Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2013

References on request. Mention that references are available, but including them in the profile can leave the impression that these are very generic. Personal references should be customized to support specific requests from a potential employer, and confirmed by you prior to employer contact.

Social Media 108

Social Media Media Social Network Examples 108

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Ming who the hero of so many customers whose primary reference to other customers is, “make sure you get a Ming.” Social Media Tech Market Analysis' Tim, my former co-founder and long-time colleague & friend who joined as global head of products. Pier who has built a world-class sales organization and processes.

Social Media 358

Social Media Yammer Invest Organization 358

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). Clicks are also a simple measure that you can get from basic link tracking packages.

Marketing 307

Marketing Technical Review Startup SEM 307

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2013

These references make for great discussions with customers. If you have enough references in your arsenal you obviously want to pick out ones that you believe will resonate with your prospect due to job function or industry. They don’t have a way to measure the effectiveness of a Like.”. “Do

Sales 367

Sales Slides Startup Customer 367

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2016

During this period Kobie worked closely with many SaaS companies including ExactTarget from its early days and the Founder & CEO, Scott Dorsey, served as a strong reference for Kobie. Please help me in amplifying this message and in welcoming Kobie to the team on social media.

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Venture Capital Startup SaaS Social Media 260

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

The same article refers to several other people who are coming back to blogging: Liza at Maui Blog and the futurist Chris Saad. Tags: Social Media social networking technology Twitter. Shel Israel , famous tech blogger from Wave 1.0 started blogging again outlined here. Thank you, Twitter.

Blogging 219

Blogging Venture Capital Startup Social Media 219

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2011

Los Angeles-based Scopely , the stealth-mode startup which announced a funding round this week, has a unique pitch to potential employees: the firm is offering up $11,000 wrapped in Bacon, an oil painting of the new employee, Cuban cigars, a year's supply of beer, and more prizes to new employees or people who refer friends to work at the startup.

Google 227

Google Advertising Competition Los Angeles 227

TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Structured Data refers to information organized in a defined manner, making it easier to search and analyze. This category encompasses a vast array of content, from emails and text documents to social media posts. Broadly speaking, data can be categorized as either structured or unstructured.

Generative AI 348

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Tool Knowledge Base 348

Tech Coast Venture Network

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Social media and email marketing act separately as great marketing tools. While social media offers a continuous interaction with your followers, email marketing is a tool to provide a steady flow of information received directly by your connections.

Networking 100

Networking Newsletter Social Media Email 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

Make sure everyone accurately posts their role with your startup on social media profiles, resumes, and references. Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors. For reference, here is a quick summary of key elements which most investors include in their due diligence process: Key personnel review.

Technical Review 151

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 151

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Entrepreneurs and startups often ask if they should use social media for marketing, digital media, or traditional media. The place to start today is if your company only uses traditional media for marketing, or no marketing. Focus first on the social media trinity.

Media 92

Media Social Media Marketing Resource 92

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I'm going to be working with people like Cliff and Steve Gilison (see Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles ) and Tom Humbarger (see Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospects ) to create this online business networking group for Los Angeles. Right now the conversation is about visible networking.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Networking Angel Blogging 150

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Jordan Glazier: Wildfire has developed a platform for monetizing social messaging. When you look at social messaging, and talk about social messaging, we're talking about social media, text messaging, email, and chat applications. Those references drive trillions of dollars of commerce.

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Enter the social media challenge to receive a chance to win a prize with #DVxGASpookyPoochy. If you're unable to join us in person, have no fear!

Social Media 100

Social Media Education Media Competition 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Most notably you need to understand Earned Media and how blogging, public speaking and social media play an important role in the new PR landscape. Most notably we loved that ReadWriteWeb referred to us as ‘a next generation TripAdvisor&# because that’s exactly how we want to be positioned.

Venture Capital 291

Venture Capital Press News Startup 291

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2010

For today's profile, we decided to talk with Taher Scherzay , Founder of FavRav (www.FavRav.com), a Los Angeles-based firm which has created a Facebook application to help small businesses find customers through social media, and also allow consumers to better tap the referral network of their friends. What's the idea behind FavRav?

Startup 193

Startup Newsletter Customer Custom 193

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Make sure that every interaction with every customer is positive, the service delivered is exemplary, and always follow-up for reference and repeat business.

Startup 174

Startup Training Services Writing 174

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2022

Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence , which consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.

Custom 122

Custom Customer Social Media Technical Review 122

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

Social Media. Social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn manage communities comprised of millions of people worldwide. Every entrepreneur needs to leverage social media for better marketing, requirements, and customer service. Gamification.

Technology 133

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 133

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Make sure everyone accurately posts their role with your startup on social media profiles, resumes, and references. Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors. For reference, here is a quick summary of key elements which most investors include in their due diligence process: Key personnel review.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 118

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2022

It refers to multiplication factors that occur when complementary actions or approaches are used together for greater impact. Here is an outline of some key force multipliers that I have seen used effectively in the ongoing battle for business survival and success: Establish a presence on multiple social media channels.

Marketing 119

Marketing Social Media Mentor Conference 119

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Neville Spiteri: We are a digital media startup, building a next generation studio that it is focusing on creating entertainment and web media, that scales to tens of hundreds of thousands of people, and potentially millions around the world. Our focus is really what we refer to as globally shared media.

Cloud Computing 208

Cloud Computing Web Entertainment Media 208

TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Maybe those references to TFA sound like bragging, or he thinks “passion for numbers” sounds silly. The information provided was all pulled from data he’s already entered - just Mark, Houston, Math Teacher, Teach for America. And if this description doesn’t resonate with Mark, he can ask for a new one, while providing feedback.

Generative AI 297

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence TechEmpower Tips 297

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 24, 2013

Different behaviors on the site or within the product should trigger different ‘nudges’ that might show up as an email in their inbox, something on social media in their feed, or through retargeted ads. Thus, the true testament to your ability to scalability is virality, or when your users like your product enough to refer a friend.

Hulu 111

Hulu Startup Social Media Organization 111

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

Today’s platform is built of people, including yourself, contacts, connections, and followers, who can amplify your message through social media and spread it to your target customers. Soon you will find that they are re-tweeting your messages, referring their friends to your products, and becoming your biggest evangelists.

Startup 104

Startup Social Media Platform Blogging 104

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2020

With social media and the new survey tools, it’s easy and fast to set up and run your own focus group, or opinion survey. One of the free sources above, or just the teaser data from an online report advertisement, often is more than adequate as a third-party reference for credibility. Conduct your own customized market research.

Marketing 157

Marketing Statistics Research Report 157

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2015

Make sure everyone accurately posts their role with your startup on social media profiles, resumes, and references. Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors. For reference, here is a quick summary of key elements which most investors include in their due diligence process: Key personnel review.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur 108

Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2021

For publishers, it offers a potentially lucrative revenue stream — especially if the publishers can manage to refer potential customers at scale on relatively big-ticket items. Social media marketing and PR gifting will still remain important. Why Would Shopify Expand into Affiliate Marketing? Not sold on Shopify?

Marketing 164

Marketing Buzzfeed Guide Platform 164

InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

Although such service businesses can be highly profitably from the start, they are difficult to scale, hence they are often referred to by the derisive term “body shop.” The size and scope of law firms, medical practices and consulting firms are all constrained by the number of employees they can hire and keep gainfully billing hours.

Entrepreneur 225

Entrepreneur SaaS Pricing Cloud Computing 225

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

A couple of these people have offered me freelance work, or referred me to others for job leads. I have applied at Google 1000 times, never heard back, but I used social media to finally get a call from them about a decade later. Networking through social media. Apply for jobs you want. Ask for feedback.

Design 91

Design Networking Social Media Google 91

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Another approach is to ask the investor for references, where their involvement has made a real difference, leading to success. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. Through networking with other entrepreneurs, you should find one or more to visit that have relationships with this investor.

Technical Review 138

Technical Review Startup Innocal Offshore 138

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2014

Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence, that consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2013

Solis outlines the heuristics of social psychology that are key to building positive customer experiences today. These begin with the following Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence , that consumers use to make decisions, buttressed by results from various social media surveys he references in the book: Social proof – follow the crowd.

Custom 100

Custom Customer Startup Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

Social Media. Social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn manage communities comprised of millions of people worldwide. Every entrepreneur needs to leverage social media for better marketing, requirements, and customer service. Gamification.

Startup 107

Startup Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur 107

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

Much of my traffic is through referring websites and/or social media. Social media is ephemeral. It doesn’t need to be short. You’re not trying to build a consumer website. My website is a pretty long URL but people manage to find it. Some search. What are YOU trying to convey? That’s boring.

Blogging 373

Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

A new generation of entrepreneurs is emerging to refashion the Los Angeles studio system for the digital age forming companies that combining live-streamed video, podcasts, and the newfound social media celebrities to craft entertainment for a new breed of consumer.

Chief Technology Officer 116

Chief Technology Officer Netflix Los Angeles Statistics 116

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Fan Appz, a Santa Monica headquartered firm founded in 2010, and a Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) today Tuesday launched its Personalized Marketing Platform, a next-generation social media marketing solution set to help firms convert fans into customers and increase repeat purchases by turning good customers into great ones.

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Platform Help Custom Customer 82