socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2009

Los Angeles-based Image Metrics (www.image-metrics.com) recently landed a $6.5M, Series B funding round for the firm's facial animation products. Around 2006, they opened up a sales office here, with a couple of guys talking to the film and games business. Editor's note: you can see Image Metrics "Emily" demo on their web site ).

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Metrics Startup Sales Newsletter 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

For example, I’m not sure the world needs one more social media niche site, or another dating site, or yet another flavored drink alternative. You may be a product expert, but have little experience with running a business, or marketing, or sales. I always look for room in your plan for change, and the mindset to learn.

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Startup Metrics Ideas Entrepreneur 162

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2019

Shane Bernstein: We look at actionable data points and data metrics which are quantifiable across the web, and we qualify them and normalize that data, and sort them based on what they've done. Shane Bernstein: We're looking at things from a lot of different sites, and using big data to process them. It's a 100 percent passive pool.

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Sites Startup Tool CTO Hire 240

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2013

We really pride ourselves in the amount of buzz and interest we drive for brands, which hopefully drives back directly to their sales. It''s a combination of leveraging our data to provide activation of users, by sending out the posts, and really providing brands with the metrics of before, during, and after a campaign.

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Social Media Advertising Media Metrics 237

Berkonomics

JANUARY 28, 2016

If you have not done so, let Google tell you whether your web site is responsive. Although both metrics vary widely between types of audience, you should work to exceed a six percent open rate and two percent click rate for your emails containing sales or marketing information. And treat the result seriously.

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Email Marketing Web Mobile 120

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

It’s always tempting to think that more product variations will satisfy more customers and lead to new sales. Some chaos is normal in every new business, but many wait far too long before they install metrics based on “best practices,” and fail to attack obvious bottlenecks with a vengeance. Use multiple small orders at first.

Outsource Development 122

Outsource Development Outsource Metrics Technical Review 122

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2019

Marketing media content from real customers in real time is now commonplace via sites like Yelp, Foursquare, and online reviews. In the book, Jaffe introduces three new sets of metrics for gauging progress: Medium-term metrics. Long-term sales. Real customers.

Media 95

Media Framework Social Media Metrics 95

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2021

Most ecommerce sites highlight this feature. Your focus for momentum could be sales, profitability, or number of customers, but trying to keep all possible parameters growing is simply not practical. Select a single dimension to measure momentum. Plan a long-term strategy, and avoid crisis moves.

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Technical Review Technical Advisors Startup Mentor 160

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

It’s the only site aside from Google I go to every single day so that I don’t miss out on an incredible offer. I am a raving fan of AppSumo because the creator of the brand, Noah Kagan , leads his company focusing on community first and sales second. Noah has what I believe he called “Thank You metrics”. It makes sense.

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Metrics Email Startup Technical Review 87

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

My other co-founder, Rusty Jenkins, was also with that company, doing sales. There's an awful lot of check-in sites out there. Why would someone want to use your site? For local businesses, we're also giving them free mobile web sites, and working on other relationships. Michael Wong: The big reason is really cash.

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CTO Coach Startup Mobile Artificial Inteligence 223

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2017

David Baird: We really began as a musician matching site, kind of a LinkedIn for musicians. The way we reached that, was we saw that people were starting to use our site to discover and book talent. However, that was not exactly how the site was optimized. How did you start the company? READ MORE>>.

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Startup Metrics Offshore Sites 150

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. But it is an important metric for firms in pursuit of explosive growth. Maxwell Wessel, in a classic article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5

Sites 59

Sites Startup Technical Review Oracle 59

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 exist ), or another dating site (over 2500 in the US alone). It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Ownership.

Entrepreneur 64

Entrepreneur Coach Metrics Competition 64

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

If your mission is to change the world or help the disadvantaged, another dating site or online gambling may not be for you, no matter how financially lucrative. He also still gets excited to donate one percent of sales to environmental groups around the world. Document and communicate a solid business plan.

Startup 94

Startup Ideas Metrics Entrepreneur 94

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

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Content Startup Social Media IP 175

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2019

Too many business owners still think of “ customer support ” as an after-sale process to rectify customer problems with completed transactions. Customers expect you to provide access via their mobile devices, as well as being responsive to sales and support questions on social media and multiple Internet channels and partners at their whim.

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Customer Custom Company Companies 84

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2019

If you have yet to get started, here are some key steps that I recommend to my advisory business clients: Actively engage customers via top social media sites. I recommend that you experiment to find the best sites for your business, with the majors including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Marketing 94

Marketing Social Media Technical Review Customer 94

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 active ), or another dating site (over 2500 in the US alone). It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Ownership.

Coach 64

Coach Metrics Competition Ideas 64

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2015

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 active ), or another dating site (now over 2500 in the US alone). It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Ownership.

Entrepreneur 101

Entrepreneur Startup Coach Metrics 101

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Marketing media content from real customers in real time is now commonplace via sites like Yelp, Foursquare, and online reviews. In the book, Jaffe introduces three new sets of metrics for gauging progress: Medium-term metrics. Long-term sales. Real customers.

Advertising 66

Advertising Marketing Startup Framework 66

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2015

Marketing media content from real customers in real time is now commonplace via sites like Yelp, Foursquare, and online reviews. In the book, Jaffe introduces three new sets of metrics for gauging progress: Medium-term metrics. Long-term sales. Real customers.

Marketing 100

Marketing Social Media Framework Media 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

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. Here’s how it goes: You have a business development group with two people.

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Activity Conference Press Case Study 164

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2015

Congress' latest attempt to impose an "Internet sales tax" is just another misguided tax grab that will do more harm than good to American small businesses. As it currently stands, online sellers must collect sales tax in the states where they have, "sales tax nexus." Online sellers are already awash in sales tax complexity.

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Sales Customer Custom Metrics 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2020

For example, I used to regularly hear pitches for the next great social media site, usually focused on a special interest or niche , such as photography, cooking, healthy living, or a thousand others. Define success metrics, and measure progress regularly. Focus on communication and responsibility assignment.

Startup 123

Startup Outsource Development Entrepreneur Outsource 123

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2013

Marketing media content from real customers in real time is now commonplace via sites like Yelp, Foursquare, and online reviews. In the book, Jaffe introduces three new sets of metrics for gauging progress: Medium-term metrics. Long-term sales. Real customers.

Media 101

Media Marketing Startup Framework 101

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

However, I got to set up and run the sales team in Venice Beach, and was running technology for cross platform at the Venice Beach office, because they relocated me back here at my request. The metrics are very solid. On average, we''re doubling the time on a site where our platform is embedded.

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Google Content Startup Venice 233

Jason Nazar

MAY 1, 2016

I’ve been a part of dozens (maybe hundreds) of product launches And in each of these cases I ask my team to put together a simple dashboard of a small set of metrics for our paid and free products that let me know the success of our efforts. For startup entrepreneurs, you can also track these metrics with Google analytics.

Marketing 40

Marketing CPC Metrics .Net 40

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

As automotive web sites go, there are lots of review and information sites giving you information about new and used cars, magazines and information sites for auto enthusiasts, and discussion sites and groups for all kinds of cars. But, it turns out, there are not any automotive sites specifically geared towards women.

Truecar 204

Truecar Writing Edmunds Sites 204

Jason Nazar

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

I’ve been a part of dozens (maybe hundreds) of product launches And in each of these cases I ask my team to put together a simple dashboard of a small set of metrics for our paid and free products that let me know the success of our efforts. For startup entrepreneurs, you can also track these metrics with Google analytics.

Marketing 40

Marketing CPC Metrics .Net 40

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

If you already have a strong customer base, create a brief survey to help you determine what social media sites they’re using and how to reach them in a targeted way. Add a blog to give yourself a voice, show your expertise, but skip the sales pitch. Don’t forget the metrics and analytics. Only then can you determine your ROI.

Social Media 108

Social Media Media Startup Tips 108

Steve Reich

APRIL 11, 2012

You are fanatical about metrics for your online business. You study metrics and user behavior. The consumer’s every move across your site, your mobile ap, and your marketing campaigns is tracked and analyzed. John is as relentless about metrics in hiring as you are in your business. You A-B test everything.

Google 45

Google Metrics Statistics Study 45

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2019

Annual bonuses tied to production metrics are nice, but these will not generate the long-term trust and loyalty you need to set the culture. For customers, the buying experience goes well beyond support after the sale, to include product selection, web site layout, and feedback. Enable employee or customer shared ownership.

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Customer Custom Mentor Training 92

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

And finally, Scott demonstrated his internal management tool for managing the metrics of his business. Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a Spread through word-of-mouth as the company has no sales team, all engineers. It’s awesome. The deals we quickly went through are: 1.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

If Jeff and his team had launched a more prudent, scaled-back site, it is arguable they would have never achieved the critical mass that eventually led to the company’s widespread market acceptance. Sometimes we measure things and see that in the short term they actually hurt sales. Don’t Chase The Quick Buck.

Tips 279

Tips Startup Framework Customer 279

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. Instead of making a few dollars per sale and hoping for thousands of sales, you sell to only a few customers, and charge much higher rates. it’s about measuring online influence and I’m big on metrics as a key element of business planning; 2.)

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

It wasn’t just front-end processes like sales tools, marketing funnels, dynamic pricing, driver routes and so forth but we also had to build comprehensive systems to manage numerous warehouses across four different cities. Summary Startups are fun and exhilarating and filled with challenging problems to solve.

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Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Maybe its because Im 66", but I think most clothes shopping really stinks and when was the last time that a sales person was actually helpful. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. I really think MyShape has a great concept.

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MyShape CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150