SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 9, 2009

SEO for Startups )? 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? What's the User Interface Beyond the Web Site ? How will you be taking this to market? What channels will you use (e.g.,

Software Development 292

Software Development Develop Development Startup 292

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2010

Our interview this morning is with Lolita Carrico, founder of Gloss Network for Women (www.mygloss.com), an online network of sites focused on women. Are sponsors interested in such highly targeted sites, rather than the broad reach? Do you find it's been more difficult to build up traffic for a more targeted site, or easier?

Networking 230

Networking Social Media Startup Search Engine Optimization 230

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

SEO / SEM are promotional techniques for marketing through the Google distribution channel, which have yielded huge benefits to many companies – Yelp being a prime example. Of course once submitted you could send out links to your friends and ask them to upvote your content and that would help. How do people drive SEO growth?

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

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, despite low SEO rank). Thus I recommend that you stick with organic search, and use SEO to raise your ranking. Marty Zwilling.

PPC 154

PPC SEO Paid Search Search Engine Optimization 154

SoCal CTO

APRIL 1, 2009

I am excited to be participating in and announcing the of: Southern California Tech Central This is a community of people in Southern California who have come together to help find and organize the best content from blogs, news sources and other web sites all around technology in So Cal. And perhaps to stimulate new connections.

Southern California 150

Southern California TechEmpower Technology Council Metrics 150

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

I'm happy to announce the launch of the Los Angeles Tech Content Community. This is the beginning of a content community that collects and organizes the best content from blogs and web sites. The content comes from other places. To be clear Los Angeles Tech is a jump off point.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Angel Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 150

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. Initially it was a UGC site that competed with sites like YouTube and Veoh. They aggregate other people’s content and curate it into categories. 34:30 – 37:00).

Capital 265

Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2010

Alec Shankman is CEO of Santa Monica-based Gotcast (www.gotcast.com), an online site focused on casting of actors for television shows, movies, and other productions. 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.

Hollywood 252

Hollywood Startup Sites SEO 252

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

How many adds came through organic SEO? For example, if you have developers, content people or SEO folks working on SEO programs you’ll need to allocate their time / costs to this effort. SEO is seldom “free.”. How many social networks, picture sharing sites, new aggregators or blogs can we really spend time on?

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Metrics Startup SEO Customer 346

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Is SEO important? It’s well documented that response time has significant business impact: An ecommerce site that makes $100,000 per day could lose up to $2.5 Google told us back in 2010 that site speed was important for SEO. Consider two different types of systems: eCommerce or Content web site.

Startup 150

Startup SEO CTO Coach Web 150

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. We call it storytelling media.

News 124

News Advertising Press Sites 124

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

I knew how to build compelling content online, and to spread the word online. Yes, we have a physical product and a crossover, but it's not just slapping a web site on a consumer products good. If you want read about SEO, there are probably 30 million pages on the web about that. That's not how we think about it.

Web 225

Web Social Media SEO Media 225

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I’m more familiar with content marketing in B2B Marketing. However, as I read more about your focus, you are using these things in a slightly different way, i.e., not sure if SEO is as important. I recently posted about SEO for Startups. Is/was SEO important for MakeItWork? Again, an interesting topic to discuss.

Acquisition 170

Acquisition Customer Custom Ideas 170

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2016

We caught up with co-founder and CEO Vic Belonogoff to learn more about Render Media, whose flagship site is Opposing Views. Our goal is to create really socially engaging content, that is aimed at empowering, informing, and giving voice to a young audience. We came together in 2008, to focus on digital content.

Media 100

Media Content News SEO 100

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 64

SEO Advertising Conference Social Media 64

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2012

The site is the brainchild of Tracy DiNunzio , who took her experience running RecycledBride.com and is now applying the same concept to women's clothing. RecycledBride really has become a popular site. 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 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. Mashable claims there are 150,000 new web sites created per day. Content is king of the road. Having a web site is necessary, but not sufficient.

Startup 96

Startup Social Media Content Paid Search 96

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow is a free Q&A site for software developers, blending functionality from wikis, blogs, forums, and social voting (similar to Digg/Reddit); 7.1mm unique visitors per month; new funds will be used to build out engineering team and build out product. . Advertising clients include: Sony, Microsoft, NBC, and Clicker. .

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Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

As the number of sites on the Internet floats around one billion, the challenge with every new startup is to be found and stand out. More important, if someone does find your site, the content better be enticing enough for them to come back. Blogging will improve your site search engine ranking.

Blogging 110

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media 110

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). Cost per action (CPA).

Paid Search 90

Paid Search PPC Organization SEO 90

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. Mashable claims there are 150,000 new web sites created per day. Content is king of the road. Having a web site is necessary, but not sufficient.

Social Media 93

Social Media Content Startup Web 93

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2019

Equally important, if someone does find your site, your content must stand out above all similar sites, to keep visitors engaged, close a sale, and get customers to return. Also you should post to industry and other popular sites for more visibility. It’s never too early to start marketing to define your brand.

Blogging 85

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing SEO 85

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. This continues my series of posts: Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March There was some really great content in June. And be generous. We’ve found some good ones!

Startup 175

Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Matthew Graczyk is founder of angel-backed Zubican (www.zubican.com)--saw a problem, which was the difficulty of finding suppliers for products for businesses--and decided to solve the problem, with a site specifically targeted at helping B2B buyers and sellers connect. We've also got SEO feed pages. What's the idea behind Zubican?

SEO 100

SEO Advertising Gogii Tech Coast Angels 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Be proactive in defining your personal and business identity early with positive content, well before your product debuts, highlighting your current vision, accomplishments, and personal image: Establish a personal brand online as an influencer and leader. Identify misdirection can be as devastating to a business as identify theft.

Product 127

Product Entrepreneur Technical Advisors Technical Review 127

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2022

Start by reviewing current statistics, like the recent Social Media Marketing Benchmark Report 2022 , to learn which social media sites are most popular, which features drive the most impact today, and how other social media marketers have maximized their efforts and seen the greatest ROI. You spend the months influencing the influencers.

Social Media 135

Social Media Framework Media Metrics 135

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

LA is a vibrant community with a rich network of angels that fund early stage companies, lots of VCs, easy access to big media, lots of innovation in media, mobile content, games, green, health care, and many, many others. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

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. For sites displaying the ads, this is called pay per click (PPC). Cost per action (CPA).

SEM 90

SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Normally, SEO is not cheap, and video is a very affordable way to boost your businesses search engine optimization, and help you to get discovered. At TripUp, we had lots of user generated reviews and hotels, and we were the first to add user general video to a travel community site. Finally, what's the next big goal for the company?

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

This empowers local florists to take advantage of things like organic SEO, and also helps them promote their current business, as well. Florists receive their orders through these other sites, but the problem is, there''s no profit. Farbod Shoraka: It''s interesting.

Beverly Hills 157

Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

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

socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Last week, Savings.com , the online coupon site based in Los Angeles, made a big move into the world of grocery store coupons, from its existing business providing coupon codes and deals for the online world. They had provided content on our website, and they had promoted to their audience on what we''re doing.

Mobile 140

Mobile Sales Startup Sites 140

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. Leverage blog content. Many now skip the separate static website.

Blogging 48

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Startup Writing 48

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.Co

MAY 31, 2023

Zoho supports a wide variety of social platforms too, from Instagram and TikTok to more niche sites like Pinterest. However, if you run ads on YouTube, or are in the market for more advanced features like content targeting and custom reporting, you'll need to fork out a little more for Zoho Social's Professional or Premium plans.

Tool 115

Tool Startup Software Review Technical Review 115

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

On the SEO side of things, I'll definitely want to get your feedback on Browse My Stuff. My guess is that will be the case with a lot of different kinds of content and applications. Of course, you should monitor social media such as Twitter, the social news sites, Facebook, etc. I'll be interested to see what it turns into.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

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. Usability problems kill conversions. Keep sentences short.

SEO 53

SEO Tips Newsletter Statistics 53