Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

Note that none of these three famous innovators were inventors like Thomas Edison, but visionaries who see a new marketplace or niche or how to reach the mass market in ways not previously attempted. Innovation does not always equal invention. Sometimes, innovators enable unfinished visions of others.

Artificial Inteligence 156

Artificial Inteligence UCLA Web Patents 156

Berkonomics

AUGUST 28, 2014

But an increasing amount is now coming from web sites and YouTube videos created by companies looking for an edge in their marketing efforts. The average time spent on a static website, one without videos linked to the home page, is under a minute. Videos should be replaced or rotated at least annually to be effective over time.

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Netflix Sites Content Entertainment 166

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2022

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Email and Texting. In school, you're taught to stretch weak ideas to reach your document page limit. Maximizing Business Productivity.

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Class Course Email Social Network 140

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How will you be taking this to market? Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? Often this ties to marketing support. Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email?

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Develop Development Startup SEO 396

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How will you be taking this to market? Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? Often this ties to marketing support. Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2013

These days every new entrepreneur understands that an innovative product or service is necessary, but not sufficient, to start a business. You have to build a web presence with marketing content to get visibility above the 51 million other new websites created last year, and attract the customers you need. Widgets and badges.

Content 114

Content Marketing Startup eBook 114

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2023

First of all, I will admit that there is some risk involved with talking to any potential investors, even with an agreement, just as there is risk in all the elements of your plan, product and market opportunity. Product details in the public domain can never be patented. Unsolicited proposals or requests for information.

Technical Review 101

Technical Review Patents Ideas Sample 101

Berkonomics

JULY 11, 2013

Visit to purchase, click to close, or other terms are used in various industries to describe the measure of conversion rate from initial landing on a page displaying purchase information about a product or service.

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.Net Sales Tool Social Network 207

Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

Note that none of these three famous innovators were inventors like Thomas Edison, but visionaries who find a new marketplace or niche – or how to reach the mass market in new ways. It is not hard to find strands of gold in the carnage left by failed businesses lost when a bubble bursts, such as in 1857, 1902, 1929, 2001 and 2008.

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Artificial Inteligence UCLA Web Patents 256

Eric Greenspan

MAY 7, 2013

Their stamp of approval can put the spotlight on any product or service and can open doors to new markets and opportunities. Their influence is strongest in the area of child education, products aimed at children or parents, parenting, and many other family oriented industries. Complete this quick form or email sales@zodiac805.com.

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IBM IBM Email Research 154

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2012

These days every new entrepreneur understands that an innovative product or service is necessary, but not sufficient, to start a business. You have to build a web presence with marketing content to get visibility above the 300 million other new websites created last year, and attract the customers you need. Widgets and badges.

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Examples Content Marketing Entrepreneur 93

Eric Greenspan

MARCH 1, 2013

Imagine if you only received emails from companies that offered products and services you want. Here’s how… The next time you post on Facebook or LinkedIn or tweet, consider that what you say may be read by a potential marketer. Like their page and tell them you want a deal. So, give it a try.

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Social Network Examples Ideas Marketing 171

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

First of all, I will admit that there is some risk involved with talking to any potential investors, even with an agreement, just as there is risk in all the elements of your plan, product and market opportunity. Product details in the public domain can never be patented. Unsolicited proposals or requests for information.

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Ideas Tips Technical Review Patents 159

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). Search engine marketing is simply buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company. Cost per click (CPC).

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SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90

Tech.Co

AUGUST 16, 2017

Finding potential customers continues to be a huge challenge not only for established marketing and sales teams but also for startup executives and solo entrepreneurs. A study in 2013 showed that 61 percent of marketers found it hard to generate high-quality leads. Team – for agencies and marketing teams, $149/month.

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Tool Startup Help Template 79

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2011

These days every new entrepreneur understands that an innovative product or service is necessary, but not sufficient, to start a business. You have to build a web presence with marketing content to get visibility above the 50 million other new websites created every year, and attract the customers you need. Widgets and badges.

Content 102

Content Tips Marketing Blogging 102

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2016

They thought it was like MySpace and why did I need a MySpace page? In 2015 I opened up my Facebook page to the public. Here’s the thing: If you never try new product and new networks you’ll never learn anything. In 2006 I started using Facebook and most of my friends & colleagues thought I was strange. Stay young.

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Snapchat Product Startup AMA 150

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

She is a go to person for me when I have questions around technology or early stage marketing and branding. I've been President of my marketing, branding, creative and advertising firm for, yikes, 30 years. landing pages, etc. landing pages, etc. I've known Farida for quite a while. Maybe ten years. Foreign Service.

Marketing 150

Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Yet I still hear stories of companies being well down the road on products and collateral with a given name, only to find out that everything has to be changed because of a domain name conflict or availability problem. Finalizing the web site validates your product plan and sales strategy. Viral marketing needs a website.

Web 76

Web Startup Sites Design 76

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

In most cases, I provide some combination of the following advice: Brevity - Maximum length: two pages. Hopefully this straightforward format will help you avoid overly obtuse verbiage, while keeping your executive summary to two pages. Entrepreneurs routinely seek my advice regarding their executive summaries. Opportunity.

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Venture Capital Summary Technical Review Template 211

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Email readers, continue here… ] California is interested in protecting personal information that can be associated or linked with a particular person or household. Think of the advertisements that follow you around various sites for days and weeks after you visit the first site and look for a product.) Now back to our story….

Sites 149

Sites Email Google Course 149

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Email and Texting. In school, you're taught to stretch weak ideas to reach your document page limit. Maximizing Business Productivity.

Course 96

Course Email Social Network Ideas 96

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2011

At its release, email was heralded as the best thing since the facsimile aka the fax machine. Well email may be the savior of the Western world’s time, but like all great inventions of the last century, it could use a little help. This part is significant because if no one ever responded you probably wouldn’t remember them.

Email 102

Email Platform Web Summary 102

Eric Greenspan

MAY 9, 2013

If you are new friend, perhaps give it some time before inviting me to like your page. If you get to know me and I hand over my email address, don’t add me to a mailing list and spam me the next three days. About me: I’m a dad, a social research marketer, customer service champion, closet chef, TEDster.

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Social Media Media IBM IBM 117

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

Let me just put this more clearly for you up front – the vast majority of the Internet is used for porn so every product has this use but you probably just don’t know about it: YouTube, Tumblr, Facebook, FaceTime, Skype and of course be very careful on Google Search without “safe mode” on.

Snapchat 150

Snapchat Screening Venture Capital Guide 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

I also talked about Virgin Money , a product that I have used to lend friends money in the past. This is the market that Wonga serves and they are killing it! Peer-to-peer lending service; started on FaceBook; claim to own 79% of the US peer lending market in March 2010 with a whopping $8,664,750. Big market. LendingClub.

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Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike believes the reason AltaVista didn’t become Google ( despite their market leadership position ) was because they didn’t focus on search. AdSonar’s advertising platform applied proprietary semantic algorithms to automatically serve the most relevant ads to each particular content page. Quigo set up a system on specific web pages.

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Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

In marketing materials founders often refer to their customer base as a “community”, but there’s a huge gap between having customers and creating a community. The best businesses understand the difference and that communities are the single best advocates for others to buy your products. This had a dual purpose?—?the

Software 234

Software Startup Tool Platform 234

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Pablo joins TechZulu and talks about Proven, job markets, and the future of mobile. We were doing this one product called “Small Business Hires”, similar to the employer app we launched today, all web-based. We were trying to raise money for this product, but then the unthinkable happened. Let me share an email I got today.

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Mobile Marketing Writing Startup 86

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

That strikes me as an attractive market for disruption over time. They recommend up-sells and cross-sells of products. Banner ads were never very effective on web pages so it baffles me that it’s the preferred method of advertising today on mobile devices. They know what you bought the last time you were shopping.

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Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The lessons learned by Divshot confirm that obtaining, and more importantly maintaining, visibility on the front page of a major social news site results from the congruence of three factors: audience, timing and engagement. If we hadn’t done well on Hacker News we would have needed to have some serious product/market fit discussions.".

News 198

News Sites Startup RSS 198

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Yet I still hear stories of companies being well down the road on products and collateral with a given name, only to find out that everything has to be changed because of a domain name conflict or availability problem. Finalizing the web site validates your product plan and sales strategy. Viral marketing needs a website.

Web 62

Web Startup Sites Design 62

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2014

Yet if your service is consulting, for example, real travel is required to deliver the product. It’s always valuable to meet new prospect clients face to face, rather than just by phone or email. Startup market research and focus groups. Sharing your passion for the business live. Trade show and conference participation.

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Startup Tips Mentor Conference 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

While you dialed AOL to get on the Internet, the goal of AOL was to keep you locked into their proprietary content and thus earned the classification of “walled garden.&# They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. Social Networking in Web 2.0. Modern Social Networking.

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 7, 2009

My initial conversations normally focus on the core of the business, important Startup Metrics , probably marketing strategy (ex. SEO for Startups and Negative Customer Acquisition Costs ) and, of course, the product itself. Normally the product is defined as a web site. For me, my number one application is email.

Web 150

Web Sites Email HTML 150

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 24, 2013

For about 50 years, (…cough M) Ad Men, or marketing and sales individuals, have been the kings of organizational hierarchy … and then came the Internet of things and engineers took over the throne. If you build it, they may not come : So, you’ve launched your product, and people use it and seem to like it.

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Hulu Startup Social Media Organization 111

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2015

Image via Flickr by SideWages.com These days every new entrepreneur understands that an innovative product or service is necessary, but not sufficient, to start a business. A good start is a classic book on content marketing, “ Accelerate! ” The registration process to join can give you a very targeted email list.

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Blogging eBook Content Web 105