Frank Addante

JUNE 19, 2006

Put yourself in the shoes of your customers or users. Answering only one or two of these questions won’t work. > I need to send marketing, e-commerce or e-statements emails to my customers to drive revenue or reduce costs. StrongMail is proven to be the fastest, easiest and most reliable solution for email delivery.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. Social Networking in Web 2.0: The Present Era.

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Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

As a matter of fact, part of the inspiration behind my current company, StrongMail Systems (Startup 5.0), an email infrastructure company, dates back 10 years ago to Starting Point. At Starting Point, 100% of the interaction with our users/customers was via email. Contact the Webmaster.&#

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 31, 2006

As a result, we ended up doing a lot of one-off custom work for clients and never really gained traction in any particular area. We can solve so many different problems with email delivery ranging from performance to reliable email delivery to dynamic content. The company eventually failed. So, we put a stake in the ground.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

Just a month ago they were all email you! But there are many great VCs also who see the entrepreneur as their customer as they should do and are realistic about how much of an impact we advisors and financiers really have. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, Team losing a bit of confidence in you.

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 29, 2006

Customers validate businesses. Often times, that time investment could have been better spent talking to customers or acquiring users. Rather than spending time trying to persuade a VC, wouldnt it be easier to simply say "just ask our customers"? Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

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Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

billion on Friday, I have received a flood of emails asking for my thoughts on the topic. If Im a publisher using Google, they already have my customer list, advertising data and revenue information anyway. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register?

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

I am someone who likes to interact with my Representatives and Senators, by way of writing letters, emailing, and what not. When I was listening, I made a point to try to do that, but when I did, I found I had to go to twenty sites to find the information I needed--whether that was to write a letter, send an email, or whatever.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Sean Murphy on the first dozen enterprise customers - Gabriel Weinberg , September 8, 2010 I recently did a Traction Book interview with Sean Murphy who runs a boutique cutomer development firm in Silicon Valley. We discussed (for ~1hr) how to approach getting the first set of enterprise customers. Another important web 2.0

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

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Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

There are 7 Ways to Get Traffic on the Web, in no weighted order they are: 1.) The Viral Loop / User Email. Helpful Resources about for Getting Referral Traffic : Top Blogs List (with email contacts). Helpful Resources for Getting Traffic from Partnerships : : Web 2.0 Search Engines. Referring Traffic / Press.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and software developers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email. StrongMail’s software ensures reliable and timely delivery of their critical customer communications. This would later inspire the genesis of StrongMail.

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Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

There are 7 Ways to Get (unpaid) Traffic on the Web , in no weighted order they are: 1.) The Viral Loop / User Email. Follow up with compliments on their writing and get some emails going back and forth, and then pitch your product or service. Helpful Resources for Getting Traffic from Partnerships : : Web 2.0

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Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

I have found that if an idea is incredibly complex, it inherently requires more time to develop and is harder to explain to customers, users, partners, employees, etc. And if customers, users, partners and employees have a hard time understanding or explaining the idea, then it will eventually fail. Try this: 1.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

- SoCal CTO , January 13, 2010 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere - Life Beyond Code , March 29, 2010 No Accounting For Startups - Steve Blank , February 22, 2010 Startup Advice In Exactly Three Words - #StartupTriplets - OnStartups , January (..)

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

. – Premium Online Advertising Company Age: 21 - 25 Time Period: 1997 - 2001 My Role: Chief Technology Officer, Technology Founder and Chairman, Advisory Board High Point: $500 million market cap; 3,000+ customers; 8 billion transactions per month; 65% Internet reach Warning, this will be a long posting. We had customers and revenue.

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