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. Some are on our site, some exist on the brand's web site. We sat down with Alec the other day to hear more about the company and what it's try to do.

Hollywood 252

Hollywood Startup Sites SEO 252

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 29, 2011

but no one is visiting your site? Learn the ins and out of SEO from our featured speaker SEO expert, Rex Freiberger, so you know how to hire a team or do it in house. This event is limited to CEOs only, no service providers. See [link] (more)

SEO 100

SEO Commerce Blogging Education 100

Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

Ward, O’Reilly author of The SEO Battlefield and CEO of CircleClick Media , said punctuation, top level domains, and even spellings can impact the ease of getting found online. How many times have you misspelled a business or product name and ended up rerouting to some random site? Spelling Matters. For example, About.Me or Join.Me

SEO 70

SEO Startup Sites Research 70

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Our system must access our data, possibly 3rd party services, do some calculation and then get back to the user or the other system with our response. Is SEO important? Are 3rd party services used? For example, are you providing a stats service that needs frequent, fast updates? The pages or API response we provide back.

Startup 150

Startup SEO CTO Coach Web 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

He is starting to see this occur in sites that are verticalizing content. Initially it was a UGC site that competed with sites like YouTube and Veoh. Do you agree that Google SEO optimized results for high volume search terms are broken? (49:35-51:30). An example is Metacafe, a Highland Capital portfolio company.

Capital 265

Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I’ve recently had a chance to reconnect with Eric David Greenspan ( LinkedIn , Twitter ) He’s the CEO of Make It Work a high quality, personal, high touch technology service provider for homes and small businesses. I recently posted about SEO for Startups. Is/was SEO important for MakeItWork? Look forward to the discussion.

Acquisition 170

Acquisition Customer Custom Ideas 170

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. Our tool is integrated onto their site.

News 124

News Advertising Press Sites 124

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

MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow is a free Q&A site for software developers, blending functionality from wikis, blogs, forums, and social voting (similar to Digg/Reddit); 7.1mm unique visitors per month; new funds will be used to build out engineering team and build out product. Founded in 2006 by Aaron Finn.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

Your background is Internet services  howd you decide to instead sell what seems like a more traditional product? Yes, we have a physical product and a crossover, but it's not just slapping a web site on a consumer products good. If you want read about SEO, there are probably 30 million pages on the web about that.

Web 225

Web Social Media SEO Media 225

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2012

At the moment, Conolly heads the startups social media team in Egypt while Turdubaev looks after Russian countries and translation of the site. Sponsorship on the website – we have business owners asking to advertise on our site – this was never our intention – but due to demand, looking at building this into the platform.

Advertising 79

Advertising Services Social Network Startup 79

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 6, 2016

As the Internet continues to become populated with e-commerce sites, it’s becoming more and more difficult to generate web traffic, leads, and ultimate the sales for your website. Work On Your SEO. One of the most effective arcing strategies to get noticed in a global market is to simply incorporate an SEO strategy.

Commerce 58

Commerce Search Engine Optimization Sites Marketing 58

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).

Paid Search 90

Paid Search PPC Organization SEO 90

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. Professional user-friendly site design.

Web 117

Web Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising 117

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

If you''ve ever ordered flowers from one of the big floral services, you know it''s an impersonal, cookie-cutter, and heavily commoditized area. The startup--which is part of MuckerLab--landed a seed funding round last week, so we thought we''d catch up with founder and CEO Farbod Shoraka to dig deeper into the company''s goals and service.

Beverly Hills 157

Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. Professional user-friendly site design.

Search Engine Optimization 96

Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites Advertising 96

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Online travel sites are great for getting you to the location, but they don't give you any good ideas for when you get there. You might find our site searching for the keyword "jet skiing", but when you come to the site, you'll see in the same vicinity gondola cruises, electric duffy boat tours, kayaking, or surfing.

Activity 164

Activity Startup Sites Web 164

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2012

It might just be Tradesy (www.tradesy.com), a brand new service which lets women sell their unwanted clothing via a mobile app or website--and even takes care of dealing with shipping and returns. RecycledBride really has become a popular site. What's the secret behind the popularity of RecycledBride?

Startup 236

Startup Education Acquisition Funding 236

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

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. Professional user-friendly site design.

Search Engine Optimization 105

Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising SEO 105

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. Incorporate brand personality and voice.

Social Media 135

Social Media Framework Media Metrics 135

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Users can vote for relevancy of results, and over time, the non-relevant information or SEO moves down below the line. We're about to do some marketing, but the hard part really isn't going to be getting people to visit the site, it's to get them to stick. We're going to add value-added services, points, and giveaway type programs.

PPC 113

PPC Sherman Oaks Advertising Yahoo 113

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.

Startup 96

Startup Social Media Content Paid Search 96

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site. Include links to other sites showing your positives. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them.

Tips 92

Tips Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. Professional user-friendly site design.

Search Engine Optimization 88

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 88

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO). SEO is not placing ads, but tuning your website so that it is more highly ranked by Google, and featured in the first page of results, not in an ad beside the results. For sites displaying the ads, this is called pay per click (PPC). Cost per action (CPA).

SEM 90

SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90

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

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

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. Normally, SEO is not cheap, and video is a very affordable way to boost your businesses search engine optimization, and help you to get discovered.

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

For businesses, these are now prime sources of business networking, customer service, and client leads. Techniques include search engine optimization (SEO) and paid result placement. This is how you make money from advertising – someone else runs ads on your site or your blog, and you get paid for everyone who clicks on the ad.

SEM 95

SEM Search Engine Optimization Blogging PPC 95

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Matthew Graczyk is founder of angel-backed Zubican (www.zubican.com)--saw a problem, which was the difficulty of finding suppliers for products for businesses--and decided to solve the problem, with a site specifically targeted at helping B2B buyers and sellers connect. We've also got SEO feed pages. What's the idea behind Zubican?

SEO 100

SEO Advertising Gogii Tech Coast Angels 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. Equally, hoping to unseat TripAdvisor without understand their SEO strengths and how much it would cost to knock them down would be naïve.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2010

They became popular for socializing, but now are prime sources of business networking, customer service, and client leads. Techniques include search engine optimization (SEO) and paid result placement. Watching video has now surpassed text searching, so you see more video ads – in banners, news lead-ins, and site placements.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur SEM Search Engine Optimization Blogging 89

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

This morning, Knowledge Genie (www.myknowledgegenie.com) launched a new web site that helps experts and authors publish online information to the web. People can come to the site, pay you directly, and we provide them with access to your genie, and away they go. Milo Sindell: In terms of business model, it's a subscription service.

Geni 100

Geni Web Guide Platform 100

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil. Thus, avoid link farms, mindless keyword content and similar techniques designed to make your site more Google friendly. Thus, avoid link farms, mindless keyword content and similar techniques designed to make your site more Google friendly.

Custom 164

Custom Customer Advertising SEM 164

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. On the SEO side of things, I'll definitely want to get your feedback on Browse My Stuff. Of course, you should monitor social media such as Twitter, the social news sites, Facebook, etc.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. Professional user-friendly site design.

Search Engine Optimization 54

Search Engine Optimization eBook Advertising SEO 54