Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2019

Michael delivers field-tested guidance on how to create the core elements of great content for your announcement, your webinars, blog posts, Facebook contests, newsletters, Internet TV, and other initiatives. Helping customers discover new ways to solve common problems can quickly build you a loyal following. Then write it down.

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Customer Custom Marketing Tips 93

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

If you're a web publisher, or even a brand developing your own outreach to customers through a newsletter or microsite, how do you efficiently gather and curate all of the news and information out there? The firm has created a tool which uses software and semantic search to help in the whole process of curating content.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

I thought I’d write a post about how to talk about valuation at a startup and give you some sense of what might be on the mind of the person considering funding you. Having a price helps them to evaluate the deal better. In either case, having a price target can help you get momentum. We’re not optimizing for the highest price.

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Venture Capital Pricing Startup Invest 324

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2021

I started advice with the premise that no amount of exercise or food eating plan would help with long-term fitness or weight goals unless you first had a mental plan and a set of measurements to track your progress. Mental Psyche [If you want to sign-up for my free newsletter you can click here. I want to share with you how I did this.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2017

Michael delivers field-tested guidance on how to create the core elements of great content for your announcement, your webinars, blog posts, Facebook contests, newsletters, Internet TV, and other initiatives. Helping customers discover new ways to solve common problems can quickly build you a loyal following. Then write it down.

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Content Marketing Newsletter Writing 67

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2014

Michael delivers field-tested guidance on how to create the core elements of great content for your announcement, your webinars, blog posts, Facebook contests, newsletters, Internet TV, and other initiatives. Helping customers discover new ways to solve common problems can quickly build you a loyal following. Then write it down.

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Startup Content Newsletter Writing 103

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Start writing down predictions about people, companies, and markets. We get at least a dozen at the TC offices every week, which is why we write about books so often around here these days. How can you practice timing? Check in with the companies you talked with a few years ago — how are they doing? Ditto people you met a while back.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Michael delivers field-tested guidance on how to create the core elements of great content for your announcement, your webinars, blog posts, Facebook contests, newsletters, Internet TV, and other initiatives. Helping customers discover new ways to solve common problems can quickly build you a loyal following. Then write it down.

Content 99

Content Startup Newsletter Writing 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2011

Michael delivers field-tested guidance on how to create the core elements of great content for your announcement, your webinars, blog posts, Facebook contests, newsletters, Internet TV, and other initiatives. Helping customers discover new ways to solve common problems can quickly build you a loyal following. Then write it down.

Content 94

Content Startup Newsletter Writing 94

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers. Tracy realized her constituency and being a public figure helped elevate her.

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Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

Even more disappointing are other statistics that show most websites that do exist have a very low “conversion rate,” or ratio of visitors to the site versus ones who meet your goal of buying a product or signing up for a newsletter. Use Net Promoter Score (NPS) to help you turn visitors into raving fans. Keep sentences short.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2017

Corrie speaks from years of experience helping executives improve their position in large enterprises, as well as in small companies. Start a blog and write for industry forums and newsletters. Building your personal brand is a key step to success in every career and business today.

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Startup Organization Newsletter Content 55

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. Do you have an application that helps mobile developers build HTML5 apps? Write out the topic and maybe even the blog title.

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Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Unpaid Search – Never pay a consultant to help you achieve a higher search ranking. Direct Response Email and Newsletters – Although rightfully vilified due to the irresponsible actions of Spammers, targeted, opt-in email lists can be lucrative sources of customers. Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil.

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Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2013

” I’m not a morning person; in fact, it’s 2pm as I’m writing this and I’m still in sweat pants, but for this, I’ll gladly be there. It’s a private space and he’s confident that FORD’s principles wouldn’t turn their cars into newsletters. GREAT STRIDES WITH TOYOTA.

Advertising 97

Advertising Startup Marketing Mobile 97

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Microsoft Office ended up beating its competitors because it was able to read and write to file formats other than its own.

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