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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Fountain Valley-based HyperX , the gaming accessories arm of Kingston Technology, is taking aim at the education market this year--saying it is offering up deals on its gaming peripherals specifically for helping students in virtual class sessions. The company's unique take on the learning-at-home market is that its gaming headsets, microphones, and other products can help students block out the distractions at home, and stay focused on lessons.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 18, 2020

We all know that the world of marketing has turned upside down these past years through the power of the Internet. College professors teaching marketing must be having a real challenge keeping up with the new channels of communication, the relative values of advertising buys in this new world and explaining how to make the most out of these cheaper and more powerful channels. The new power model of marketing. The golden rule of today’s marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2020

Entrepreneurs have always believed that their product or service must show real value to customers, but today the smart ones are even able to make their marketing valuable. The days are gone when marketing was all “pushing product.” customer Joe Pulizzi pull marketing push marketing

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 24, 2020

TikTok is ramping up its marketing efforts in the face of a potential ban in the United States and data security investigations in Europe

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 3, 2018

Postie , a new Los Angeles-based startup, has a vision for the future of advertising and marketing — and it’s direct mail. million in seed funding from the Los Angeles-based firms Bonfire Ventures and Crosscut Ventures to expand its business (maybe through direct marketing?).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2020

Every entrepreneur knows that good demand generation marketing is the key to growth these days, but very few have the discipline or know-how to measure return in a world of a thousand tools and techniques. Carlos Hidalgo demand generation marketing ROI

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JULY 22, 2020

Los Angeles-based CreatorIQ which develops influencer marketing software, has raised $24M in a Series C funding round, the company said on Wednesday. According to CreatorIQ, it helps power global influencer marketing for brands such as Disney, Salesforce, Sephora, adn Unilever. creatoriq influencer marketing software venture capital kayne

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

How many of us throw away marketing dollars because our paid efforts reach an audience that is much larger than the target or niche audience we need to reach? Whether it be for publications, social marketing, or even those once-necessary postal mailers, we have tools now that were not available just a few years ago. So, let’s up our marketing knowledge first with a few short answers to marketing questions…. What Is niche marketing? Close.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Irvine-based ATTOM Data Solutions , the parent company to RealtyTrac , announced this morning that it has named Rick Sharga as Executive Vice President of Marketing at RealtyTrac. Sharga returns to RealtyTrac--where he had managed the company's brand for eight years in the early 2000's after stints at Carrington Mortgage Holdings, Auction.com, and Ten-X. He was most recently EVP For Carrington Mortgage Holdings and CMO of the company's Vylla business unit.

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MAY 21, 2019

Irvine-based Alorica , a provider of outsource, business process outsourcing and "customer experience" outsourcing, named Colson Hillier as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), the company said on Tuesday. Hillier will lead the company's global marketing and communications efforts, according to the company. alorica business process outsourcing offshoring executive chief marketing officer colson hillier

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

Traditional marketing may be adequate for linear growth, but it likely won’t catapult you to Amazon’s unicorn status , or make waves in the business world. For example, I usually hear about an aggressive marketing budget, with a plan to penetrate a few big retail chains, and some videos to catch your attention on YouTube. What I want to hear is an innovative marketing and growth strategy that will set you apart in the minds of investors, as well as customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2020

You don’t realize that person-to-person noise now dominates all channels through social media, effectively hiding business marketing messages. You now need a personal context in your marketing to get results. changes in marketing results revolution

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JANUARY 16, 2020

Los Angeles-based FabFitFun , which offers up a seasonal "box" with a collection of products in the beauty, fashion, fitness, wellness, home, and tech areas, has named its very first Chief Marketing Officer. The company said that that Louisa Wee has joined the company to help oversee strategy and execution of the company's marketing initiatives, plus brand, content and creative programming. fabfitfun chief marketing officer wellness fitness tech louisa subscription

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2020

These days, winning in the crowded startup world is all about marketing. The sooner and more effectively you utilize all the available marketing channels, the more visibility and impact you will have later when your product or service arrives. early marketing idea marketing solutionSavvy entrepreneurs start testing their ideas on potential customers even before the concept is fully cooked.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Santa Monica-based Ontrak , a developer of artificial intelligence and telehealth enabled, virtualized outpatient healthcare treatment, says it has upgraded to the NASDAQ Global Market, trading under the ticker OTRK. The company was previously listed on the NASDAQ, not the NASDAQ Global Market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. 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). His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups.

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AUGUST 3, 2020

Goleta-based gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductor developer Transphorm announced this morning that it has launched into the public markets, via the Over-The-Counter (OTC) market. Transphorm said it received from FINRA for its common stock to be listed and quoted on the Over-the-Counter (OTC) market, and will trade on the OTCQB under the symbolt TGAN, as of market open today. It's unclear what the ownership of the market is now.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2020

As a frequent advisor to new entrepreneurs and startups, I often hear your frustration with being treated differently from other startups by investors, on expectations for valuation , traction, and market size. Of course, it could be your level of experience, or the quality of your team, but the difference is often more related to the lifecycle stage of the market you are trying to enter. The market at this point is largely unknown and untested.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2020

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype, and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market research data. Conduct your own customized market research.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Software giant Oracle increases footprint with record Santa Monica office deal

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JULY 12, 2019

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software that helps national brands manage their location-based information, such as information about their network of retail stores, has named Jim D'Arcangelo as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Head of Business Development. MomentFeed said that D'Arcangelo has been working in local marketing for more than 25 years. momentfeed executive chief marketing officer location brand management

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Los Angeles-based e-commerce apparel firm ModCloth --which recently shifted its headquarters to Los Angeles--says it has re-launched its brand in Europe. According to ModCloth, the relaunch and global expansion comes due to new ownership. ModCloth says it will start shipping products in Europe in September.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2020

Harry was gracious enough to invite me back so this past week we recorded an episode discussing the current market environment. Nobody will be immune because in a bull market executives are paid to “innovate” so they sign software contracts and run projects. In a bear market executives are paid to: consolidate the number of contracts and renegotiate prices. If you’re a clear “market winner” like Stripe, Robinhood or Airbnb.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Saturday, September 21, 2019 -- AMAOC Marketing Tech Summit. The AMAOC is hosting their 2nd annual Marketing Tech Summit at UCI. Keynote: MarTech in the Era of Customer Journey by Annette Franz Four tracks focused on marketing technology, customer journey and career advancement. See [link] (more

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MARCH 10, 2020

Santa Monica-based EZ Texting , a developer of SMS marketing software, says it has launched two new services. texting marketing business phoneAccording to the firm, it has added new, two-way business text messaging which coverts an existing business phone number to send and receive text messages; and a new iOS app, which lets businesses communicate wtih their customers in real-time. Pricing on the new services were not detailed by the company. EZ Texting is led by CEO Norman Happ.

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JULY 31, 2018

Los Angeles-based managed hosting provider DreamHost said on Tuesday that it has named Ty Lampella as the company's new VP of Marketing. Lampella was previously an independent online marketing consultant, and previously also founded CareerLeak.com (sold to CyberCoders), worked at CyberCoders as Director of SEO, and also was at CareerBliss. dreamhost marketing managed hosting executive lampella

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AUGUST 18, 2020

and will be listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol CNOO. Los Angeles-based electric vehicle manufacturer Canoo is going public via a reverse merger, in a move that it says will provide it with approximately $600M to help support production and launch of its electric vehicles. According to Canoo, it has entered into an agreement with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 20, 2018

Wednesday, August 22, 2018 -- Market Research: The Fuel For Marketing Strategies. American Marketing Association (AMA). We dive into the crucial process of gathering and analyzing information about markets, industries, and products in their competitive spaces. As a result, market research is a key method for providing data and learnings that fuel marketing strategies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

Entrepreneurs have always believed that their product or service must show real value to customers, but today the smart ones are even able to make their marketing valuable. The days are gone when marketing was all “pushing product.” This new approach is often called “pull marketing,” where the idea is to establish a loyal following and draw customers to your content, and eventually your solutions. by the so-called godfather of content marketing, Joe Pulizzi.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2020

The world of marketing is changing faster than technology these days. Winning entrepreneurs have long since supplemented conventional print and video “push” marketing with digital online interactive “pull” marketing, and a while back added social-local-mobile ( SoLoMo ) to the mix. For all those entrepreneurs and startups who can’t yet afford a new age marketing agency, it’s impossible to keep up with “best of breed” marketing activities and strategies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2020

Instead, they need to validate a customer problem and real market need first. Smart entrepreneurs build market-driven solutions, per the following principles: Size the opportunity and customer interest first. Your passion isn’t enough to create a market. If there is a growing opportunity, an accredited market research group like Forrester or Gartner will already have data to quantify your excitement, and help make your case.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 7, 2020

The latest of these is Luxury Presence , which pitches digital marketing services to real estate agents and has raked in $5.4 In all, the sector is growing quickly as venture investors look to find markets that were reluctant to embrace technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Mostly it’s because your marketing campaigns suck. Or more directly – they are likely narcissistic resuscitations of your newest features or bragging points that nobody but your marketing team and your mom care about. I recommend that companies move beyond narcissistic marketing to what I call “point-of-view (POV) marketing.” Plus they run conferences with the top people (which is another form of POV marketing by the way).

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MAY 27, 2020

Newegg said it will provide everything from marketing to merchandising to logistics for those vendor partners. newegg vendor services marketing ecommerceLos Angeles-based online e-commerce retailer Newegg says it is expanding its services to help its vendors, with a new "Direct-to-Consumer" initiative. According to Newegg, the effort helps its vendor partners "maximize their reach" within the Newegg platform.

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JUNE 16, 2020

newegg ecommerce market custom configureLos Angeles-based online electronics retailer Newegg is looking to attract people interested in building their own, custom computers, with a new "PC Builder", the company said today. The company said its Newegg PC Builder lets users configure their own custom computer, without having to consider the issues of hardware compatibility.

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OCTOBER 21, 2014

Los Angeles-based market research technology provider uSamp announced this morning that it has promoted Andy Jolls to the post of Chief Marketing Officer for the company. Jolls has been SVP of Global Marketing Communications for the firm since 2013, and previously served at Cooking.com, FICO, Move.com, Hewlett Packard, and Apple Computer. usamp executive market research marketing andy jolls

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

San Diego-based Power Digital Marketing , a digital marketing agency has raised a round of funding, from private equity investor Periscope Equity. Power Digital Marketing is led by CEO Grayson Lafrenz and co-founder Robert Rodrigues. The company says it offers up content marketing, SEO, paid marketing, social media marketing, and other related services. investment agency equity private capital venture marketing digital power

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Every new business dreams of growing from a startup to a global market leader in a few years, like Amazon.com, but that goal is elusive. amazon brand market focused Ram Charan

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

San Diego-based Taoglas , the developer of communications antenna technology and products, said this morning that it has named Landon Garner as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Taoglas said Garner will be responsible for brand communications, product strategy and marketing, and demand generation. taoglas chief marketing officer antenna hardware communications landon garner

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MARCH 3, 2020

Santa Monica-based Ylopo , which provides digital marketing software for the real estate industry, says it has released a new online advertising tool, which automatically generates and publishes web-ready video content for the real estate industry. The company said its new tool is aimed ath automatic video and Facebook ad publishing for property marketing, agent branding, and brokerage recruiting. ylopo facebook advertising real estate marketing

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2018

As a long-time advisor to small businesses and startups, I still find many who think marketing is still primarily broadcasting your message to as many customers as possible, hitting them again and again, until it sticks. Don’t let your conversation marketing do the same thing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Every time I challenge a business plan with little or no budget for marketing, I get the answer that they will be using “viral” marketing, which costs nothing. First of all, Seth Godin pointed out a long time ago that viral marketing does not equal word-of-mouth. Viral marketing is a deliberate marketing action, designed to grow attention at a compound rate, without further stimulus, by word-of-mouth.

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MAY 13, 2019

A new, Irvine-based startup, Neuron EV said late last week that it is targeting the electric vehicle market, unveiling a new idea for an EV called the "HUB". neuronev electric vehicle market cleantech

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