SoCal CTO

APRIL 1, 2009

I am excited to be participating in and announcing the of: Southern California Tech Central This is a community of people in Southern California who have come together to help find and organize the best content from blogs, news sources and other web sites all around technology in So Cal. And perhaps to stimulate new connections.

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Southern California TechEmpower Technology Council Metrics 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

For example, I highly recommend a set of board metrics that the CEO communicates to board members at every meeting. How many adds came through organic SEO? If you have multiple versions of your product, how many are web vs. mobile? SEO is seldom “free.”. You’ll have no idea when you’re off course. How many through SEM?

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Metrics Startup SEO Customer 346

Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

There are 7 Ways to Get (unpaid) Traffic on the Web , in no weighted order they are: 1.) Wikipedia and About are two of the most popular sites on the web, but the majority of their traffic comes from referrals from search engines, not people going directly to their site. Search Engines. Referring Traffic / Press. Social Media.

Web 62

Web Social Media Content Sites 62

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

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. I recently posted about SEO for Startups. Is/was SEO important for MakeItWork? Great stuff!

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Acquisition Customer Custom Ideas 170

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2010

So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. Let me give you an example. You have a marketing department with three people.

Startup 323

Startup Press Development Team Review SEM 323

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2016

The software does keyword research, and it has an SEO checklist. The program analyzes your web content and points out areas for improvement. For example, the program will come up with keywords for you to use based on visitors to your website. They can use BoostSuite to optimize their website with SEO tools.

Tool 40

Tool Software Review SEO Email 40

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Perfect example; ShoeBoxed.com. For $9 bucks a month I send in all my business cards and receipts in a prepaid blue envelope, they promptly scan and accurately enter in all the info from each card for me to easily view on their web based dashboard. In forums have a signature like this example below. See the example below.

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Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

A blog is basically a journal (“web log”) that is published on the web. Techniques include search engine optimization (SEO) and paid result placement. " Examples include give-aways, contests, and celebrity stunts that grab attention. You are now reading one of about 50 million out there already. Viral marketing.

SEM 95

SEM Search Engine Optimization Blogging PPC 95

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Here are a few examples: Setting up the business. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K. Sales and marketing costs.

Startup 102

Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM Social Network 102

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

If you’re just a content company your advantages are too small to win on the web. Take for example, an eCommerce company. You have to have some of your own content formats and not just be an aggregator of talent. You must invest in technology. Your tech needs to add value to content producers, the audience and advertisers.

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SEM Content Platform Acquisition 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2010

A blog is basically a journal (“web log”) that is published on the web. Techniques include search engine optimization (SEO) and paid result placement. " Examples include give-aways, contests, and celebrity stunts that grab attention. You are now reading one of 50 million out there already. Streaming video.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur SEM Search Engine Optimization Blogging 89

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Here are a few examples: Setting up the business. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K. Sales and marketing costs.

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Entrepreneur Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM 94

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). Or leave the Web, respectively pay the publishers.

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Social Media Develop Development Media 41

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

This morning, Knowledge Genie (www.myknowledgegenie.com) launched a new web site that helps experts and authors publish online information to the web. The second example, is you can publish it in public. It has links to supporting web site and resources. What is the idea behind Knowledge Genie?

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Geni Web Guide Platform 100

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.

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Technical Review Commerce Yahoo Web 71

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). 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.

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Blogging Search Engine Optimization Startup Writing 48

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.). Where Stealth is Good – There’s a lot of discussions on the web about whether startups should be stealthy before they launch or not. I think a great example right now is turntable.fm.

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Marketing Startup Press Technical Advisors 380

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

For example, you can transform your longish and ugly dynamic URIs into short (but keyword rich) URIs, and more. For example when you operate a WordPress blog, you could code nearly everthing below in your 404 page (consider alternatives ). Here are a few ideas how to block rogue (crappy, not behaving, …) Web robots.

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SEO IP PHP Blogging 37

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2012

I thought it might be valuable (and fun) to share some of those “mobile surprises” with you: SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Download Apps From the Web. One example being CNET : which will allow you to download tons of mobile app files to your computer. I bet there is a lot that would surprise you about the mobile world.

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Mobile Search Engine Optimization SEO Startup 82

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

See Five Things Meme as an example. as an example. Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Here are a few examples: Setting up the business. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K. Sales and marketing costs.

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Startup High Tech Search Engine Optimization SEM 50

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. Those points add up to a Visa gift card.

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PPC Sherman Oaks Advertising Yahoo 113

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Luckily, some of the folks at TechEmpower just posted Think about Performance Before Building a Web Application. Is SEO important? For example, are you providing a stats service that needs frequent, fast updates? Google told us back in 2010 that site speed was important for SEO. What do they do?

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Startup SEO CTO Coach Web 150

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Fascinating that you are going against the trend of trying to make everything a web application. On the SEO side of things, I'll definitely want to get your feedback on Browse My Stuff. For example, with photos, two years ago it was enough to enable users to actively share photos with friends online.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

For how to market your blog in order to get site visitors I suggest checking out the Marketing Show and if you can attend the next Pub Con it is one the best conferences to learn about getting web traffic. Let’s be clear, this is all up for debate because capturing emails from your web traffic is VITAL. It’s normal. Pretty cool huh.

Blogging 83

Blogging Email Writing Sites 83

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

You might, for example, hold events in the rough key/value form: user_id, event_name, value, datetime. Every web product ultimately has a bunch of user flows contained within it. For example, there might be a series of flows in how users come into the site, starting with ads, SEO, or otherwise. Make sense? 1 week ago.

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Add content regularly. Conversational style.

Blogging 135

Blogging Services Search Engine Optimization Web 135

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Add content regularly. Conversational style.

Blogging 88

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Add content regularly. Conversational style.

Blogging 69

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 69

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Add content regularly. Conversational style.

Blogging 95

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Writing 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Add content regularly. Conversational style.

Blogging 96

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing Social Network 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Add content regularly. Conversational style.

Blogging 91

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Services Writing 91