Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2020

If your business is to be a thought leader in the social media world, you need a system of grading how much influence you have online, much like the original Klout score, as explained in the classic book on this subject, “ Klout Matters ,” by Gina Carr and Terry Brock. Allocate some time to spend on social media.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2012

One of the key pieces of Silicon Beach LA is a link with Fliptu--Gocke's other business--to higlight social media from various local companies into a single display on the Silicon beach LA site. socalTECH is a news partner of Silicon Beach LA). The site and bus is the brainchild of Robert Lambert and Jeremy Gocke.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 19, 2011

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 -- CommNexus Presents:Managing a Crisis in the Age of Social Media. The way people find out about breaking news has changed significantly in the past several years. From real time Twitter updates, to eyewitness news to iReports, how media outlets source and broadcast stories has changed as well.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2015

Snapchat launched its new tool on Tuesday, saying that its new feature is a collaboration with "world-class leaders in media" to put the "narrative first"--tapping into the knowledge of professional editors and artists. snapchat news information social media socialmedia discovery publisher publishing'

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

It an era of social media and newsreaders titles matter a lot. So I need to stand out in two areas in which I compete for attention – social media and news readers. Sometimes I just scan and other times it serves as a launching-off point for me to digest the daily news. I should know. So do images.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 24, 2011

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 -- Managing A Crisis In the Age of Social Media. The way people find out about breaking news has changed significantly in the past several years. From real time Twitter updates, to eyewitness news to iReports, how media outlets source and broadcast stories has changed as well.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures. I’m ok with announcing straight away or waiting until you have product or team confidence to release the news. Funding is news.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2015

Snapchat launched its new tool on Tuesday, saying that its new feature is a collaboration with "world-class leaders in media" to put the "narrative first"--tapping into the knowledge of professional editors and artists. publishing publisher discovery socialmedia media social information news snapchat'

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Everyone is talking about how social media can help you jumpstart your business at no cost, and experts are springing up on all sides to help you do it at a high cost. Before you start, analyze existing media, demographics, and new social media alternatives for a fit to your rollout campaign requirements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

Image via Pixabay After a frustrating meeting with a small business client recently who didn’t “have time” for social media, I was surprised to find evidence on the Internet that up to one quarter of small business owners are still hesitant to invest time, money, and effort into a social media strategy.

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 22, 2016

Los Angeles Times has found social media more welcoming than local TV news rivals.

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2015

Los Angeles-based online trending news site Opposing Views said Thursday that it is now seeing an average of more than 23 million unique visitors per month, up from around 14.4 The website features trending, viral news stories and photos and video news. million unique monthly visitors last year, and 2.8 million in 2013.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

We think a good place to start with this topic is on the subject of social media. Social media is popular. Using video for social media marketing is a powerful tool for building your brand and reaching your clients. Social media platforms know you better than you know yourself.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2017

As more and more revelations of abuse of advertising systems at Google and Facebook by Kremlin-linked advertisers continue to surface--Venice, California-based Snapchat has managed to keep itself free of "fake news" using a secret weapon: humans. READ MORE>>.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Finally, we started talking about the event on our radio show, Tech News, powered by Make It Work who is a co-sponsor now. Through the use of social networking, we have sold out all 150 spots available for this event two weeks before the date and recently added another 50 to accommodate the demand. P.S. If I missed you, tweet me.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2021

Most of these startups spend the lion’s share of their marketing budget in today’s social media channels: Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Snap, TikTok and so on because?—?no Photo by Vanna Phon on Unsplash Customer acquisition is the lifeblood of many startups from e-commerce to gaming to marketplace companies, among others. no surprise?—?that’s

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

As of an August Pew Research study , 43 percent of Americans report “often getting news online,” just seven percentage points lower than the number who get their news from TV sources. In other words, the internet is a huge and growing source of news — and it’s a lot harder to regulate the internet than television.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Mining that same well of a demand for whodunnits, a roughly one-year-old Los Angeles-based startup called Solve has raised $20 million in financing to update the genre for a new generation of media consumers. “The Internet has changed how we interact with the world from taxis to news to shopping. ”

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socalTECH

MAY 3, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the automotive pricing site run by Scott Painter, said today that it has acquired Honk.com , an automotive social media website. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

He started the call by telling me he had exciting news. He was about to be featured in a major US news magazine as one of their “hot&# picks. A positive news story means NOTHING about the core performance of your business. I’d love to do a 30 minute call just to update you on our exciting news.&#.

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socalTECH

JULY 6, 2010

According to TweetUp, the buy also includes the acquisition of popurls , an online site which aggregates the most popular items from Twitter, Digg, YouTube, Delicious, the New York Times, and other news and social media sites.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2012

The hires at SPIN included Nicole Sia (News Editor, was BUZZMEDIA's Executive Producer of Music Programming); and Chris Martins (Senior Writer, previously at Filter). BUZZMEDIA operates a large stable of entertainment-related brands, including SPIN, Celebuzz, Stereogum, Videogum, Buzznet, TheSuperficial, and many others.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Kevin Winston , is the organizer of Digital LA , the popular and widely attended networking organization for the Los Angeles startup, web, movie, music, marketing, and social media community. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2012

Sherman Oaks-based RingDNA , a provider of mobile tools to provide real-time CRM data, social media streams and behavioral marketing information to salespeople, has raised $650,000 in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. No details of the funding have yet been announced by the company. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2010

He has also served at The FeedRoom, and was also a journalist at the News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Think about your local news anchor saying, “if you want to get in touch email me at xxxx.” So again your local news anchor doesn’t exactly want to follow back all of her viewers. So it is now very common for news organizations to announce on the air, “to follow my updates please follow me on Twitter at @myname.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The double-digit drop actually came from Meta’s earnings report which investors feared would be indicative of a broader revenue slump across social media stocks. This week, the company rolled out a local newsletter in the San Francisco Bay Area, bringing bundled local news curated by the Apple team.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Live Shopping is an integral part of the “social commerce” phenomenon – a general term for ecommerce experiences within which customers don’t even have to leave social media platforms to buy items – but other tech companies like Meta, as well as TikTok, have struggled with it in the US and Europe so far.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 26, 2024

There are just five days left to enter the digital detox competition set up by Icelandic Yogurt company Siggi’s Dairy, which has pledged to give selected contestants $10,000 to spend an entire month “detoxing” without a smartphone or social media. Should I Digitally Detox Anyway?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2010

iPhone LA LA Startups law Law news Lisa Borodkin Mobility News online shopping Reputation ShopZilla tech news TZ Law TZLaw YouTube. Tags: Entrepreneurship Social Media TechZulu Law Android BizRate Christina Gagnier Coloft David Kazzie etnrepreneurs Farhad Mohit gri.pe Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

You help them on stories, act as a source, develop real relationships, read their stories and eventually when you have news they’re more willing to have a conversation. And you need somebody who is committed to keeping up your presence in blogs, social media and other online forums. Give real answers.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 13, 2009

We ate great food, we chatted, we listened to Jeremy Anticouni’s 38th broadcast of CBS/KNX Tech News (powered by Make It Work) and I presented to the team. Tags: Eric Greenspan make it work customer service mini cooper social media training Twitter. It was an amazing day! The team was energized. It was a great day!

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

It’s something I speak about quite a bit (see Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospects and Social Media for Service Professionals ). Poogling events/webinar, radio show expansion and social media relationships and events. . ;) What are you doing with social media to drive business for MakeItWork?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 3, 2011

Loudie is a gps location based iPhone application that combines the best of social media to help you keep up with all of your favorite concerts. Loudie is an absolutely interactive social media application for the ultimate music fans. Why should you?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 7, 2009

Monday, July 13, 2009 -- SMCLA: Citizen Journalism: Social Media's Effect on How News is Reported and Consumed. More and more people are turning to social media as the first place they look for breaking news. the traditional media and b.) What does this mean for: a.) See [link] (more).

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

We''re rolling it out to finance and Wall Street, monitoring thousands of sources of continuously changing information, such as news, social media, internal email systems, and analyzing specific, material conditions that our customers are looking for. It''s how do you gather that news at scale.

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2013

We caught up with Mark Suster , one of Upfront''s General Partners and a well known blogger and technology personality, the new fund, and how his blogging is now driving the firm''s investment activity. Tell us about the new fund? It''s good news for us, but it''s also good news for Los Angeles technology.

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