Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

It’s apropos because there is so much noise these days with email, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, web shows, etc. If I check Twitter it’s usually because I’m waiting for a meeting to start and I never write posts during the day. He’s committed to getting through every email. I read 95% of my email.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Too many of you business owners think success only means being the next Amazon, or you stress yourself out trying to be everything to every customer. Understand and write down every expense, and budget for required costs, especially initial inventory and accounts receivable delays. Meticulously manage cash inflow and outflow.

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Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

I’ve remained a skeptic about the BBB and as a result of an email I received a couple of weeks ago from them, I have raised the skepticism threat level. So here’s the email I received: Eric, My name is Chad Ratliffe emailing from the Better Business Bureau. That’s how we do business at Make It Work.

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Santa Barbara Technical Advisors Email Technical Review 265

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Having paying “Customers” is what makes the cash register roar. An entrepreneur having low self worth is the number one deterrent for a potential customer not buying into what you are selling. Using your service or owning your product isn’t why a person buys, it’s the experience your customer will have. Second, how to get leads.

Customer 85

Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

With the sudden death of its founder, Gerald Cotton, customers are owed an estimated $190 million due to a missing password only he knew. A huge amount of cryptocurrency is believed to be stored on a device that is now inaccessible, leaving customers in the dark as to what has happened to their funds. Earlier Troubles for QuadrigaCX.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

Welcome back to Transportation Weekly; I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. An email subscription is coming! This is where investigative reporting, enterprise pieces and analysis on transportation lives. Email me or send a direct message to @kirstenkorosec. Keep it coming.

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San Fernando Los Angeles Commerce News 217

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2014

Another mistake many consultants make is to charge by the hour, and customers lose track and lose confidence as things change. Report within the organizational structure. In the past, consultants were taught to report only to the top executive, and to assume leadership rights in the organization. Be exceptionally easy to find.

Startup 102

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2019

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Even practical issues, like understanding reporter deadlines, and your own editing rights, are critical. These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media.

Press 96

Press Entrepreneur Social Media Training 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2012

How about talking to some real customers to see if they are as excited about your idea as you are? Start writing a blog, speaking at local groups, and conversing at networking meetings about the need you see in the marketplace, before you pitch a solution. Comment on other people’s blogs, as well as writing your own.

Startup 96

Startup Writing Newsletter Blogging 96

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2011

Another mistake many consultants make is to charge by the hour, and customers lose track and lose confidence as things change. Report within the organizational structure. In the past, consultants were taught to report only to the top executive, and to assume leadership rights in the organization. Be exceptionally easy to find.

Startup 93

Startup Customer Custom Slides 93

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Another mistake many consultants make is to charge by the hour, and customers lose track and lose confidence as things change. Report within the organizational structure. In the past, consultants were taught to report only to the top executive, and to assume leadership rights in the organization. Be exceptionally easy to find.

Startup 85

Startup Slides Email Customer 85

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2011

How about talking to some real customers to see if they are as excited about your idea as you are? Start writing a blog, speaking at local groups, and conversing at networking meetings about the need you see in the marketplace, before you pitch a solution. Comment on other people’s blogs, as well as writing your own.

Startup 92

Startup Writing Newsletter Blogging 92

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. The value of Pitch Decks; Brad’s personal preferences on deal presentation; and Brad’s practice of accepting cold approaches via email. Very few people can do a good job with a presentation that is emailable.”. You have said outloud anyone can send you an email, is that fair?

Venture Capital 288

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2010

How about talking to some real customers to see if they are as excited about your idea as you are? Start writing a blog, speaking at local groups, and conversing at networking meetings about the need you see in the marketplace, before you pitch a solution. Comment on other people’s blogs, as well as writing your own.

Startup 90

Startup Writing Newsletter Blogging 90

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2010

Another mistake many consultants make is to charge by the hour, and customers lose track and lose confidence as things change. Report within the organizational structure. In the past, consultants were taught to report only to the top executive, and to assume leadership rights in the organization. Be exceptionally easy to find.

Startup 90

Startup Slides Email Customer 90

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2017

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Even practical issues, like understanding reporter deadlines, and your own editing rights, are critical. These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media.

Media 55

Media Social Media Startup Training 55

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Even practical issues, like understanding reporter deadlines, and your own editing rights, are critical. These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media.

Press 105

Press Social Media Startup Training 105

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Over 73% of large businesses in North America use Microsoft Exchange Server as their primary email system. Microsoft Dynamics CRM has over 30,000 customers and 2 million users worldwide. Credit for the writing and research of this article and content goes to Zack Schuler of Cal Net Technology Group, Founder & CEO.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I plan to write about it early next year when we’re all through. Sign up customers who are paying you money for a service you can’t 100% guarantee is going to be operational for the full period that they’re expecting. The press who trusted me enough to report on our successes. Investor emails.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

I've watched businesses operate throughout my career, and saw that so many times business users struggle with relatively simple applications, where they can't get them build, can't get them to work, and where they have to kludge together an email system to route things to get things approved. That's been helpful with growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Even practical issues, like understanding reporter deadlines, and your own editing rights, are critical. These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media.

Training 93

Training Media Entrepreneur Social Media 93

InfoChachkie

JULY 30, 2012

Central Desktop’s angel was amusing without alienating potential customers. Of the 228 exhibitors at ad:tech, Brittany Fleit, writing for Allvoices , voted Central Desktop’s booth as her favorite, despite the fact that the company was outspent by nearly all the other attendees. His lines proved evocative - from “Hey, come over here.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

From devising a tweet length pitch to having an easy to remember name, each branding opportunity is a touch point for a new customer to be attracted to what you have to offer. To start, let’s take a peek inside my train of thinking while I was preparing what I would report on for Tech Crunch Disrupt 2012. 1 Pre Planning. 3 Be on time.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Our marquis customers are companies like Citibank and Lowe's Corporation, along with many others. We also cross into the GUI level of automation, so that a customer can interact with an application and websites as if there was someone at a keyboard. The traditional way to handle that is to write code.

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Networking IBM IBM Pacific Palisades 214

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). Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Tracking and performance reporting.

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Paid Search PPC Organization SEO 90

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

I read reports this week that when he was unhappy with some actions of his players he sent in an emissary to deal with them because he didn’t have the time or patience to deal with the drama that comes from having talented, high-paid professionals with opinions (as opposed to college players who have little choice). Team Building.

Startup 150

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Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

The Viral Loop / User Email. You can search Technorati to find the most popular blogs on the web across various categories.Make sure to reach out to bloggers personally and build a relationship.Leave comments on their posts, link to them from your site… do that and when you approach them to write about you, you’ll find a welcomed reception.

Web 61

Web Social Media Content Sites 61

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

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 Search Engine Marketing (SEM). It pays only if a customer clicks through AND takes a further action (conversion), such as buying a product or filling out a web form. Cost per action (CPA).

SEM 90

SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90

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. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email. Watch this space.

Company 276

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2016

This article will speak to reasons why retailers may choose to forgo mobile apps, and also argue that as consumers spend more time on their smartphones, building a responsive app that reaches out to customers, understands their behaviors and increases conversion rates ultimately benefits the brand. MYTH: Development costs are too high.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

By John Williams Fast Company magazine recently reported that PayPal founder Paul Thiel is giving away $100,000 to twenty-four young men and women to finance startup businesses. An inflated sense of financial well-being can result in sloppy budgeting and accounting as you write checks here and there without pause.

Startup 92

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Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

The Viral Loop / User Email. Leave comments on their posts, link to them from your site… do that and when you approach them to write about you, you’ll find a welcomed reception. Make a list of the journalists writing the articles, they’re easy to find on Linkedin and Facebook. Search Engines. Referring Traffic / Press.

Web 62

Web Social Media Content Sites 62

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2014

After their recent PR they reported back to my that candidate inflow has gone up dramatically. Enterprise Sales – The very first thing a potential customer does when you email or call to set up a meeting is Google you. So does the enemy who is fighting for the customer to choose another vendor. Ironic, of course.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

All it takes is an email address to start receiving our exclusive deals for sports tickets to your favorite teams in your city. We write and create our own content for the game. Custom ad deals and partnerships. Crowd Seats gets you in the crowd for your favorite games with ticket prices 50-90% off face value!

CalTech 91

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

API call could handle shortening the URL for you, I prefer to create one before I post and add it as a custom field. Scroll down to the bottom of your post to a section called “custom fields.&# you should follow me on Twitter here and you should subscribe to my posts via RSS here or email here. Though a Bit.ly

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and software developers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email. Find a Simple Way to Tell a Complex Story (and ano. ► March (1) Office 2.0:

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

. - Journalists don’t know enough about your company before the show, don’t have time for proper research, and you will be competing for their time afterward with 49+ other companies that want them to write about you. - lament the coverage they get from journalists who reported the details unfairly.

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