Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Publish a daily blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. These are all minimal-cost survival marketing efforts. Use the tips outlined above during the first three months to get in the game, and count on much more time and money if you intend to stand out.

Tips 92

Tips Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising 92

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Search Meets Social = Commerce. The combination of Search and Social is redefining the way marketers are allocating their ad budgets. According to Jared Belsky, President, 360i , “We see Search and Social as a 24 hour real-time consumer focus group that helps us stay on top of what consumers care about for our brands.

Entrepreneur 210

Entrepreneur Commerce Sites Social Network 210

Eric Greenspan

MAY 25, 2010

What I mean by this is we do radio better by building it around the web, social media and traditional marketing strategies alongside, behind and wrapped around our radio shows. For one, we built a following by using Facebook and Twitter and other social networking sites. We built unique websites for each show.

Social Media 220

Social Media Media Blogging Social Network 220

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. We’re all socially connected (so great businesses spread faster). The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition).

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Seed Funding 398

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

PT as they kick off the new weekly tech law show "TechZulu Law" with a discussion with IP attorney Denise Grayson, who portrays the attorney of Eduardo Saverin in the film about the early days of Facebook, "The Social Network.". Tech Law Tip of the Week: explanation of a frequently-asked IP law question for tech companies.

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IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

Tech Coast Venture Network

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

And like many companies and brands out there, yours has probably shifted its efforts to online marketing. Social media and email marketing act separately as great marketing tools. So why not use both simultaneously as one fully integrated online marketing campaign? www.BreakThroughNetworking.org.

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Networking Newsletter Social Media Email 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 13, 2009

Friday, June 19, 2009 -- Three Brands Speak Out on the Effectiveness of Social Media. CommNexus Marketing SIG. You've heard the buzz: it's all about social media. Twitter, Facebook, bookmarking, LinkedIn, social networks, microblogs and video. See [link] (more).

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Social Media Media Social Network Tips 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Here are some tips which will signal traction to investors, as well as your team: Document your business plan. For a business, you must define the absolute minimum features you need to satisfy the customer problem, and test it in the market. For a true scientist, the product is never good enough, so it’s never done.

Tips 88

Tips Startup CTO Hire Press 88

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. These are all minimal-cost survival marketing efforts. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Make your website not only credible, but incredible! Marty Zwilling.

Search Engine Optimization 88

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 88

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Industry & market sizing. Start with the evolution of the overall industry, market segmentation, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Data from accredited market research groups like Forrester or Gartner is required for credibility. Avoid any statements like “All we have to do is get 1% of the market.”

Invest 74

Invest Tips Competition Metrics 74

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2019

As I’ve said before, everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of new business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with more features, another smartphone app for marketing, or one more platform for faster e-commerce. They go about tipping the heart first, assuming the mind will follow.

Tips 55

Tips Organization Ideas Social Network 55

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2010

What Quora has done is wrap social networking around Q&A with the more clever next-gen UX I’ve seen. I stumbled upon the Question, “ What-is-the-motivation-behind-writing-public-reviews-and-tips-as-on-Amazon-Yelp-Foursquare-StickyBits-etc &# and took the bait. Don’t. They are there to ingest content.

Technical Review 294

Technical Review Writing Content Sites 294

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2015

As I’ve said before, everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of new business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with more features, another smartphone app for marketing, or one more platform for faster e-commerce. They go about tipping the heart first, assuming the mind will follow.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Tips Organization Ideas 106

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Now the real work begins – promotion, marketing, blogging, and all types of search engine marketing. Don’t expect that you can create a new social networking site in your garage, and steal all the users away from Facebook. Publish the site and now you are in business. business ecommerce entrepreneur startup'

Startup 100

Startup Commerce Sites Blogging 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

As I’ve said before, everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of new business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with more features, another smartphone app for marketing, or one more platform for faster e-commerce. They go about tipping the heart first, assuming the mind will follow.

Ideas 105

Ideas Tips Organization Entrepreneur 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Research your target market to find out who they are and how to reach them. The same messaging rules that apply to classic public relations and branding apply to social media. Give them something they can use – tips, incentives, new ideas, fun, and inspiration. Producing weak, unfocused, or unhelpful content.

Social Media 93

Social Media Media Startup Tips 93

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

As I’ve said before, everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of new business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with more features, another smartphone app for marketing, or one more platform for faster e-commerce. They go about tipping the heart first, assuming the mind will follow.

Tips 52

Tips Organization Ideas Social Network 52

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Maybe it’s just another example of nature abhorring a vacuum, but I prefer to think it’s a natural evolution of the pervasive social networking communities where people relate to, and expect to interact with businesses and products they like. They drive the market, rather than the other way around.

Startup 101

Startup Tips Education Customer 101

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. These are all minimal-cost survival marketing efforts. Use the tips outlined above during the first three months to get in the game, and count on much more time and money if you intend to stand out.

Search Engine Optimization 105

Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising SEO 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2013

There are now many resources out there to guide you on building social media into your business and improving your customer experience, including the book from multicultural marketing expert Kelly McDonald, “ Crafting the Customer Experience for People Not Like You.” Connect members of your market to one another.

Social Media 99

Social Media Customer Custom Media 99

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. These are all minimal-cost survival marketing efforts. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Make your website not only credible, but incredible! Marty Zwilling.

Search Engine Optimization 54

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 54

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

The 100,000 subscriber level is the tipping point for a YouTube channel to have accelerated growth. Jeffrey Harmon, CMO of Orapup , a company that primarily uses YouTube to market their brand, says to grow a YouTube channel distribution is key. For more tips from Harmon on how to market your video click here.

Content 76

Content Tips Buzzfeed Tool 76

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. These are all minimal-cost survival marketing efforts. Use the tips outlined above during the first three months to get in the game, and count on much more time and money if you intend to stand out.

Search Engine Optimization 96

Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites Advertising 96

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Provide focused event marketing. If you know your contacts’ real-life interests, you could use that information in your marketing efforts. Leave tips where your contacts go (maybe similar to what History Channel does on Foursquare). Are you seeing a lot of your contacts attending certain business events? Branded entertainment.

Competition 84

Competition Entertainment Advertising Social Media 84

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Research your target market to find out who they are and how to reach them. The same messaging rules that apply to classic public relations and branding apply to social media. Give them something they can use – tips, incentives, new ideas, fun, and inspiration. Producing weak, unfocused, or unhelpful content.

Social Media 85

Social Media Media Startup Content 85

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

Although Arena of Valor didn’t quite take off in Western markets, it has done well in Southeast Asia in part thanks to Tencent’s publishing partnership with the region’s internet giant Garena. That raises the question of whether Tencent can replicate its success in overseas markets where its social apps are largely absent.

Tips 149

Tips Activision Mobile Tool 149

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Here are some tips I’ve gleaned from experience: Make your blog your website. Promote your blog by including your blog link in your e-mail signature, on your website, in social networking profiles, and by providing signed comments to other blogs on a daily basis. Use the social networks, like Twitter, to ‘pull’ in the business.

Blogging 48

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Startup Writing 48

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2020

With the Internet and social networks, things you do in your personal life can affect your success in a big way. Your online social networks enable you to build your reputation, connect with people who have interests similar to yours, find educational opportunities, and put you in touch with people who can help your startup.

Startup 132

Startup Tips Ideas Entrepreneur 132

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Here are some tips which will signal traction and fundability to investors, as well as to your team: Document your business plan. For a business, you must define the absolute minimum features you need to satisfy the customer problem, and test it in the market. For a true scientist, the product is never good enough, so it’s never done.

Funding 112

Funding Entrepreneur Startup CTO Hire 112

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). Tough, but true.

Venture Capital 282

Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 282

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Business Etiquette Tips for dealing with VCs and Corporates at Conferences. Thanks for the tip – we’re now actively engaged in discussion.&#. If you can’t figure out how to get access to somebody in the era of social networking then you’re likely not going to be a successful entrepreneur.

Startup 322

Startup Conference Email Venture Capital 322

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

Here are some tips which will signal traction and fundability to investors, as well as to your team: Document your business plan. For a business, you must define the absolute minimum features you need to satisfy the customer problem, and test it in the market. For a true scientist, the product is never good enough, so it’s never done.

Startup 104

Startup CTO Hire Press Customer 104

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2010

Lon: I'm just getting ready to release my updated book " The Social Media Bible Second Edition ” and I just started a new company last week called Extreme Digital Marketing. My most recent was Extreme Digital Marketing. But then the other thing was the marketing side of it. Tell us what you do these days.

Entrepreneur 83

Entrepreneur Social Media Startup Patents 83

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2011

In fact, if your profile is not already on one of these sites, it probably means that you aren’t in the business market anyway. Here are some tips on how to make yours stand out above the crowd: Focus on results. You can bet that if the stories don’t match, they will more likely believe the online version.

Social Network 91

Social Network Networking Examples Tips 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

Here are some tips which will signal traction and fundability to investors, as well as to your team: Document your business plan. For a business, you must define the absolute minimum features you need to satisfy the customer problem, and test it in the market. For a true scientist, the product is never good enough, so it’s never done.

Startup 101

Startup CTO Hire Press Customer 101

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

How many social networks, picture sharing sites, new aggregators or blogs can we really spend time on? If you have any good tips for others feel free to leave them in the comments section. Everybody thinks if I build this cool app people will come and use it. Sure, but will they still be using it in a year? In 6 months?

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Metrics Startup SEO Customer 346

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 30, 2011

The tool tips are helpful for those “wtf is that icon&# moment, but instead of the typical “this is so confusing&# moments, I was actually going “ooooo, what’s this? I think Google+ has the power and features for a serious contender in the market share of the social web. Google Profile (Google+).

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Google Mobile Web Social Network 82