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JUNE 17, 2013

The point of PUCCKA was to develop a common methodology to make sure our whole team approaches sales with the same mindset and to give us a language to talk with each other about our prospects, as in, “have you identified your customers pain point yet?”. They don’t have a way to measure the effectiveness of a Like.”. “Do

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

Santa Monica-based interactive video technology developer Fuisz Media and IP licensing firm Intellectual Ventures said yesterday that the two are in a intellectual property licensing agreement. recognition video licensing patent ventures intellectual media fuisz' Financial details of the patent licensing deal were not announced.

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JULY 30, 2015

Santa Monica-based Fuisz Media , which develops interactive video technology, has raised $10M in a Series A funding, the company disclosed today. The funding came from Evolution Media Partners. Ross Levinsohn and Ian Doddy have both joined Fuisz Media's board with the funding.

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OCTOBER 31, 2014

Los Angeles-based Soteria Intelligence said yesterday that it has launched a new, social media threat assessment service, to help find threats voice on social networks in real time. soteria intelligence social media threat identification enforcement search crime' The new company is led by Aaron Schoenberger. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2019

Image via Pixabay Most startups, and many big businesses, still don’t have a clue on how to use social media productively for marketing their business. Valid social media objectives for a business should include one or more of the following: increased brand awareness, lead generation, service and support, or reputation management.

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MAY 24, 2017

Cypress, California- and Portland, Oregon-based Circle Media has raised $10M for a gadget--called the Circle with Disney--which helps parents manage the content and Internet use of their families. The Series A funding was led by Relay Ventures.

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MARCH 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the online publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, along with food and cooking celebrity Rachel Ray , said this morning that they are in a multi-year, exclusive partnership to develop co-branded content in the food category. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2019

If you are an entrepreneur these days, or trying to grow an existing business, everyone is telling you that you need to use social media. " He has one of the first books on this subject, and he breaks the process down into nine key activities, as follows: Get focused and identify goals. Get attention and reach your audience.

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MARCH 24, 2021

The company says it has built software that identifies a brand's best customers on social media and converts them to marketers by paying them to post organic Instagram stories. The company is led by CEO and founder Patrick Kim, and says it is backed by The Ventures Co and angel investors.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 14, 2016

You may not know that you have access to many “free” sources of social media contacts to help you in your marketing effort. Your lists are yours to use for marketing, and depending upon your mailing list server provider, duplicates can be identified and removed immediately. The first semi–secret source is your LinkedIn contact list.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Ahead of its IPO, Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online domain name and media publishing business run by Richard Rosenblatt, updated its IPO filings Thursday, saying that it has granted $30.8M Tags: demand media domain domainer content merger acquisition legitscript. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said today that it has enhanced the firm's Pluck Reviews product, which power online ratings and reviews for brand websites. Demand Media said that it has added a new set of capabilities called "Trust Filters", which sorts reviews from Facebook friends and community friends on top of other reviews.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Ransomware: Social media will be the number one vehicle for ransomware distribution in 2018. Currently, there are nearly 1 million social media accounts compromised every day, and that number will continue to rise, thanks to the plethora of easily identifiable targets.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2016

If you wanted to find someone who truly understands the convergence of the media and technology, you need to go no further than Peter Csathy , the CEO of newly launched CREATV Media (www.creatv.media). Peter Csathy: CREATV Media is a very different kind of firm. I came to Manatt to build digital media companies.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Irvine-based Specific Media has cut a small amount of its staff, as it continues to absorb its buy of Los Angeles-based MySpace. Specific Media would not confirm the exact extent of its cuts, but reports say the cuts were less than 8 percent of the firm.

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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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JUNE 9, 2014

Los Angeles-based Jukin Media (www.jukinmedia.com) thinks it has figured that out, and instead of trying to create viral videos, has been buying up the rights to those videos--before they really go viral--to create not just a one-hit, viral video wonder, but a sustainable business. What is Jukin Media?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2015

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should select only social media for marketing, or stick with digital media, or just count on traditional media. Social media as a marketing tool is here to stay, and is now widely accepted. Social media as a marketing tool is here to stay, and is now widely accepted.

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MARCH 6, 2017

Los Angeles-based Maple Media (maplemedia.io) recently announced a big, $30M funding from Shamrock Capital, to assemble a collection of mobile applications in the utility, productivity, games and entertainment verticals. What's the idea behind Maple Media? What's the idea behind Maple Media?

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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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MARCH 25, 2021

Los Angeles- and Palo Alto-based MaC Venture Capital has launched a new, $103M seed stage investment fund today, saying it plans to invest in technology startups across the fintech, e-commerce and marketplaces, interactive media, connectivity, enterprise SaaS, space and aerospace, logistics, and other sectors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2017

If you are an entrepreneur these days, or trying to grow an existing business, everyone is telling you that you need to use social media. " He has one of the first books on this subject, and he breaks the process down into nine key activities, as follows: Get focused and identify goals. Get attention and reach your audience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Social media is so pervasive in today’s world that every entrepreneur believes instinctively that they know how to use it for their startup. When it comes to social media for your business, expect a high learning curve, but rest assured it’s not rocket science. Identify your target customer and create customer profiles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2017

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should select only social media for marketing, or stick with digital media, or just count on traditional media. Social media as a marketing tool is here to stay, and is now widely accepted. Social media as a marketing tool is here to stay, and is now widely accepted.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2023

Today, in this age of pervasive social media and two-way communication, the focus needs to get beyond demographics into personalities. The challenge for every entrepreneur and every business is to understand the pragmatics of identifying and reacting to what their customers love and what they hate. Satisfied is far from memorable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2013

If you are an entrepreneur these days, or trying to grow an existing business, everyone is telling you that you need to use social media. Jim Sterne, who has written many books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in his book titled " Social Media Metrics."

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 24, 2010

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 -- CommNexus Presents: Getting Smart About Social Media Learn How to utilize Social Media for Talent Acquisition. Make 2010 THE year to get to know and effectively utilize social media marketing to attract, recruit, and hire employees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should use social media for marketing, digital media, or traditional media. The place to start today is if your company only uses traditional media for marketing, or no marketing. Focus first on the social media trinity. The tools and measurements are the same for both.

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MAY 6, 2014

Dubset Media Holdings , a developer of technology used to help DJs monetize their music, and helps identify music for music rights holders--which has offices in Beverly Hills--has scored a strategic round of funding from Rhapsody International. Size of the funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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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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AUGUST 20, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Social Intelligence , a developer of software tools which use social media information to uncover compensation and insurance fraud, reported a win with the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). Social Intelligence develops software which helps identify publicly available, online information on people to help fight fraud.

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

The United Talent Agency is ramping up its outreach to early stage, digital media companies, with a new hire from the Los Angeles technology industry.

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MAY 29, 2019

According to the company, all of the inventory across GumGum's ad exchange will be protected by White Ops' Media Guard pre-bid prevention product. White Ops' software identifies and blocks non-human web traffic, which is a big problem for Internet advertisers. Terms of the deal between the companies were not announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2012

If you are an entrepreneur these days, or trying to grow an existing business, everyone is telling you that you need to use social media. Jim Sterne, who has written six books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in his book titled " Social Media Metrics."

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should use social media for marketing, digital media, or traditional media. The place to start today is if your company only uses traditional media for marketing, or no marketing. Focus first on the social media trinity. The tools and measurements are the same for both.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Join us at our upcoming Plug in South LA event and in our movement to spark conversation and identify and accelerate tech and digital media in South LA. Thursday, October 12, 2017 -- Plug In: Digital and Beyond - South LA. See [link] (more)

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APRIL 4, 2018

Los Angeles-based Fullscreen announced this morning that it has acquired Reelio , the developer of an influencer marketing platform focused on the millennial and Gen Z market, helping brands, advertisers, and agencies identify social media influencers. Financial terms of the buy were not announced.

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