Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2019

Marketing is a critical element these days, and it can take many forms. It’s never too early to start marketing to define your brand. Market your ideas and expertise early for customer feedback. Good marketing is all about building excitement, suspense, and value in the mind of potential customers.

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Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing SEO 85

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

I actually really enjoyed many of the points Muhammad made about marketing in general and I found myself nodding through the entirety of the article except for it’s core premise. It’s about looking out for and catching the next major marketing wave before others have grokked it. I laughed as I did at much of his rant.

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Technical Review SEM SEO Marketing 384

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

In this age of relationships, you, the entrepreneur, are a very important element of your new brand, and it’s never too early to start marketing the value of your expertise, insights and ideas. Don’t promise what you can’t deliver, but marketing is all about building excitement and suspense. Let that ideal co-founder find you.

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Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media 110

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.

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Sites Marketing Social Media Tips 61

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 25, 2011

The invitation-only attendees included founders, business development leaders, and marketing directors from companies big and small, including NBCUniversal, Mobclix, DDB Los Angeles, Airpush, adly, Mobile Roadie, Disney Animation Studios, BetterWorks, and more. He is also a Social Producer at CBS News’s What’s Trending.

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Social Media Mobile SEO Media 71

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 15, 2011

Their featured speakers, who range in marketing and business expertise, will lead four intimate breakout discussions. Tony is currently Founder/CEO for Eventify, an LA-based startup creating a venue marketplace, and Visible Factors, an SEO consulting company. Check them out below: Tony Adam, Founder/CEO, Eventify and Visiable Factors.

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SEO CTO Coach Conference Social Media 85

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 28, 2016

These trends will likely involve cloud based architecture, enhanced platform mobility, real time data analysis, improved fraud detection capabilities and greater niche functionality: Cloud Based Architecture. Enhanced Platform Mobility. This trend emerges in particular in the conduct of successful social media campaigns.

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Software Social Media Platform Mobile 40

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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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. Don’t start from how you want to sell.

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Startup Search Engine Optimization Summary Customer 105

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I got to see how different marketing and middlemen in the industry, such as Teleflora, 1-800-Flowers, and FTD, operate. The florist business center we launched recently empowers florists, with tools to run email marketing campaigns, reach out through social media, and even gives them a point of sale system and website builder.

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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. Don’t start from how you want to sell.

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Search Engine Optimization Startup SEO Customer 58

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 Marketing Study SEO 150

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. Don’t start from how you want to sell.

Tips 93

Tips Search Engine Optimization Summary Startup 93

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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Customer Custom Search Engine Optimization Summary 96

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

So it is a combination of markets and people. The contextual ad market was attractive. Social, Facebook, and Twitter referral is meaningful. Do you think the impact of social media is effecting Google’s search business? (42:00 Do you agree that Google SEO optimized results for high volume search terms are broken?

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Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

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. We are creating a platform that enables users to play instant games and apps directly on the computer desktop. What are you working on now? For me, it's a matter of degree.

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

We caught up with Sam Rogoway , the firm's CEO--and the former founder of TripUp, which is now part of Kayak--to hear about how the firm is hoping to revolutionize the local business video market with its services, which just launched last month. Sam Rogoway: We use YouTube as our hosting platform, for a variety of reasons.

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Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Recycled Bride is the world’s largest wedding marketplace; a peer-to-peer platform that connects buyers and sellers of designer wedding dresses, accessories, and anything else wedding-related. TechZulu caught up with Recycled Bride and here is what we found! What is Recycled Bride? When was Recycled Bride founded and where is it based?

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Design Social Media Sales Sites 84

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Armed with a degree in Marketing and Business from University of Ulster in Northern Ireland and an Operations experience from Ireland, UAE and Egypt , Ciaran Connolly, 36 teamed up with Ernist Turdubaev 33, with a Master of Arts – Retail and Government Sector to launch ProfileTree. What is ProfileTree? But we engage.

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Advertising Services Social Network Startup 79

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 12, 2015

Network engineers and programmers are essential in designing platforms and up-keeping them. Web Teams better come packed with people who have an arsenal of marketing and computing skills at their disposal. When it comes to marketing, they should have an understanding of search engine optimization (SEO).

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Web Cloud Computing Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2014

Leave it to me to spend 14 hours in Dallas on the very day that three of my favorite industries crush capital… * Social marketing, with $14M through Bessemer Venture Partners and Harrison Metal Capital to Main Street Hub. 0, eCommerce platforms: Volusion and BigCommerce (which raised $40M last year with Steve Case).

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Commerce Yahoo Web 71

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). End of story. Or Likes – LIKES! And so forth. Today awe.sm No brainer.

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Marketing Technical Review Startup Tool 307

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I guess let’s file this under sales & marketing advice. Blogging is an important way to build an audience and also drive SEO traffic. First, you’ll need a platform. Much of my traffic is through referring websites and/or social media. What should you blog about? I put much time into it.

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Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. We discussed in the video why they don’t price this money but give it as convertible debt) they don’t make announcements to the market. They also avoid Reg D.

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Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Analysis on viral marketing, user experience, game design, and online ads. Heres 5 steps to start exploring: View the "Best Of" list with 50+ essays on viral marketing, gaming, and ads » Get introduced: About this blog, why entrepreneurs and marketers recommend it » Receive updates by email or RSS feed or Twitter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Blogging has come a long way in the past few years, from a social release for narcissists, to today’s required vehicle for promoting your consulting business and gaining valuable online exposure. Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings. Add content regularly. Anchor the blog in your domain name.

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Blogging Services Search Engine Optimization Web 135