InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Along the way, they created a supportive community of emotionally attached stakeholders that would be the envy of any Social Media Manager. I said, ''Hey, listen were going to start writing this newsletter and it''s going to highlight our trials and tribulations, our failures and our successes. Here''s how they pulled it off.

Newsletter 233

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 233

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 16, 2011

After college Joanne worked for 4 years in retail apparel at Macy’s where she initially managed sales reps on the floor and then worked as a buyer of clothing. This is where she first developed sales skills. She doubled her salary by going into sales. to $12m in sales. “A lot of sales is innate.

Startup 311

Startup Sales Venture Capital Entrepreneur 311

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Along the way, they created a supportive community of emotionally attached stakeholders that would be the envy of any Social Media Manager. I said, ''Hey, listen were going to start writing this newsletter and it''s going to highlight our trials and tribulations, our failures and our successes. Here''s how they pulled it off.

Newsletter 133

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Xconomy

APRIL 23, 2018

Unit sales rose 279 percent from 2016 to 2017, according to the association. “We We have entered the era of voice ,” Jim Harris, a management consultant writes on the CTA’s website. The Consumer Technology Association estimates that nearly 44 million voice-enabled assistants will be sold this year in the United States.

Writing 66

Writing Sales Technology Social Media 66

Berkonomics

JUNE 25, 2015

Sometimes this is called a white label strategy, because your customers offer your product as their own product, writing in their brand name on the blank label in your underlying offering. But, more often, this is just the virtualization of what we used to call outsourcing. Forgive me, but I had no idea what that meant.

Outsource 120

Outsource Social Media Commerce Writing 120

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. The majority of our time is now spent online. What does that look like?

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Obviously you should have somebody that helps you research journalists, gets you meetings, pitches stories, helps prep you for interviews & helps make sure your writing is cogent. The reality is that a journalist who’s writing a story about you – a relatively unknown entity – wants to hear directly from the founders and/or the CEO.

Press 319

Press Startup Writing Training 319

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). Social media users are over 60% more likely to check email at least four times a day than those who don’t use social media. Calls are changing but not dying.

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2019

Even in your early days, before you break even and have to pay taxes on profits, various governmental organizations will be after you for payroll taxes, sales taxes, unemployment, and a host of fees, licenses, and permits. Then there is the need for more substantial business accounting, database, and social media monitoring.

Startup 105

Startup Software Review Technical Review Social Media 105

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I guess let’s file this under sales & marketing advice. Much of my traffic is through referring websites and/or social media. Don’t just write a carbon copy of what somebody else is doing. OK, well, actually the first thing I did is come up with a list of 50 posts that I wanted to write.

Blogging 286

Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

On the product side, once you have a proven product and business model, all you need is money to build inventory, and a sales and marketing operation to drive the business. Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Capture your “secret sauce.”

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2019

You too can become an influencer through social media, videos and blogs, and people will follow you on what to buy, what causes to support, and who to vote for. Now customers judge you by your visibility to them at public forums, your writing, videos, and what other public figures say.

Customer 93

Customer Custom IBM IBM 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

On the product side, once you have a proven product and business model, all you need is money to build inventory, and a sales and marketing operation to drive the business. Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Capture your “secret sauce.”

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there. Writing down key parameters will force you solidify the specifics, and mentally commit to them.

Ideas 94

Ideas Slides Technical Review Patents 94

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service. Thanks to our Sponsors!

Los Angeles 75

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

On the product side, once you have a proven product and business model, all you need is money to build inventory, and a sales and marketing operation to drive the business. Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Capture your “secret sauce.”

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

On myfab5, people rank their favorite places instead of giving them star ratings and write bite-sized reviews instead of writing long reviews. When talking to review site users, we found the top two reasons people don’t write reviews is because it takes too long and it is confusing.

Software Review 79

Software Review Technical Review Writing Startup 79

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

On your birthday, something special happens on social media: you receive hundreds of likes and well wishes from friends, family, high school classmates and people you haven’t talked to for years on Facebook. Writing a wish list for birthday presents at 10 years-old is expected. Say Goodbye To The Wish List. At 26, not so much.

Startup 126

Startup Venice Social Network Tool 126

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

This is of particular concern with eCommerce businesses that can jump out of the gates at great speed racing to $100,000 or even $500,000 in monthly sales, but struggle to continue the growth beyond those milestones. Consequently, Jeff is a big believer in B to B opportunities or SaaS platforms, like Jeff’s own Leads 360.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

I was happy to see a real focus on preparing for tomorrow highlighted in a new book, “ Start a Successful Business ,” by Colleen DeBaise, who has made a career of studying and writing about entrepreneur challenges. Regularly follow reviews and influencers in your industry. Use tools and analytics to identify trends and directions.

Customer 57

Customer Custom Technical Review Software Review 57

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. People say we’re crazy, but we know creators are legit businesses,” Karat writes on its website — the company didn’t respond to a request to chat about what they’re working on.

Platform 170

Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

I am someone who likes to interact with my Representatives and Senators, by way of writing letters, emailing, and what not. When I was listening, I made a point to try to do that, but when I did, I found I had to go to twenty sites to find the information I needed--whether that was to write a letter, send an email, or whatever.

Startup 100

Startup Writing Southern California Email 100

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Cliff Allen is someone I've known for quite a few years and he's a go to person for me when I'm thinking about issues around marketing, sales, technology, startups and networking. I moved into writing software to analyze audience data, and wrote a lot of computer graphics software. Are you leveraging social media at all?

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Networking Marketing Startup 150

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Although social media news sites can be effective market validation tools, they are not without their downsides. Never ask a tech community for feedback when your true intent is to close a sale. to actionable user feedback, "Just went through the demo. You definitely have a nice start. Hacker Downside.

News 198

News Sites Startup RSS 198

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service. Thanks to our Sponsors!

Los Angeles 49

Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 49

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. But at the highest level they’ve created a marketplace for “flash&# sales. And of course we had, TheMan. Now begins the 6-month journey.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2012

When you extend this to include social media marketing, you can imagine that startups and small businesses are in fact at an advantage over their less flexible big brothers. They are free to write about neighborhood events, charities, schools, and local causes. In the new digital age, it’s possible again, even easier and faster.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur News Sites RSS 96

socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2020

We've had event companies, and clubs, and web businesses, all vertically focused on either passions or really exciting subjects like knowledge management, sales, field force automation, and home office computing, small business, bedtime reading. We have published 74 different magazine titles over the last 30 years.

Media 150

Media Report Advertising Content 150

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

CapLinked says the round of funding and new appointment are an advancement in their move to displace the legacy left by Virtual Data Room (VDR) with their intuitive new product for coordinating on complex business deals such as asset sales, financings, and mergers and acquisitions. 25 Years of Writing Code.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Software Review Bertelsmann Technology 88

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2011

When you extend this to include social media marketing, you can imagine that startups and small businesses are in fact at an advantage over their less flexible big brothers. They are free to write about neighborhood events, charities, schools, and local causes. In the new digital age, it’s possible again, even easier and faster.

Startup 94

Startup News Sites RSS 94

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We have built SocialStay for scale so I think the ‘chasm’ is both a function of time and sales. You don’t need much… But what you do need is sales. Write it down…. To what extent does all the “social” noise and excitement help or hurt your ability to tell SocialStay’s story to potential investors and partners?

Startup 233

Startup Design Mobile Social Network 233

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

This is of particular concern with eCommerce businesses that can jump out of the gates at great speed racing to $100,000 or even $500,000 in monthly sales, but struggle to continue the growth beyond those milestones. Consequently, Jeff is a big believer in B to B opportunities or SaaS platforms, like Jeff’s own Leads 360.

Web Design 40

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Something to write your notes, another to set reminders, and one that does both. But you know, with a social aspect and extra cute buttons. No folders, submenus, or “category-container-box-lists” Write your reminder with a string of hashtags: #todo #pickup autobiography of arnold schwarzenegger from #amazon.

Product 99

Product Ideas Email Organization 99

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2012

One way to use videos to increase sales is uploading them to YouTube. A tongue cleaner company called Orabrush went from no sales to a million in under a year just by marketing their YouTube videos. With BuzzCard you can easily add animation and your logo without having any technical knowledge.

Startup 77

Startup Conference Google Web 77

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2010

When you extend this to include social media marketing, you can imagine that startups and small businesses are in fact at an advantage over their less flexible big brothers. They are free to write about neighborhood events, charities, schools, and local causes. I predict that hyperlocal services sites will emerge and flourish.

Startup 52

Startup News Sites RSS 52

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

It has historically been the case that VCs would rather fund the promise of 100x in a company with almost no revenue than the reality of a company growing at 50% but doing $20+ million in sales. innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero. The second “exit”?—?Adly?—?innovated

Venture Capital 363

Venture Capital Capital Funding Startup 363

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

We all read them to get a sense of what is going on in the world, peeling back layers of the old world in which media was too scripted. But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about.

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Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373