Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). I actually like finding entrepreneurs who are more circumspect, less braggadocios and generally more planned about their actions. That’s fine if entrepreneurs are your target market.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

Blogging is an important way to build an audience and also drive SEO traffic. I was an entrepreneur. Don’t just write a carbon copy of what somebody else is doing. OK, well, actually the first thing I did is come up with a list of 50 posts that I wanted to write. What should you blog about? Some search.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Entrepreneurs who run startups have to be generalists to survive. Yet I’m seeing another critical group of entrepreneurs, self-employed specialists, who are a growing part of this new “ entrepreneurial revolution ” that I discussed a couple of weeks ago. Many of these new entrepreneurs were regular employees a few years ago.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2013

million new pages added to the Internet every day, the biggest challenge for every entrepreneur is to get found, and get some credibility for a new startup. I know that finding time is hard, and good writing is simply not what most people do. Wordpress entrepreneur startup website blogging business' What’s holding you back?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

Serial entrepreneur, venture investor and startup accelerator pioneer Brad Feld has notoriously mocked traditional marketing throughout his career. When the entrepreneur is obsessed with the product and the company has organized all of its activities around that, it’s very powerful.”. Write Your Own Playbook.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

In this age of relationships, you, the entrepreneur, are a very important element of your new brand, and it’s never too early to start marketing the value of your expertise, insights and ideas. Every entrepreneur should count on at least a couple of adjustments or pivots before they get it right.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Finally, if you don’t have the time, energy, or skills to write a blog, it may be a good investment to hire a ghost writer, or hand the job over to your marketing executive. Add outgoing links.

Blogging 69

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

.” Here’s what I mean … Let’s start with what it takes for a journalist to want to write a story. Do I have an “angle” from which to write the story (first company to do X, company does biggest X, consumer behavior is doing X)? I am a VC. I hand out money. How differentiated is that?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. SEO marketing vs. social marketing. Most entrepreneurs I encounter seem to make their decisions more on perceived brand, past successes and ability to intro. Most VCs are book smart. Think of web vs. mobile.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. entrepreneur startup website business' They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. Back to regular writing this week so check back in. He does not bring his Blackberry to meetings and hopes to give entrepreneurs the same respect he wanted. 5:00 – 5:55). 6:00 – 7:30).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

In fact, very few website owners even track their website activity, or use Search Engine (SEO) or Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) tools now available. By far the most effective technique for improving your writing is simply carrying out user readability tests on every piece of content, and really listening to feedback.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This is the second article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). I like to invest where I have a personally strong connection with the entrepreneur and/or a strong intuition on the market from prior experience. Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Finally, if you don’t have the time, energy, or skills to write a blog, it may be a good investment to hire a ghost writer, or hand the job over to your marketing executive. Add outgoing links.

Blogging 96

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing Social Network 96

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

With the an estimated 150K new websites and 7M new pages added to the Internet every day, the biggest challenge for every entrepreneur is to get found, and get some credibility for a new startup. So finding time is hard, and good writing is simply not what most people do. Hone your communication skills.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

An entrepreneur having low self worth is the number one deterrent for a potential customer not buying into what you are selling. Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO). SEO is not placing ads, but tuning your website so that it is more highly ranked by Google, and featured in the first page of results, not in an ad beside the results. Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Tags: entrepreneurs startups. Marty Zwilling.

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SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Finally, if you don’t have the time, energy, or skills to write a blog, it may be a good investment to hire a ghost writer, or hand the job over to your marketing executive. Add outgoing links.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

With HeyTutor, we track those lessons, let you write notes down about your clients, we create a tutor profile for you and a hub. After you've done that, and see that it is working, as an entrepreneur, you really start to believe in your product. He founded Doubleclick, which he sold to Google, and he sold his last company to Amazon.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. Market Size. How much ad revenue does TripAdvisor make?

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

You and I are from a web background, and usually, when you run into problem--if you're not asking for something unreasonable like artificial intelligence--there is always a way to write some software, or put together a workaround to deal with the issue. If you want read about SEO, there are probably 30 million pages on the web about that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Finally, if you don’t have the time, energy, or skills to write a blog, it may be a good investment to hire a ghost writer. Tags: entrepreneur business blog startup website. Add outgoing links.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Publish a daily blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Highlight personal and product testimonials.

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Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. Helpful Resources for Getting Traffic from Refreshing Content : : How to Write Great Blog Content from Problogger. Referring Traffic / Press. Helpful Resources about for Getting Referral Traffic : Top Blogs List (with email contacts).

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

Instead of writing a book, we wanted to develop a platform to bring our methods to life, and scale our knowledge. One of our hopes, aside from creating a way to package knowledge, is to essentially allow entrepreneurs to create their own publishing company. But, it didn't seem scalable. Could you walk through what a Genie looks like?

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Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. 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.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As Marketing Guru Guy Gabriel of Idea Engineering points out in Max Brand , viral marketing has made many an entrepreneur terminally ill. Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil. Tags: Entrepreneur Strategic Planning The Fringe. As described more fully in Thrill The Messenger. Copyright © 2007-9 by J.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

I am in the middle of writing up some of my thoughts on this and will post about it and let you know. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 . * Im constantly frustrated by conversations that take place in discussion groups that cant cross the border into the blog world.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding.

Venture Capital 285

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Heres 5 steps to start exploring: View the "Best Of" list with 50+ essays on viral marketing, gaming, and ads » Get introduced: About this blog, why entrepreneurs and marketers recommend it » Receive updates by email or RSS feed or Twitter. Write me an e-mail and let me know what youre up to! Block IP address. Andrew Chen.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

I first learned the ropes around SEO (search engine optimization) and how for years this has been a cat-and-mouse game where people game the system (Google) through link exchanges, offshore SEO “agencies,&# widgets, algorithmically optimized content and the like that degrades the quality of search results.

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