SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. Like many product managers, my background is fairly eclectic. That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. Tell me a bit about your background. How did it help you?

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Even with product businesses, it’s the ultimate way to build your brand credibility, bring in customer leads, and get feedback from your target market. You should start blogging about your business before you have a product, to test interest and establish your credibility. Add content regularly. Anchor the blog in your domain name.

Blogging 135

Blogging Services Search Engine Optimization Web 135

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2019

Thus I recommend that every business publish a website and start a blog even before they have a product to sell, enabling the following benefits: Get Google to work for you in highlighting your site. Blogging is a good hub for all your social media outreach. You need people who really want to work for you.

Blogging 85

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing SEO 85

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

SEO for Startups )? Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? Do you need to process user-contributed media? SEO Support - will URLs need to be well formed? Other types of users? Wireframes?

Develop 396

Develop Development Startup SEO 396

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

SEO for Startups )? Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? Do you need to process user-contributed media? SEO Support - will URLs need to be well formed? Other types of users? Wireframes?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2013

The biggest excuse most startup founders mention is too much to do building a product, mapping strategy, investors, etc. There’s also the opportunity to do some consulting with interested customers to provide needed revenue while the product is still under development. Build your brand and get leads today.

Blogging 104

Blogging Product Startup Writing 104

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

In essence Muhammad thinks the “growth hacking” is a charlatan term for online marketing that consists of a bunch of everyday tasks that all online businesses should be doing: SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Social Media, Referral Marketing, etc. “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?

Technical Review 384

Technical Review SEM SEO Marketing 384

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Work On Your SEO. One of the most effective arcing strategies to get noticed in a global market is to simply incorporate an SEO strategy. Increase Your On-Site SEO. Utilize Popular Social Media Platforms. One of the easiest means of stepping into a new market is by offering discounts for their products or services.

Commerce 58

Commerce Search Engine Optimization Sites Marketing 58

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

Blogging is one of the best ways to do this and build a brand, even before you have a product or service. Blogs are a great way for potential business partners to find each other, and build a social media relationship before getting into the hard negotiations of who gets how much. Let that ideal co-founder find you.

Blogging 110

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media 110

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches? Final example.

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. Sam Rogoway: Near Networks is a national production studio that creates online videos for local businesses across the country.

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 25, 2011

At their respective discussions, they spoke about online marketing, mobile marketing, company culture, and social media ROI, among other topics. CallFire also used Biz2Beach as a platform to showcase its newest iteration, CallFire Version 3.0. Having previously worked at notable companies including Myspace, PayPal, Yahoo! ROBYN WARD.

Social Media 71

Social Media Mobile SEO Media 71

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 15, 2011

Tony is currently Founder/CEO for Eventify, an LA-based startup creating a venue marketplace, and Visible Factors, an SEO consulting company. and most recently Myspace, where he ran an online marketing team focused on SEO, social media, and paid traffic acquisition.

SEO 85

SEO CTO Coach Conference Social Media 85

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. Mike built a white label product that let large publishers leverage text based ads by building their own marketplace rather than using Ad Words. Startup after Iron Planet? (6:00 6:00 – 7:30). How did you get into VC?

Capital 265

Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

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.

Software 40

Software Social Media Platform Mobile 40

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

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. This empowers local florists to take advantage of things like organic SEO, and also helps them promote their current business, as well.

Beverly Hills 157

Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

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. Schedule and run the necessary sessions to update strategic product offerings, processes, and marketing programs. But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process.

Startup 105

Startup Search Engine Optimization Summary Customer 105

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. Schedule and run the necessary sessions to update strategic product offerings, processes, and marketing programs. But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process.

Search Engine Optimization 58

Search Engine Optimization Startup SEO Customer 58

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product. Market Structure.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

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.

Southern California 150

Southern California CTO Coach CTO Hire Social Media 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2014

The biggest excuse most startup founders mention is too much to do building a product, mapping strategy, investors, etc. There’s also the opportunity to do some consulting with interested customers to provide needed revenue while the product is still under development. Build your brand and get leads today.

Startup 101

Startup Blogging Writing Google 101

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. Schedule and run the necessary sessions to update strategic product offerings, processes, and marketing programs. But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process.

Tips 93

Tips Search Engine Optimization Summary Startup 93

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2010

Alec Shankman is CEO of Santa Monica-based Gotcast (www.gotcast.com), an online site focused on casting of actors for television shows, movies, and other productions. Alec Shankman: Gotcast is the largest online interactive casting platform. We sat down with Alec the other day to hear more about the company and what it's try to do.

Hollywood 252

Hollywood Startup Sites SEO 252

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. Schedule and run the necessary sessions to update strategic product offerings, processes, and marketing programs. But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process.

Customer 96

Customer Custom Search Engine Optimization Summary 96

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The biggest roadblock is that startup founders already have too much to do building a product, mapping strategy, courting investors, etc. There’s also the opportunity to do some consulting with interested customers to provide needed revenue while the product is still under development. Build your brand and get leads today.

Blogging 93

Blogging Invest Startup Writing 93

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

At the moment, Conolly heads the startups social media team in Egypt while Turdubaev looks after Russian countries and translation of the site. Most people now useFacebook- but it is a platform that is changing a lot since it floated on the stock market. TechZulu caught up with Conolly and this is what we learn. What is ProfileTree?

Advertising 79

Advertising Services Social Network Startup 79

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Top CEO’s, entrepreneurs, technology gurus, venture capitalists and executives will be looking at the tech ecosystem from different perspectives, including e-commerce, enterprise software, digital media and consumer technologies.” That said, YouTube Network Fullscreen platform is blazing this new trail with 2.5

Hollywood 100

Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

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. So she created the product that she would have wanted when planning her wedding. What is Recycled Bride? What inspired you?

Design 84

Design Social Media Sales Sites 84

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2014

0, eCommerce platforms: Volusion and BigCommerce (which raised $40M last year with Steve Case). Offline engagement platform EyeQ. One of Austin’s fastest growing companies, product video producer Invodo. It’s as subtle, yet important, as the distinction between “social marketing” and “social media.”

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Commerce Yahoo Web 71

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

Blogging is an important way to build an audience and also drive SEO traffic. First, you’ll need a platform. I started with the hosted version and then migrated to an installed version so I could use Google Analytics and some other products. Much of my traffic is through referring websites and/or social media.

Blogging 286

Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

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). If you sent multiple Tweets you’d want to know which time of day was more effective.

Marketing 307

Marketing Technical Review Startup Tool 307

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Streaming media. Social media. More Products. SEO Software. It covers a range of technology trends, from social media to mobile, clean technology, games and chips. Publisher Platform (P3). Electric cars. Hybrid cars. Renewable energy. Streaming video. Smartphones. Windows Phone. Google Plus. Social games.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow is a free Q&A site for software developers, blending functionality from wikis, blogs, forums, and social voting (similar to Digg/Reddit); 7.1mm unique visitors per month; new funds will be used to build out engineering team and build out product. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups. OTHER DEALS.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Now let’s move on to the first couple topics: Step 0: Pre-product. Initally, the product development process should likely be focused on big-picture qualitative information, like whether or not your business is addressing the right audience as well as the preferences for that audience. Do this for a couple weeks!

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29