SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

"Authentic" is dead - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 3, 2010 It's time to retire the following phrases. Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. Dan McKinley and Wil Stuckey from the Etsy Curation team here. The Curation Team. Enjoyed this post? Putting customers first. You Can’t Sign This Deal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

If you are an entrepreneur not using this model, it may be time to consider a pivot. It works best in a tightly defined niche market, like antique car owners, or rare-coin junkies, or woodworking enthusiasts, where experts hare hard to find, and members can gain from interacting with each other. All-you-can-eat content model.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 24, 2018

Most small businesses and young startups can’t afford to hire marketers. That leaves those companies in a tough situation: they need to market to grow their business but they need to grow their business to hire marketers. Search marketing. The search network involves pay-per-click advertising (or Paid Search).

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. These nine websites will help you track down the appropriate entrepreneurs. There’s no substitute for experience.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 24, 2018

Most small businesses and young startups can’t afford to hire marketers. That leaves those companies in a tough situation: they need to market to grow their business but they need to grow their business to be hire marketers. Search marketing. The search network involves pay-per-click advertising (or Paid Search).

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Research your target market to find out who they are and how to reach them. The same messaging rules that apply to classic public relations and branding apply to social media. Combine social media seamlessly within your traditional marketing plan. Use social media to engage customers in new ways and sharpen your brand.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 11, 2018

It not easy for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and marketing strategists to keep their marketing campaigns relevant and competitive. Influencer marketing, if done right, can help your startup or small business grow your audience, improve sales, and expand brand awareness through social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Research your target market to find out who they are and how to reach them. The same messaging rules that apply to classic public relations and branding apply to social media. Combine social media seamlessly within your traditional marketing plan. Use social media to engage customers in new ways and sharpen your brand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

If you are an entrepreneur not using this model, it may be time to consider a pivot. It works best in a tightly defined niche market, like antique car owners, or rare-coin junkies, or woodworking enthusiasts, where experts hare hard to find, and members can gain from interacting with each other. All-you-can-eat content model.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Market research. You can also compare your forecasted marketing and advertising budget against the competition. Gust : Entrepreneurs can post a free business profile on Gust and share it with investors around the world. It’s free, powerful, and more than enough for even a seasoned online marketing team. Analytics tools.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 25, 2018

Many startup myths threaten to hold back even the best-intentioned entrepreneurs. In spite of those sobering numbers, today, there are close to 400 million entrepreneurs worldwide. They wonder, for example: What percentage of entrepreneurs are successful? What is the average age of an entrepreneur when they start a business?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 11, 2018

It not easy for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and marketing strategists to keep their marketing campaigns relevant and competitive. Influencer marketing, if done right, can help your startup or small business grow your audience, improve sales, and expand brand awareness through social media.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

Similarly, there will be more opportunities for companies to enter the freelancing platform creation market. Whether it’s better service, streamlined applications, or greater job curation, there are plenty of ways to disrupt this emerging service. Artificial Intelligence. Invest in analytics. Work with a startup mentality.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 5, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Startup Tip: Marketing One-To-One – [link]. Startup Tip: Marketing One-To-One – [link]. Why People Hate Your Viral Marketing – [link]. – [link]. – [link].

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

To begin with, it is important to understand some basic facts about the world of entrepreneurial finance: There are many more entrepreneurs than there are investors, with the result that only one company out of every 400 that seeks venture funding actually receives it. Gust takes advantage of the cloud, and you should, too.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

A few weeks before the Stanford class began, the teaching team went through their Rolodexes and invited entrepreneurs and VCs to volunteer as coaches/mentors for the class’s teams. BlinkTraffic will empower mobile users in developing markets (Jakarta, Sao Paolo, Delhi, etc.) is their business worth pursuing (market size).

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

You’d better understand— really understand—your target market. Your success online is directly proportional to how well you understand your target market. Considering that the “ad” was hidden in the source code of the page, it spoke exclusively to the target market—nobody else could see it! Get it now.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2015

Each day some new story comes out about some creative marketing plan that takes the cake and drives huge traffic to a business. Whether you pull off unique marketing stunts, have products which need no introduction or style yourself as an innovative CEO, having a defining quality is what customers will notice. 1) Hybrid Approach.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 20, 2019

We’ve curated a list of the most recommended CRMs for small businesses and startups to help you evaluate the best CRM that fits your needs and the needs of your business. Salespeople, marketers, and customer service staff are just a few of the people in your organization who can benefit from implementing a CRM.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! DIY Tools There are quite a few do-it-yourself options for the thrifty entrepreneur. Do a web search to find platform-specific tools.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, announced the 10 startups selected for the 2020 class of Techstars Austin. This will be followed by an Investor Week starting March 9, where Techstars Austin will curate meetings with investors from all over the United States.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2017

Nevertheless, smart entrepreneurs and small business owners pay careful attention to important market forces and trends that shape some of the world’s best brands. ” Some entrepreneurs and business owners believe that a brand is merely their company’s name and logo. This is only partially true.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Auto-Tune the News" Curates: Our Fav. Follow her on Twitter @corpnet and Facebook. work with the world’s leading pharmaceutical, bioscience, and medical device com.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Auto-Tune the News" Curates: Our Fav. Follow her on Twitter @corpnet and Facebook. Here' the article: [link] Seriously, thanks. Kanye Wests Epic Hip Hop Opera "Runa.

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mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Cofoundr This simple forum is intended to help entrepreneurs build teams and solicit advice from a pool of like-minded people. Entrepreneurs can browse coders by skill or location.

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ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2014

While this series is by no means exhaustive, we’ll make every attempt to look at the most common & critical areas in the marketing funnel, and how you can take a data-driven approach to improve each area of the funnel. Before We Get Started – Understand Your Target Market, REALLY Understand It. image source.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

But for many small business owners and entrepreneurs, the naming process is fraught with uncertainty and doubt. One creative marketing consultant selected a variant of the name Agora for her business, loving the connection to the ancient Greek word agora , meaning marketplace. Abstract or dead simple? Clever irony? Cute and playful?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 22, 2021

How to Use Social Media Strategically in 2021 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. With half of the world’s population now on social media, it’s rare you’ll find a brand or business not using it to grow an audience, generate leads, and increase sales online. . Social selling. How do I make it pay?

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2011

At last week's roundtable, we had five entrepreneurs pitching. One recurring theme that kept coming up is that entrepreneurs are finding guerrilla p.r. Raj presented a 3 million total available market of Google App users as his target audience. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

One of the investment themes I’ve been focused on in the past 3 years has been Performance-Based Marketing. When I started investing the US advertising market was $300 billion with only 10% of it ($30 billion) of it being online and measurable. I believe that many social networks confused this idea.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

Un-Social Networking: Martin Lindstrom of Brand Sense says we are suffering a little from digital emptiness. The above equation is something that marketers, brands and businesses need to take note of. Social media will create a virtual advertising stock market of the future. Meaning & Value > Volume.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2016

If you are an entrepreneur not using this model, it may be time to consider a pivot. It works best in a tightly defined niche market, like antique car owners, or rare-coin junkies, or woodworking enthusiasts, where experts hare hard to find, and members can gain from interacting with each other. All-you-can-eat content model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2015

If you are an entrepreneur not using this model, it may be time to consider a pivot. It works best in a tightly defined niche market, like antique car owners, or rare-coin junkies, or woodworking enthusiasts, where experts hare hard to find, and members can gain from interacting with each other. All-you-can-eat content model.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You. This is even more true for professionals today and no group more so than entrepreneurs. Therefore, for those of you planning to be serial entrepreneurs your personal brand is an invaluable asset. Proactively do content marketing.

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