Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Perhaps the most interesting feature of real-time search engines is that the results are updated each minute. So, if you do a search today, it will yield entirely different results than a search from yesterday. Other engines have launched offering additional functionality. You can reach him directly via email.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

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 Search Engine Marketing (SEM). Search engine marketing is simply buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2023

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. Your startup is in a high-failure-rate business sector. These historically have included work-at-home, restaurants, telemarketing and social-service providers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2022

Here are the key parameters that can swing the pendulum: Engineers have an uncontrollable ability to add more features. It was Tom Peters and Bob Waterman (“ In Search of Excellence ”) who first came up with the “ready-fire-aim” go-to-market strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Auto engines that burn hydrogen are a great technology, and would appear to be a great business, but getting service stations around the world and new safety legislation has already taken decades. If these cases, I recommend some extra due diligence and soul searching, to make sure you are not about to go down the same road again.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2013

He and many other experts believe that the Semantic Web will act more like a personal assistant than a search engine. If you add the next generation of natural language processing (NLP), you will be able to ask Google Voice Search or Apple Siri the questions right through your smart phone. Memorable personality.

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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).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. Yet it always amazes me that I can find two different startups, seemingly working on the same problem, with one having a burn rate several times higher than the other. Social media is not rocket science.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Search engine marketing (SEM). This popular form of Internet marketing seeks to increase website ranking in search engine results. Techniques include search engine optimization (SEO) and paid result placement. Facebook alone has 800 million active members. Do you have a business presence there?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2021

Optimize your content for search engines to get attention. According to relevant reports , 93 percent of online experiences start with a search engine. If you have a consistent and valuable presence on your site and your social media channels, you have a better chance of a higher ranking on search engine result pages.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. Your startup is in a high-failure-rate business sector. These historically have included work-at-home, restaurants, telemarketing and social-service providers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

Here is my summary of the seven most successful lead-generation vehicles he and I still recommend today, despite the popularity of viral marketing: Search-engine marketing. For new product startups, search engine marketing (SEM) is still one of the most cost-effective and scalable lead-generation approaches.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2010

Search engine marketing (SEM). This popular form of Internet marketing seeks to increase website ranking in search engine results. Techniques include search engine optimization (SEO) and paid result placement. Do you have a business presence there? Streaming video.

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Internet SEM Wiki Entrepreneur 224

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2011

I should have added that a website not optimized for search engines is lost in the heap of a billion dead websites. Unless someone searches for your company by name, it won’t show up in the first few pages of any search results. Search engines are programmed to rank websites based on their popularity and relevancy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. Yet it always amazes me that I can find two different startups, seemingly working on the same problem, with one having a burn rate several times higher than the other. Social media is not rocket science.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. 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.

Affiliate 136

Affiliate Advertising Technical Review Social Network 136

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2021

In reality, most people will never find negative content, unless a link appears on the first page of search engine results. With the right focus on search engine optimization, or the help of companies like ReputationDefender , you can usually push negative links out of sight into the swamp of the Internet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2019

Here are the key parameters that can swing the pendulum: Engineers have an uncontrollable ability to add more features. It was Tom Peters and Bob Waterman (“ In Search of Excellence ”) who first came up with the “ready-fire-aim” go-to-market strategy.

Technical Review 233

Technical Review Startup Cost Product Development 233

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

Here is my summary of the seven most successful lead-generation vehicles he and I still recommend today, despite the popularity of viral marketing: Search-engine marketing. For new product startups, search engine marketing (SEM) is still one of the most cost-effective and scalable lead-generation approaches.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2014

After you claim your identity with placeholder domain names, accounts in social networks, and common blogging platforms, your next challenge is to create enough positive content as a “Google wall” to keep negative info out of the top Google search results. Twittering. Professional directories.

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Reputation Affiliate Technical Review Social Network 248

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. 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.

Entrepreneur 241

Entrepreneur Affiliate Advertising Technical Review 241

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Start with a new understanding of the real customer need, their search process in finding you (referral, website, social media), and most desired payment model, like one-time payment versus subscription, or lease versus purchase. Schedule and run the necessary sessions to update strategic product offerings, processes, and marketing programs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2017

Start with a new understanding of real customer solutions needs, their search process in finding you (referral, website , social media), and most desired payment model, like one-time payment versus subscription, or lease versus purchase. Align your business model to how your customers want to buy. Don’t start from how you want to sell.

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Small Business Revenue Technical Review Business Model 147

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Costs are low these days to set up a credible website, do some search engine optimization, start blogging, and start mining the social networks for interest. Spend your time finding renewable sources of customers and iterate. Use social networking to start the wave.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2022

To check out the Google founders, and because I still see so many business plans that are modeled after Google (more search engines, and more billion dollar growth models), I had to take a look at the classic book about them a while back, called “ Inside Larry & Sergey’s Brain ,” by Richard L. Survived phenomenal early growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2018

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. Your startup is in a high-failure-rate business sector. These historically have included work-at-home, restaurants, telemarketing and social-service providers.

New York City 202

New York City Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 202

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. Yet it always amazes me that I can find two different startups, seemingly working on the same problem, with one having a burn rate several times higher than the other. Social media is not rocket science.

Burn Rate 120

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Startup Salary 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2021

While searching a while back for the most effective strategies of companies that have achieved huge growth, I came across the classic book “ Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World ,” by Peter H. Don’t forget the basics of search engine optimization, social media engagement, video marketing, and courting influential bloggers.

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Artificial Inteligence Community Social Media Matching 396

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Don’t forget basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so search engines improve your ranking. 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.

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Startup Affiliate Advertising Technical Review 230

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

In fact, you need to have at least a prototype web site published several weeks before you expect anyone to find yours, since it takes that amount of time for the web search engine “spiders” to find you and index your content. Like you probably do, many people search for products and services on the weekends and in the evening.

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Web Viral Naming Internet 349

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2013

Costs are low these days to set up a credible website, do some search engine optimization, start blogging, and start mining the social networks for interest. Spend your time finding renewable sources of customers and iterate. Use social networking to start the wave.

Agile 263

Agile Startup Social Network Software Developers 263

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Start with a new understanding of the real customer need, their search process in finding you (referral, website, social media), and most desired payment model, like one-time payment versus subscription, or lease versus purchase. Schedule and run the necessary sessions to update strategic product offerings, processes, and marketing programs.

Technical Review 234

Technical Review Business Model Revenue Social Media 234

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Now the real work begins – promotion, marketing, blogging, and all types of search engine marketing. But, don’t be fooled into expecting people to flock to your site after you tell a few friends. But even these can be done for almost no cost, if you are willing to learn and do the work yourself.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

The advantage is no time and effort searching and preparing for the other alternatives, and you don’t have to encumber yourself or give up control of your company. If you go for venture capital, don’t expect a quick fix, so prepare to spend at least six months searching for and closing the deal. Bartering services for equity.

Technical Review 257

Technical Review Bootstrapping Venture Capital Incubator 257

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2023

Use your favorite search engine and keywords describing your solution to find online sales reports, trade association statistics, and online newsletters with the latest statistics. The wealth of data available online is already much larger than the entire Library of Congress, and much more current.

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SBA Venture Capital Business Plan Social Media 300