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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

Both Sides of the Table

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. Link has a summary of his argument plus a great video). Everything we were taught pre-Internet is still relevant.

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Should You Blog? (yes, and here’s how …)

Both Sides of the Table

Since it’s already written (and since I promised not to republish on my blog other than a summary) if you’re interested please have a read over there. Summary notes and then I’ll extend: Should you blog? Blogging is an important way to build an audience and also drive SEO traffic. What should you blog about?

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8 Ways That Blogging Will Kickstart Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Blogging is one of the best ways to do this and build a brand, even before you have a product or service. Develop an efficient and effective writing style. I see too many investor pitches, and even executive summaries that ramble on for many pages without a clear message.

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What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now?

Both Sides of the Table

So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. SEO marketing vs. social marketing. Simply put – I’d be in search of a VC who had an intuitive sense of my product, my customers, my organizational issues, my competitors, etc. Most VCs are book smart.

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10 Steps to a Memorable Website for Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Put yourself on the site. People buy from people.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. Back to regular writing this week so check back in. TWIVC Summary – Richard de Silva. Do you agree that Google SEO optimized results for high volume search terms are broken? (49:35-51:30).

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10 Keys to Making an Entrepreneur Website Credible

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Put yourself on the site. People buy from people.