Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Frank Abagnale has lent his name to this unethical company (he’s the guy featured in “Catch Me if You Can.&# ) I note that the company is happy to put Frank’s mug on their website but not any of the management team on either site. Hiding from something? It absolutely disgusts me. But this is a new low.

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Marketing Startup Education Class 263

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2012

A report issued this week by Experian Marketing Services has identified two, San Diego niche social networking sites as being among the fastest growing sites between July of 2011 and July of 2012.

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Social Network San Diego Sites Networking 150

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

ReachLocal said its new ReachEdge product includes a website, lead management software, and mobile application specifically aimed at converting web site visitors into leads and customers for companies. reachlocal marketing software leads management launch advertising saas' Pricing on the new tool was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills Software Marketing 147

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The lessons learned by Divshot confirm that obtaining, and more importantly maintaining, visibility on the front page of a major social news site results from the congruence of three factors: audience, timing and engagement. If we hadn’t done well on Hacker News we would have needed to have some serious product/market fit discussions.".

News 198

News Sites Startup RSS 198

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2021

Every business I know is intimately familiar with outbound marketing, or pushing your message out to customers through email, newspaper, and television advertising. Only a few really understand the process and value of inbound marketing, for pulling customers to your brand. Participate in the top social media sites for maximum impact.

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Customer Custom Marketing Social Media 172

socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2013

Agoura Hills-based TouchCommerce has expanded out its executive team, saying this week that it has appointed George Skaff as Senior Vice President of Marketing, and Olivier Maire as Vice President of EMEA. Maire was formerly the company''s Country Manger in France. Maire was formerly the company''s Country Manger in France. READ MORE>>.

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Agoura Hills Sales Marketing Agoura 138

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. And yet, users rave about the service, and spend long durations of time on the site. Remembering the insanity before 2000.

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Metrics Sites Advertising Web 296

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2010

Mehdi Daoudi is CEO of CatchPoint Systems (www.catchpoint.com), a new Los Angeles startup focused on the web site and web application monitoring industry. We're trying to make monitoring of web sites and applications sexy and simple. That's why web performance and web monitoring mean serious dollars.

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Tool Web Startup Sites 232

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2014

Moviepilot , the online film review and publishing site led by Tobias Bauckhage, has sold off its German website, moviepilot.de , to French publisher Webedia. Moviepilot''s web site focuses on film recommendations, film discovery, and the company also helps studios with social media campaigns.

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Social Media Marketing .Net Entertainment 164

socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the provider of online marketing services for small and medium sized businesses, said today that it has launched a new product called ReachCast. Pricing on the new offering was not disclosed. The firm said the product is a result of its acquisition of SMB:Live back in February. READ MORE>>.

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills Social Media Media 222

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How will you be taking this to market? What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? Often this ties to marketing support. Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed? Does the site need to throttle potential malicious activity?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2011

BetterWorks looks to be scaling up dramatically; the firm currently has eight open positions listed on its web site for everything from engineers to marketing director. The firm is a return to Craig's business-to-business roots. READ MORE>>.

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Yammer Santa Monica Web Sites 242

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2011

San Diego-based Active.com , the online sports registration site owned by the Active Network, said Monday afternoon that it has launched its first online affiliate program. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How will you be taking this to market? What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? Often this ties to marketing support. Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed? Does the site need to throttle potential malicious activity?

Develop 385

Develop Development Startup SEO 385

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

We caught up with founder Evan Britton about how his company has created the top site in the Internet niche of celebrity birthdays, and how that intense focus on a single niche--and user experience- has paid off for the company in terms of user engagement and growth. That was the genesis of the site.

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Google Sites Startup Web 236

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2011

Santa Monica-based Docstoc , the online business documents site headed by Jason Nazar, has quietly been ramping a video content effort at the site.

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Content Causecast Santa Monica Southern California 217

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2013

How is the changing demographic of web visitors changing how local companies operate? We recently chatted with Debra Domeyer , CEO of Oversee.net (www.oversee.net), a Los Angeles company which provides both domain monetization and runs vertical, consumer lead generation and marketing sites, to hear about the company.

Mobile 224

Mobile CTO Hire CPC Web 224

Berkonomics

JANUARY 28, 2016

A recent Experian marketing survey revealed that 52% of all email opens are from mobile devices, and that 38% of all clicks are from mobile devices. Experian looked at three hundred brands and 21 billion emails – a few more than you or I have as a resource for our marketing intelligence. And treat the result seriously. Same thing.

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Email Marketing Web Mobile 120

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Los Angeles-based online matchmaking site eHarmony said Thursday that it is expanding its market, and has launched a brand new site, specifically aimed at Spanish speaking singles. According to eHarmony, its new web site is built to serve both Spanish speaking singles in the U.S., READ MORE>>.

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eHarmony Sites Course Web 100

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Los Angeles-based Retention Science , the developer of big data analytics software for online marketing, announced today that it has launched a new "Retention Score", which it bills as a Klout Score of e-commerce. The score allows online stores to see, at a glance, what their performance is with customer retention.

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Commerce Los Angeles Customer Custom 242

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

ValueClick said its new Modern Living Media network will deliver targeted consumer audiences for home and garden marketers and agencies, and has a potential reach of 8.5 The firm said its network includes more than 50 sites fitting the home and garden demographic. million unique visitors per month. READ MORE>>.

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Westlake Village Advertising Networking Media 194

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2011

Los Angeles-based ShareSquare , the QR code marketing startup run by Matthias Galica, said Tuesday that it has linked its service to the e-commerce APIs from Amazon.com and Songkick. ShareSquare's QR code generation service makes it easy for marketers to create QR codes, linking them to online, HTML5 web apps. READ MORE>>.

Commerce 187

Commerce Web Los Angeles Sites 187

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Getting lots of notice--and controversy--at Demand Media for its use of writers to create content specifically to attract web traffic. Rumored to be prepping for an IPO, just inked a deal to launch a new beauty and fashion site with Tyra Banks. His latest startup, Factual, is aimed at the data mashup and open data market.

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Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

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

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Los Angeles-based BakeSpace.com , the online social networking and recipe site, has a new product for you. According to the firm, its new, Cookbook Cafe product allows grassroots cookbook authors to create, market, and sell their very own cookbooks for the iPad, as well as the web.

Services 207

Services Social Network Web Tool 207

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

I arrived on this scene wet behind the ears assuming that the web was, as it seemed to me as a user, powered by the masses for the masses. I had previously believed that the world of user-generated news sites were run on a open, crowd-sourced model. I know the more experienced consumer web people will be laughing about now.

News 284

News Blogging Search Engine Optimization SEO 284

socalTECH

MAY 13, 2013

According to Greentoe, it will use the funding for marketing of the site, including a multi-platform advertising campaign across the web, television, and mobile. The funding came from Parker Thompson from 500 Startups/Dave McClure. Size of the funding was not announced.

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Angel Funding Venture Capital Entertainment 231

InfoChachkie

MAY 27, 2013

Last week, Divshot turned a simple April Fool''s Day joke into a marketing coup, generating nearly 6,000 Tweets and over a thousand Beta customers. Unlike many viral marketing events, the company''s latest guerilla marketing stunt was not luck. Geo was a lightly veiled reference to Geocities, a Web 1.0 Don''t Force It.

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Customer Custom Template Startup 195

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 9, 2009

How will you be taking this to market? What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? What's the User Interface Beyond the Web Site ? Yes, a lot of these questions are partially answered in a business plan / presentation deck / marketing plan.

Software Development 292

Software Development Develop Development Startup 292

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

the operator of online real estate sites Move.com and Realtor.com, said today that it has acquired Threewide Corp. million property listings, from more than 270 MLS systems and 38,000 brokers, to more than 70 real estate marketing web sites. Move, Inc. , The deal was worth $13M in cash. ListHub syndicates 2.4

Westlake Village 198

Westlake Village Acquisition Sites Web 198

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Not only do I need to understand a customer pain point that my solution solves but I also need to convince them that my product does it better or most cost effectively than others on the market. They like to feel like they compared your solution to something else on the market. To the contrary.

Sales 319

Sales Startup Platform Tips 319

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, we investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. And the most logical one seemed to be “eyeballs” or number of unique users finding their way to the site or registering for the service.

Metrics 208

Metrics Sites Advertising Web 208

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

For this morning's interview, we talked with Noah Auerhahn , President of San Diego-based Extrabux (www.extrabux.com), an online site focused on providing consumers with comparison shopping combined with discount offers. For people who haven't heard of ExtraBux, what is the site all about? Noah, thanks for the interview.

USC 207

USC CPC Sites Startup 207

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. We talked about the negative effect of Apple’s closed system attitude but how that will be a gift to the market because Apple’s cracking of the operator hegemony has forced the industry to innovate. We talked about Facebook. Real-time search engine.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2011

Santa Barbara-based FindTheBest.com , the online comparison site headed by DoubleClick founder Kevin O'Connor , has turned to a Google and DoubleClick vet to serve as President. Yaghoubi was also an executive serving under O'Connor at DoubleClick, where he was Vice President of Global Media. FindTheBest is venture backed by Kleiner Perkins.

Google 199

Google Santa Barbara Web Design Commerce 199

socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2011

ShareSquare is marketing its QR code service to musicians and entertainers. The firm's web site allows users to easily create QR codes, the 2D barcodes which link mobile phone browsers and applications to online information. READ MORE>>.

Entertainment 178

Entertainment Web Los Angeles Mobile 178

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Fake Site - you can have what looks to be a real site, even take "orders" but not actually have anything able to run it. We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites. WordPress is pretty easy to hack. And the back-end is something that a non-technical founder can manage.

Technical Review 339

Technical Review CTO Hire CTO Coach Software Review 339