socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2008

Santa Monica-based Tsavo Media, the new startup venture of former Userplane founder Michael Jones, said Tuesday that it has named Steve Schepke as General Manager of Tsavo Agency, a new unit focused on providing monetization services to content providers. According to Tsavo, Schepke joins Tsavo from Commission Junction. READ MORE>>

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2010

West Hollywood-based Citysearch , the online local business guide owned by IAC, announced today that it has launched a new online advertising service for local businesses called CityGrid Complete. According to Citysearch, it made an investment in OrangeSoda to build the new service. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Los Angeles-based Wpromote , the provider of online marketing services led by Michael Mothner, said it is offering up a set of free workshops, courses, and discussions to nonprofits and charities. READ MORE>>.

El Segundo 100

El Segundo Marketing Paid Search SEO 100

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

SEO for Startups )? What special data, content, APIs, etc. Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? Will you tap into geolocation services provided by the browser or license a third-party lookup table? SEO Support - will URLs need to be well formed? Content access controls?

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Develop Development Startup SEO 396

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

SEO for Startups )? What special data, content, APIs, etc. Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? Will you tap into geolocation services provided by the browser or license a third-party lookup table? SEO Support - will URLs need to be well formed? Content access controls?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2022

Valid social media objectives for a business should include one or more of the following: increased brand awareness, lead generation, service and support, or reputation management. Obviously, the platforms and how you use social media would be different for lead generation versus service and support. Create an action plan with metrics.

Social Media 135

Social Media Framework Media Metrics 135

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The TechZulu team is coming back to Pubcon this year from November 9-10 to bring you some amazing content from the masters of affiliate marketing, Search and SEO, Social Media, Link building, Advertising, Branding, PR, Analytics and tons more. Other then to come hang with the TZ crew of course.

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SEO Advertising Conference Social Media 64

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The TechZulu team is coming back to Pubcon this year from November 9-10 to bring you some amazing content from the masters of affiliate marketing, Search and SEO, Social Media, Link building, Advertising, Branding, PR, Analytics and tons more. Other then to come hang with the TZ crew of course.

SEO 40

SEO Advertising Conference Social Media 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

Product is simply about defining a physical good or service that would be valued by consumers of the product more than existing alternatives based on functionality, quality and/or price. Of course once submitted you could send out links to your friends and ask them to upvote your content and that would help. But many people benefitted.

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Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2015

It''s a new world out there for content creators on YouTube, who are now able to create their own--often substantial--following. But, how do you pay for that content and creativity? David Kierzkowski: We''re the first, and the leading marketplace that connects YouTubers to brands for product and service endorsements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

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 paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, right hand column, despite low SEO rank). This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Marty Zwilling.

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Paid Search PPC Organization SEO 90

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2019

Valid social media objectives for a business should include one or more of the following: increased brand awareness, lead generation, service and support, or reputation management. Obviously, the platforms and how you use social media would be different for lead generation versus service and support. Create an action plan with metrics.

Social Media 96

Social Media Media Marketing Metrics 96

Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

is a decent security solution, startups should be aware that ‘freemium' VPN services tend to profit by displaying ads and tracking your data. The email marketing platform lets you create tailored email content with templates and a drag-and-drop builder. While Hide.me For many internet users, this trade-off may not be worth it.

Tool 131

Tool Startup Software Review Technical Review 131

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The cost of entry is so low – you can create a web site for almost nothing - and you are on your way to riches with ecommerce, your latest invention, or personal services. In addition, every business has operating costs, like customer acquisition, fulfillment, inventory, and customer service. Content is king of the road.

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Startup Social Media Content Paid Search 96

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth.

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Venture Capital Platform Startup Resource 150

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I’ve recently had a chance to reconnect with Eric David Greenspan ( LinkedIn , Twitter ) He’s the CEO of Make It Work a high quality, personal, high touch technology service provider for homes and small businesses. I’m more familiar with content marketing in B2B Marketing. I recently posted about SEO for Startups. Great stuff!

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The cost of entry is so low – you can create a web site for almost nothing - and you are on your way to riches with e-commerce, your latest invention, or personal services. In addition, every business has operating costs, like customer acquisition, fulfillment, inventory, and customer service. Content is king of the road.

Social Media 93

Social Media Content Startup Web 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

More important, if someone does find your site, the content better be enticing enough for them to come back. Blogging is one of the best ways to do this and build a brand, even before you have a product or service. Each can be linked directly into your site domain name for maximum SEO impact.

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Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media 110

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

San Diego-based Newsforce (www.newsforce.com) is a startup which is looking to take advantage of the hunger of the newspaper and media business for revenue, and has created a product which takes press releases and commercial content, and inserts them onto news sites in "sponsored content" blocks. Tell us a little bit about Newsforce?

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News Advertising Press Sites 124

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

The first phase was just getting all the content online via YouTube. He is starting to see this occur in sites that are verticalizing content. It has become a short form premium destination that is verticalizing content in category channels. They aggregate other people’s content and curate it into categories.

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Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

I had a chance to catch up with Gary and talk about the state of entrepreneurship, trends in SEO, and how people can find their voice to start Crushing It. How will voice assistant devices change the game for advertisers/marketers and SEO rankings? Gary will be keynoting on Tuesday, February 13th at 5:45pm at the Tampa Theatre.

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Startup Search Engine Optimization SEO Tips 70

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2017

Valid social media objectives for a business should include one or more of the following: increased brand awareness, lead generation, service and support, or reputation management. Obviously, the platforms and how you use social media would be different for lead generation versus service and support. Create an action plan with metrics.

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Social Media Media Metrics SEO 62

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2010

Alec Shankman: It's an interesting space, because a lot of folks came out and tried to blend technology and Hollywood by creating content portals. But, in every scenario we have these very high profile, interactive events which attract talent of all shapes and sizes, and ultimately directs them back to our service. READ MORE>>.

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Hollywood Startup Sites SEO 252

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2015

These give good customer connection and SEO. Integrate your social media content with some traditional media. To get first-time buyers today, you need push for coupons and business cards, and you need relationship pull through social media for customer service. Traditional marketing is sales-focused, one-way push.

Social Media 108

Social Media Media Marketing Resource 108

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2013

Valid social media objectives for a business should include one or more of the following: increased brand awareness, lead generation, service and support, or reputation management. Obviously, the platforms and how you use social media would be different for lead generation versus service and support. Create an action plan with metrics.

Social Media 102

Social Media Media Product Metrics 102

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

If you''ve ever ordered flowers from one of the big floral services, you know it''s an impersonal, cookie-cutter, and heavily commoditized area. 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.

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Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

One aspect of this past summer’s Silicon Beach Fest (SBF) I personally enjoyed, among everything else presented that weekend, was learning all about the new multi-channel networks available to showcase online content. Online content isn’t a small market, nor is it going away anytime soon. Same with CreatorUp.

Hollywood 100

Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

Your background is Internet services  howd you decide to instead sell what seems like a more traditional product? I knew how to build compelling content online, and to spread the word online. If you want read about SEO, there are probably 30 million pages on the web about that. It's really exciting, and we're fired up.

Web 225

Web Social Media SEO Media 225

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO). SEO is not placing ads, but tuning your website so that it is more highly ranked by Google, and featured in the first page of results, not in an ad beside the results. SEM is sometimes called “buying your way into search results.” Tracking and performance reporting.

SEM 90

SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2013

These give good customer connection and SEO. Integrate your social media content with some traditional media. To get first-time buyers today, you need push for coupons and business cards, and you need relationship pull through social media for customer service. Traditional marketing is sales-focused, one-way push.

Social Media 103

Social Media Media Marketing Startup 103

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. Equally, hoping to unseat TripAdvisor without understand their SEO strengths and how much it would cost to knock them down would be naïve.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2012

Valid social media objectives for a business should include one or more of the following: increased brand awareness, lead generation, service and support, or reputation management. Obviously, the platforms and how you use social media would be different for lead generation versus service and support. Create an action plan with metrics.

Social Media 91

Social Media Media Metrics SEO 91

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2017

These give good customer connection and SEO. Integrate your social media content with some traditional media. To get first-time buyers today, you need push for coupons and business cards, and you need relationship pull through social media for customer service. Traditional marketing is sales-focused, one-way push.

Media 59

Media Marketing Social Media Resource 59

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2012

It might just be Tradesy (www.tradesy.com), a brand new service which lets women sell their unwanted clothing via a mobile app or website--and even takes care of dealing with shipping and returns. I spent probably the first six months of RecycledBride in creating lots of content. Tracy DiNunzio: Honestly, hard work.

Startup 236

Startup Education Acquisition Funding 236

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2012

These give good customer connection and SEO. Integrate your social media content with some traditional media. To get first-time buyers today, you need push for coupons and business cards, and you need relationship pull through social media for customer service. Traditional marketing is sales-focused, one-way push.

Media 92

Media Social Media Marketing Resource 92

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Once, is we've licensed content from sources, two, is companies can take control of their profile and customize their information, and three, we've harvested information off the Internet to augment the profiles. We've also got SEO feed pages. Why hasn't a service like this been available until now? companies on the Internet.

SEO 100

SEO Advertising Gogii Tech Coast Angels 100

Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

Refreshing Content. Each individual piece of content should have its own distinct URL(title tag), and a unique title (H1 tag) for the page that search engines can read and index. Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. Create a target list of blogs that could cover your product or content.

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Web Social Media Content Sites 61