Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

Luckily (or maybe because we were in Silicon Valley where there was a domain expert for everything) there was a very smart consultant in the retail computer space, Seymour Merrin, who preached about the importance of packaging. Hopefully you and your co-founders are experts in one or two parts (agile development, SEO/SEM, etc.)

Sales 120

Sales Silicon Valley RSS Las Vegas 120

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2018

We are going to talk about your book, but I got to ask one SEO question. Where does SEO sit today? Rand Fishkin: Where does SEO sit today? Well, it’s at an interesting point in its history in that, in a lot of ways, search has become a mature industry and SEO has, too. It’s a really broad one.

Silicon Valley 33

Silicon Valley SEO Startup Technical Review 33

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 26, 2021

It’s often hard to tell stories about change—audiences grow wary or defensive—but Margolis helps leaders in Silicon Valley and other hotbeds of innovation make that change feel exciting and achievable. Ben Shapiro got his start at eBay, where he served as their manager of business development and SEO.

Marketing 91

Marketing Silicon Valley Cofounder Framework 91

Rembrandt Communications

JUNE 2, 2016

As seen in Silicon Valley Globe… Create sales with the right content, SEO and PR moves If you are a new business-owner, companies bombard you with latest, SEO content-marketing applications, PR services and products. They promise to promote your business and increase sales overnight. The post Debunked!

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

We're trying to bring the lessons we have learned in Silicon Valley to a million entrepreneurs. And by regularly adding to their online content, restaurants will also find them organically through SEO. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Startup Early Stage 114

The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

Over the last three years we saw an explosion in non-technical work, everything from data entry to customer service to marketing, SEO, SEM, legal, financial… We’ve reached the point now where if a job can be done in front of a computer, somebody’s doing it on oDesk.”. Another tip from inside oDesk is to be patient with raising your rates.

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Russia Ukraine Latvia Lithuania 151

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy DiNunzio isn’t your typical Silicon Valley startup founder. One of the many things you become expert at when you launch your own company and have no money is SEO. Tracy studied SEOMoz and several other online sources of SEO tips. Tracy isn’t your quintessential Silicon Valley startup story.

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Silicon Valley Cofounder Entrepreneur Startup 363

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

This pretty much rules out SEO, PPC, affiliate marketing, etc. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant, she writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy , and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

Illinois 114

Illinois Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Chicago 114

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2011

product reviews through blogs, as well as SEO, blogs, and social media marketing. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant, she writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy , and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. We discussed guerilla p.r.,

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India Guerilla Entrepreneur New Zealand 119

The Next Web

DECEMBER 12, 2013

It’s easy, especially in Silicon Valley, to get hung up on all the whizbang new technologies available to developers. After working with tens of companies on growth, we’ve seen there are generally three ways of growing: SEO, word of mouth/ viral, and buying traffic,” he says.

Mobile 136

Mobile Silicon Valley Viral Technical Review 136

The Startup Magazine

MAY 15, 2018

North America is not just about Silicon Valley. For years, Silicon Valley has been synonymous with the North American startup scene. Silicon Valley all about innovation and thinking big and yet, it’s cultivating this homogenous culture. Let’s find out. The Rise of the Canadian Startup Scene.

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North America America Silicon Valley Los Angeles 69

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). At one company I work with it’s clear that our target user today is youth-oriented and middle America as opposed to 20-something and Silicon Valley or New York.

Early Stage 380

Early Stage Stealth Marketing Startup 380

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 29, 2013

6 Emerging Trends In Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship | Forbes – [link]. The Web Developer’s SEO Cheat Sheet 2.0 | Moz – [link]. Page load speed matters for the success of your online business – [link]. 5 Lessons Learned from 100,000 Usability Studies | Moz – [link]. Spam is a virus.

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Location prestige and SEO: Loveletter Cakeshop is a boutique wedding cake bakery located on 535 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. And secondly, that being positioned in the middle of the city gave his company an SEO benefit. Commercial real estate agencies. A few sites that list commercial properties to rent include: LoopNet. The problem?

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Rhode Island North Carolina South Carolina Technical Review 60

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

But when I found out that Rajeev is a computer engineer, I suggested to him to build a cost-effective SEO services firm, which would be more interesting. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. Rajeev came with a list of commodity services like transcription, digitization, etc.

Cloud 117

Cloud Fractional CTO Entrepreneur Bandwidth 117

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Not everyone is a “genius” or enmeshed in the Silicon Valley scene. Thanks to Adam Berry, Adam Berry SEO ! #18- The tech industry is constantly evolving and at a rapid pace, which t makes it difficult for those who don’t have their finger on the pulse to keep up. 18- Keep your eye on the prize. Photo Credit: Matt Wilson.

Entrepreneur 119

Entrepreneur Technical Review Silicon Valley Community 119

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2012

In Silicon Valley, Hardware Is Hot Again | Businessweek – [link]. Mobile SEO Is Not A Myth: 8 Popular Claims Refuted | Search Engine Land – [link]. CEO Brian Chesky Says Airbnb Will Be Filling More Room Nights Than All Hilton Hotels By The End Of 2012 – [link]. Great Marketing Is Utilitarian – [link].

Social Media 100

Social Media Small Business Design Media 100

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

SEO, email marketing, Facebook advertising). One of these colleagues happened to be author and Silicon Valley venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki. In his course on Growth Mindset (part of CXL’s Growth Marketing Minidegree ), WeTheFuture.org founder John McBride describes three key components of a successful growth marketer: 1.

Retention 113

Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 22, 2016

In Silicon Valley Now, It’s Almost Always Winner Takes All | The New Yorker – [link] crowdspring.co/1Sy1qO2. 10 Predictions for 2016 in SEO & Web Marketing | by @ randfish – [link] buff.ly/1Z6GnCc. How Important Is It For a SaaS Startup to be Profitable? | by @ ttunguz – [link] buff.ly/1n1Elab. 1OI9pbu.

Small Business 48

Small Business Design Social Media Marketing 48

ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2011

and SEO as two of the most effective and affordable customer acquisition strategies. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant, she writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy , and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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Acquisition SEO San Francisco India 115

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Again, here is a piece of wisdom for all of you who are blogging and doing e-commerce simultaneously: you need to build up SEO leverage ON your e-commerce site, so be sure to bring the blog onto the main site, not leave it off someplace else by itself. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley.

Cloud 115

Cloud Silicon Valley Incubator Finance 115

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Having adequate capital for growth is a foundational principle of startups in Silicon Valley. Explore Local SEO. Local SEO helps target customers making geographically-related searches like these. You can get the most out of local SEO by working on your Google My Business account.

Social Media 94

Social Media SEO Silicon Valley Mobile 94

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

ROBLOX ( www.roblox.com ) is a web/game startup in Silicon Valley that you have probably never heard of--unless you were an eight year old boy, in which case you're probably not qualified for this position. Unfortunately, you cannot be told what ROBLOX is, you have to see if for yourself.

San Francisco 92

San Francisco CTO Hire Developer EC2 92

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

SEO Guidelines for Sponsored Content and Partner Links | Adam Sherk – [link]. Why Silicon Valley needs critics like Morozov | San Francisco Chronicle – [link]. In a never ending quest to annoy consumers, we now have talking mobile ads – [link]. The Secret to a Strong Branding Message?

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 20, 2023

While Silicon Valley remains iconic, cities from Bangalore to Berlin are making names for themselves as hotbeds of tech innovation. From SEO to social media ads, effective marketing is about targeting the right audience with the right message. Yet, navigating this landscape requires more than just a unique product or service.

Technical Review 137

Technical Review Startup Silicon Valley Agile 137

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Almost every online business I know (eCommerce, online software, mobile games) invests heavily in “customer acquisition” This includes investments often not properly measured (SEO, PR, Social) as well as costs that people measure more precisely (advertising, SEM, FB CPA/CPI ads). Take for example, an eCommerce company.

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SEM Los Angeles Silicon Valley Acquisition 150

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 2, 2012

You have to be an expert in so many areas, including SEO, content marketing, automation tools and other tasks. Another part is what Marcia Kadanoff, the CEO of OpenMarketing.com says where "many smaller companies can't always find the right mix of marketing skills or people. Plus, many marketing folks aren't good people managers.".

Marketing 138

Marketing Silicon Valley Social Media Startup 138

Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Yet, the Growth Manager role remains poorly understood, especially outside Silicon Valley. Earned Media: SEO, PR, Word of Mouth. James Currier, founder of Ooga Labs, identifies three general types of acquisition channels: Owned Media: Email, Facebook, Craigslist, Twitter, Pinterest, Apps.

Management 20

Management Analytics Technical Review Framework 20

Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Yet, the Growth Manager role remains poorly understood, especially outside Silicon Valley. Earned Media: SEO, PR, Word of Mouth. James Currier, founder of Ooga Labs, identifies three general types of acquisition channels: Owned Media: Email, Facebook, Craigslist, Twitter, Pinterest, Apps.

Management 20

Management Analytics Technical Review Framework 20

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

It is becoming easier and cheaper for companies to bring products to market, leveraging free and open source software , cloud computing, open social data (Facebook, OpenSocial ), and open distribution (AdWords, SEO). Lean startups have the ability to use this commodity stack to lower costs and, more importantly, reduce time to market.

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Lean San Francisco Agile Continuous Deployment 102

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

It's similar to the way LinkedIn started with Reid Hoffman and the network of Silicon Valley VC's that initially populated the service or the network of developers who were following Joel Spolsky and began the Stack Overflow community. It doesn't SEO well. It seems to have scaled well at Tumblr.

Nebraska 102

Nebraska Silicon Valley Private Equity Product 102

Hearpreneur

JULY 25, 2019

But his interests turned when he returned home from Silicon Valley in 2015, and saw his field sales manager father wasting hours making sense of the data between a hundred Excel sheets. It’s really helped us out with SEO. We took the first one that stuck. It’s very hard to be confused about what we do.

Raleigh 70

Raleigh San Francisco Silicon Valley Mobile 70

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 9, 2017

Backlinko with Brian Dean focuses mostly on marketing tips, with many specialized topics about SEO. Here’s a good example – an advanced step-by-step SEO tutorial. It also features tips from business experts, and gives a quick glimpse into the crazy world of Silicon Valley. Michael Hyatt. Brendon Burchard.

Channel 72

Channel Small Business Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 72

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

This is one of the blog we posted about how some company is doing SEO to promote the website. The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: Five Whys Where did Silicon Valley come from? Another way to promote the website is doing organize search. A very interesting strategy.

Demand 167

Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 167

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

It's similar to the way LinkedIn started with Reid Hoffman and the network of Silicon Valley VC's that initially populated the service or the network of developers who were following Joel Spolsky and began the Stack Overflow community. It doesn't SEO well. It seems to have scaled well at Tumblr.

Nebraska 84

Nebraska Silicon Valley Private Equity Product 84

Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

User-Generated Content (UGC) is one of the most cost-effective and efficient SEO strategies. Conversions are crucial to say that SEO strategies are working. John Doerr of Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist’s calls it the “next wave of the web.” It improves traffic and increases conversions.

Software Review 94

Software Review Social Media New Zealand Silicon Valley 94

ReadWriteStart

JULY 21, 2011

That customer is typically searching on Google, and Michael needs to orchestrate his SEO, blogging, and guerrilla p.r. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. Michael has almost 90,000 free users and is looking for a way to be in the deal flow of people looking for business plan software. Endeavour Press.

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Affiliate San Francisco Entrepreneur India 130