socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We''ve also built a data driven platform, that allows us to drive millions of unique visitors to our network of sites every month, covering the banking, credit, and travel and vertical markets. We started looking at the landscape, and as I was getting my MBA at the time, ended up writing the business plan for ConsumerTrack.

Startup 239

Startup El Segundo Marketing Media 239

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

My partner is a documentarian and reports for the New York Times, Time, and Newsweek, and was given a story to write about for the New York Times, about the sounds that fish make , for their Science section. We've been in discussions with news organizations to use the platform, including with large organizations and journalism sites.

Journal 187

Journal USC News Startup 187

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

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based HitFix (www.hitfix.com) an online news site focused on entertainment, announced it had raised $2M in a funding round. We spoke with Jennifer about what HitFix is looking to do, her own background, and how HitFix is different from the many celebrity gossip and news sites out there.

News 173

News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

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). Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Leverage blog content.

Blogging 48

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Startup Writing 48

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2017

Start a blog and write for industry forums and newsletters. Every organization and web site is begging for content, so spread yourself around. Seek out and mingle with reporters at business events. Reporters are always looking for content, so they rarely turn away professionals they meet at conferences or events.

Startup 55

Startup Organization Newsletter Content 55

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

Even more disappointing are other statistics that show most websites that do exist have a very low “conversion rate,” or ratio of visitors to the site versus ones who meet your goal of buying a product or signing up for a newsletter. In non-conversion exit surveys, visitors often report that they need to think about it and come back later.

SEO 53

SEO Tips Newsletter Statistics 53

Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

Refreshing Content. Search engines have the potential to drive millions of visitors to a given site. Wikipedia and About are two of the most popular sites on the web, but the majority of their traffic comes from referrals from search engines, not people going directly to their site. The Viral Loop / User Email.

Web 62

Web Social Media Content Sites 62

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

For sites displaying the ads, this is called pay per click (PPC). Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Tracking and performance reporting. Other PPC experts will track your campaign from click to transaction, providing you with detailed reports on and return on investment (ROI). Cost per action (CPA).

Paid Search 90

Paid Search PPC Organization SEO 90

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2010

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 52

Startup News Sites RSS 52

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had seen many cycles and decided that since I was going to do it all over again I should write about it. I decided to write about my experience and to be blunt. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. That changed very quickly. And covered we did.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

When I was running startups I felt like a horse with blinders on because I was super focused on the content management market and ignored many other markets. The idea that people “report to you&# must validate some primal need. I’ll write about that in a couple of weeks. I get to choose what I write about.

Venture Capital 312

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Entrepreneur 312

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

For sites displaying the ads, this is called pay per click (PPC). Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Tracking and performance reporting. Other SEM experts will track your campaign from click to transaction, providing you with detailed reports on and return on investment (ROI). Cost per action (CPA).

SEM 90

SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

Jones Graduate School of Business found that 66 percent of the 150 businesses surveyed reported that Groupon promotions [were] profitable. For example, Cornell University reported that many Groupon users see themselves as “marketing mavens”… “on the front edge of market trends and price information.” Getting Mobile-Ready.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

In this role, he reports directly to Alan Mulally, Ford’s president and chief executive officer. Technorati and AdAge rank his site as one of the world’s Top 10 business blogs. a production company primarily focused on creating premium online content as well as film, television, and videogames. Justine Ezarik (a.k.a.

Los Angeles 75

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. The provide them with a custom website with online ticketing, box office software, customer data management, reporting, and marketing tools. with the clips.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Crowd Seats is the only Group Buying/Daily Deals site for sports fans. has created a simple to use, online application for your business to create a mobile site and secure its mobile presence. We utilize the content of your existing website and create a mobile version on-the-fly. We write and create our own content for the game.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

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. People can come to the site, pay you directly, and we provide them with access to your genie, and away they go. It has links to supporting web site and resources.

Geni 100

Geni Web Guide Platform 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

In this role, he reports directly to Alan Mulally, Ford’s president and chief executive officer. Technorati and AdAge rank his site as one of the world’s Top 10 business blogs. a production company primarily focused on creating premium online content as well as film, television, and videogames. Justine Ezarik (a.k.a.

Los Angeles 49

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 49

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Wordpress in particular is fairly resource heavy right out of the box so speeding up everything else is a critical piece of running a site on this platform. Share Buttons Work… In A Way Share buttons on your post help your content reach a greater audience by creating easy channels to social networks.

RSS 29

RSS HTML JavaScript Doc 29

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Write me an e-mail and let me know what youre up to! I’ve been asked a few times recently, “Wow, these analytics you write about are great, but how does a startup begin to bite off the relevant parts? The main things I like to look at are new versus return visitors, top content pages, what pages are causing bounces, etc.

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. but: Something is Still Missing.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. If you asked me to tell you a list of three of the best decisions in my life, I can certainly tell you that regularly writing is one of them. Why You Should Write. Why You Should Write. Kanye West.

Startup 191

Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Primarily targets SMBs.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. They controlled distribution to the masses.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

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. But with the speed of the Internet, these have become as old-fashioned as museum curators.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Technical Review Blogging Java 92

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

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 135

Blogging Services Search Engine Optimization Web 135

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. It was intended to be a single solution for all-things advertising online (banner ads, email, content management, search advertising, etc.). With enterprise software, your product sits at the customer’s site. ► March (1) Office 2.0:

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

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

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

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

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

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

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Microsoft Office ended up beating its competitors because it was able to read and write to file formats other than its own. A program manager would traditionally be responsible for: Writing the detailed specification for how the software should work. Communicating with the developers who write code. Defensibility in Software.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285