SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. Tell me about the business. SEO for Startups )? What about reporting and moderation?

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Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Just not the kind you would initially read about on TechCrunch. And that’s what I love about her narrative. It represents the great majority of entrepreneurship and eschews the fairytale rags-to-VC-riches stories we so often read about in the press. Here’s what I learned about Tracy: 1. That may soon change.

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Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

I was on This Week in Venture Capital today with Jason Calacanis talking about the big VC deals at the moment and talking about the VC industry. It’s about a 30 minute video (or about as long as it normally takes to read my rambling posts! sites still dominate. Burstly ( Led by … me! IPO market is back.

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Venture Capital Capital SEO Yahoo 232

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2019

Equally important, if someone does find your site, your content must stand out above all similar sites, to keep visitors engaged, close a sale, and get customers to return. One of these is blogging, to let people know about your brand, provide links to supportive articles, and generate back-links to your content from other sites.

Blogging 85

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing SEO 85

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about “ growth hacking ” and why I thought it was wrong that people were hating on the term unnecessarily. Product is simply about defining a physical good or service that would be valued by consumers of the product more than existing alternatives based on functionality, quality and/or price.

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Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2022

Start by reviewing current statistics, like the recent Social Media Marketing Benchmark Report 2022 , to learn which social media sites are most popular, which features drive the most impact today, and how other social media marketers have maximized their efforts and seen the greatest ROI. Measuring is all about return-on-investment (ROI).

Social Media 135

Social Media Framework Media Metrics 135

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2016

We caught up with co-founder and CEO Vic Belonogoff to learn more about Render Media, whose flagship site is Opposing Views. Tell us about Render Media? Instead of following food, about politics, or sports channels on cable, those people are turning to social. Vic Belonogoff: We are a digital publishing company.

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Media Content News SEO 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The TechZulu team is coming back to Pubcon this year from November 9-10 to bring you some amazing content from the masters of affiliate marketing, Search and SEO, Social Media, Link building, Advertising, Branding, PR, Analytics and tons more. Professional : PubCon is in it’s tenth year, with event management roots running over 20 years.

SEO 64

SEO Advertising Conference Social Media 64

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

It’s easy to find yourself caught in the trap of just GSD (getting s**t done) and not stepping back to be thoughtful about whether you’d benefit from doing fewer things but doing those things truly well. You get a lot of traffic — not always results. If you aren’t careful every PR team will measure inches over impact.

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Activity Conference Press Case Study 164

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2011

These are subjective elements, but there are specifics that even a computer program can evaluate to set your ranking, and thus determine whether your site is alive and a good match to a specific search request. The solution is keeping your site alive and vital, and following basic search engine optimization (SEO) suggestions.

Google 93

Google SEO Search Engine Optimization SEM 93

SoCal CTO

APRIL 1, 2009

I am excited to be participating in and announcing the of: Southern California Tech Central This is a community of people in Southern California who have come together to help find and organize the best content from blogs, news sources and other web sites all around technology in So Cal. And perhaps to stimulate new connections.

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Southern California TechEmpower Technology Council Metrics 150

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

I’m no wall flower so when something doesn’t resonate I’m usually pretty vocal about it. He wrote a blog post that always stuck with me about how there are regulars on his blog who hang out there a bit like “Cheers&# just having a chat with a metaphorical beer in hand. really understand it. It’s true.

Blogging 301

Blogging SEO Startup Writing 301

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 9, 2009

And most often I only know enough about their business to be dangerous. Tell me a bit about yourself and why you are doing this. Tell me about the business. SEO for Startups )? What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective?

Software Development 292

Software Development Develop Development Startup 292

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The TechZulu team is coming back to Pubcon this year from November 9-10 to bring you some amazing content from the masters of affiliate marketing, Search and SEO, Social Media, Link building, Advertising, Branding, PR, Analytics and tons more. Professional : PubCon is in it’s tenth year, with event management roots running over 20 years.

SEO 40

SEO Advertising Conference Social Media 40

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Customers expect consistency of your brand name across all channels, so don’t pick a web site name if the comparable name is available or already taken on relevant social media. You need to be an active member of LinkedIn, Meetup, or equivalent sites where influencers exchange ideas and discuss current business issues.

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Product Entrepreneur Technical Advisors Technical Review 127

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, right hand column, despite low SEO rank). This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Cost per action (CPA).

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Paid Search PPC Organization SEO 90

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.

Blogging 110

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media 110

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I roughly know about MakeItWork, but tell me a bit about where you spend your time day-to-day. I have a few meetings with the team, perhaps about the website design, radio show structure, an event we are working on, a sponsorship (perhaps the uniforms for our youth basketball team). I recently posted about SEO for Startups.

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Acquisition Customer Custom Ideas 170

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

This is the beginning of a content community that collects and organizes the best content from blogs and web sites. One of the more interesting new features is that the site now takes into account social signals. I'm happy to announce the launch of the Los Angeles Tech Content Community.

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Los Angeles Angel Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

And if you’re not meeting as a team to discuss these metrics and have a regular debate about how you’re doing and what needs to change then I can assure you that you’ll never reach your destination. Here are some measurements I think about. How many adds came through organic SEO? SEO is seldom “free.”. In 6 months?

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Metrics Startup SEO Customer 346

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2010

Yesterday I wrote a post about top-down versus bottom-up thinking. So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. You have a marketing department with three people.

Startup 323

Startup Press Development Team Review SEM 323

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2010

Alec Shankman is CEO of Santa Monica-based Gotcast (www.gotcast.com), an online site focused on casting of actors for television shows, movies, and other productions. We sat down with Alec the other day to hear more about the company and what it's try to do. Talk about some of the deals you have with brands and promotions?

Hollywood 252

Hollywood Startup Sites SEO 252

Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

When it comes to multi-line systems, Nextiva X-885 is about as reliable as they come — letting businesses handle 12 lines, connect to existing softphone technology, and even manage customer relations. Best Marketing Tools for Startups Getting the word out about your business is essential, especially if you're early on in your journey.

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Tool Startup Software Review Technical Review 131

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Tell us more about Highland Capital (14:30 – 16:30). He is starting to see this occur in sites that are verticalizing content. Tell us more about MetaCafe? (37:00-40:30). Initially it was a UGC site that competed with sites like YouTube and Veoh. What do you think about accuracy of video search ? (

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Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2010

Our interview this morning is with Lolita Carrico, founder of Gloss Network for Women (www.mygloss.com), an online network of sites focused on women. Lolita was founder of ModernMom.com, which she sold to Richard Rosenblatt's Demand Media last year, and we caught up with Lolita to learn more about her newest venture.

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Networking Social Media Startup Search Engine Optimization 230

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2014

It’s never too early to start a dialog with customers, as long as you don’t mislead them about where you are in the cycle. You will also learn about competitors, who can’t resist responding to a well-written blog. Writing a blog is all about communication, and that’s your number one job as founder of a new startup.

Startup 101

Startup Blogging Writing Google 101

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. Tell us a little bit about Newsforce?

News 124

News Advertising Press Sites 124

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? That's not how we think about it.

Web 225

Web Social Media SEO Media 225

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Patrick is the man behind all the marketing aspects of what could be called one of the funniest sites on the web. How do you market the Funniest site on the internet? You have to be passionate about marketing and Funny Or Die. The great thing about FOD is we are a very agile company. Anyone need some t-shirt?

Sites 61

Sites Marketing Social Media Tips 61

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2013

It’s never too early to start a dialog with customers, as long as you don’t mislead them about where you are in the cycle. You will also learn about competitors, who can’t resist responding to a well-written blog. Writing a blog is all about communication, and that’s your number one job as founder of a new startup.

Blogging 104

Blogging Product Startup Writing 104

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Yet my random poll of a dozen company sites found 25% were missing even the most basic tag info. The solution is basic search engine optimization (SEO). Missing and meaningless tags will cause your site to be ignored by users, even if found. Eliminate flashy ads that delay entry to your site. Reduce page load time.

SEO 48

SEO HTML Search Engine Optimization Web 48

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link]. Take a look at other sites: [link] But the overall idea is to provide branded search in order to get merchandise from your artist, star, etc. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2012

The site is the brainchild of Tracy DiNunzio , who took her experience running RecycledBride.com and is now applying the same concept to women's clothing. Tracy DiNunzio: If you're like the average woman, you only wear about 20 percent of your wardrobe. RecycledBride really has become a popular site. That's what Tradesy is.

Startup 236

Startup Education Acquisition Funding 236

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

However, for us, it''s more about empowering the local florist. It''s all about empowering the florists, and have them show up on local results. This empowers local florists to take advantage of things like organic SEO, and also helps them promote their current business, as well. They have to pay for placement. READ MORE>>.

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Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

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. In non-conversion exit surveys, visitors often report that they need to think about it and come back later.

SEO 53

SEO Tips Newsletter Statistics 53

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The cost of entry is so low – you can create a web site for almost nothing - and you are on your way to riches with e-commerce, your latest invention, or personal services. Mashable claims there are 150,000 new web sites created per day. Having a web site is necessary, but not sufficient. Content is king of the road.

Social Media 93

Social Media Content Startup Web 93

socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Last week, Savings.com , the online coupon site based in Los Angeles, made a big move into the world of grocery store coupons, from its existing business providing coupon codes and deals for the online world. Explain what Favado is all about? Can you talk about the app? But, a few things happened, all at once.

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Mobile Sales Startup Sites 140