socalTECH

MAY 10, 2013

We caught up with CEO Walter Delph to hear how the promise of social media advertising has measured up to reality, and what that means for brands and marketers today trying to leverage the new reality of social conversations. When you say social media, what does that encompass for you now--Twitter, or beyond just Twitter?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2021

It works best through effective use of social media, mobile apps, societal initiatives, becoming an influencer, and providing a modern easily-found web site with credible customer-focused content. Participate in the top social media sites for maximum impact. Don’t just monitor – engage customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2017

If you are an entrepreneur these days, or trying to grow an existing business, everyone is telling you that you need to use social media. But very few are talking about how to measure your results and return on investment (ROI), and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment. That’s where the money is.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

If you are one of the thousands of entrepreneurs who need equity funding to get your startup going (no loans to repay), you are probably overwhelmed at the prospect of finding, contacting and pitching to the huge number of qualified angels and investment groups around the country. Register Internet and social media startup names.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2023

Highlight the problem and your concerns in industry blogs, speaking in public forums, and making yourself visible on social media and networking opportunities. Social media sites today, including Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, provide ideal forums for presenting your cause and your concept.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

Indeed, while the rules and technologies for lead generation have changed, Forrester and other experts still see it as the most effective way for businesses with limited budgets to maximize their return on marketing investment (ROMI). Social-media advertising. One of these experts, David T. Cold calling. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

The cost of entry has never been lower, with new tools to create your own website , and free social media to get your message out everywhere. Make sure the name and trademarks you want are available, as well as web site address, social media tags, and any other intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

I continue to be amazed that more than a quarter of new businesses don’t even have a website , and many more don’t pay attention to social media, or monitor feedback on sites like Yelp. At minimum, that requires a modern website, and visibility on relevant social media sites, likely including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2019

Social media accounts. Immediately go to relevant social media sites and grab the same name, even if you never plan to use the accounts. Many companies like Sears, Coca-Cola, and Twitter have already been hurt by people using company names they don’t own on social sites. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2011

Social media accounts. Immediately go to relevant social media sites and grab the same name, even if you never plan to use the accounts. Many companies like Sears, Coca-Cola, and Twitter have already been hurt by people using company names they don’t own on social sites. Marty Zwilling.

Social Media 94

Social Media Media Patents IP 94

Berkonomics

APRIL 29, 2021

Especially for social media-based businesses, we all need to recalibrate our thinking about who is the teacher and who is the student. You know what I mean… The conversation goes something like this: “We found it on x site and using y app with z as our data object.”. Does a manager need to know every detail?

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 16, 2020

The two met in their early twenties when Nguyen was trying to launch a fashion business and Lim was solidifying her career as a social media celebrity and designer. . Both Nguyen and Lim are serial entrepreneurs. Based in Los Angeles, Bümo had already managed to lock in a $2.4 As the pandemic began to spread across the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad. Status of the solution.

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Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 118

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2022

The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. Earned media. Owned media.

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Marketing Framework Social Media Media 127

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Social media accounts. Immediately go to relevant social media sites and grab the same name, even if you never plan to use the accounts. Many companies like Sears, Coca-Cola, and Twitter have already been hurt by people using company names they don’t own on social sites. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2022

Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence , which consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2023

The first step is to set your criteria, including a match for your sector type and stage, and then proactively seek out and contact the best candidates: Review profiles on professional social media sites. There is a good chance that business advisors and mentors also have access to investment capital, or know someone who does.

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Statistics Entrepreneur Funding Social Media 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2020

Highlight the problem and your concerns in industry blogs, speaking in public forums, and making yourself visible on social media and networking opportunities. Social media sites today, including Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, provide ideal forums for presenting your cause and your concept.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based SocialAnnex , a startup helping online retailers to use social media to spur sales, has scored a round of funding from a who's who of Southern California technology angels, the firm said Tuesday. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2019

Knock Knock develops "chat" games, which run on social media sites and through chat platforms, which it calls "chat-native" games. The funding also included Raine Ventures, London Venture Partners, and Ludlow Ventures. As part of the funding, March Capital's Gregory Milken joins Knock Knock's board of directors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Social media facilitates marketing and sales. For startups, social media and color printers have essentially replaced the need for external public relations and marketing services. Minimize investment in prototypes and tooling. With Google, you get all the storage you need in the cloud for free. Martin Zwilling.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

On Tuesday, the San Diego startup revealed that investment was part of an extended Series D financing round that now totals $215 million. In February, the company said it had raised $95 million in a round led by Sina (NASDAQ: SINA ), the Chinese tech company that runs the social media site Weibo, which is analogous to Twitter.

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Company Companies San Diego Social Media 73

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2019

Inbound marketing is all building two-way virtual relationships, which are the norm for today’s generation via social media, mobile apps, recommendations from “friends” and influencers, modern websites with customer-focused content, friendly forums, and chat bots. Update your website to make it totally customer-focused.

Marketing 94

Marketing Social Media Technical Review Custom 94

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

The first step is to set your criteria, including a match for your sector type and stage, and then proactively seek out and contact the best candidates: Review profiles on professional social media sites. There is a good chance that business advisors and mentors also have access to investment capital, or know someone who does.

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Funding Tips Startup Statistics 173

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2017

In my activities as an angel investor, and my work with new ventures seeking investment, I find the “due diligence” stage to be fraught with the most risk. Usually this stage only really starts after an investor has expressed serious interest, or already informally agreed to invest. Set up an interview room, stocked with current docs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

Generalized email blasts and social media ads may be great for finding interest in your services, but these are not enough to close and maintain new clients. Just like consumers give top priority to peer feedback and experiences on social media or Yelp, you need to incent your clients to tell others about you and become your advocate.

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Services Technical Review Social Media Case Study 121

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 14, 2019

Meanwhile, new venture-backed companies like the superstealthy Shadows, SuperPlastic and Toonstar are all developing virtual characters that will launch via social media channels like Snap and Instagram, or on their own platforms. ” Los Angeles-based Brud is by far the most established of this new breed in the U.S.

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Social Media Content Media Artificial Inteligence 261

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Last year 300,000+ American angels invested an estimated $25 billion in more than 70,000 startup deals. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Social media marketers looking to figure out what works--and what doesn't--on Pinterest.com have mostly been going on their gut. The newest startup out of Los Angeles startup incubator/studio Science, Inc , HelloInsights.com , is looking to decode the secrets behind popularity and effectiveness of posts on the popular "pinning" site.

Social Media 153

Social Media Incubator Los Angeles Tool 153

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad. Status of the solution.

Technical Review 151

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 151

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Many of the entrepreneurs I advise or invest with spend considerable time on the Internet, keeping up with technology, customers, and competitors, but very few feel the need for an early personal presence. Anticipate and establish supporting social media accounts. Invest your time in networking online, as well as offline.

Product 127

Product Entrepreneur Technical Advisors Technical Review 127

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Yet everyone has limits, and every investor implicitly has similar limits on what makes a startup investable, or one to avoid at all costs. These historically have included work-at-home, restaurants, telemarketing and social-service providers. Others may indeed make good family businesses, but are usually deemed not worth investment.

Startup 126

Startup Sites Technical Review Social Media 126

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2017

It works best through effective use of social media, mobile apps, societal initiatives, becoming an influencer, and providing a modern easily-found web site with credible customer-focused content. Participate in the top social media sites for maximum impact. Don’t just monitor – engage customers.

Marketing 76

Marketing Social Media Content Media 76

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Especially for social media-based businesses, we all need to recalibrate our thinking about who is the teacher and who is the student. You know what I mean… The conversation goes something like this: “We found it on x site and using y app with z as our data object.”. Yes, age often has something to do with it.

Coach 197

Coach Social Media Sites Email 197

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

You may dream of developing a new silicon chip technology, but a bit of research should tell you that most disruptive solutions take billions in investment, and more time than you can afford for acceptance. Assess your connections, both social media and financial. Assess your own resources as well as funding sources.

Social Media 105

Social Media Writing Ideas Resource 105

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Gabe Rivera wrote a post on why TechMeme is now using its editors to curate titles that appear on its site. It an era of social media and newsreaders titles matter a lot. So I need to stand out in two areas in which I compete for attention – social media and news readers. So do images.

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