Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. As a result, being an entrepreneur in now within the financial reach of almost everyone. See my interview a while back with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility. Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. Advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2019

Almost every entrepreneur needs to improve their skills in this area, so I did some research on the basics. For example, non-computer types should consider delegating their social media, website, and SEO activities. Of course the work must be done well, but your way or the highway is not the right way. Listen and observe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2019

The first thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work. Good action plans include a listening plan, channel plan, SEO plan, and a content creation plan, with activities and metrics.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

One of the most common questions I hear from first-time entrepreneurs is, “How do I meet angels?” Of course he wanted to talk a lot about his product and company – he was looking for money after all. Later on he would offer to share his advice on SEO with other portfolio companies. He would send deals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2010

Almost every entrepreneur needs to improve their skills in this area, so I did some research in the basic principles. For example, non-computer types should consider delegating their social media, website, and SEO activities. Of course the work must be done well, but your way or the highway is not the right way. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2015

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should select only social media for marketing, or stick with digital media, or just count on traditional media. According to a recent article in Entrepreneur , 94% of small and medium businesses (SMBs) now use social media as a marketing tool, and 81% use it to drive growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. Equally, hoping to unseat TripAdvisor without understand their SEO strengths and how much it would cost to knock them down would be naïve. Market Structure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2014

With the estimated 510 million live websites at last year-end, and 280,000 new ones being added every day, the biggest challenge for an entrepreneur is to get found, and get some credibility for a new startup. Too many entrepreneurs spend big money on development, only to find out that the solution isn’t quite right. Marty Zwilling.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

Serial entrepreneur, venture investor and startup accelerator pioneer Brad Feld has notoriously mocked traditional marketing throughout his career. When the entrepreneur is obsessed with the product and the company has organized all of its activities around that, it’s very powerful.”. This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

But through expressing points-of-view I can raise above the consciousness of my customers (entrepreneurs and limited partners who invest in VC funds) in ways that I couldn’t without breaking through the noise of the hundreds of others of VCs who also have money. ” Of course not. I am a VC. I hand out money. More strategic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Almost every entrepreneur needs to improve their skills in this area, so I did some research on the basics. For example, non-computer types should consider delegating their social media, website, and SEO activities. Of course the work must be done well, but your way or the highway is not the right way. Listen and observe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should use social media for marketing, digital media, or traditional media. These give good customer connection and SEO. Of course, more resources are “better” for marketing, but re-allocating existing resources can be equally effective. The success of your business depends on both.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Almost every entrepreneur needs to improve their skills in this area, so I did some research on the basics. For example, non-computer types should consider delegating their social media, website, and SEO activities. Of course the work must be done well, but your way or the highway is not the right way. Listen and observe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2013

The first thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work. Good action plans include a listening plan, channel plan, SEO plan, and a content creation plan, with activities and metrics.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

The new war for platforms has mostly been waged by Andreessen Horowitz who have raised astounding amounts of capital and therefore had the fees to put into providing more services for entrepreneurs. From an entrepreneur’s perspective we’re asked to assist in a lot of situations.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

You’ll have no idea when you’re off course. 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 through affiliate deals? How many through SEM?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2013

million new pages added to the Internet every day, the biggest challenge for every entrepreneur is to get found, and get some credibility for a new startup. Too many entrepreneurs spend big money on development, only to find out that the solution isn’t quite right. Wordpress entrepreneur startup website blogging business'

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility. Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. entrepreneur startup website business' Advertising presence. Join relevant business associations. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. As a result, being an entrepreneur in now within the financial reach of almost everyone. See my interview a couple of years ago with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2017

The first thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work. Good action plans include a listening plan, channel plan, SEO plan, and a content creation plan, with activities and metrics.

Social Media 62

Social Media Media Metrics SEO 62

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2017

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should select only social media for marketing, or stick with digital media, or just count on traditional media. These give good customer connection and SEO. Of course, more resources are “better” for marketing, but re-allocating existing resources can be equally effective.

Media 59

Media Marketing Social Media Resource 59

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

SEO marketing vs. social marketing. Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. The best way – of course – is to reference check. Think of web vs. mobile. Traditional software vs. SaaS. Connections?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2012

We launched into bridal first, and gave us a good start in a niche, and let me prove the business model and myself as an entrepreneur. It was a crash course. While I was doing that, I was learning about social media, about SEO, about gorilla marketing, and so on. I think that's important for other entrepreneurs to know.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

An entrepreneur having low self worth is the number one deterrent for a potential customer not buying into what you are selling. That is, of course, as long as what you are selling is the absolute best in your market.) Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Second, how to get leads.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should use social media for marketing, digital media, or traditional media. These give good customer connection and SEO. Of course, more resources are “better” for marketing, but re-allocating existing resources can be equally effective.

Media 92

Media Social Media Marketing Resource 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2011

Almost every entrepreneur needs to improve their skills in this area, so I did some research in the basic principles. For example, non-computer types should consider delegating their social media, website, and SEO activities. Of course the work must be done well, but your way or the highway is not the right way.

Startup 91

Startup SEO Social Media Satisfaction 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2012

The first thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work. Good action plans include a listening plan, channel plan, SEO plan, and a content creation plan, with activities and metrics.

Social Media 91

Social Media Media Metrics SEO 91

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

With the an estimated 150K new websites and 7M new pages added to the Internet every day, the biggest challenge for every entrepreneur is to get found, and get some credibility for a new startup. Too many entrepreneurs spend big money on development, only to find out that the solution isn’t quite right. Cultivate early customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility. Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. Advertising presence. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them.

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Tips Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. As a result, being an entrepreneur in now within the financial reach of almost everyone. See my interview a while back with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

Of course, thats probably even more true in Silicon Valley. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 But some events you dont get quality attendees and then its a drag to drive that far. My only other complaint is that right now its very hard to find good technical people at all levels.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

“The one-day event will bring together leading executives, entrepreneurs and professionals to celebrate this diverse L.A. Especially when video is the 2nd highest SEO traffic builder and YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine in the world. Regardless of what you’re marketing, you should consider incorporating video.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

Blogging is an important way to build an audience and also drive SEO traffic. I was an entrepreneur. Unless, of course, I’m posting comments on a blog like TechCrunch or the Washington Post. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. What should you blog about? Some search. Both Sides of the Table.

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Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As Marketing Guru Guy Gabriel of Idea Engineering points out in Max Brand , viral marketing has made many an entrepreneur terminally ill. Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

How-to learn about angel/vc term sheets - Gabriel Weinberg , June 28, 2010 I think every startup entrepreneur (and angel investor) should have a good understanding of financing term sheets. You’re Not a Real Entrepreneur - Steve Blank , June 10, 2010 Who is an entrepreneur really? Most entrepreneurs are natural-born builders.

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