Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Show your visitors some evidence of community involvement and charity efforts. Advertising presence. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2010

Business blogs are an extension of your website and can effectively communicate the value of your business. Social networks. These are communities wrapped around a website, like Facebook or Twitter. They became popular for socializing, but now are prime sources of business networking, customer service, and client leads.

Internet 224

Internet SEM Wiki Entrepreneur 224

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2012

With free coffee and Internet, workspaces, and built-in community, coworking spaces provide a great place to get things done without feeling the isolation of working at home, or trying to overcome the frenetic nature of working in a coffee shop. startups, social media firms, advertising and PR companies, and more. Indie Ballard.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 12, 2013

In the age of the advertiser supported social network, one person is trying to flip the script and create a paid social network. Dalton Caldwell, founder of App.net spoke at SXSW with a session called “ Is There An Alternative To Ad-Supported Social Networking? by Garrett Heath.

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API Social Network Advertising Cloud 199

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Show your visitors some evidence of community involvement and charity efforts. Advertising presence. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility.

Entrepreneur 241

Entrepreneur Affiliate Advertising Technical Review 241

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

If you find the right community it’s a great way to learn, contribute and get to know other people with similar interest. What I notice is that people further the conversation, talk with each other, network, try to get noticed (linking to their websites, etc.). AVC: I’ve always loved Q&A websites and discussion boards.

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Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Software Review 301

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2022

Build and advertise yourself as a “brand” that is the best at what they do. Make your non-verbal communication speak for you. Evidence has shown that 60 to 90 percent of our image and value communication with others is non-verbal, which includes body language. Make rational and positive contributions on social media.

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Leadership Technical Review Social Media Global 304

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Publish a daily blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Show your visitors some evidence of community involvement and charity efforts. Advertising presence. Of course, too many or obnoxious advertisements are especially harmful to a site’s credibility.

Startup 230

Startup Affiliate Advertising Technical Review 230

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Show your visitors some evidence of community involvement and charity efforts. Add a modest advertising presence. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise.

Affiliate 221

Affiliate Advertising Technical Review Social Network 221

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

RIM is dedicated to working with the developer community in taking their feedback, along with other information and prioritize it as the platform and development process is further refined. We have partnered with existing developer communities, including academic communities to offer developer days and workshops.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

Audio advertising matures – In Carat Trends 2021 the media agency expects there to be a significant increase in audio advertising as both brands and platforms realise its value and power. Read A16Z’s social strikes back series to get a feel of just how much movement is in this space. Immersive ar/vr/xr.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Audio Forecast Social Media 207

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 11, 2010

Whether it’s creating a software app that you’re going to build a global one-person business around, or giving away the Science Fiction stories you write as you build your community so you can launch a book, this is lonely stuff few back in the safe (ha!) warrens of working for some large company would dare do.

Entrepreneur 225

Entrepreneur Social Media Software Web 225

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. I know you could argue that YouTube was much broader but it was really popularized in the social networks. It’s sort of Jack FM meets Total Request Live meets UCG/Social Gaming (at least in the future).

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Venture Capital Affiliate Valuation San Francisco 271

David Teten

AUGUST 29, 2012

A place for geeks to share what they’ve done, who they did it with and connect with great companies and communities. In Geeklist we provide the global developer community a place to get credit where credit is due. In Geeklist we provide the global developer community a place to get credit where credit is due. We change that.

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Curation Japan Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 114

Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

JointBuy allows buyers to start a new deal on any available product and share the idea with others through existing social networking sites. Real-time conversations and dynamic curation of news stories empowers people to expand their social networks and personal expertise about topics important to them.

Lean 307

Lean Business Model Customer Development Guinea 307

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2013

Rather, the challenge is this – how can we transform fans and followers on social networks into actual money paying customers? While Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have found ways to monetise their platforms, many are still figuring out ways to connect the social web with the corporate wallet.

Technical Review 187

Technical Review Software Review Customer Social Media 187

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 21, 2013

Poorly chosen text colors that make them difficult to read, third party advertisements, and unnecessary graphics that slow down the site and get in the way of the customer should be avoided. Social media can also be an important and useful part of your marketing campaign, particularly if your business exists only online.

Marketing 153

Marketing Startup Technical Review Viral 153

Up and Running

JUNE 18, 2013

The days when large companies could just blanket the airwaves with their sales pitches and actually expect a return from such advertising are gone. Build a Community or Group. There are several great ways to build an online community to more effectively interact and engage with your customers. People are tired of being sold to.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Brandsforce is a plug & play social media marketing platform that generates conversations, engagements and measurable actions on social networks. We believe that opting-out of advertising should be an easy, common and legitimate alternative for ad-intolerant users, provided that the content provider can remain as profitable.

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Israel Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2013

Coworking builds productive communities | GigaOM Pro – [link]. Why Advertising Agencies Must Disrupt Themselves – [link]. Crowdsourcing: The Future of Advertising? Business 2 Community – [link]. Amazon Set To Sell Advertisers On Its Customer Purchasing Data – [link]. Forrester: U.S.

Social Media 108

Social Media Small Business Design Media 108

VC Cafe

MARCH 16, 2025

The flattening of the mobile adoption curve and Apple’s deprecation of its Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) have elevated customer acquisition costs significantly. High User Acquisition Costs: The landscape for acquiring new users has become increasingly complex and expensive. Gaming founders know this challenge well.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review B2C Generative AI IPO 78

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Show your visitors some evidence of community involvement and charity efforts. Add a modest advertising presence. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise.

Affiliate 136

Affiliate Advertising Technical Review Social Network 136

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The video above is a fun look at the obsession people have with cats in online videos and advertising. Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. SEO Still Beats Social Media for Small-Biz Marketing – [link]. 5 rules of small business advertising success – [link]. Ad Networks Next?

Social Media 96

Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

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! Anyone in the community can edit posts and frequent users are allowed to vote irrelevant questions off the site. Thankfully responses aren’t restricted with a character limit. STOKED!!!!

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Social Network 94

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

What Startups Can Learn From Watching “The Social Network” – [link]. What is holding back social media investment? Social media critics keep getting it wrong – [link]. 40 Creative Advertisement for Inspiration – [link]. Internet Advertising Hits New Revenue Record – [link].

Social Media 90

Social Media Small Business Design Media 90

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

People have always gathered to talk about business, life and community events. Social media is about doing that online. Create an interactive, regularly updated site or blog , or by build informative yet informal profiles on social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter. Not all exposure is online. Be visible!

Small Business 167

Small Business Marketing PR Social Media 167

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2013

Good post by Seth Godin about online communities & personal motivations … Us vs. us – [link]. Social Networks by Revenue and Employees, Facebook Stands Above All | Web Strategy – [link]. Good post by Seth Godin about online communities & personal motivations … Us vs. us – [link].

Social Media 105

Social Media Small Business Design Media 105

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). Nothing seems impossible anymore.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Some use the display advertising options on YouTube, but are not sure what value those ads deliver (and how to think of them in context of web display ads or even TV). It is a social network (like Facebook). It is a pure advertising platform (like every site on the world). Most brands have no idea what to do on YouTube.

Analytics 151

Analytics Marketing Audience Channel 151

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2011

Marketing Inspiration: 100 Clever and Creative Advertisements – [link]. Not surprising that more affluent consumers use social networks differently – [link]. 28 Creative Automotive Advertisements – [link]. 28 Creative Automotive Advertisements – [link]. 41 Free Texture Packs – [link].

Social Media 90

Social Media Small Business Design Media 90

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Social Commerce. More than 2 billion people use social networks(8), such as Facebook and LinkedIn. Their popularity has prompted some social networking “stars” – including bloggers and YouTube favorites – to cash in by accepting advertising on their channels or selling their own products online(9).

Small Business 100

Small Business Asia Channel Technical Review 100

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you’re working with an open source project, for example, it’s important that you have a definitive business model to drive revenue — though not at the cost of alienating your community of core contributors. They may also contribute code to the community that comprises the backbone of their technology.

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France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

“Mason and his team decided to apply this model to purchases by letting merchants advertise goods or services at a discount that would only go live if enough people signed up in advance. Fabulis.com was initially intended to to be a social network for gay men. The Premature Death Of Private Event Based Social Networks.

Customer Development 126

Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 126

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Slab serif fonts — if they’re unique fonts — are still a viable alternative to been-there-done-that sans serifs in logos, and the web community still enjoys them. a part of an exciting team, building web applications such as social networking, ecommerce, games, sports, contact management, CMS and more.Re.

Web 111

Web Design Social Media PHP 111

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Facebook Is Using Minors To Advertise Alcohol – [link]. Lesson for all on social networks: Spirit Airlines hit with $50K fine over deceptive Tweets – [link]. 25 Creative Advertisements – [link]. The Future of Advertising: Everything’s Going Mobile – [link]. – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Advertising. Social Good. Social Media. social networking. Mashable’s 20 million unique visitors and 6 million social media followers have become one of the most engaged online news communities.

eCommerce 101

eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Social Media 101

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 26, 2018

“What this means is that even more than it is in the advertising business, Facebook is in the surveillance business. I’m not sure there has ever been a more complete disconnect between what a company says it does – ‘connect’, ‘build communities’ – and the commercial reality.

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