Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

When my friend’s small business was struggling a while back, I suggested he add some social media marketing initiatives, and his answer was that he was “too busy.” Dell announced years ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

When my friend’s small business was struggling a while back, I suggested he add some social media marketing initiatives, and his answer was that he was “too busy.” According to a study of 1700 CEOs last year, only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2012

Los Angeles-based MyLife.com is further expanding its services this morning, saying that it has launched a new, "social dashboard" product which helps users centrally manage all of their social and email accounts. The new service comes as a result of the acquisition of Threadsy in March by MyLife.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” He is not alone, according to a recent study , which concludes that only 47% of companies use social media today for marketing, despite the fact that 78% of executives polled feel it’s critical for success. What’s the problem?

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

I had requests from friends to put them on an email, or give them a calendar reminder when a band was playing, and one thing led to another, and I started the site. I actually worked in the offline business world until Web 1.0. What's your background and how did you get into this? Vic Caretti: It's rather diverse. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Who are you on the web? Historically you are your email address. Think about your local news anchor saying, “if you want to get in touch email me at xxxx.” Nearly every day now I see public figures telling people their Twitter identity in stead of Facebook, email or other forms of identity. ” Sure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” According to this study from last year, over 65% of existing small businesses still ignore social media for marketing, so he is still the rule rather than the exception. Develop a marketing strategy specific to this media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2021

Every business I know is intimately familiar with outbound marketing, or pushing your message out to customers through email, newspaper, and television advertising. If you have a consistent and valuable presence on your site and your social media channels, you have a better chance of a higher ranking on search engine result pages.

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socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2010

To understand why investors are finding the firm so interesting, and why the company raised such a large round, we spoke with Adam Bernhard , CEO of the firm, about the company and funding, how email has allowed the firm to get past the "Google trap" of marketing on the web, and where the firm is going. Adam, thanks for the time.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

Along the way, we found ourselves constantly surprised by unanticipated applications that suddenly appeared and gained huge adoption across the Internet; this was the case with email, the World Wide Web, peer-to-peer file sharing, user generated content, Napster, YouTube, Instagram, social networking, etc.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 21, 2022

Owned media comes from the databases you own, such as your company’s web site, email newsletters, profiles in social media, or apps you have created requiring registration or download. And here’s the most powerful new media model. Others make impressing livings from these opportunities.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Sometimes, Ill use LinkedIn to contact my network, but mostly I still just go to their profile and email them. When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out. When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 2, 2009

Capture the data – the currency of online direct marketing prior to Twitter was the email address. If a brand had your email address and permission from you to send occasional messages to you then you could effectively market new products or services. The currency of the real-time web is, for now, your Twitter address.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. I frequently work on networking through the social web and building new relationships that will foster knowledge gathering or business growth. We need to spend some time discussing what you do with the social web.

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

He was also the founder of Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS back in 2007, is an investor in a significant number of web and social media companies. They didn't buy it because of the financial content, they did it for the web video expertise. Through Howards investment in betaworks, he also owns early shares in Twitter.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Social Networking in Web 1.0:

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Owned media comes from the databases you own, such as your company’s web site, email. newsletters, profiles in social media, or apps you have created requiring registration or download. Happy New Year from Dave and BERKONOMICS.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

I had been trading emails & Tweets with venture capitalist John Frankel and we were to meet in person in March 2011 at SxSW to talk about Klout and other investments he had made. John laid into a well-honed thesis on why the social web needed a “Page Rank” equivalent for people. 500px is in Toronto.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email. with the clips.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The USC Annenberg Innovation Lab welcomes a panel of tech-savvy innovators to discuss the digital market and social media and how they won success by engaging audiences. Our panelists come from several industries, including retail, tech, agency and social. Email gretchen.parker@usc.edu. million subscribers on YouTube.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

That's funding our new product, FanMix, which is a a social media tool. However Gmail is only private email conversations. They'll reply to my emails in half an hour, and give us great feedback on what we're doing. We started working on local web design projects, but got sick of that in six months.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

We started in the comedy industry, hence the name, but basically for venues, we have a website management tool so you can fire your web programmer. I always ask the question, when I've brought a concert ticket, if I'm going to get an email from the venue, or from a Ticketmaster or Live Nation. Finally, what's next for you?

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We recently completed a web-based application that uses a unique algorithm to match professionals with new career opportunities. Customer support emails require both accurate information and a professional, helpful tone. An LLM can help fill in all these boxes, either directly, or by providing prompts, tips, and editing help.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2011

If you’re a big supporter of indie films or web series you’re probably checking out your favorites on a variety of different sites on the web. Embedded in the page are standard social media buttons like Facebook, Twitter, Disqus and good old fashion email as methods to recommend programming that you like.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

According to GoGuardian, the new software assesses the content students are creating and interacting with online via web searches, social media, chat, forums, email and online collaboration tools. Pricing on the new software was not announced.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

was the “static&# web. Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. I then remember when Amazon started selling books on the web. This is why many people are so excited by how much traffic they’re now generating from social media.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

We've now been operating for five months, and have become the leading web service for mobile fundraising in the country. It's a simple web service, where a customer can log in and can simply create and deploy any level of mobile donation or messaging campaign. It was founded three years ago, and hadn't been succeeding.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

It’s not your fault that we can only be social creatures to a certain extent before brain overload. Last fall, Mingly released their first product last fall to help users manage their endless webs of connections. MyPeople works as a personalized email digest set to update the user on a weekly or daily basis.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 12, 2009

This past week has had an interesting confluence of events that's led me to conclude that I want to start doing a lot of visible networking among the tech / web crowd here in Los Angeles. Social Media / Online Networking – Better Use of Time I present a fair amount on the topic of how to use social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The cost of entry is so low – you can create a web site for almost nothing - and you are on your way to riches with ecommerce, your latest invention, or personal services. Mashable claims there are 150,000 new web sites created per day. Having a web site is necessary, but not sufficient. Engage your audience with social media.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 16, 2016

Phishing, a play on the word “fishing,” is a dangerous form of executive or CEO email fraud, and is negatively impacting individuals and companies worldwide. Phishing can hook you through infected emails – or links to a fake website containing malware – or information capturing forms you are asked to complete.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 27, 2013

That as a business it is impossible to build your brand without an adwords strategy or partnering into a YouTubers existing audience or an having a robust email list. Nick Tran, Director of Social Media for Taco Bell. Orabrush also created a web series called “ Diary of a Dirty Tongue ”. Get likes and subscribers.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2012

This fest will include panels, workshops, cocktails and keynotes for startups, content creators, developers, social media marketers, designers, entrepreneurs, and more. Influencer (PromoJam) @ Tech Cube : social tools. Content : Web / viral videos TBA. Media/Tech: io/LA (Hollywood). Email HERE with SBF as subject.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

The days when you could launch your business with a new web site, and the phone would begin to ring, are long gone. Today’s platform is built of people, including yourself, contacts, connections, and followers, who can amplify your message through social media and spread it to your target customers.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2010

Matt Edelman: The last company I ran and co-founded PeopleJam, which was a social media business for people interested in self improvement. For StyleHive, in particular, we're adding a daily email newslette rprogram, and are reaching out to hundreds of thousands of email newsletter subscribers we have who have been underserved.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Once the call is over, a user can share their special moment with friends and family on Facebook & Twitter, or over email and SMS. ” The team says they will be able to monetize as each call is an in-app purchase on the iOS app, or an online CC transaction for a web call. The post Say Hello Santa! |

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