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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

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One of the many things you become expert at when you launch your own company and have no money is SEO. Tracy studied SEOMoz and several other online sources of SEO tips. She not only became an expert in SEO, she began consulting in SEO to continue to make ends meet and she became a speaker on the topic.

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Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shechet

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It was a great conversation and I thought it would be a good idea to do some visible networking with Aaron to get to know him better. At Pepperdine, I co-founded the Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law -- only the fourth scholarly journal in the history of the Pepperdine School of Law. That's great.

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Interview with Vince Bianco, Newsforce

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Vince Bianco: Newsforce is a premium online network, made up exclusively of digital news sites. That's what our network does, in essence, for our clients. Vince Bianco: The company has been around since 2006, and we started by launching an SEO tool for press releases for professionals. Tell us a little bit about Newsforce?

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Test Your Aptitude for Business Internet Jargon

Startup Professionals Musings

A blog is basically a journal (“web log”) that is published on the web. For businesses, these are now prime sources of business networking, customer service, and client leads. Techniques include search engine optimization (SEO) and paid result placement. You are now reading one of about 50 million out there already.

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Internet Business Lingo Quiz for Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

A blog is basically a journal (“web log”) that is published on the web. Social networks. They became popular for socializing, but now are prime sources of business networking, customer service, and client leads. Techniques include search engine optimization (SEO) and paid result placement. Search engine marketing (SEM).

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10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups

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Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). I worked with an entrepreneur who was to appear at a startup networking event where he was to talk about his company’s plans. Don’t do this. A funding announcement is a stand-alone event.

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