Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Today they say its Africa’s largest and fastest growing social networking utility with over 4,000 daily new sign-ups. They also add that LAGbook ranks #2 in the city of Yaba-Lagos, where the social network was incepted, and #37 in the city of Hirtshal, Denmark. What is LAGbook? It all worked out fine. Why the name?

Social Network 100

Social Network Networking Advertising Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Add content regularly. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Leverage blog content.

Blogging 88

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 88

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 9, 2012

It also lists thousands of scientific conferences across the world to make it easy for researchers to stay informed, engaged and involved. 2 million Researchers On site. On October 5, ResearchGate updated several topics from its large professional network for scientists to enable more members to discover and interact with others.

Social Network 66

Social Network Research Networking Metrics 66

Berkonomics

MAY 30, 2019

Using new tools in a social age. There are several ways to do this effectively, including the use of social networks to create buzz, seeding product acceptance through early adopters or celebrities, or by creating a small niche market that shows unusual acceptance and more. Entering the “age of recommendation.”.

Case Study 120

Case Study Study Customer Custom 120

socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2009

style, online community site focused on music fans, said today that it is now live in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County, and San Diego. The online site allows music fans to find bands, gigs, venues, and other information about local artists; the site also helps artists to promote their bands and events.

Orange County 133

Orange County Web 2.0 Social Network San Diego 133

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2012

What does social networking have to do with the stock market? Vinny talked with us about his start, which allows users to discuss and collaborate on their stocks and finances in a social way. We wanted to tackle that problem, by using a social network. In that network, we bring in content from all over the web.

Social Network 239

Social Network Startup Networking Content 239

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

With this model, you provide website access to insider information for a regular subscription payment. All-you-can-eat content model. By providing access to a large variety of titles, like NetFlix with streaming movies, or Hulu for TV shows, with new content added regularly, there is always a reason to keep up your subscription.

Startup 117

Startup Pricing Customer Custom 117

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 7, 2012

One of the largest time sucks of the internet is the vast amount of information available to us at any time right at our finger tips. Rarely do we come upon a website or web applcaitions that truly sifts through all the junk and curates the most influential and authoritative source to give to useful and value content…not spam.

Content 79

Content Startup Web Research 79

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Further acknowledging that the firm has lost its former status as the center of the social networking universe, MySpace announced Thursday afternoon that it is now allowing its users to port information, likes, and interests from users' Facebook profiles over to MySpace.

Entertainment 170

Entertainment Social Network Content Sites 170

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What are some good examples of similar sites? What special data, content, APIs, etc. Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? How much member profile information do you need before allowing a user to login? Social Interaction - how do you represent users/members to one another?

Develop 396

Develop Development Startup SEO 396

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What are some good examples of similar sites? What special data, content, APIs, etc. Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? How much member profile information do you need before allowing a user to login? Social Interaction - how do you represent users/members to one another?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Berkonomics

JUNE 30, 2012

Email readers, continue here.] There are a number of ways to do this effectively, including the use of social networks to create buzz, seeding product acceptance through early adopters or celebrities, or by creating a small niche market that shows unusual acceptance and more. Dave’s book: Positioning.

Case Study 212

Case Study Study Social Network Advertising 212

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

The new site uses social networking features, including links to Facebook and Twitter, to help users find and discover video based on information from friends and family. Rippol is headed by Aaron Crayford, who was former CEO of the Vusion Content Delivery Network. READ MORE>>.

Artificial Inteligence 133

Artificial Inteligence Services San Diego Social Network 133

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

With this model, you provide website access to insider information for a regular subscription payment. All-you-can-eat content model. By providing access to a large variety of titles, like NetFlix with streaming movies, or Hulu for TV shows, with new content added regularly, there is always a reason to keep up your subscription.

Startup 168

Startup Customer Custom Netflix 168

socalTECH

MAY 4, 2011

Home Entertainment Group said this morning that it is acquiring Flixster , the movie site which also runs Rotten Tomatoes. According to Warner, both sites will continue to operate independently. Flixster operates an online social network and community for fans; Rotten Tomatoes provides film reviews, information, and news.

Burbank 150

Burbank Social Network News Entertainment 150

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2012

With the proliferation of social media, how do you--as a brand--manage all of those various websites, content, and media? Los Angeles-based Fliptu (www.fliptu.com), headed by Jeremy Gocke , thinks it has this figured out, by providing a central place to access a brand's content, across social networks.

Social Media 268

Social Media Media Social Network Seed Funding 268

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Add content regularly. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Leverage blog content.

Blogging 69

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 69

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2014

After you claim your identity with placeholder domain names, accounts in social networks, and common blogging platforms, your next challenge is to create enough positive content as a “Google wall” to keep negative info out of the top Google search results. Profile sites. Other user-created content sites.

Blogging 99

Blogging Content Google Sites 99

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Add content regularly. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Leverage blog content.

Blogging 95

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Writing 95

socalTECH

MAY 27, 2010

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with Kieve Huffman , the co-founder of Dather (www.dather.com), a new Los Angeles startup which has created a tool which helps to aggregate social networking web sites and media. We'll be going live with our first paying client very soon, with the superstar artist Rihanna.

Startup 213

Startup Buzznet Entertainment Social Network 213

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2010

In the spirit of highlighting new startup opportunities, I think we need some new companies who can track down and remove unwanted content on the web. About one-third of the searches yielded content used to deny a job, the survey said. Everyone has to be respectful of First Amendment issues, so other offensive content is untouchable.

Content 49

Content Web Technical Review Innocal 49

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

In his quest to better connect with new friends, Alex Capecelatro had a problem: none of the existing social networking sites were really designed to connect people with who you didn't know, and might share your hobbies and interests. Alex Capecelatro: Hyphos is a social discovery platform. What is Hyphos?

UCLA 187

UCLA Culver City Startup Social Network 187

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Add content regularly. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Leverage blog content.

Blogging 96

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing Social Network 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2013

After you claim your identity with placeholder domain names, accounts in social networks, and common blogging platforms, your next challenge is to create enough positive content as a “Google wall” to keep negative info out of the top Google search results. Profile sites. Other user-created content sites.

Customer 89

Customer Custom Blogging Content 89

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Los Angeles-based social networking site and online video advertising firm Auditude announced this morning that the two companies have partnered with MTV Networks to insert ads into user uploaded videos on MySpace. The deal covers clips from MTV and COMEDY CENTRAL.

Networking 100

Networking UCLA Advertising Social Network 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Today's interview with with Rajeev Kapur , Chairman and Chief Wala, Greenwala (www.greenwala.com), a recently launched social networking site focused on green/sustainable topics. I felt that a social networking media company was the best place to be, because I wanted to learn form other people, not companies.

Social Network 113

Social Network Sites Networking Startup 113

Tech Coast Venture Network

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Social media and email marketing act separately as great marketing tools. While social media offers a continuous interaction with your followers, email marketing is a tool to provide a steady flow of information received directly by your connections. www.BreakThroughNetworking.org.

Networking 100

Networking Newsletter Social Media Email 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In what is a fairly unusual move, last week, Tradesparq (www.tradesparq.com), a Chinese startup in the area of B2B trade information, said it was planning on setting up its operations here in Southern California, as part of an expansion and scaling of the company. In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content.

Southern California 170

Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2011

After you claim your identity with placeholder domain names, accounts in social networks, and common blogging platforms, your next challenge is to create enough positive content as a “Google wall” to keep negative info out of the top Google search results. Profile sites. Other user-created content sites.

Blogging 91

Blogging Content Google Sites 91

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Add content regularly. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Leverage blog content.

Blogging 91

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Services Writing 91

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

Here’s the block that you see when you look at a blog enabled by Disqus (a third party commenting tool that can be embedded in blogs and other content): It allows you to authenticate yourself using Facebook Connect , Twitter Oauth (sign in with Twitter), OpenID , and Yahoo Browser-Based Authentication. Example What do I mean?

Google 292

Google Startup Yahoo Email 292

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2010

After you claim your identity with placeholder domain names, accounts in social networks, and common blogging platforms, your next challenge is to create enough positive content as a “Google wall” to keep negative info out of the top Google search results. Profile sites. Other user-created content sites.

Blogging 95

Blogging Content Google Sites 95

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

The reason I have so many typos is that I value cranking out more content rather than perfect posts. Increasing this is also migrating to social network messaging but email is still king. But the honeypot of information in companies is still in email. The build “implicit social networks.&#

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

David Sacks, one of the co-founders of PayPal, pitched Geni.com, an online site focused on both family trees and social networking. The "best of show" prize went to Magnify360, which develops software for optimizing content and web sites for specific users.

Southern California 100

Southern California Conference SoCal Startup 100

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based EcoMom (www.ecomom.com) launched its "green" parenting site, with backing from Dave McClure. Jody Sherman: We are a site for eco-conscious, health minded parents. We also are bringing together a community of like-minded people, so that they can share and exchange information.

Software Review 200

Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

Early on, we realized that because Twitter was having issues keeping the site live and up, we needed to solve that for our users in order to build our business. We've just added a layer on top of all the social networks particular to finance. Howard Lindzon: Making content is just a dumb business.

Ideas 248

Ideas Web Startup Content 248

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2013

We caught up with CEO Walter Delph to hear how the promise of social media advertising has measured up to reality, and what that means for brands and marketers today trying to leverage the new reality of social conversations. We''re the leading social advertising platform that leverages celebrity relationships.

Social Media 237

Social Media Advertising Media Metrics 237