socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , which supplies ad optimization software to web publishers, announced today that it has released a new version of its VANTAGE Firefox browser plug-in, which helps provide its publishers with revenue and impressoin statistics and other information. READ MORE>>.

Tool

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

West Hollywood-based family tree site Geni.com said Friday that the firm has made a number of updates to the firm's services. Among the changes, the firm said that it has made two of the firm's "Pro" features--Statistics and Lists--free to all of its users.

Geni

socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2012

Los Angeles-based streaming video site Hulu has been in New York this week pitching its service to advertisers at its Hulu Upfronts event, revealing today four new original series, plus some statistics on the service.

Hulu

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2013

We''re not the company which tells athletes to jump on our site, and we''ll spam you to schools and find you a place. That''s the quantitative analysis of statistics to find players. But, we believe that the process doesn''t work at the high school level, because those statistics are not reliable. It''s a big topic.

Coach

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Los Angeles-based OVGuide.com, an online guide to video sites on the Internet, said Monday that it has unveiled a new search engine on its site. The firm said it the new search engine provides prioritized information about video sites, based on category, editorial ranking, user statistics, and other information.

Statistics

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Despite the huge surge of content specifically being developed for the web--and for sites like YouTube--making that content profitable and sustainable continues to be an issue for content creators. One of them, is unless you have a million dollar, celebrity campaign, you can hardly ever make the home page of those sites.

Content

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

Hollywood-based Geni , an online site that allows users to share family trees and network with relatives and family, is the latest Web 2.0 site to add "pro" accounts to their services. According to Geni, its new pro accounts will cost $50.00 annually, or $4.95 The new Pro accounts were launched Friday afternoon. READ MORE>>.

Geni

socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2009

Los Angeles-based Geni, an online genealogy and social networking site, upgraded the firm's services last night, adding new statistics features and gift accounts. According to the firm, it now allows users to view statistics on profiles, and has added the ability of users to give "Geni Pro" accounts as a gift to relatives.

Geni

Berkonomics

JUNE 30, 2012

Given the statistics quoted above, you must find ways to have your consumers endorse your product publicly, and in a form that is divorced from looking like an advertisement. Over the years, advertising money is being moved from display ads in magazines and newspapers to social network sites where people with eyeballs have migrated.

Case Study

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

The startup, which was founded in September, said it will provide an online site where high school players can post photos, videos, messages, schedules, and more about their teams and personal profiles.

West Hollywood

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

The deal calls for local and regional television broadcasters to integrate its SportsTop product into their web sites. Jacked provides sports information, including scores, statistics for players, chat, blogs, play-by-play, merchandise, and more via the web, synchronized real-time with broadcast sports games.

Statistics

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has released traffic statistics for its LIVESTRONG.COM web site, its joint venture with cyclist Lance Armstrong, saying that the site now has more than 4 million monthly visits and over 650,000 registered members. Demand Media also said that more than 4,300 groups have formed on the site.

Santa Monica

socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2008

Los Angeles-based PriceGrabber released its Black Friday online shopping statistics over the weekend, giving a peek into what kinds of products consumers are looking for on the comparison shopping site.

Statistics

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 18, 2013

Learn to leverage Facebook Marketing and get traffic flowing to your site tomorrow. We will cover how Facebook ads work, how to create and manage a campaign, and how statistics can be used to optimize your results. Facebook has over 1 Billion users, are you reaching them?

Statistics

socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Holiday shopping on e-commerce sites declined by 3 percent, according to the latest numbers released by comScore, which tracking online spending and internet traffic. The results were the first decrease for holiday seasons since 2001, when comScore began gathering e-commerce statistics. billion, down 3 percent versus 2007.

Sales

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Calabasas-based online travel site CheapAir.com is taking issue with a study and article published by the Wall Street Journal yesterday, looking to pinpoint the best days to purchase an airline ticket.

Calabasas

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

They don’t realize that according to statistics from Startup.co , almost 60 percent are funded with personal savings and credit, and another 25 percent get their money from friends and family. Review current crowdsourcing sites for a good fit. Searching LinkedIn, for example, is a must for contemporary entrepreneurs.

Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

What most people don’t realize is, according to recent statistics , despite top positioning, only a quarter of sites selected comes from paid search. For sites displaying the ads, this is called pay per click (PPC). Thus I recommend that you stick with organic search, and use SEO to raise your ranking. Cost per action (CPA).

PPC

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

For example, I’m not sure the world needs one more social media niche site, or another dating site, or yet another flavored drink alternative. First you need to investigate industry norms and third-party statistics to understand what is possible and likely. Use your passion to get there, not to set the goals.

Startup

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2013

We offer up those ideas and patents to any user on the Internet, and they can sign up on the site to work with the entrepreneur on the idea. A case scenario is, let''s say you come to our site, you can submit your business idea. How is this different from other crowdfunding sites? and NASA, as well as universities.

Ideas

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2009

We caught up with Ricardo Solar, the firm's CEO, to learn more about the site. There is an area on the web site, called the Simon Community, where the decisions you post are public. What's the business model behind the site? What's your background, and why did you start the site? What's the idea behind LetSimonDecide?

Research

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Statistics show that 60% of projects on crowdfunding sites fail to reach their funding goals. Geared towards artists, entrepreneurs and innovators, crowdfunding is a great way to get any projects off the ground, be it startup, movie, music or invention. Demo Video Lab will prevent you from making those common mistakes.

Statistics

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2010

Online dating sites usually fail because online dating usually fails. This business suffers from what Paul Graham calls the ‘chicken and the egg problem‘ – no one wants to use a dating site with only a few users. Most of these come and go so fast that gathering statistics is impossible. The honeymoon is over.

Sites

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

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 ecommerce, 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. like Google.

Startup

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2012

And, how do programs like YouTube's recent push to help fund original content channels on the site helping? We have our own site, IBNSports.com, and we also work with partners schools to create a presence on the network. We worked on that last year, and solidified it this year, but it's only one piece of the pie.

Content

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

The firm said the data will be available for free on its site, Autoobserver.com. The firm is targeting automotive industry analysts, journalists, educators, and others with the new data. READ MORE>>.

Santa Monica

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

But in the end we selected David Lin , a superstar who did 4 years at the technology investment banking firm Montgomery & Co and 4 years as Director of Strategy at the comparison shopping site PriceGrabber where he dealt with many operational issues. Okay, so maybe you never took statistics, microeconomics or macroeconomics.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2010

There are dozens of other social/business networking sites out there, some regionalized, and some are special interest boutiques. Before you decide to build your own perfect match, combining the best of all of these, consider these sobering statistics.

Social Network

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.

Social Media

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

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2021

Yet surprisingly, according to statistics on the Fundable crowdfunding site, friends and family are the major funding source for entrepreneurs, investing over $60 billion in new ventures per year, almost triple the amount coming from venture capital sources.

Funding

Berkonomics

MAY 30, 2019

Given the statistics quoted above, you must find ways to have your consumers endorse your product publicly, and in a form that is divorced from looking like an advertisement. Over the years, advertising money is being moved from display ads in magazines and newspapers to social network sites where people with eyeballs have migrated.

Case Study

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

Statistics from 2008 show that digital couponing has rapidly grown but has yet to outpace paper coupons. But subsequent statistics have also shown that “online coupon access [has] increased 92 percent and redemption of Internet deals [has] leapt up 360 percent;” with more growth predicted in 2012. Getting Mobile-Ready.

Mobile

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

Our system will go off and watch those things for you, trend them over time, do statistical analysis on them, or you can use it as a very advanced news gathering system, which is what we''re doing with it today for Wall Street. It''s about as complicated as Google Adwords. What''s your background, and how did you get into this?

Orange County

socalTECH

APRIL 11, 2013

Where we see, statistically, on what kind of instruments around the nation are doing well, we find that first, the largest metro areas are where we tend to do well. What makes the most successful instructors on your site? Who''s your ideal customer for this? There''s simply more culture and business coming out of those areas.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

According to Statistic Brain , angel investors, numbering almost 300,000, contributed a record $25 billion to early-stage startups in the U.S. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Message supports are stories, statistics, and sound bites that reinforce your message. Social media includes blogs, social networks, and video-sharing sites. Both need to be clear and direct. Make every interview memorable. Handling different media formats. All the lessons from traditional media apply, and more.

Media