Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Add content regularly. Conversational style.

Blogging 88

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Add content regularly. Conversational style.

Blogging 69

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 69

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Add content regularly. Conversational style.

Blogging 95

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Writing 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2015

In fact, being connected on the Internet has taken on a whole new meaning to me, since I noticed a study commissioned a while back by PC Tools , which found that more than a quarter of people using the Internet have no problem with staying online during sex. Others admit to surfing the web even during religious services.

Customer 104

Customer Custom Startup Social Network 104

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2012

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Add content regularly. Conversational style.

Blogging 96

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Writing Social Network 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2014

In fact, being connected on the Internet has taken on a whole new meaning to me, since I noticed a study commissioned a while back by PC Tools , which found that more than a quarter of people using the Internet have no problem with staying online during sex. Others admit to surfing the web even during religious services.

Customer 106

Customer Custom Entrepreneur Social Network 106

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Social networking isn’t social. The web platform was founded to end loneliness associated with online interaction by replacing it with person to person meeting. The founder himself realized that social networking was making his life less social, At The Pool was the remedy to that.

Mobile 92

Mobile Social Network Examples Organization 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

In fact, being connected on the Internet has taken on a whole new meaning to me, since I noticed a study commissioned a while back by PC Tools , which found that more than a quarter of people using the Internet have no problem with staying online during sex. Others admit to surfing the web even during religious services.

Customer 53

Customer Custom Social Network Study 53

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

When my friend’s small business was struggling a while back, I suggested he add some social media marketing initiatives, and his answer was that he was “too busy.” According to a study of 1700 CEOs last year, only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively.

Social Media 106

Social Media Media Startup Social Network 106

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Add content regularly. Conversational style.

Blogging 91

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Services Writing 91

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 15, 2016

With international study on the up – both China and the United States have seen rises of 10% and 11% of domestic students moving abroad – NetTalk is a great option for keeping up to speed with friends and family back home. Tapas Media provides a means to kick back and relax with some serious downtime between studying.

Help 40

Help Startup Study Social Network 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” He is not alone, according to a recent study , which concludes that only 47% of companies use social media today for marketing, despite the fact that 78% of executives polled feel it’s critical for success.

Social Media 104

Social Media Media Marketing Social Network 104

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2009

The firm recently relocated its headquarters from Hawaii, and we talked with Rob about why someone might need the service, how it's different from the scores of social networking sites on the web, and what problem it's trying to solve. There are so many social networking sites, how do you define what's relevant?

Social Network 147

Social Network San Diego Sites Startup 147

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2010

What Quora has done is wrap social networking around Q&A with the more clever next-gen UX I’ve seen. I wrote the following update to my original answer to that question: Update: Social networking sites have an additional attribute in that they are communication vehicles as well as UGC sites.

Technical Review 294

Technical Review Writing Content Sites 294

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Studying for the SAT, LSAT, GMAT, TOEFL, MCAT and other standardized tests in the US is a massive market that has been dominated for years by Kaplan and Princeton Review. Knewton, Grockit and others are creating new ways for students to study for these tests in a more cost effective way. The build “implicit social networks.&#

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” According to this study from last year, over 65% of existing small businesses still ignore social media for marketing, so he is still the rule rather than the exception. Start social networking with peers.

Social Media 88

Social Media Media Marketing Startup 88

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Eric Bjorndahl: At the highest level, we're a social networking web site for travelers. How we differentiate from other social networks that are more general, is that we offer lots of features specific to travelers. Eric Bjorndahl: My personal experience, is I studied in Rome in my senior year in college.

Startup 100

Startup Sites Social Network Web 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). If you do have a separate web domain name, like ‘www.domainname.com’, then your blog name should be the suffix ‘/blog’ or ‘blog.domainname.com’. Many now skip the separate static website.

Blogging 48

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Startup Writing 48

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

First off the two prezis and then the case study material (i used ERPLY as inspiration). While Google fights on the edges, Amazon is attacking their core - Chris Dixon , May 22, 2010 Google is fighting battles on almost every front: social networking, mobile operating systems, web browsers, office apps, and so on.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Filmaka is the creation of Deepak Nayar who is the producer of films such as Buena Vista Social Club and Bend it Like Beckham. But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0″ easy sharing (through social networks or platforms like YouTube). Study the video game industry. billion views.

Startup 380

Startup Media Content Platform 380

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2011

Every startup needs to understand that the customer paradigm has dramatically shifted over the past two years with pervasive social networks and smartphones. Join in conversations with customers who are already shaping brand perception and sharing their ideas and opinions on the Web. A new book by David L.

Customer 91

Customer Custom Startup Networking 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Studies have shown that consumers gauge credibility in large part based on the appeal of the overall visual design, including layout, typography, font size, color schemes, no broken links, and correct language usage.

Search Engine Optimization 96

Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites Advertising 96

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Our focus is providing anyone who is active online already with the ability to leverage their existing social networks for monetized one-on-one conversations. From there the user promotes their access to their social networks through our easy social sharing, and others can come to their public profile and request a huddle.

Mentor 94

Mentor Platform Social Network Chief Technology Officer 94

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

ZexSports and PacSun are putting an amazing panel together to discuss the value of key social influencer's, where they are on your social network, and how targeting these potential brand evangelists will have a positive influence on your social media network and ROI. This Panel has gotten extreme and sold out!

Social Media 75

Social Media Social Network Media Writing 75

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

I began asking around who the smartest people in the online media industry were and two names came up again and again — Jonah Peretti (social & viral content) and Ze Frank (social video). I asked Jonah in my interview how he became this viral guru. Back then there were “email forwards.”

Buzzfeed 210

Buzzfeed Media Content News 210

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2009

Don Patterson, the co-founders of Irvine-based Quub (www.quub.com), which has taken research which Dr. Patterson was working on at UC Irvine and applied it to the world of Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and other social networking sites. What you enter goes out to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and internally to our own social network.

Startup 100

Startup Research UCI Social Network 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

A recent study by Nielsen showed that an average American adult spend some 34 hours per month using mobile internet on smartphones compared to 27 hours via personal computer. Of that smartphone internet time, mobile apps take up 86% of usage and only 14% access time via the mobile web. Encourage users to rate and review the app.

Mobile 40

Mobile Social Media Google Software Review 40

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The company is employing a network of documentary filmmakers and high quality, Hollywood production capability here in Los Angeles to produce small business videos in HD for the web and YouTube. There was a recent study which showed that adding a video makes it 53 times more likely that you'll have a Google first page search result.

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Over the past ten years, the rise of the consumer web and the availability of better measurement too. The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app. The constrai.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

If you can’t get product released and validated then do user studies. Social Network s / Search / Blogs – Obvious, huh? I’m surprised at the number of people who aren’t good at tracking down relationships in social networks. Most people don’t love networking.

Angel 291

Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

SoCal CTO

MAY 4, 2010

. - Redeye VC , April 13, 2010 Startup Development - SoCal CTO , April 23, 2010 Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

CTO Hire 150

CTO Hire Venture Capital Startup Tips 150

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Graphs - Chris Dixon , July 22, 2010 It has become customary to use “ graph &# to refer to the underlying data structures at social networks like Facebook. Computer scientists call the study of graphs “ network theory ,&# but on the web the word “network&# is used to refer to the websites themselves).

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217