want to buy it. Decide which parts can be automated, people resources required, and professional support services required.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2016

The software does keyword research, and it has an SEO checklist. It gets used for human resource management, payroll processing, onboarding tools, and other benefits. The software also provides former customers the option to post reviews of the company. They can use BoostSuite to optimize their website with SEO tools.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It turns out that to build a successful company you ultimately need this strange thing called “revenue” that people don’t just hand you: You need to earn it. Most of this advice boils down to an argument in favor of basic planning before starting a company or raising money. MakeSpace provides physical storage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Here is my summary of her detailed roadmap to get you back on the right track with a “customer-centric” approach rather than a “company-centric” approach: Find out what customers want and how they want to buy it. Decide which parts can be automated, people resources required, and customer service points of contact.

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Tips Search Engine Optimization Summary Startup 93

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2011

Here is my summary of her detailed roadmap to get you back on the right track with a “customer-centric” approach rather than a “company-centric” approach: Find out what customers want and how they want to buy it. Decide which parts can be automated, people resources required, and customer service points of contact.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

The startup--which is part of MuckerLab--landed a seed funding round last week, so we thought we''d catch up with founder and CEO Farbod Shoraka to dig deeper into the company''s goals and service. You mention the big companies, like FTD, 1-800 Flowers, etc. What is BloomNation? They have to pay for placement.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). The truth is – there isn’t a “right&# answer so for your company. You need some guidelines to make decisions. But once a VC has heard your idea he can’t “un-think&# it.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

We spoke with Vince Bianco , the firm's CEO, about the company and its services. What's the story behind Newsforce--how did the company come about? Vince Bianco: The company has been around since 2006, and we started by launching an SEO tool for press releases for professionals. Tell us a little bit about Newsforce?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Tracy DiNunzio: RecycledBride and Tradesy are same of the same company, Recycled Media. One of the key things about our company is the culture, which is very much in the collaborative consumption space. The easiest way to do that, was to become a resource for great content. Speaking of RecycledBride, how is this all related?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

If your web site is not optimized for search engines (SEO), all your online content and marketing efforts are wasted. Pivoting” is another name for a strategic change decision, or for changing your strategy, your business model, target customers, or direction, and this is an integral part of evolving a company.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Matthew spoke to us to give us a better idea of what the company offers and why it was started. What's your background, and how did you decide to start the company? It was the third week of December 2006, and I was involved with a biodiesel company. Who are you targeting with this -- buyers at companies?

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 12, 2015

Both groups have different challenges to face and resources to use. Also, the Web Team will be responsible for the overall design of company websites and applications. It is not uncommon to outsource some of these responsibilities to companies that specialize in doing these things. They must have access to company policies.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

It's a very linear process, and allows them to capture knowledge and link to centralized resources that relate to a topic, including documents, pictures, files, video. How did the company start? It has links to supporting web site and resources. We call this a "Genie," and you can build a Genie using Knowledge Genie.

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Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. Helpful Resources about for Getting Referral Traffic : Top Blogs List (with email contacts). Helpful Resources for Getting Social Media Traffic : The Social Media Manual and Promoting Yourself on Twitter (by geekpreneur ). Referring Traffic / Press.

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Web Social Media Content Sites 61

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

I created this resource to have the single most comprehensive guide anywhere on all the different items involved in starting a business. Pick a company name and check any potential trademark infringements on Trademarkia or KnowEm. Open your company bank account. Human Resources. Ideation & Protecting Ideas.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Under the umbrella of CreatorUp, I gained access to WeVideo.com editing resource which was very helpful too because it simplifies the editing process for those who have never edited before and are just building their brand and web series in lean startup mode. Very impressed with the quality of each. See you there!

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

CircleUp is an online social marketplace that supports direct equity investments from individual investors to small private consumer and retail companies. We’re all so caught up in social media marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) that we tend to forget one on one relationships are the most powerful of them all.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. On the SEO side of things, I'll definitely want to get your feedback on Browse My Stuff. Your last two positions Google Photos and United Online were really big companies.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

requestUri; $uriParts = parse_url($absoluteUri); $requestScript = $PHP_SELF; $httpResponseCode = NULL; Block rogue bots You don’t want to waste resources by serving your valuable content to useless bots. Most screwed URIs are unique in a way that they still ‘address’ one particular resource on your server.

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Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

“If You Build It…They Will Come” may work for historical baseball ghosts, but it’s not a strategy you can rely on when starting an internet company. Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. Helpful Resources about for Getting Referral Traffic : Top Blogs List (with email contacts).

Web 62

Web Social Media Content Sites 62

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I recently wrote a piece for Mashable on how to create a company blog. Blogging is an important way to build an audience and also drive SEO traffic. Linking to other blogs – For example, many people know that I love VentureHacks because it’s a great resource for entrepreneurs and I finally met Babak Nivi (aka Nivi).

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Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Orange County alone is home to more than 300 medical device companies with world-renowned leadership in ophthalmic and cardiovascular devices – a far cry from the “silicone” valley that Ms. MYTH 2: Silicon Valley companies will always have the best shot at funding. SEO Software. Brown was expecting. And the world’s still flat.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil. You must apply dedicated resources to your SEM efforts, either in-house or via a trusted third-party partner, in order to maximize customers acquired from this channel. Unpaid Search – Never pay a consultant to help you achieve a higher search ranking.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

I asked some of the participating VCs, and they told me their attorneys had figured out a way to keep their stealth-mode companies stealthy.Yes, this strategy is not for every company. Often times when companies raise “bridge” financing (this is money from internal investors. We spoke briefly about why. Short answer: no.

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