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APRIL 1, 2016

Woodland Hills-based United Online has sold its StayFriends social networking site, to German company Stroer Content Group GmbH , the company said Thursday afternoon. United Online said it will receive 16.0 million euros ($18.3M US) for StayFriends. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2022

Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2013

Full-service Pinterest marketing and technology startup – HelloSociety recently announced it had driven $30 million in additional sales revenue for its over 350 brand clientele through Pinterest. million new users and 22 million unique page views to its clients’ sites as a result of its effective campaign execution. million followers.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Los Angeles-based mEgo , the online avatar creation site, has raised $915,116 out of an ongoing $2.5M The filing indicates the round had a first sale on February 17th. mEgo allows users to create their own online avatars, used for social networking websites. Source of the funding was not disclosed.

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2016

The sale of United Online came after a long and tortuous path, where United Online spun off flower delivery firm FTD , sold its Classmates unit, and its StayFriends social networking site, and battled both with B. Riley and Activision Howard Marks over the company's management and strategic plans.

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JUNE 19, 2013

Fab.com is an online fashion and flash sales site, which has a huge following both here in the U.S. Baroda had been a seed investor way back when Fab was known as Fabulis, and was focused on creating a social network for the gay community. and oversease.

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JULY 26, 2011

Los Angeles-based Baroda Ventures , the venture capital investment firm of GeoCities founder David Bohnett, has re-upped its investment in fashion site Fab.com. Fab was previously Fabulis, a gay social networking site; the firm has since refocused into a daily deals and flash sales site. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Los Angeles-based BakeSpace.com , the online social networking and recipe site, has a new product for you. Bakespace.com takes a commission on sales, which covers the Apple app store transaction fee and credit card processing fees. Ever wish you had a better way of sharing your favorite recipes with family and friends?

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Bobby’s strong sales acumen, genuine charisma and leadership abilities make him an invaluable asset to the founding team. Advertising revenue is generated from each site visitor, paid or otherwise. The post amSTATZ Social Network For Fitness Gurus, Athletes & Events | Interview With Founder appeared first on TechZulu.

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2010

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace said today along with French firm Orange that they are in an advertising and content partnership. According to the companies, Orange Advertising Network will manage both premium and performance advertising sales for MySpace in France.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

Nimble's product is geared towards uses such as tracking sales leads and business contacts, investors, customers, and more. Ferrara helped pioneer the original CRM industry with Goldmine, which along with competitor ACT--was heavily used by sales people to track contacts, prospects, leads, and sales progress on their personal computers.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

It is no secret that Pinterest and other social commerce sites have begun to dial in the commerce equation. These sites (so far) have managed to balance facilitating product discovery and purchase capabilities with users'' desires to entertain and educate themselves without feeling like they are in a marketplace.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

We caught up with Dan to hear about how the firm is going beyond online sales, and making shopping online for fashion as much entertainment as e-commerce. It's loosely based on the Japanese concept of a "lucky bag sale". Lucky bag sales were originally a physical store concept, and what we've done, is taken that online here in the U.S.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

Los Angeles-based social shopping site Tibesti is setting its sights on students, saying today that it will give 100 percent of its sales commissions from student products to users, as part of a back-to-school promotion. Tags: promotion school students shopping social tibesti. The firm launched in July. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2012

With the proliferation of social media, how do you--as a brand--manage all of those various websites, content, and media? Los Angeles-based Fliptu (www.fliptu.com), headed by Jeremy Gocke , thinks it has this figured out, by providing a central place to access a brand's content, across social networks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Network model. It was popularized with dating sites and LinkedIn, but now is popping up with many services, like Zipcar for car-sharing, Spotify for music sharing, and WhatsApp for international messaging for a low predictable fee. This one is an extension of the insurance model into new domains.

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socalTECH

JULY 14, 2009

Los Angeles-based Tibesti , an online social shopping site, said today that the firm has exited its beta and officially launched its site. The startup is hoping to get people to share their product recommendations with friends and others, in exchange for up to 50 percent of the commission from sales. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Brian McKelvey: We're building a virtual world, which attaches to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and all the social networks. Brian McKelvey: I'd been looking around at all the social gaming platforms and virtual worlds online, such as Second Life, Farmville, and other apps on the Apple App Store for inspiration.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Arizona, where I live. billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. get the attention of the market they choose.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

Network model. It was popularized with dating sites and LinkedIn, but now is popping up with many services, like Zipcar for car-sharing, Spotify for music sharing, and WhatsApp for international messaging for a low predictable fee. This one is an extension of the insurance model into new domains.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. In addition, they serve as a jobs available site for 24,000 startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2019

Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

We spoke with Derrick Oien, president and co-founder of the firm, about the company's mobile social networking applications, as well as about his view on penetrating the mobile carriers. What exactly are your mobile social networking applications? The second customer is the social networking sites.

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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). From time to time, include customers and sales members in ideation sessions. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2011

John Ellis: If you're a buyer looking for original artwork beyond what you can get at a big box retailer, such as an interior designer, or if you're looking for affordable original art, you can come into our site and purchase original artwork through the site, directly from photographers. We're really the first to bring that together.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Private, flash sales site focused on apparel goods (women, men and children). Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date. Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date. Total raised: $56.3mm.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. Rumored to be prepping for an IPO, just inked a deal to launch a new beauty and fashion site with Tyra Banks. Less known--a healthy domain name registration business. which he sold to AOL.

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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). From time to time, include customers and sales members in ideation sessions. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

It’s well documented that response time has significant business impact: An ecommerce site that makes $100,000 per day could lose up to $2.5 million in sales every year for just a 1-second page delay. Google told us back in 2010 that site speed was important for SEO. Web Application such as Web Mail or a gated Social network.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 7, 2013

Mommy bloggers are one of the most influential social networking resources that lead to increased awareness and sales. Build “Google Juice” through links from their sites; 6. Complete this quick form or email sales@zodiac805.com. Make your online experience easy and inviting; 4.

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IBM IBM Email Research 154

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

Entrepreneur 100

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2013

We caught up with CEO Walter Delph to hear how the promise of social media advertising has measured up to reality, and what that means for brands and marketers today trying to leverage the new reality of social conversations. We''re the leading social advertising platform that leverages celebrity relationships.

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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). They benchmark their ideas against competition, use metrics to track acceptance, sales growth, and return on investment. Net result and reward.

Entrepreneur 101

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Personalize a simple web site. Publish the site and now you are in business. But don’t be fooled into expecting people to flock to your site after you tell a few friends. Then there are full-featured software sites like Facebook.

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Sites Commerce Startup Tool 78

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2016

Social networking continues to be a superior force in marketing, especially Facebook. percent of all social network ad spending worldwide. How can your company best benefit from social networking ads in 2016? How can your company best benefit from social networking ads in 2016? That was $15.5

Marketing 40

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2017

Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Symantec 54

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

It''s a social network for world trade, kind of a combo between Alibaba and LinkedIn. In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. No knock on China, but with LA having the advertising agency we think we''ll be able to improve on the design side on our site. Tell us about your backers?

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