Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2020

It’s easy to get so pre-occupied with handling the business rollout that you forget to maintain and increase your social media interactions, search engine optimization efforts, and highlighting positive customer reviews on your website. Capitalize on competitor weaknesses that you can fill with minimal new investment.

Search Engine Optimization 131

Search Engine Optimization Startup Social Media Metrics 131

SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2010

Show me how much each unique visitor is going to cost you in search engine optimization and pay-per-click search engine expense. What hurdles do we need to hit for that next round of investment? Great stuff! And it’s surprising how few startup founders think in those terms.

Metrics 159

Metrics Search Engine Optimization Startup Ideas 159

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Hire a professional marketing and public relations agency once you have a good revenue stream but you don’t need them to start a free blog, establish Facebook and Twitter accounts with initial content and complete the basics of search engine optimization. Social media is not rocket science. The timing of cash flow is everything.

Search Engine Optimization 124

Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media Equity 124

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2019

Through SEO (search engine optimization) techniques on your site, and help from good Content Marketing platforms such as “ Link-able ,” customers will be drawn to your site to expedite the building of your brand.

Blogging 85

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing SEO 85

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Hire a professional marketing and public relations agency once you have a good revenue stream but you don’t need them to start a free blog, establish Facebook and Twitter accounts with initial content and complete the basics of search engine optimization. Social media is not rocket science. The timing of cash flow is everything.

Startup 89

Startup Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media 89

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Hire a professional marketing and public relations agency once you have a good revenue stream but you don’t need them to start a free blog, establish Facebook and Twitter accounts with initial content and complete the basics of search engine optimization. Social media is not rocket science. The timing of cash flow is everything.

Startup 108

Startup Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

Blogging will improve your site search engine ranking. New and relevant content on a regular basis is a major driver in search engine optimization, as well as the inbound and outbound links that blog comments generate. Investors invest in people as much as the idea.

Blogging 110

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media 110

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Here are some of the key new rules I have learned by starting my own company, investing as an angel in other startups and mentoring many more new entrepreneurs over the last few years: Do incorporate a company, but keep it simple. The good news is that most haven’t learned the new rules, so there is still room to surge ahead of the crowd.

Startup 108

Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media Outsource Development 108

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

We've also found that online video really helps with search engine optimization. There was a recent study which showed that adding a video makes it 53 times more likely that you'll have a Google first page search result. What's your background, and where did the idea for the business come from?

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Hire a professional marketing and public relations agency once you have a good revenue stream but you don’t need them to start a free blog, establish Facebook and Twitter accounts with initial content and complete the basics of search engine optimization. Social media is not rocket science. The timing of cashflow is everything.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media 105

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2012

A startup that has been incorporated for two years or more without shipping is already seen as a bad investment. In addition, a website needs several weeks of presence for indexing by search engines, search engine optimization, blog activity, and link building. Prime the investor world.

Entrepreneur 101

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Startup News 101

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2014

The time to build investor relationships is before you need the investment. Optimize your web history and presence. Stealth mode normally means no time for search engine optimization prior to product launch, not to mention relevant blogging activity, and link building. Meet investors before asking for money.

Startup 101

Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas Customer 101

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. See my interview a couple of years ago with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K.

Startup 102

Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM Social Network 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2016

It’s easy to get so pre-occupied with handling the business rollout that you forget to maintain and increase your social media interactions, search engine optimization efforts, and highlighting positive customer reviews on your website. Capitalize on competitor weaknesses that you can fill with minimal new investment.

Search Engine Optimization 57

Search Engine Optimization Startup Social Media Metrics 57

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2011

A startup that has been incorporated for two years or more without shipping is already seen as a bad investment. In addition, a website needs several weeks of presence for indexing by search engines, search engine optimization, blog activity, and link building. Prime the investor world.

Startup 101

Startup Search Engine Optimization Course Media 101

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

Their computers then cleverly merge your ads with search results when users search words imply an interest in your products. If you sell widgets, and a user is searching for widgets, your ad will appear on the first page of search results for widgets. This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

Paid Search 90

Paid Search PPC Organization SEO 90

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2016

The time to build investor relationships is before you need the investment. Optimize your web history and presence. Stealth mode normally means no time for search engine optimization prior to product launch, not to mention relevant blogging activity, and link building. Meet investors before asking for money.

Startup 60

Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas Customer 60

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2010

Obviously, some of this is just about technology--such as search engine optimization--and I think lots of readers are initially finding us through social media and search--but I also think that as the find a channel they are most interested in, they are coming back. We're also investing a lot in video.

Networking 230

Networking Social Media Startup Search Engine Optimization 230

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. See my interview a while back with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM 94

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Their computers then cleverly merge your ads with search results only when users search words imply an interest in your products. If you sell widgets, and a user is searching for widgets, your ad will appear on the same page as the search results for widgets. This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

SEM 90

SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2010

A startup that has been incorporated for two years or more without shipping is already seen as a bad investment. In addition, a website needs several weeks of presence for indexing by search engines, search engine optimization, blog activity, and link building. Prime the investor world.

Startup 91

Startup Search Engine Optimization Course Media 91

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 15, 2015

If you invest in more training at the beginning of their careers, you’ll need to invest less down the road. Invest in the software that will take care of those repetitive tasks for you. When is the last time you invested in new technology? People will find your website when they search for important keywords.

SEO 40

SEO Search Engine Optimization Tips Software Review 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

He found it was difficult to build an audience up, and really looking into the whole search engine optimization necessary for this kind of long tail content. Entertainment is confusing--we didn't make investments in pure content plays. He has been blogging on a number of subjects, for example, eLearning.

Startup 162

Startup Content Advertising Sites 162

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

You are likely to see a good return on your investment in a properly localized website. This will allow more effective search engine optimization within foreign markets. Use localization in your online marketing Online marketing is one of the most effective ways of establishing a presence in foreign markets.

Marketing 89

Marketing Social Media Search Engine Optimization Web 89

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

CircleUp is an online social marketplace that supports direct equity investments from individual investors to small private consumer and retail companies. We’re all so caught up in social media marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) that we tend to forget one on one relationships are the most powerful of them all.

Startup 104

Startup Technical Review Search Engine Optimization Los Angeles 104

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). 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. Add content regularly.

Blogging 48

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Startup Writing 48

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. See my interview a while back with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K.

Startup 50

Startup High Tech Search Engine Optimization SEM 50

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. Unpaid Search – Never pay a consultant to help you achieve a higher search ranking. Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil.

Customer 164

Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting.

Blogging 135

Blogging Services Search Engine Optimization Web 135

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting.

Blogging 88

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting.

Blogging 69

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 69

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting.

Blogging 95

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Writing 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting.

Blogging 96

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing Social Network 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting.

Blogging 91

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Services Writing 91