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. No SEM plan means you are missing a huge marketing opportunity. Streaming video.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2016

What is the Search Engine Marketing (SEM) value of new domains? New domain extensions are a boon to SEM efforts. A controlled, PPC marketing study testing the use of different domain names to promote diamond jewelry found that new domain names have a dramatic impact on search engine results.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Can this methodology be used for startups that are not exclusively about software? Talk about waste.

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Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer 131

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

There has been a lot of public debate over the past several weeks about whether it’s a good thing to be “gross margin positive” or not and commentary always reminds me that some people at startups don’t quite understand financial metrics or even how to think about which ones are healthy. And of course ultimately on profitability.

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Metrics Cost Acquisition Startup 150

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2011

A strong web design can help a restaurant to more effectively market itself, can help convert visitors who find the restaurant by searching, for example, on Yelp, shopping for a deal through Groupon, or searching on Google or Bing. And it doesn’t help you much in search engine optimization. Consider Performance.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

We’ve recently discussed several useful topics for small businesses and startups, including naming your company , how to make you taglines stand out from the crowd., Search engines prefer websites that are properly organized. Tip: Consider how the URLs on your site will look to search engines and people.

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Small Business Web Design Marketing 123

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

We’ve recently discussed several useful topics for small businesses and startups, including naming your company , how to make you taglines stand out from the crowd., Search engines prefer websites that are properly organized. Tip: Consider how the URLs on your site will look to search engines and people.

Small Business 122

Small Business Web Design Marketing 122

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 Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 The lean startup Ive been thinking for some time about a term that could encapsulate trends that are changing the startup landscape. After some trial and error, Ive settled on the Lean Startup. Of course, many startups are capital efficient and generally frugal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2014

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. Scott entrepreneur lead generation startup' Social-media advertising.

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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 Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. I break the answer to that question down into three engines: Viral - this is the business model identified in the presentation as "Get Users."

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 12, 2013

Are you wasting your money on paid search? Paid search marketing is the paid use of search engines (such as Google or Bing) to promote your product or service. Some people also refer to paid search marketing as SEM (search engine marketing).

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Search SEM PPC Engineer 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2018

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. Social-media advertising.

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Lead Generation SEM Viral Social Media 137

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 30, 2008 What does a startup CTO actually do? But I dont think most startups really have a need for someone to do that on a full time basis. So I initially gravitated to the CTO title, and not VP of Engineering. What does your Chief Technology Officer do all day? Heres my take.

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CTO Fractional CTO CTO Hire Technical Review 168

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2021

You can promote your site effectively by investing in SEM, SEO, generating top-quality content, and even on paid advertising on search engines. You can even think of using some fast learning skills to learn SEM and SEO on your own. If you are not adept at SEO, you can seek help from SEO experts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2013

It’s not uncommon for me to see a startup business plan “mission” to be the “premier brand” for their product, yet their marketing budget in the financials is trivial. So what are some credible marketing and promotion steps you should consider for your startup? Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start.

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Marketing Viral SEM Startup 265

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2020

Marketers can take advantage of various digital channels, including but not limited to search engines, email, social media, and web applications. The elements that constitute a cohesive digital marketing strategy are mobile marketing, organic search, content marketing, social media marketing, and email marketing.

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Entrepreneur Marketing Social Media SEM 286

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Social media is so pervasive in today’s world that every entrepreneur believes instinctively that they know how to use it for their startup. Startups should begin by selecting just a few of the vast array of social media offerings out there, and customize based on results. Prepare your staff to deliver on social media requirements.

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Social Media Media SEM Startup 120

ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2017

This is generally split into two areas, though they’re often used together to some varying proportion: Search Engine Marketing. Search engine marketing is intent-based keyword bidding on search networks such as Google Adwords and Microsoft Bing. When Does Paid Acquisition Work for SaaS Startups?

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Channel Marketing Viral SEO 118

mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

How do you find that perfect Twitter handle or that ideal epithet for your blog, website or startup — one that’s snappy and memorable, and that you won’t hate by next year? Johnson also says that search engine issues have affected the style of names. to get the scoop on finding a name that will work on the web.

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Naming Technical Review Social Media Startup 94

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2016

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. Social-media advertising.

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Viral Lead Generation Customer SEM 120

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 2, 2018

From traditional advertising to social media, online review management to blogging, search engine optimization to direct mail – it’s all marketing. 20% of small businesses claim that search engine optimization is the most effective way to attract new customers. Marketing covers a wide range of activities.

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Small Business Software Review Social Media Marketing 73

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Even for low-tech startups, the scope of information available on the Internet, and its global reach, has had a similar financial impact on the many other challenges facing every startup founder. Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Facilities and staff.

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Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 255

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

It was one of those brilliant startup brainstorms that comes to the team in a flash, with a giant thunderclap. Dont worry about selecting particularly good keywords, if youre new to SEM. Labels: customer development , search engine marketing 13comments: Jim Lindstrom said. Just put in your credit card. I used to use $.05,

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Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 167

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2014

It’s not uncommon for me to see a startup business plan “mission” to be the “premier brand” for their product, yet their marketing budget in the financials is trivial. So what are some credible marketing and promotion steps you should consider for your startup? Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start.

Marketing 257

Marketing SEM Viral Social Media 257

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2010

It’s not uncommon for me to see a startup business plan “mission” to be the “premier brand” for their product, yet their marketing budget in the financials is trivial. So what are some credible marketing and promotion steps you should consider for your startup? Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start.

Marketing 235

Marketing SEM Startup Viral 235

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post) For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? Expo SF (May.

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San Francisco Continuous Deployment Agile Lean 94

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

While adwords can be part of a strong small business marketing strategy, most startups and small businesses can’t afford to pay much for traffic. There are excellent alternatives, including search engine optimization (SEO). You can download a free PDF copy of Google’s SEO Starter Guide here. image from Google.

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SEO SEM Social Media Engineer 121

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

If you know of senior level business and technical professionals looking for exciting startup opportunities, they can sign up here: [link]. Our team includes 12 top-notch engineers from NVidia, Microsoft, Stanford, Berkeley and Cornell. Unfortunately, you cannot be told what ROBLOX is, you have to see if for yourself.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Getting the first tracks of revenue is one of the toughest processes of building a startup. One of the most commons problems I see with startups that I’ve come across is the lack of a “growth team.”. Thanks to Intercom’s powerful tracking and automatic emails, we know when a startup founder finished and shared a deck.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Of the techniques he mentioned, I think four are fundamental and critical for any lean startup: TDD (or the even more politely named TATFT ) Continuous integration Automate your deployments Collect statistics The tools to help you do these things are getting better and better every day, but dont confuse tools with process. Expo SF (May. .

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Software Review San Francisco Technical Review Continuous Deployment 68

Gust

JUNE 10, 2012

Even for low-tech startups, the scope of information available on the Internet, and its global reach, has had a similar financial impact on the many other challenges facing every startup founder. Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Facilities and staff.

Cost 139

Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 139

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?) Expo SF (May. . Expo SF (May.

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Audience San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean 119

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

October 17, 2009 10:34 AM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe via email Blog Archive ► 2010 (48) ► October (3) Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware The Lean Startup Bundle Stop lying on stage ► September (4) Good enough never is (or is it?) Expo SF (May. .

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San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 142

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

Later, when the company was much larger, we had everyone on our engineering team agree to sit in on one usability test every month. It wasnt a huge time commitment, but it meant that every engineer was getting regular contact with an actual customer, which was invaluable. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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San Francisco Customer Lean Continuous Deployment 131