Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

In essence Muhammad thinks the “growth hacking” is a charlatan term for online marketing that consists of a bunch of everyday tasks that all online businesses should be doing: SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Social Media, Referral Marketing, etc. Growth hacking is a mentality that a company needs to be committed to.

Technical Review 384

Technical Review SEM SEO Marketing 384

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Until the company name is a famous brand, you are the brand. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. Smart people only visit and buy from credible and memorable websites.

Search Engine Optimization 88

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 88

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2016

The software does keyword research, and it has an SEO checklist. This program organizes your email and helps you schedule reminders and follow-ups. It allows you to archive emails until you are ready to respond to them. It also follows up with people who did not reply to your emails. BoostSuite. QuickBooks.

Tool 40

Tool Software Review SEO Email 40

socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2020

Constantine is CEO of Ulevate, and Dmitri is an advisor, and also is known as the co-founder of email management and filtering software developer SaneBox. Our interview today is with Dmitri Leonov and Constantine Suychmez of Ulevate (www.ulevate.com), a startup which is combining technology with the beauty and spa industry. What is Ulevate?

Template 124

Template Beverly Hills Startup SEM 124

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. 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? Great stuff!

Acquisition 170

Acquisition Customer Custom Ideas 170

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Let me explain why this company had such an impact on my life. Ask yourself, ‘what does my company solve’? Once you’ve answered these questions go ahead and contact them in a short email. Sign up for HARO so that these journalists can connect with you and in turn your company can gain more exposure.

Customer 85

Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

if you get some value out of the notes consider checking out his company or Twitter feed). Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. The idea was right but the timing was early and required a pivot into being a software company. Thank you. (if

Capital 265

Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2009

The company was incorporated in January of 2004, and we provide outsource e-commerce services to organizations, such as brands and retailers. The sixth is marketing analytics, including SEM/SEO, collecting customer names, emails -- we use ExactTarget for emails, and Omniture for Analytics. Bessemer approached us.

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital SEM Commerce Email 113

InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

companies should… focus on building amazing products. I recently spoke with Brad about his approach to guerilla marketing and how he instills eclectic marketing tactics in Foundry Group’s portfolio companies. Chris is the CEO of Gnip , a Foundry Group portfolio company. If you have $hitty products, the marketing is impossible.

Marketing 233

Marketing Blogging Startup Venture Capital 233

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Until the company name is a famous brand, you are the brand. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. Smart people only visit and buy from credible and memorable websites.

Search Engine Optimization 105

Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising SEO 105

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 15, 2015

Give them all the tools they will need to succeed at your company. But many companies hold meetings too often. If you must address an important issue in your company, then a meeting will be necessary. But perhaps you should consider short, weekly emails to take the place of meetings. Tap into SEO. Less Meetings.

SEO 40

SEO Search Engine Optimization Tips Software Review 40

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Until the company name is a famous brand, you are the brand. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. Smart people only visit and buy from credible and memorable websites.

Search Engine Optimization 54

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 54

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on Search Engine Marketing (SEM). Search engine marketing is simply buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company.

SEM 90

SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Until the company name is a famous brand, you are the brand. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. Smart people only visit and buy from credible and memorable websites.

Search Engine Optimization 96

Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites Advertising 96

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.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. What I tell investors, friends, and family, is even though they might hear about all of these new companies calling themselves the Uber for tutoring and saying they can provide on-demand tutoring, I know that it will never work hyper-locally.

Startup 113

Startup Venture Capital Beverly Hills Acquisition 113

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Until the company name is a famous brand, you are the brand. Be consistent is their application, and provide contact information for both phone and email access. Smart people only visit and buy from credible and memorable websites.

Tips 92

Tips Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising 92

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.

Beverly Hills 157

Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

If you web site is not optimized for search engines (SEO), all your online content and marketing efforts are wasted. It’s sharing features built into your web site content, like social bookmarking, emailing, or auto posting and interactive features like comments and voting. You have to be found and favored by search engines.

Startup 96

Startup Social Media Content Paid Search 96

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. The obvious starting point is to email a few friends and let them know you have a new blog. I also recommend you put it under your email signature in a color other than black.

Blogging 286

Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Sometimes, Ill use LinkedIn to contact my network, but mostly I still just go to their profile and email them. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

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. It’s sharing features built into your web site content like social bookmarking, emailing, or auto posting and interactive features like comments and voting. You have to be found and favored by search engines.

Social Media 93

Social Media Content Startup Web 93

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil. Some might be from banner ads and others may arise from an email campaign. . Direct Response Email and Newsletters – Although rightfully vilified due to the irresponsible actions of Spammers, targeted, opt-in email lists can be lucrative sources of customers.

Customer 164

Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Pick a company name and check any potential trademark infringements on Trademarkia or KnowEm. Open your company bank account. For those issuing stock to finance the company (corporations), use a Shareholder’s Agreement. Pick an internal email system ( Gmail , Outlook ). Ideation & Protecting Ideas. Recommended.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup Google Mentor 40

Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

The Viral Loop / User Email. Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. Helpful Resources about for Getting Referral Traffic : Top Blogs List (with email contacts). There are 7 Ways to Get Traffic on the Web, in no weighted order they are: 1.) Search Engines. Referring Traffic / Press. Social Media.

Web 61

Web Social Media Content Sites 61

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Users can vote for relevancy of results, and over time, the non-relevant information or SEO moves down below the line. On top of that, we allow users to comment and read other comments, and email other users within the system. How is the company funded? I'm the CEO and founder, and own the company.

PPC 113

PPC Sherman Oaks Advertising Yahoo 113

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2015

We spoke with co-founder David Kierzkowski and Agnes Kozera about the company, and how its technology and marketplace is enabling growth for both YouTubers and brands. We tell those brands, it''s great to have one viral video, but you can achieve a lot more reach and content with SEO value, if you work with lots of smaller creators.

Content 100

Content Platform Startup Marketing 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

About eight years ago, I founded a recreation company, which, oddly enough, is now one of my own suppliers. We bat about 800 in terms of people buying off on the idea, who understand the bigger reach we have on the Internet, and the more SEO/SEM we do, which delivers business to them that they wouldn't have gotten otherwise.

Activity 164

Activity Startup Sites Web 164

socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2013

To hear about how the company decided to expand into the market, we caught up with CEO Loren Bendele to learn more about its new grocery store coupon app, Favado (www.favado.com). We, as a company, have been more focused on online deals and coupons, and haven''t been focused on groceries at all. Explain what Favado is all about?

Mobile 140

Mobile Sales Startup Sites 140

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. The Viral Loop / User Email. Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. BONUS: set up auto-emails that go out based on all the users’ actions.

Web 62

Web Social Media Content Sites 62

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

He gives up the goods and a few tips on what you could do to help market your company. We focus on developing strong distribution channels through social media, search, blog outreach and email programs to accelerate the discovery, sharing and engagement with Funny Or Die content. We are growing into a media company.

Sites 61

Sites Marketing Social Media Social Network 61

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

We wanted the name to also reflect what the company is about – Profile – was an important word for us – as people create profiles on the site – then it was finding possible domain names that would work. We have many people on the team who have been with us from day one – at all levels in the company.

Advertising 79

Advertising Services Social Network Startup 79

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Heres 5 steps to start exploring: View the "Best Of" list with 50+ essays on viral marketing, gaming, and ads » Get introduced: About this blog, why entrepreneurs and marketers recommend it » Receive updates by email or RSS feed or Twitter. Block email. Block email. Block email. Block email.

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

haven't raised any money for my companies that required a term sheet (just friends & family money in my first company), and yet I still think it is important for a number of reasons. Saving time in preparing for board meetings - Fred Destin , June 11, 2010 Some of the startup companies I work with do awesome board presentations.

Startup 175

Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175