Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

Product is simply about defining a physical good or service that would be valued by consumers of the product more than existing alternatives based on functionality, quality and/or price. ” Here are some examples: 1. How do people drive SEO growth? It’s just like my book example. Where does it get even grayer?

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Self-employed services specialists are just as important, and are a growing part of this new “ age of the entrepreneur ” that I discussed last week. Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. Tomorrow, a similar change is likely to happen to sales personnel, customer service, even manufacturing and construction jobs.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur Services Product Search Engine Optimization 89

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2019

Valid social media objectives for a business should include one or more of the following: increased brand awareness, lead generation, service and support, or reputation management. Obviously, the platforms and how you use social media would be different for lead generation versus service and support. Create an action plan with metrics.

Social Media 96

Social Media Media Marketing Metrics 96

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

It is a platform that allows anyone who offers a service to advertise it for free – we promote this profile on the most popular social networks such as Twitter , Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest, Stumbleupon and many more. The service provider – create a profile, multiple adverts. What is ProfileTree? What inspired you?

Advertising 79

Advertising Services Social Network Startup 79

socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2020

Eighteen to twenty percent of the revenue is services. None of the small businesses, these spas, have the expertise or the budget to actually understand lead generation, SEM or SEO, or even know how to manage retention, referrals, expertise, or how to customize or streamline their processes. 250 billion is made by the little spas.

Template 124

Template Beverly Hills Startup SEM 124

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings. For example, if you mention an article you read in XYZ magazine, make sure to include a hyperlink to the article. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization).

Blogging 91

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Services Writing 91

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

The Startup Metrics post is a good example of what I call “holocognics.” In other words, instead of accepting that “SEO is good,” let's explore what the point of SEO is and when it is actually “good” (that is, promoting a goal). I am planning right not to write a post about how startups often get SEO wrong.

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Startup SEO Pepperdine Blogging 150

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I’ve recently had a chance to reconnect with Eric David Greenspan ( LinkedIn , Twitter ) He’s the CEO of Make It Work a high quality, personal, high touch technology service provider for homes and small businesses. I recently posted about SEO for Startups. Is/was SEO important for MakeItWork? Look forward to the discussion.

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Acquisition Customer Custom Ideas 170

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Using your service or owning your product isn’t why a person buys, it’s the experience your customer will have. Perfect example; ShoeBoxed.com. A great example of a website displaying amazing social proof with client results is Killian’s Workshop for how to book commercials. In forums have a signature like this example below.

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Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

Your background is Internet services  howd you decide to instead sell what seems like a more traditional product? For example, some of my biggest competitors--such as Flintstones vitamins--have been around for 40 years, have virtually no web presence, and a PageRank of 2. It's molecules, and chemistry, and that's just the way it is.

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Web Social Media SEO Media 225

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

I like to use the example of a company I backed called MakeSpace because it’s such an easy an obvious market to understand. So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2017

Valid social media objectives for a business should include one or more of the following: increased brand awareness, lead generation, service and support, or reputation management. Obviously, the platforms and how you use social media would be different for lead generation versus service and support. Create an action plan with metrics.

Social Media 62

Social Media Media Metrics SEO 62

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2015

This integration, or fusion with traditional marketing, is discussed in detail, with examples, in “ The Fusion Marketing Bible ,” by Lon Safko, author of bestseller “ The Social Media Bible.” These give good customer connection and SEO. Integrate your social media content with some traditional media.

Social Media 108

Social Media Media Marketing Resource 108

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2013

Valid social media objectives for a business should include one or more of the following: increased brand awareness, lead generation, service and support, or reputation management. Obviously, the platforms and how you use social media would be different for lead generation versus service and support. Create an action plan with metrics.

Social Media 102

Social Media Media Product Metrics 102

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

If you''ve ever ordered flowers from one of the big floral services, you know it''s an impersonal, cookie-cutter, and heavily commoditized area. The startup--which is part of MuckerLab--landed a seed funding round last week, so we thought we''d catch up with founder and CEO Farbod Shoraka to dig deeper into the company''s goals and service.

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Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Richard coincidentally cites Mike Yavondite’s Qiigo as an example; Mike was a guest on TWIVC later that day. An example is Metacafe, a Highland Capital portfolio company. Fansnap is an example, search for ticket purchases. Do you agree that Google SEO optimized results for high volume search terms are broken? (49:35-51:30).

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Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Platform Startup Resource 150

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 28, 2016

For example, if a company website generates extensive visitor traffic at a particular point in time, the enterprise may continue to serve customers without obvious interruptions in service because its cloud-based server architecture permits the distribution of visiting traffic among servers in different locations.

Software 40

Software Social Media Platform Mobile 40

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2013

This integration, or fusion with traditional marketing, is discussed in detail, with examples, in “ The Fusion Marketing Bible ,” the most recent book by Lon Safko, author of bestseller “ The Social Media Bible.” These give good customer connection and SEO. Integrate your social media content with some traditional media.

Social Media 103

Social Media Media Marketing Startup 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2012

Valid social media objectives for a business should include one or more of the following: increased brand awareness, lead generation, service and support, or reputation management. Obviously, the platforms and how you use social media would be different for lead generation versus service and support. Create an action plan with metrics.

Social Media 91

Social Media Media Metrics SEO 91

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Final example. They sell accounting services. By publishing your data on a blog (as in the case of Flurry and PwC) you get the added benefit of driving traffic back to your website as the journalists often link to the “full report” and thus you get all of the SEO juice to drive future search traffic also.

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2017

This integration, or convergence with traditional marketing, is discussed in detail, with examples, in “ The Fusion Marketing Bible ,” by Lon Safko, author of the classic bestseller “ The Social Media Bible.” These give good customer connection and SEO. Integrate your social media content with some traditional media.

Media 59

Media Marketing Social Media Resource 59

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2015

David Kierzkowski: We''re the first, and the leading marketplace that connects YouTubers to brands for product and service endorsements. Agnes had developed a subscription service a year and a half ago, and wanted to try to connect with some YouTubers to promote that service on YouTube.

Content 100

Content Platform Startup Marketing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2012

This integration, or fusion with traditional marketing, is discussed in detail, with examples, in “ The Fusion Marketing Bible ,” a recent book by Lon Safko, author of bestseller “ The Social Media Bible.” These give good customer connection and SEO. Integrate your social media content with some traditional media.

Media 92

Media Social Media Marketing Resource 92

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2009

The company was incorporated in January of 2004, and we provide outsource e-commerce services to organizations, such as brands and retailers. The second, is we provide fulfillment services, such as product shipments. That's an example of our international expansion, which helps us serve multinational retailers better.

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital SEM Commerce Email 113

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

For businesses, these are now prime sources of business networking, customer service, and client leads. Techniques include search engine optimization (SEO) and paid result placement. " Examples include give-aways, contests, and celebrity stunts that grab attention. Facebook alone has 800 million active members.

SEM 95

SEM Search Engine Optimization Blogging PPC 95

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

For example, Harley Davidson now has to snap up “harleydavidson.motorcycles” in addition to harleydavidson.com. The trademark verification itself is performed by Deloitte and the data is managed by IBM , who are partnered with the TMCH to provide mark vetting services.

Conference 77

Conference SEO Software Review IP 77

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2010

They became popular for socializing, but now are prime sources of business networking, customer service, and client leads. Techniques include search engine optimization (SEO) and paid result placement. " Examples include give-aways, contests, and celebrity stunts that grab attention. Facebook alone has 500 million members.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur SEM Search Engine Optimization Blogging 89

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

For example Twitter , where gazillions of bots [type A] follow other equally superfluous but nevertheless very busy bots [type B] that automatically generate 27% valuable content (links to penis enlargement tools) and 73% not exactly exciting girly chatter (breeding demand for cheap viagra). compatible; …&#. googlebot.com&#.

Social Media 41

Social Media Develop Development Media 41

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Users can vote for relevancy of results, and over time, the non-relevant information or SEO moves down below the line. For example, in Scour, you can do a search for shoes, and read comments about a specific shoe or shoe website, plus you can potentially engage users that left the comment. People are so used to the Google mold.

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PPC Sherman Oaks Advertising Yahoo 113

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. This world changes rapidly and needs a highly focused specialist to keep up.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Startup SEM 48

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2014

While we entertain startup strategies such as being lean or agile, it’s impossible to ignore that, for example, LA has a culture of entertainment , Nashville that of music , New York, a culture of finance and fashion , and Silicon Valley, indeed, a culture of disruptive innovation. Web based shipping service Ordoro.

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Commerce Yahoo Web 71

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. On the SEO side of things, I'll definitely want to get your feedback on Browse My Stuff. (Graduated with a BS/MS in bio from Stanford.) I'll be interested to see what it turns into.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2010

For example, non-computer types should consider delegating their social media, website, and SEO activities. Timing is always a critical element of a new business, and the quality of your product and customer service is your sustainable competitive advantage. Delegate what you can’t do, and what doesn’t interest you.

Entrepreneur 52

Entrepreneur Startup SEO Social Media 52

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

If you want it to be private, for example if you're a consultant or teacher, you can share it with a pre-identified audience for that knowledge by publishing it privately and inviting others to log into Knowledge Genie to share that knowledge. The second example, is you can publish it in public. We have patents filed on this process.

Geni 100

Geni Web Guide Platform 100

Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. Find ways to automatically generate refreshing content without having to manually edit and input it.For example, how can you show related content or automatically surface the content that is most topical and popular. Referring Traffic / Press.

Web 61

Web Social Media Content Sites 61

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

See Five Things Meme as an example. as an example. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S.

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Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150