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Start-ups are all Naked in the Mirror

Both Sides of the Table

I started my first company in 1999 in London at the height of the dot com craze. As the economy soured and people grew wary of buying Internet software (we were SaaS as early as 1999 – our buyers were certainly “early adopters&# ) and life grew more difficult. This is part of my ongoing series Startup Lessons. We were hot.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

I had actually developed the logo in 1999 and it is now on the back of my entire product line. The bonus of naming the company Redhead Marketing & PR is that when I am meeting a potential client for the first time in a coffee shop or wherever, they are always able to spot me because of my company name and hair color.

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How SEO Has Evolved Over The Years

Duct Tape Marketing

When I started with SEO, believe it or not was in 1999 long time ago. So that could be PR, but a lot of it is just making sure that you're running a good business. A lot of it depends on whether you're B2C or B2B. Dale Bertrand (02:09): Well, thinking of it as an evolution is definitely the right way to think about it.

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How To Build Trust, Increase Authority, And Rank High With Google

Duct Tape Marketing

When I started with SEO, believe it or not was in 1999, long time ago. So that could be PR, but a lot of it is just making sure that you're running a good business. A lot of it depends on whether you're B2C or B2B. Dale Bertrand (02:11): Well, thinking of it as an evolution is definitely the right way to think about it.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Well, we’re a B2B marketing agency that specializes in services and intangible products. The original company name was Scene on TV (going back to 1999), and I expanded into movies, and the name was also confusing to people (Scene instead of Seen). So why Market Expertise? In other words, we market expertise.

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How To Suck At Social Media: An Indispensable Guide For Businesses

Occam's Razor

In this post let's look at each Social Network, see what B2B and B2C brands are doing there today, from that draw lessons as to 1. As with all other Social Networks below, let's take a look at some B2B examples (good and un-good), some B2C examples (good and un-good) and arrive at the optimal answer. Are you at a B2B company?