Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes. What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site.

Search Engine Optimization 88

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 88

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. My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. Tell me a bit about your background.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

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. If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Add content regularly.

Blogging 91

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Services Writing 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

As the number of sites on the Internet floats around one billion, the challenge with every new startup is to be found and stand out. More important, if someone does find your site, the content better be enticing enough for them to come back. Blogging will improve your site search engine ranking.

Blogging 110

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media 110

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

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes. What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site. Advertising presence.

Search Engine Optimization 105

Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising SEO 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes. What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site. Advertising presence.

Search Engine Optimization 96

Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites Advertising 96

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes. What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site.

Search Engine Optimization 54

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 54

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Yet most startups I know experience the same shock of disappointment when they first open up their website to offer their “million dollar idea” product, and nobody comes. What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site. Advertising presence.

Tips 92

Tips Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2012

Tweak your product or service offerings. Make sales and customer service friendly. Everyone must have a web site that is complete, inviting, and easy to use. Use social media, search engine optimization, blogging, and mobile media. Don’t forget to ask them what they want and need.

Marketing 98

Marketing Search Engine Optimization Customer Custom 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

Their computers then cleverly merge your ads with search results when users search words imply an interest in your products. If you sell widgets, and a user is searching for widgets, your ad will appear on the first page of search results for widgets. This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

Paid Search 90

Paid Search PPC Organization SEO 90

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2017

They expect to find you on the first result page from search engines, and position ranking is driven by relevant keywords, new content on a regular basis, and inbound and outbound site links. All marketing costs money, including viral marketing, search engine optimization, click-through, and social media support.

Social Media 57

Social Media Search Engine Optimization Startup Customer 57

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

For businesses, these are now prime sources of business networking, customer service, and client leads. Search engine marketing (SEM). This popular form of Internet marketing seeks to increase website ranking in search engine results. Techniques include search engine optimization (SEO) and paid result placement.

SEM 95

SEM Search Engine Optimization Blogging PPC 95

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based Aggregage (www.aggregage.com) is looking to help aggregate the content across multiple blog publishing sites, and curate that information into specific, B2B niche vertical web sites. We successfully took the firm public in 199, and ended up selling to Anderson Media, to provide Walmart.com's music service.

Startup 162

Startup Content Advertising Sites 162

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2011

Tweak your product or service offerings. Make sales and customer service friendly. Everyone must have a web site that is complete, inviting, and easy to use. Use social media, search engine optimization, blogging, and mobile media. Don’t forget to ask them what they want and need.

Marketing 99

Marketing Search Engine Optimization Startup Customer 99

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Their computers then cleverly merge your ads with search results only when users search words imply an interest in your products. If you sell widgets, and a user is searching for widgets, your ad will appear on the same page as the search results for widgets. Cost per action (CPA).

SEM 90

SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2010

They became popular for socializing, but now are prime sources of business networking, customer service, and client leads. Search engine marketing (SEM). This popular form of Internet marketing seeks to increase website ranking in search engine results. Facebook alone has 500 million members. Streaming video.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur SEM Search Engine Optimization Blogging 89

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

No one wakes up and says to themselves, “I need to buy that product I have never heard of before.” Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil. Thus, avoid link farms, mindless keyword content and similar techniques designed to make your site more Google friendly. It does not happen.

Customer 164

Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 1, 2011

I’ve been working in the online advertising business for about 13 years handling everything from affiliate programs and banner ad campaigns, to search engine optimization and Google Adwords. We’re really loving the clean site layout. You can sell CDs, downloads, ringtones, t-shirts, stickers, and more.

Startup 80

Startup Design Advertising Search Engine Optimization 80