SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 25, 2012

Attendees include online advertising experts, domain publishers, domain monetization experts, SEO and SEM specialists, website developers, online marketers, ad or affiliate network suppliers, search advertising providers, venture capitalists, bankers and trademark/legal advisors. See [link] (more)

SEM 113

SEM SEO Web Development Advertising 113

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

The following are some lessons I learned about early-stage startup marketing. Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). I call this “marketing futures.&# You need some guidelines to make decisions.

Marketing 380

Marketing Startup Press Technical Advisors 380

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.

Technical Review 384

Technical Review SEM SEO Marketing 384

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on Search Engine Marketing (SEM). Search engine marketing is simply buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company. Popular keywords have higher costs.

SEM 90

SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

The point isn’t to “build a business on YouTube” but rather to use YouTube as a marketing platform to build a video business that works across many platforms. But you don’t need to spend money on SEM. YouTube is a distribution and marketing channel like any other. I think most arguments miss the mark.

SEM 150

SEM Content Platform Acquisition 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The TechZulu team is coming back to Pubcon this year from November 8-11 to bring you some amazing content from the masters of affiliate marketing, Search and SEO, Social Media, Link building, Advertising, Branding, PR, Analytics and tons more. Visit TechZulu for full story.

SEM 61

SEM SEO Social Media Advertising 61

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

all the other folks out there that will try to enter the same market) the barriers have been dropping over the last few years. Fantastic post by Christian Gammill - Startup Delta Force… From a competitive perspective (e.g. How’s that for duality.

Startup 150

Startup SEM IP SEO 150

socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2020

Dmitri Leonov: We built a distribution business for equipment for the spa industry, and have had 10,000 client over that time, but in the last few years, we've really focused on talking to spa customers about their needs in the market. We then started to help clients switch to marketing using our own machines.

Template 124

Template Beverly Hills Startup SEM 124

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2010

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.

Startup 323

Startup Press Development Team Review SEM 323

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2011

The solution is keeping your site alive and vital, and following basic search engine optimization (SEO) suggestions. Completion of these tasks is not the full SEO job, but will keep your company out of the Internet dead zone. SEO does not have to be a major expense. But the cost of doing nothing is even greater.

Google 93

Google SEO Search Engine Optimization SEM 93

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

How many adds came through organic SEO? How many through SEM? For example, if you have developers, content people or SEO folks working on SEO programs you’ll need to allocate their time / costs to this effort. SEO is seldom “free.”. How many through affiliate deals? Do you have a customer referral program?

Metrics 346

Metrics Startup SEO Customer 346

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Social media marketing. Search engine marketing (SEM). This popular form of Internet marketing seeks to increase website ranking in search engine results. Techniques include search engine optimization (SEO) and paid result placement. No SEM plan means you are missing a huge marketing opportunity.

SEM 95

SEM Search Engine Optimization Blogging PPC 95

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, right hand column, despite low SEO rank). This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Marty Zwilling.

Paid Search 90

Paid Search PPC Organization SEO 90

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2010

Search engine marketing (SEM). This popular form of Internet marketing seeks to increase website ranking in search engine results. Techniques include search engine optimization (SEO) and paid result placement. No SEM plan means you are missing a huge marketing opportunity. Viral marketing.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur SEM Search Engine Optimization Blogging 89

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.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Sales and marketing costs. Print your own collateral and marketing materials until the business is rolling. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K.

Startup 102

Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM Social Network 102

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

The solution is basic search engine optimization (SEO). Use this to expand your market credibility and brand awareness, and provide a more personal side to market communications. Completion of these tasks is not the full SEO job, but will keep your company out of the Internet dead zone. Initiate a business blog.

SEO 48

SEO HTML Search Engine Optimization Web 48

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Sales and marketing costs. Print your own collateral and marketing materials until the business is rolling. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM 94

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2009

The sixth is marketing analytics, including SEM/SEO, collecting customer names, emails -- we use ExactTarget for emails, and Omniture for Analytics. Third, is we provide customer care and phone support for orders; the fourth is the software technology, the platform that powers everything.

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital SEM Commerce Email 113

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

This entry focuses on how you can minimize your cost per customer acquired by systematically establishing the infrastructure necessary to track the results obtained from a variety of online and offline marketing vehicles. Ultimately, your overall customer acquisition costs should calculated as an average of a variety of marketing channels.

Customer 164

Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

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.

Marketing 307

Marketing Technical Review Startup Tool 307

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Sales and marketing costs. Print your own collateral and marketing materials until the business is rolling. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K.

Startup 50

Startup High Tech Search Engine Optimization SEM 50

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

I was in advertising and marketing, working in Newport Beach on the Mazda account. Billy Fried: We first tested it in California, which was our launch market a year and a half ago. The idea was to have tent poles up in the most important leisure markets. Bill Fried: I'm a serial entrepreneur. It's down in Laguna Beach.

Activity 164

Activity Startup Sites Web 164

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Services Search Engine Optimization Startup 106

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.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur Services Product Search Engine Optimization 89

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Startup SEM 48