Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 11, 2011

I recently had the pleasure of spending an hour with Jon Steinberg, president of Buzzfeed , a company who focuses on helping media companies make their content go viral. It’s called showing good service to your most loyal customers. That’s why people turn up to Buzzfeed. Good comment community = viral blog.

Buzzfeed

InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Fallacy: Startup ventures tend to evolve, especially after you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. Fallacy: The sad reality is that PR Firms value their relationships with media and industry gatekeepers more than their relationship with any single client. Perform China Syndrome Market Analysis. Share and Enjoy.

Entrepreneur

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

We all read them to get a sense of what is going on in the world, peeling back layers of the old world in which media was too scripted. I’ll bet your customers, business partners or suppliers would love similar. Who are your customers, partners or suppliers? Social media is ephemeral. By definition, you read blogs.

Blogging

InfoChachkie

MAY 14, 2012

This latest wave in this transformation has been enabled by a number of sophisticated technology companies, including: Burstly , Coull , Collider Media , GraphEffect , SteelHouse , RingRevenue , GumGum , and DataPop. This results in more effective ads with greater reach, deeper customer engagement and significantly better ROI.

Content

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Lean startups validate their business model by quickly iterating and assessing potential customers' feedback. The media attention surrounding the allegedly naughty lyrics caused millions of teenagers to seek out the record. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Lean Music.

Startup

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 14, 2013

An efficient way to qualify a potential customer is to determine the size and availability of their budget. o Sell What You Have - The Say Yes sales team's priority is to get customers to select "the perfect dress" from whatever they have on the racks. Startup sales require high velocity. Startups must follow a similar philosophy.

Sales

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

To do this, you must formulate a sound engagement plan in advance of receiving unexpected media attention. The company posted a Show HN entry entitled, " We built a better solution for customer analysis and support.". Although social media news sites can be effective market validation tools, they are not without their downsides.

News

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Along the way, they created a supportive community of emotionally attached stakeholders that would be the envy of any Social Media Manager. Per John, "We continue to grow the business and as the newsletter grew, the media kind of picked up on the story as well. Once the media picked up on it, every major publishing house.

Newsletter

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. We know that Twitter is leading to customer service opportunities for businesses but the opposite is also true. cheap accessible digital hardware].

Social Network

InfoChachkie

MAY 20, 2013

I became acquainted with Tige, when I was researching examples of exemplary online customer service. In the resulting article , I describe Tige''s deft handling of online trolls via the deft use of social media. My subsequent correspondence with Tige led me and my 13-year-old son to Fiji, where we experienced the Tui Tai firsthand.

Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2012

This is the main focus of EveryBlock, where they give each city block its own Web page, its own RSS feed and its own e-mail alerts. Geographic customization. Give people a way to draw custom geographic boundaries to specify their area of interest. Topic customization.

Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2011

This is the main focus of EveryBlock, where they give each city block its own Web page, its own RSS feed and its own e-mail alerts. Geographic customization. Give people a way to draw custom geographic boundaries to specify their area of interest. Topic customization.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

Define your customers, partners and other relevant people to your organization (e.g. That’s blogging to the echo chamber unless they’re your target customers. Much of my traffic is through referring websites and/or social media. That way people who want to get your blog by RSS and/or email can do so.

Blogging

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

Our customers can sign up, and they can get full access to our API, where they can create campaigns to target public officials. The other feature that sets us apparent, is our integration with social media. It's really helpful, particularly for companies who don't get social media. Jason Kiesel: Yes. Kurt and I are pretty Web 2.0

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2010

This is the main focus of EveryBlock, where they give each city block its own Web page, its own RSS feed and its own e-mail alerts. Geographic customization. Give people a way to draw custom geographic boundaries to specify their area of interest. Topic customization.

Startup

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. It will be exciting to see what they can accomplish, but I think its challenging to get the same level of exposure in tech business media as Bay Area startups -- although sites like Lalawag and TrendSlate are trying to change that. This is a whole new "generation 2.0" Register Now! Learn more.

Los Angeles

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 Disconnects between older and newer generations of social media.

Web

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 19, 2010

RSS reader. Allowing you to open a new tab, Add RSS feeds (if any), switch tabs, refresh the page, go forward, and open bookmarks. Although, the international version does not have a flash, there will be a Galaxy S available with a flash if you are a Verizon customer. Music Player with SoundAlive. 3.5mm Ear Jack. Flash Lite3.1,

Technical Review

SoCal Delicious

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. While I know I can add value, I also know when and how I can add value. Lack of confidence? Camaraderie? Perhaps all of the above. Lack of confidence?

CTO Coach

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Traditional marketing says you have to “push” your message out to customers, over and over again, to get you remembered. A more effective approach in today’s Internet and interactive culture is to use “pull” technology to bring customers and clients to your story. Refresh it often. Skip the Flash videos. Marty Zwilling.

Customer

InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2013

Their deep understanding of their customers, an uncompromising drive to create a quality product and the courage to ignore the music industry's formulaic approach to producing hits resulted in the creation one of the top selling non-compilation albums of all time.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2013

Traditional marketing says you have to “push” your message out to customers, over and over again, to get you remembered. A more effective approach in today’s Internet and interactive culture is to use “pull” technology to bring customers and clients to your story. Refresh it often. Skip the flash (and Flash). Marty Zwilling.

Customer

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Traditional marketing says you have to “push” your message out to customers, over and over again, to get you remembered. A more effective approach in today’s Internet and interactive culture is to use “pull” technology to bring customers and clients to your story. Refresh it often. Skip the flash (and Flash). Marty Zwilling.

Customer

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2011

Traditional marketing says you have to “push” your message out to customers, over and over again, to get it remembered. A more effective approach in today’s Internet and interactive culture is to use “pull” technology to bring customers and clients to your story. Refresh it often. Skip the flash (and Flash). Marty Zwilling.

Technical Review

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 20, 2012

The company launched its social media management system in 2008, growing to over 4 million users by the start of 2012. The Resumator has well over 1,000 customers, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable. Job Syndication And Customized Job Boards.

SaaS

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

Benefit of a proprietary platform can be finding customers. From BBM's web site: media RSS - extensions to RSS subscription format to support time based media, enclosures, copyrights and other meta-data needed for media. Stamps.com - two back-ends - mainline service vs. marketing site. I would tend to agree.

Platform

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Traditional marketing says you have to “push” your message out to customers, over and over again, to get you remembered. A more effective approach in today’s Internet and interactive culture is to use “pull” technology to bring customers and clients to your story. Refresh it often. Skip the flash (and Flash). Marty Zwilling.

Customer

InfoChachkie

JULY 30, 2012

For instance, a senior executive from a major media agency, who did not attend the show, was prompted by a bearded-booth-babe tweet to contact the company’s VP of Sales. Central Desktop’s angel was amusing without alienating potential customers. Her company has since signed a contract with Central Desktop. Share and Enjoy.

Marketing

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 16, 2023

Traditional marketing says you have to “push” your message out to customers, over and over again, to get you remembered. A more effective approach in today’s Internet and interactive culture is to use “pull” technology to bring customers and clients to your story. Refresh it often. Make it fast. Provide multiple methods of access.

Web

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

RSS

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Subscribe to RSS. Subscribe to RSS. We believe there are awesome entrepreneurs everywhere, not just in the places constantly covered by the media. Team Rubicon unites the unique skills America’s returning veterans offer with the expertise of medical professionals; all while interactively engaging donors through social media.

Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. There is a feeling that techies are the new celebrities," says Eric Kuhn, an agent who heads the social-media department at United Talent Agency. FourSquare.

Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Standalone URI shorteners work fine when you want to shorten mostly foreign URIs, but that’s a crappy approach when you want to submit your own stuff to social media. Because you throw away the ability to totally control your traffic from social media, and search engine traffic generated by social media as well.

SEO