Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2020

Amazon used its popular affiliate program to spur additional growth, getting reviewers and publishing sites – including us here at Tech.co – to link to Amazon in exchange for a small payout whenever a reader bought something by following that link. See our full guide on How to Make Money from a Website. commission).

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Technical Review Buzzfeed News Networking 129

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 4, 2014

But last August 28, 2014 seemed like a dawning of a new era in the Twitter world as Ian Chan, Twitter’s engineer, announces that the tool is available for just about anyone who wants to utilize it. Why does twitter analytics considered as the “Holy Grail” for every content marketer? But what does this mean for marketers?

Content 93

Content Marketing Social Media Journal 93

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2015

Pull your audience with content. Digital marketing is about “pulling” your audience in as opposed to “pushing” them towards your brand as what traditional marketing does. With online marketing, marketers produce great content to pull the audience towards their brand. Post content that puts emphasis on what your brand stands for.

Guide 40

Guide Social Media Content Advertising 40

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2011

One of Urbandig's co-founders, Mike Macadaan -- the former VP of User Experience at MySpace, and creator of the technology conference Twiistup--sat down to talk to us about the company. There are lots of knowledgeable people that we find to write these guides--people who grew up there, and who are experts in the area.

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Guide Software Review Twiistup Technical Review 203

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

The company went from a venture backed high tech startup to an IPO as a publicly traded firm, and over its time has battled the perception of being a "content farm", suffered through Google and its Panda update, and now has emerged as a major content partner for Google, via YouTube. Our whole goal is to create content for real life.

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Demand Media eHow Content 240

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clicker , the Internet TV guide run by Jim Lanzone, said this morning that it has launched an update to its service, which includes such features as site-wide integration with Facebook and personalized recommendations. READ MORE>>.

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Guide Sites Los Angeles Services 138

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2012

We caught up with Sam Altman, the firm's founder, to hear more about the company, and how we went from working in private equity to heading up a company all about finding nightlife. We currently have content in nineteen cities across the globe, including thirteen cities in Europe. How long has your site been available?

Content 196

Content Equity Startup Platform 196

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Right now the most important role to hire in Twitter would be a seasoned marketing professional who could proactively change the conversation about Twitter and educate people about its significance as an information sharing tool. They need a stronger campaign about consumption rather than sending Tweets. That’s Twitter.

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RSS News Blogging Yahoo 349

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

For this morning's interview, we thought we'd talk with Los Angeles-based Sidebar (www.sidebar.com), a venture backed startup in the mobile space, to learn more about what they are up to. What is Sidebar all about? By using our analytics platform, they learn about what consumers want. We caught up with CEO Patrick Kennedy.

Content 189

Content Screening Mobile Custom 189

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2019

Today’s customer buying dynamics are all about “user experience,” according to Brian Solis, in his classic book “ What’s the Future of Business? ”. Survey results show that more than 80% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Authority – the guiding light.

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Custom Customer Social Media Technical Review 85

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

For today's interview, we talked with San Diego-based ShowUHow (www.showuhow.com), a firm which is providing both content and a software platform which allows e-commerce retailers to provide video instruction guides on the products they carry. We caught up with Kim Folsom , the firm's founder and CEO, to learn more about the company.

Guide 113

Guide Training Platform Product 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Los Angeles-based OVGuide.com, an online guide to video sites on the Internet, said Monday that it has unveiled a new search engine on its site. The firm said it the new search engine provides prioritized information about video sites, based on category, editorial ranking, user statistics, and other information.

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Statistics Guide Sites Google 113

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

We'll use all the panel members' experiences to tell a "how to story" about bootstrapping to million. Bootstrapping development, Startup, Website content. . Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app. Most entrepreneurs fail because they start the business the only way they know how - thinking about.

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Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

Harrison created one of the Internet's first video search sites, FastTV, and also ran IFILM, which he sold to Viacom in 2006. We caught up with Blair to learn more about his new startup, and why he thinks we need Frequency. There are lots of apps out there for viewing video, what's different about Frequency? What is Frequency?

Social Network 232

Social Network Startup Services Organization 232

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2012

At first this was limited to news sites that concentrated on a segment of a community, like West Seattle, but the concept is now being applied to advertising and promotion sites, blogging sites, and even legal services sites. They are free to write about neighborhood events, charities, schools, and local causes.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur News Sites RSS 96

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

They went on to describe a fairly common type of site that has some original content, but not much. They are in a space where there is lots of search traffic, but they didn't have anything particularly interesting to say about how they were going to get ranked. On Page SEO Most founders talk about what I call On Page SEO.

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SEO Startup Search Engine Optimization Google 150

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2014

Today’s customer buying dynamics are all about “user experience,” according to Brian Solis, in his recent book “ What’s the Future of Business? Survey results show that 81% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Authority – the guiding light. Liking – builds bonds and trust.

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Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Startup 100

socalTECH

JULY 6, 2009

We recently caught up with CEO Jonno Wells to talk about the firm and its expanding network of web sites. First off, tell us about your network of sites? Our products are also syndicated into newspapers and web sites around the country. It does look like you are going in the content direction, though?

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Web Content Mobile Sites 140

Tech Coast Venture Network

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Here are some tips on how to use your email correspondences and ezines to get your connections to interact with you on social media as well: Guide current e-mail subscribers to engage with you online through social media sites (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.) Do it passively and as a reminder once in a while.

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Networking Newsletter Social Media Email 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 24, 2013

HTC BlinkFeed provides customized content and real-time updates streamed live on your home screen. HTC BlinkFeed aggregates your content from a variety of media sources, serving up fresh content all in one place, without the need to jump between multiple applications and web sites.

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Screening Social Media Guide Hollywood 106

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Especially fun when you get him telling stories about his pilot experiences. So while it started more about finding solutions to get him driving cars more or logging airline miles he also focuses on big, industry-changing ideas. Currently has 1.8mm users and adding about 15,000 users/day. Includes content mobile guides, ie.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2017

Today’s customer buying dynamics are all about “user experience,” according to Brian Solis, in his classic book “ What’s the Future of Business? ”. Survey results show that more than 80% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Authority – the guiding light.

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Technical Review Technology Social Media Social Network 55

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2011

At first this was limited to news sites that concentrated on a segment of a community, like West Seattle, but the concept is now being applied to advertising and promotion sites, blogging sites, and even legal services sites. They are free to write about neighborhood events, charities, schools, and local causes.

Startup 94

Startup News Sites RSS 94

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2013

Today’s customer buying dynamics are all about “user experience,” according to Brian Solis, in his new book “ What’s the Future of Business? Survey results show that 81% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Authority – the guiding light. Liking – builds bonds and trust.

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Custom Customer Startup Social Media 100

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

I began by asking Adeo about the inspiration for The Funded. I still get a lot of pushback from VCs (but) I think by now people understand that we don''t change or alter or in any way, um, vary content on the site. At the time, there were about 25,000 technology businesses started every year. Taming The Prison Guards.

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Technical Review 232

socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2012

We talked with Dubin earlier about the company. Dollar Shave Club came to me about two years ago, in December of 2010, when I met my co-founder, who was my friend's fianc's father. We somehow got on a conversation about shaving, and he mentioned the price of brand name razors. In consumer packaged goods, it's all about brand.

Dollar Shave Club 210

Dollar Shave Club Startup Pricing Sample 210

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2011

Modern digital curators for early-stage entrepreneurs are the expert bloggers who put “content into context.” They write and tweet every day, with the single guiding credibility and personality that the new social culture demands. He also co-authored the book "Inbound Marketing" about the power of social media and blogs.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Technical Review Blogging Java 92

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

This was a really fun episode for me because Mo is informed and knowledgeable on so many topics and being a Boston / NYC VC it gave us so much to talk about relative to just covering California VCs. Content, of course, is the same!]. How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Other Deals.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Sherrie Madia and Paul Borgese have addressed the positives of this challenge in their book, “ The Social Media Survival Guide ,” on “everything you need to know to grow your business exponentially with social media.” Hone in on sites, tools, and applications your target audience is using. Not having a social media policy.

Social Media 93

Social Media Media Startup Tips 93

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Following graduate school, he worked in Film Finance and Sales at CAA, Creative Development at Vuguru (Michael Eisner’s multi-platform studio), and Content Partnerships at Blip Networks. He’s worked as an English and Film teacher at the American School of Tangier, and has also assistant taught film production at USC. How does it work?

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Web USC Course Guide 93

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2015

This would be a stripped-down version of your full site; as soon as the site sees that your user is accessing the page from their phone, they are redirected to the mobile version. Another way to make the website more predictive is to have the site predict people’s locations or have an autocomplete feature for filling out forms.

Web Design 40

Web Design Web Design Develop 40

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

This morning, Knowledge Genie (www.myknowledgegenie.com) launched a new web site that helps experts and authors publish online information to the web. We sat down and spoke with Milo Sindell, one of the founders of the firm, to learn more about how the firm came about and what it's trying to accomplish.

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Geni Web Guide Platform 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

We caught up with Bong to hear more about his new startup. We break it down by a number of vertical categories, including Indulgent--all about food, wine, and alcohol; Active--outdoor athletic endeavors; and Creative, which is arts and crafts. We also have a number of other guys who are involved who I am pretty psyched about.

Startup 271

Startup CTO Coach Activity Software Review 271

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

Let me just put this more clearly for you up front – the vast majority of the Internet is used for porn so every product has this use but you probably just don’t know about it: YouTube, Tumblr, Facebook, FaceTime, Skype and of course be very careful on Google Search without “safe mode” on. So get over it.

Snapchat 150

Snapchat Screening Venture Capital Guide 150

InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2016

The reality television show Shark Tank makes for entertaining content but many of its underlying messages are potentially detrimental to tech entrepreneurs. Per the show’s Mark Cuban, “Anybody with an idea can see how the business process works, see that these are normal people, and there's nothing magical about coming up with an idea.”

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Entertainment Technical Review Ideas 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2014

A great resource for all is a recent book by Drew Williams and Jonathan Verney, “ Feed the Startup Beast: A 7-Step Guide to Big, Hairy, Outrageous Sales Growth.” Make your startup valuable and visible, with great content that can not be missed by online search, influencers, and offline events.

Startup 100

Startup Sales Custom Customer 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Sherrie Madia and Paul Borgese have addressed the positives of this challenge in their new book, “ The Social Media Survival Guide ,” on “everything you need to know to grow your business exponentially with social media.” Hone in on sites, tools, and applications your target audience is using. Not having a social media policy.

Social Media 85

Social Media Media Startup Content 85