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APRIL 30, 2011

And as Jon Steinberg of Buzzfeed points out, the CTRs for social media banner ads are just 0.08%. We believe that the structural industry changes will continue to create big opportunities for technology firms that enable the changes in media consumption for television, radio, inbound calls, online & social media.

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Advertising Social Media Silicon Valley Media 352

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JANUARY 14, 2014

In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). Social media users are over 60% more likely to check email at least four times a day than those who don’t use social media. Much more data in the full post. 94% of all online adults use email.

Mobile 339

Mobile Email Social Media Global 339

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APRIL 23, 2011

Highland Capital did a systematic search for who could build a stand-alone contextual ad search company and met with six or seven companies including Mike. A lot of the traffic comes from search. Social, Facebook, and Twitter referral is meaningful. He does think there are opportunities in vertical search.

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APRIL 28, 2010

In late April 2010, VentureBeat published that Blippy credit card numbers were published on Google search: [link] followed by Blippy’s response. They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g. Investors: August Capital (David Hornik) (lead) with existing investors Charles River Ventures.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Cofounder Spain San Diego 270

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

By now we all know that the largest part of the online spend has been SEM (search engine marketing) where people buy CPC (cost per click) links to display alongside the “organic&# search results in the search engine. Not necessarily in the shopping mindset. In my mind “the stream&# changes that equation.

Advertising 284

Advertising Las Vegas Affiliate RSS 284

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Of course you can go to Amazon if you know what you want to buy and you have a very efficient ability to search for and purchase the product. This is very efficient if you need these home furnishings and if it’s your style & taste you can shop the full line. Compare this to 5,000 products at Restoration Hardware.

Curation 296

Curation Los Angeles Differentiation Channel 296

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APRIL 26, 2015

Capturing your moments of life and sharing them in a cohesive story vs. the video fragments shared on social media that don’t form a permanent collection or worse yet your most precious moments trapped on your phone. And searching to see whether we’ve hit product / market fit and refining, refining, refining until we do.

Video 150

Video Cloud Cofounder Mobile 150

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Most notably you need to understand Earned Media and how blogging, public speaking and social media play an important role in the new PR landscape. In another post I’ll talk about how PR has changed dramatically in the past 10 years or you can just read Brian Solis’s blog or buy his book on the subject.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

So I guess Troy and Lady Gaga were touring in search of this product / market fit. So Troy and Lady Gaga were amongst the earliest artists that turned to social media and tech platforms to break out. They told Troy that it wasn’t a fit for the stations, it wasn’t pop music and they didn’t want to play it.

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Los Angeles West Virginia Venture Capital Silicon Valley 150

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APRIL 17, 2010

DataPop launched its initial Search Marketing application across Google, Microsoft and Yahoo late last year and leading marketers and agencies are seeing breakthrough results. They also provide a set of tools for artists to sell tickets directly to their fan bases through tools like Facebook ticketing and social media management tools.

Los Angeles 276

Los Angeles Stealth Securities and Exchange Commission Southern California 276

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MAY 15, 2010

SocialVibe – Social media monetization platform that benefits non-profit organizations and social causes. CEO/President is Karl Siebrecht (ex-Pres of Atlas at AQuantive and ex-GM of ad platform product management, search and display marketing, and mobile and gaming advertising for Microsoft). OTHER DEALS.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

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MARCH 8, 2010

Much of my traffic is through referring websites and/or social media. Some search. You’re not trying to build a consumer website like Mint.com. My website is a pretty long URL but people manage to find it. But I chose the URL of the brand that I want to portray. Both Sides of the Table. I was an entrepreneur.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. Products such as Sprout Social and CoTweet are emerging to help businesses better track and communicate with their their customers and leads. In May 2007 there were fears that Google was becoming a monopoly. Or was it.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

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JANUARY 17, 2011

Where do the new entrants like YouTube, Pandora, iTunes, Huffington Post, Boxee, Netflix, Demand Media and other disruptive offerings fit into that equation and how is it changing? How much power does Google have due to search? How does social media on Facebook & Twitter change things?

Technical Review 356

Technical Review Framework Audience Media 356

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MARCH 27, 2011

eCommerce is an enormously competitive search term. Much of my traffic is through referring websites and/or social media. Some search. Social media is ephemeral. They are the fastest growing player in the world in this space. They achieved all of this before they raised even a penny of venture capital.

Startup 373

Startup eCommerce Audience Community 373

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Fuggetaboutit – show me the money !

Silicon Valley 313

Silicon Valley Southern California Los Angeles Semantic 313

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

How’s that for people who keep saying that social media hasn’t been truly transformative. So that brings me to Searching for Sugar Man. So they go “Searching for Sugar Man.” Twitter as a communication tool in war. Twitter in many ways is as powerful as the telephone. This national “Beatle.”

South Africa 310

South Africa Search Africa Italy 310

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OCTOBER 6, 2012

23:00 Discussion of California’s social media privacy laws. 1:08:00 Doing a sample search on Bottlenose. 12:45 Describe the structural, cyclical trends you’re seeing in technology. 16:00 What should government be doing? 25:15 Did you follow the Quora scandal? 30:00 What makes ff Venture Capital unique?

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JULY 10, 2011

Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly They change their search algorithm on a regular basis and as highlighted in John Battelle’s excellent (must read) book ‘ The Search ’ companies are literally put out of business with each change. Or how about Google?

Viral 307

Viral Las Vegas Syndicate Syndication 307

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

If you’re an OEM who wants to move more hardware but you don’t have the muscle to create an entire media ecosystem then you’re best off finding a partner who can build a software OS, app platform and search capabilities. The best online video search tool (in terms of usability) that I’ve seen is Clicker.

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Distribution Audience Video Internet 386