SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Any thoughts on my recent post Startup Metrics ? The Startup Metrics post is a good example of what I call “holocognics.” Startup Metrics discusses what a Startup needs to consider before “going live.” I am planning right not to write a post about how startups often get SEO wrong. That's great.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 1, 2009

So you can see that Entrepreneur (60) LinkedIn (15) Metrics (16) SEO (15) Company (141) are all considered highly relevant to the term "startup." When you choose one of them such as Cliff Allen on Marketing , you will see the keywords are now based on what Cliff discusses more than other bloggers.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

They are tasked with “getting deals done” so they race around talking to tons of potential partners inking anything from channel sale deals , product integration, international distribution agreements, co-marketing arrangements, M&A discussions, etc. You have a marketing department with three people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2017

Most startups, and many big businesses, still don’t have a clue on how to use social media productively for marketing their business. The first thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2013

Most startups, and many big businesses, still don’t have a clue on how to use social media productively for marketing their business. The first thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

So here's the Hot List for 1/1/2009 - 1/15/2009 Top 5 Posts The 7 Ways to Get Traffic on the Web Why You Need To Lead A Tribe - Seth Godin LA Gets Dugg, Hammered, Screwed How To Get The World Excited About Your Business –The James Siminoff Interview Viral analytics and metrics - go viral young startup Top 20 Keywords SEO Metrics Marketing Social Media (..)

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2012

Most startups, and many big businesses, still don’t have a clue on how to use social media productively for marketing their business. The first thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 9, 2009

How will you be taking this to market? SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ? Yes, a lot of these questions are partially answered in a business plan / presentation deck / marketing plan. Where’s the mystery (see Matching Algorithm )? Who are the other stakeholders involved? Other types of users?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Lately I’ve been having to say things I thought I’d never have to remind people, like, “getting to positive gross margin in several territories is a very low bar to claim success” or “profitable excluding marketing costs” is not actually a real thing. Market Size. MakeSpace provides physical storage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. Reports suggest that 90% of today’s shoppers skip marketing pitches, to research online before they buy, and over 50% check user reviews before making a decision. Include planned measurements and metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2017

Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. Reports suggest that 90% of today’s shoppers skip marketing pitches, to research online before they buy, and over 50% check user reviews before making a decision. Include planned measurements and metrics.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. Reports suggest that 90% of today’s shoppers skip marketing pitches, to research online before they buy, and over 50% check user reviews before making a decision. Include planned measurements and metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2011

Entrepreneurs always work hard to create an innovative product or service, but often count on standard seller marketing for sales. Recent reports suggest that 90% of today’s shoppers skip marketing pitches, to research online before they buy, and over 50% check user reviews before making a decision.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Whats interesting is that Ive been seeing opportunities to use social marketing for businesses that typically target Time Poor audiences. I also read - The Difference Between Apple and Microsoft Marketing that tells us: Apples marketing is designed for Time Poor buyers, while Microsofts is designed for Time Rich buyers.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

One of the things that Greg Forgatch (the original CEO) should be credited with was testing many different marketing approaches until he found the ones that worked. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

As I look at more and more start-ups predicated on viral growth, and at the use of social marketing, its becoming simultaneously easier to understand some aspects of viral growth and still a gap in understanding whats going to be that "hook" that will grab people at the end of the day. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

When I recently was looking to find people who had experience with using social networks to reach people for what might be considered guerilla marketing efforts, again LinkedIn worked great. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 7, 2009

My initial conversations normally focus on the core of the business, important Startup Metrics , probably marketing strategy (ex. SEO for Startups and Negative Customer Acquisition Costs ) and, of course, the product itself. I talk to a lot of founders of startups. Normally the product is defined as a web site.

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Web Sites Email HTML 150

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

When polled 88% of marketing professionals said they couldn’t accurately measure the effectiveness of their marketing campaigns and the majority said lack of ROI measurement is their single greatest frustration with social media (Forbes). Clicks are also a simple measure that you can get from basic link tracking packages.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

And there are definitely other service providers who provide things like marketing services who are interesting, so its not all service providers, its more like the wealth management types. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

There are lots of solutions for consumers and B2C sellers, but the B2B market has largely been neglected. It's crazy--the market is twice the size of the consumer market--consumers spend around 9 trillion dollars a year in the U.S.--but We've also got SEO feed pages. It's a double viral loop. In B2B, that is flipped over.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

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. There are a sea of writeboard walls with rainbow scribbles of metrics and brainstorms. Word of mouth travels far. DeveloperTown in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

I was in charge of all product management and marketing for the first year-and-a-half, that was a great learning experience with a very talented team of folks. On the SEO side of things, I'll definitely want to get your feedback on Browse My Stuff. I'll be interested to see what it turns into. For me, it's a matter of degree.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

TechZulu gets some questions answered for all you marketing folks out there. Patrick Starzan is the Vice President of Marketing and Business development at Funny or Die. He is a marketing professional with over 8 years of extensive online and social media marketing experience. What’s been your biggest success?

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