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

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. If you perform a search, you may notice a “Latest Results” box which scrolls while you are on a results page.

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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. Cost per click (CPC).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

Hire a professional marketing and public relations agency once you have a good revenue stream but you don’t need them to start a free blog, establish Facebook and Twitter accounts with initial content and complete the basics of search engine optimization. Social media is not rocket science. The timing of cash flow is everything.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In my search for guidance on modern business leadership studies, both scientific and actual case studies, I was impressed with a new book, “ Head and Heart: The Art of Modern Leadership ,” by Dr. I believe that a fully engaged team is the key to both productivity and agility in the face of change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Search for customer pain rather than high margins. Purpose defines the feeling that everyone wants to have from helping others and doing good for the world. You don’t have a business until you have all of these and can communicate them well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

With instant low price search, ordering via smart phones, and unfiltered online reviews via Yelp and Foursquare, the advantage today has shifted to companies who can make every experience positive. In the past, competitive advantage was all about economies of scale, advertising power, and service versus price.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

The Wal-Mart home page is customized for each shopper based on location, local weather, and the customer search and purchase history. As a simple example, the Wal-Mart website now shows shoppers more products that they may like, based on previous purchases. Algorithms and data are required to compete.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

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. Even industry titans like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have mentors and advisors, and they use them often to search for blind spots in their own thinking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2022

The advantage is no time and effort is spent searching and preparing for the other alternatives, and no repayment terms or collateral are required. What options do they have available to them, since they can’t sell a share of the company (no equity investment)? Individual and institutional philanthropy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2023

Even if the idea sounds unique to you, it’s worth your time to do a few Internet searches using relevant keywords. If you find more than a dozen solutions that loosely match your idea, it may be time to skip that one and try another. Don’t forget to consider customer alternatives, like trains versus airplanes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2011

It’s more fun tackling the challenges of a startup in between job search activities, than sitting around feeling sorry for yourself and waiting for status callbacks on interviews (which seem to have gone out of style). Fun learning experience. Find a partner.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2021

This means spending more money on search marketing (SEM) to make it look like the buzz is working. It’s harder than it looks to exploit people’s propensity to share humorous, enjoyable or useful information - jokes, special offers, and games. Seed viral activity. People are more demanding and have more choices than ever before.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2015

It’s more fun tackling the challenges of a startup in between job search activities, than sitting around feeling sorry for yourself and waiting for status callbacks on interviews (which seem to have gone out of style). Fun learning experience. Explore finding a partner.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

I’m not suggesting executive search firms for every startup position, but national recruiting organizations will get better results. Trying to save costs by seeking resumes on the Internet will result in poor quality candidates, more time required for screening and interviews, and high turnover. Poorly defined and executed hiring process.

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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. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2020

Even if the idea sounds unique to you, it’s worth your time to do a few Internet searches using relevant keywords. If you find more than a dozen solutions that loosely match your idea, it may be time to skip that one and try another. Don’t forget to consider customer alternatives, like trains versus airplanes.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Intellectual Property Internet 434

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2010

" Most job seekers still use only their resume as the cornerstone of their search. I’ve never met an executive or professional yet who didn’t enjoy being asked to share his expertise and views, and most will then remember you as someone who really cares. Update your career "tool kit."

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2021

With instant low price search, ordering via smart phones, and unfiltered online reviews via Yelp and Foursquare, the advantage today has shifted to companies who can make every experience positive. In the past, competitive advantage was all about economies of scale, advertising power, and service versus price.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The search for a perfect solution delays progress, hurts morale, and blinds everyone to practical quick solutions which are good enough. This requires challenging all assumptions and reverting to nature to get a root problem cause. Avoid perfectionism – no problems have a perfect solution. The result is unhappy people, making no progress.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2022

It was Tom Peters and Bob Waterman (“ In Search of Excellence ”) who first came up with the “ready-fire-aim” go-to-market strategy. Start with a strategic plan that embodies an iterative launch cycle, with a minimum viable product to a focused and limited domain, and the cost of execution will be low.

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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

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

AUGUST 19, 2020

Hire a professional marketing and public relations agency once you have a good revenue stream but you don’t need them to start a free blog, establish Facebook and Twitter accounts with initial content and complete the basics of search engine optimization. Social media is not rocket science. The timing of cash flow is everything.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2020

I’m not suggesting executive search firms for every startup position, but national recruiting organizations will get better results. Trying to save costs by seeking resumes on the Internet will result in poor quality candidates, more time required for screening and interviews, and high turnover. Poorly defined and executed hiring process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Constant search for ways to increase sales and profitability. Entrepreneurial thinkers see themselves as self-employed and act as if they own the companies personally. They continually seek ways to be more valuable in this mission. More sales are the only way to reach real business success.

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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. For businesses, these are now prime sources of business networking, customer service, and client leads. Streaming video.

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Internet SEM Wiki Viral 239

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

On the other hand, don’t forget angel investors, who fund a large number of startups, to the tune of $25 billion last year, who start their search primarily from platforms like the ones mentioned above. Since the best VCs deal primarily with known and proven entrepreneurs, it’s easy for them to say that they don’t read business plans.

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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

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. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2020

They actually search for indications of change and opportunities across diverse environments, rather than just more customers who might use their current offerings. Spend more time outside the business, looking for trends. Smart entrepreneurs continually test their perceptions against those of customers, outside leaders, and experts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2014

Check Craigslist first, since most new ventures don’t have the money for executive search firms and the major job listing sites. As with any job search, always play to your strengths, and stick to business domains and roles you already know. Search online startup platforms and crowdfunding sites.

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

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Internet SEM Wiki Entrepreneur 224

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2019

If you make asking for help a learning experience, rather than a search for excuses or a perceived weakness, you will find that the best feeling of comfort is less stress and more success in your business and your life. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/19/2019.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

This means spending more money on search marketing (SEM) to make it look like the buzz is working. It’s harder than it looks to exploit people’s propensity to share humorous, enjoyable or useful information - jokes, special offers, and games. Seed viral activity. People are more demanding and have more choices than ever before.

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Viral Marketing SEM Campaign 268