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.

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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. I know that finding time is hard, and good writing is simply not what most people do. Writing a blog is all about communication, and that’s your number one job as founder of a new startup.

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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.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

Even more disappointing are other statistics that show most websites that do exist have a very low “conversion rate,” or ratio of visitors to the site versus ones who meet your goal of buying a product or signing up for a newsletter. Usability problems kill conversions. Keep sentences short. Skip the hyperbole.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

Gordon Gould , the co-founder of SmartPants, talks about the company and how it's applying what he learned founding ThisNext and from a long experience in the social media market to the consumer products goods area--what he describes as Brands 2.0. First, talk about what SmartPants Vitamins are? We give it to our own kids.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

San Diego-based Newsforce (www.newsforce.com) is a startup which is looking to take advantage of the hunger of the newspaper and media business for revenue, and has created a product which takes press releases and commercial content, and inserts them onto news sites in "sponsored content" blocks. Our tool is integrated onto their site.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Back to regular writing this week so check back in. Mike built a white label product that let large publishers leverage text based ads by building their own marketplace rather than using Ad Words. He is starting to see this occur in sites that are verticalizing content. I’m now back & ready for action. 37:00-40:30).

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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. So finding time is hard, and good writing is simply not what most people do. Writing a blog is all about communication, and that’s your number one job as founder of a new startup.

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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.

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Tips Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising 92

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

For how to market your blog in order to get site visitors I suggest checking out the Marketing Show and if you can attend the next Pub Con it is one the best conferences to learn about getting web traffic. One of the hardest things about being a blogger is drawing that line between being a business owner and writing for passion.

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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. This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO). For sites displaying the ads, this is called pay per click (PPC). Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Cost per action (CPA).

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SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. 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. Market Size.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Let me be clear – a product or consulting startup today without a blog, even with a static website, risks not being competitive in cost and time to reach and hold that critical mass of online customers. You should start blogging about your business before you have a product, to test interest and establish your credibility.

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Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

Search Engines – Google, Yahoo, MSN, ASK redirect billions of searches everyday.Search engines have the potential to drive millions of visitors to a given site.Wikipedia and About are two of the most popular sites on the web, but the majority of their traffic comes from referrals from search engines, not people going directly to their site.To

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

Search engines have the potential to drive millions of visitors to a given site. Wikipedia and About are two of the most popular sites on the web, but the majority of their traffic comes from referrals from search engines, not people going directly to their site. To make sure your site is optimized for search engine traffic: 1.)

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

This morning, Knowledge Genie (www.myknowledgegenie.com) launched a new web site that helps experts and authors publish online information to the web. People can come to the site, pay you directly, and we provide them with access to your genie, and away they go. It has links to supporting web site and resources.

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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.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Here’s how you can (could) integrate a URI shortener into your site’s architecture. Your site’s architecture may require a different approach. By integrating a URI shortener into your site architecture you gain the abilitiy to perform way more than URI shortening.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

I am in the middle of writing up some of my thoughts on this and will post about it and let you know. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 And, I dont like to copy and paste.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Write me an e-mail and let me know what youre up to! I’ve been asked a few times recently, “Wow, these analytics you write about are great, but how does a startup begin to bite off the relevant parts? Now let’s move on to the first couple topics: Step 0: Pre-product. See the books I recommend to friends.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Primarily targets SMBs.

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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. 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.

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Blogging Services Search Engine Optimization Web 135

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

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.

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Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

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 69

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 69

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

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 95

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Writing 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

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 96

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing Social Network 96

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