Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

Fred talks about it here – he beat me to the punch because I always wanted to write about how awesome this is. Frankly, I enjoyed the community so much that I would have continued to come back more often but my blogging pace has been such that evening time commenting on an answer website was time away from writing pieces like this.

Blogging 301

Blogging SEO Startup Writing 301

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

You are writing about the essentials of business. In other words, instead of accepting that “SEO is good,” let's explore what the point of SEO is and when it is actually “good” (that is, promoting a goal). I am planning right not to write a post about how startups often get SEO wrong. That's great.

Startup 150

Startup SEO Pepperdine Blogging 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

Blogging is an important way to build an audience and also drive SEO traffic. Don’t just write a carbon copy of what somebody else is doing. OK, well, actually the first thing I did is come up with a list of 50 posts that I wanted to write. I didn’t want to run out of things to write about in the first 6 months.

Blogging 286

Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. Writing specialists. Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Services Search Engine Optimization Startup 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2014

I know that finding time is hard, and good writing is simply not what most people do. Writing a blog is all about communication, and that’s your number one job as founder of a new startup. Trying to write something down for someone else to understand quickly, will tell you if you really understand it yourself.

Startup 101

Startup Blogging Writing Google 101

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. SEO marketing vs. social marketing. and I realized that without years of experience it is tough to answer this question. Most VCs are book smart. Think of web vs. mobile. Traditional software vs. SaaS. It’s not you.

Venture Capital 364

Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

.” Here’s what I mean … Let’s start with what it takes for a journalist to want to write a story. Do I have an “angle” from which to write the story (first company to do X, company does biggest X, consumer behavior is doing X)?

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2013

I know that finding time is hard, and good writing is simply not what most people do. Writing a blog is all about communication, and that’s your number one job as founder of a new startup. Trying to write something down for someone else to understand quickly, will tell you if you really understand it yourself.

Blogging 104

Blogging Product Startup Writing 104

InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

Brad proudly described how the company successfully used thought leadership marketing to seed a marketplace in which companies can outsource their SEO campaigns to a legion of independent, third-party “optimizers.” We write blogs, we do music videos, we show up, we engage with people…we love our product. Write Your Own Playbook.

Marketing 233

Marketing Blogging Startup Venture Capital 233

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

In fact, very few website owners even track their website activity, or use Search Engine (SEO) or Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) tools now available. By far the most effective technique for improving your writing is simply carrying out user readability tests on every piece of content, and really listening to feedback.

SEO 53

SEO Tips Newsletter Statistics 53

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). Market to Your Target Audience – I’ve seen a lot of startups who like to write blog posts on life as an entrepreneur. Nobody likes writing re-hashed stories. Read their articles.

Marketing 380

Marketing Startup Press Technical Advisors 380

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

On the card I usually write the date, where I met the person, how I met them and what value I can bring to the table. In the “ Four Hour Workweek ” by Tim Ferriss he writes about how he passed flyers around a college campus to get people to attend his event and made a few thousand dollars in a weeks worth of work. Blogs and Forums.

Customer 85

Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

Develop an efficient and effective writing style. Each can be linked directly into your site domain name for maximum SEO impact. New and relevant content on a regular basis is a major driver in search engine optimization, as well as the inbound and outbound links that blog comments generate.

Blogging 110

Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media 110

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Highlight personal presence and testimonials.

Search Engine Optimization 105

Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising SEO 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. Writing specialists. Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur Services Product Search Engine Optimization 89

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. Campaign setup and ad copy writing. SEM is sometimes called “buying your way into search results.”

SEM 90

SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

So finding time is hard, and good writing is simply not what most people do. Writing a blog is all about communication, and that’s your number one job as founder of a new startup. Trying to write something down for someone else to understand quickly, will tell you if you really understand it yourself.

Blogging 93

Blogging Invest Startup Writing 93

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Lead investors and follow investors can both win equally but in each case you know why you personally are writing the check. Remember that you’ll be investing against people who have worked on the Google algorithm and REALLY know what drives SEO. Basically, I’m talking about being an angel leader and not follower.

Invest 288

Invest Angel Web 2.0 SEO 288

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Highlight personal presence and testimonials.

Search Engine Optimization 96

Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur Sites Advertising 96

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

You and I are from a web background, and usually, when you run into problem--if you're not asking for something unreasonable like artificial intelligence--there is always a way to write some software, or put together a workaround to deal with the issue. 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

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Vince Bianco: The company has been around since 2006, and we started by launching an SEO tool for press releases for professionals. The wizard, which you can find on Newsforce.com, essentially allows anybody, with little or no SEO experience, to optimize their press release for search, prior to sending it over the wire.

News 124

News Advertising Press Sites 124

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

One of the hardest things about being a blogger is drawing that line between being a business owner and writing for passion. Most bloggers wouldn’t turn down the opportunity to make a full time income from writing their blog. Who are you writing to…What are their fears, their dreams, their lifestyles? Write your content.

Blogging 83

Blogging Email Writing Sites 83

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2010

Blogs help because sites that update data frequently get higher SEO rankings. An informal writing style is generally recommended. Finally, if you don’t have the time, energy, or skills to write a blog, it may be a good investment to hire a ghost writer. Anchor blog in your domain name. Add outgoing links.

Blogging 48

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Startup Writing 48

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Publish a daily blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Highlight personal and product testimonials.

Tips 92

Tips Search Engine Optimization Startup Advertising 92

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Back to regular writing this week so check back in. Do you agree that Google SEO optimized results for high volume search terms are broken? (49:35-51:30). I’m now back & ready for action. I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC.

Capital 265

Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. Equally, hoping to unseat TripAdvisor without understand their SEO strengths and how much it would cost to knock them down would be naïve. Market Size. But not doing basic research makes no sense. Market Structure.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. Writing specialists. Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Startup SEM 48

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

With HeyTutor, we track those lessons, let you write notes down about your clients, we create a tutor profile for you and a hub. I did a cold outreach to Kevin, and funny enough, he told me something like SEO would never work. Maybe only one or two, but when you start asking people for money, things get cold and lonely quickly.

Startup 113

Startup Venture Capital Beverly Hills Acquisition 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.)

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2013

It''s made it a lot more efficient for them to get the information, and focus instead on things that are unique to them, such as their personality, their tips and tricks, their writing, doing PR. We''ve also been teaching them how to do SEO, though some are great at it, some are newer.

Mobile 140

Mobile Sales Startup Sites 140

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

More recently, a conflict with Google over SEO practices saw heavy penalties on their search results, but ultimately led to a resolution between the two parties. What You Know: A lengthy stream of media and press that have the tech world scratching their heads in confusion and/or denouncing them as the rap beef rudos of Silicon Valley.

Startup 93

Startup Mobile Entertainment Sites 93

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

Instead of writing a book, we wanted to develop a platform to bring our methods to life, and scale our knowledge. In a way, it's kind of like a book I'm reading right now on web SEO, which was packaged form individual blogs. But, it didn't seem scalable.

Geni 100

Geni Web Guide Platform 100

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil. For instance, if you sell a software security solution, you might write an article that describes ten ways consumers can protect themselves online, highlighting your solution as one potential tool. As described more fully in Thrill The Messenger.

Customer 164

Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Write me an e-mail and let me know what youre up to! I’ve been asked a few times recently, “Wow, these analytics you write about are great, but how does a startup begin to bite off the relevant parts? For example, there might be a series of flows in how users come into the site, starting with ads, SEO, or otherwise.

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. Helpful Resources for Getting Traffic from Refreshing Content : : How to Write Great Blog Content from Problogger. Referring Traffic / Press. Helpful Resources about for Getting Referral Traffic : Top Blogs List (with email contacts).

Web 61

Web Social Media Content Sites 61

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

I am in the middle of writing up some of my thoughts on this and will post about it and let you know. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 . * Im constantly frustrated by conversations that take place in discussion groups that cant cross the border into the blog world.

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150