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. and I realized that without years of experience it is tough to answer this question. Most VCs are book smart. Think of web vs. mobile. Traditional software vs. SaaS. FourSquare. Everywhere.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Back to regular writing this week so check back in. Google Ad Sense was just getting going. Do you think the impact of social media is effecting Google’s search business? (42:00 But Google is still showing great financial performance. I’m now back & ready for action. The contextual ad market was attractive.

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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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Web Social Media SEO Media 225

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

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 paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, right hand column, despite low SEO rank). This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Cost per click (CPC).

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Paid Search PPC Organization SEO 90

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.)

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2013

I know that finding time is hard, and good writing is simply not what most people do. Writing a blog is all about communication, and that’s your number one job as founder of a new startup. Trying to write something down for someone else to understand quickly, will tell you if you really understand it yourself.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2014

I know that finding time is hard, and good writing is simply not what most people do. Writing a blog is all about communication, and that’s your number one job as founder of a new startup. Trying to write something down for someone else to understand quickly, will tell you if you really understand it yourself.

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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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CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Search engine marketing is simply buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company. This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO). For Google, this is pay per impression (PPI), or pay per mille (PPM) per thousand impressions. Campaign setup and ad copy writing.

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SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

So finding time is hard, and good writing is simply not what most people do. Writing a blog is all about communication, and that’s your number one job as founder of a new startup. Trying to write something down for someone else to understand quickly, will tell you if you really understand it yourself.

Blogging 93

Blogging Invest Startup Writing 93

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Vince Bianco: The company has been around since 2006, and we started by launching an SEO tool for press releases for professionals. The wizard, which you can find on Newsforce.com, essentially allows anybody, with little or no SEO experience, to optimize their press release for search, prior to sending it over the wire.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2019

Thus I recommend that every business publish a website and start a blog even before they have a product to sell, enabling the following benefits: Get Google to work for you in highlighting your site. These days, customers want two-way relationships, and people who follow your writing will feel this bond.

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Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing SEO 85

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

On the card I usually write the date, where I met the person, how I met them and what value I can bring to the table. To learn how to advertise on Google to get traffic to your website or offline business read “ Advanced Google Adwords ” by Brad Geddes. The best place to find forums is Google. Buy Online Lead Generation.

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Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

Develop an efficient and effective writing style. All of this is possible on every entrepreneur’s budget, since the major blogging platforms, including Tumblr, WordPress and Blogger (Google) are free. Each can be linked directly into your site domain name for maximum SEO impact.

Blogging 110

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media 110

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

As part of your launch, we can integrate Google or Paypal payment options into the login page. Instead of writing a book, we wanted to develop a platform to bring our methods to life, and scale our knowledge. You can integrate Google or PayPal options--either or both--and it provides a big chunk of storage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings. Otherwise, your blog content will be indexed separately from your web site content, resulting in a lower overall Google rank. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Anchor blog in your domain name. Conversational style. Add outgoing links.

Blogging 48

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Startup Writing 48

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. I did a cold outreach to Kevin, and funny enough, he told me something like SEO would never work. He founded Doubleclick, which he sold to Google, and he sold his last company to Amazon.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

More recently, a conflict with Google over SEO practices saw heavy penalties on their search results, but ultimately led to a resolution between the two parties. Fellow co-founder Ilan Zechory, met Mahbod and Tom at Yale and went on to work at Google for a number of years. The Future of Genius.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Write me an e-mail and let me know what youre up to! I’ve been asked a few times recently, “Wow, these analytics you write about are great, but how does a startup begin to bite off the relevant parts? Google analytics can’t really tell you much - it’s not very actionable. Block IP address. Andrew Chen.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. In our industry we call that a TAM (total addressable market) and I’m sure you can even Google methods for calculating a TAM. Market Size. Let me be very direct. But not doing basic research makes no sense.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

One of the hardest things about being a blogger is drawing that line between being a business owner and writing for passion. Most bloggers wouldn’t turn down the opportunity to make a full time income from writing their blog. Who are you writing to…What are their fears, their dreams, their lifestyles? Write your content.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil. No one, including the engineers who work on Google’s constantly evolving search algorithms, fully understands how to reliably and consistently boost search results via artificial means. Such fees must be factored into your cost per customer calculation.

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Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

Search Engines – Google, Yahoo, MSN, ASK redirect billions of searches everyday. It’s a simple formula, go to Google and type in this query site:“ name of your site.com ”. Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. Referring Traffic / Press. Social Media. Online Partnerships / Distribution Deals.

Web 62

Web Social Media Content Sites 62

Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

Search Engines – Google, Yahoo, MSN, ASK redirect billions of searches everyday.Search engines have the potential to drive millions of visitors to a given site.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.To

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Web Social Media Content Sites 61

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

And Google badly messes up your URIs for click tracking purposes. 301 URI messed up by Google", TRUE, 301); header("Location: $canonicalUri"); exit; } } By definition, heuristic checks barely scratch the surface. It was fun to write, so go get the best out of it. Sometimes even smart developers do evil things with your URIs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings. Otherwise, your blog content will be indexed separately from your web site content, resulting in a lower overall Google rank. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Anchor the blog in your domain name. Conversational style.

Blogging 135

Blogging Services Search Engine Optimization Web 135

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings. Otherwise, your blog content will be indexed separately from your web site content, resulting in a lower overall Google rank. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Anchor the blog in your domain name. Conversational style.

Blogging 96

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing Social Network 96

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings. Otherwise, your blog content will be indexed separately from your web site content, resulting in a lower overall Google rank. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Anchor the blog in your domain name. Conversational style.

Blogging 95

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Writing 95

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings. Otherwise, your blog content will be indexed separately from your web site content, resulting in a lower overall Google rank. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Anchor the blog in your domain name. Conversational style.

Blogging 88

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings. Otherwise, your blog content will be indexed separately from your web site content, resulting in a lower overall Google rank. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Anchor the blog in your domain name. Conversational style.

Blogging 69

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 69

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings. Otherwise, your blog content will be indexed separately from your web site content, resulting in a lower overall Google rank. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Anchor the blog in your domain name. Conversational style.

Blogging 91

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Services Writing 91