Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Reports suggest that 90% of today’s shoppers skip marketing pitches, to research online before they buy, and over 50% check user reviews before making a decision. It has to be managed and sold internally as a culture change, requiring everyone’s help. The Internet and smartphones have changed everything.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Yet I can’t help thinking there are many predictable failures that come from a lack of basic planning. There are a million ways to either research your industries market size and you’re likely to have to do some basic estimations to figure out much of that is addressable to you. But not doing basic research makes no sense.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2017

Reports suggest that 90% of today’s shoppers skip marketing pitches, to research online before they buy, and over 50% check user reviews before making a decision. It has to be managed and sold internally as a culture change, requiring everyone’s help. The Internet and smartphones have changed everything.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings. Anchor the blog in your domain name.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Reports suggest that 90% of today’s shoppers skip marketing pitches, to research online before they buy, and over 50% check user reviews before making a decision. It has to be managed and sold internally as a culture change, requiring everyone’s help. The Internet and smartphones have changed everything.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

But the low cost also means that your competition will also be there in force. If your web site is not optimized for search engines (SEO), all your online content and marketing efforts are wasted. Plan to update this roadmap at least once a month, based on results, new information, and competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings. Anchor the blog in your domain name.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2011

Recent reports suggest that 90% of today’s shoppers skip marketing pitches, to research online before they buy, and over 50% check user reviews before making a decision. It has to be managed and sold internally as a culture change, requiring everyone’s help. The Internet and smartphones have changed everything.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings. Anchor blog in your domain name.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2010

Almost every entrepreneur needs to improve their skills in this area, so I did some research in the basic principles. For example, non-computer types should consider delegating their social media, website, and SEO activities. The challenge is delegating the right things, and not delegating the wrong things. Listen and observe.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

This morning's interview is with Billy Fried , co-founder and CEO of Kijubi (www.kijubi.com), a new startup which is looking to help people find travel activities. We're cobbling together the disparate mom-and-pop, and big players like theme parks, into a logical format, so consumers can research and plan their trip.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market. 8 Really Cool Web-Based Tools for Bloggers - Blogtrepreneur | Entrepreneur Blog , June 1, 2010 Looking for cool applications to help you make your blog or site all it can be?

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