Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Traditional business intelligence (and data mining) software does a very good job of showing you where you’ve been. Predictive advertisement targeting. Movies are selected, or recommended to customers, based on past reviews, related interests, or analysis of Twitter comments. New one-time customers may be incented to return.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2013

Traditional business intelligence (and data mining) software does a very good job of showing you where you’ve been. Predictive advertisement targeting. Movies are selected, or recommended to customers, based on past reviews, related interests, or analysis of Twitter comments. New one-time customers may be incented to return.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 14, 2010

And after talking about this subject at length, I found myself again evangelizing it last week at the Business of Software conference. And these days with how easy it is to build an application, your code isn’t worth much, either. Ideas (and in many cases the code itself) are not worth as much as we think.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Here are some best practices from Search Engine Journal for good SEO hygiene that small businesses can apply: Keep your website code clean. Some owners think they are too busy to look at data analytics or review performance reports. However, if you have time to do marketing, you have time to review your efforts.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 26, 2023

In December 2022, just a month after the introduction of ChatGPT, Google understood the risk as well and launched a ‘code red’ – a company-wide emergency effort to tackle generative AI and come back with an adequate response to ChatGPT and Microsoft Bing. Google’s ranking which is driven partly by SEO).

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2020

Not only is it necessary due to the coronavirus, but it could potentially give you a strategic long-term advantage against current competitors and help you avoid massive overhead. And, if you combine it with a monthly plan review meeting when you’re up and running, you’ll be doubly equipped to handle whatever comes your way. .

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

It wasn’t a lack of competence or skill in her job; it was just that as far as she was concerned, her job had no connection to the rest of marketing, our customers or our ultimate success as a company. “We And since the card was useless without any application software, what other software products did they use on it?

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Software By Rob

JUNE 23, 2010

I was a judge at last night’s 59 days of code startup competition here in Fresno. The Categories There were two categories: zero-code and in progress. Zero-code meant you had to start with…um, zero code on day 1. June 23rd, 2010 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? See you in 2011.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 13, 2010

It’s called Startups for the Rest of Us. That’s why we’ve made it out mission to provide practical information based on our real-life experience as software/web entrepreneurs (20+ years between the two of us), as well as the entrepreneurs we work with in the Micropreneur Academy. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Content providers and owners facing diminishing revenues from their SD sales, due to increasing demand for HD content, can now restore the full economic value of their vast archives, by transforming them to True HD. Gigya’s mission is to socialize the rest of the web. Craze - Company Website. Gigya - Company Website.

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mashable.com

MARCH 20, 2014

Advertise Advertise. Investing time and energy to build a startup is a calculated risk to begin with, but putting yourself in a position where your job security rests exclusively on the efforts of your predecessors is an even bigger gamble. Proceed — if at all — with extreme due diligence and caution. Must Reads.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

There are hundreds of services for tracking, advertising, site customization, and generally souping up your ability to measure, reach, and convert your visitors. The tracking code you get from Google Analytics? Tag managers are tools designed to accomplish two main things: Minimize code deployed on websites and in apps.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Traditional business intelligence (and data mining) software does a very good job of showing you where you’ve been. Predictive advertisement targeting. Movies are selected, or recommended to customers, based on past reviews, related interests, or analysis of Twitter comments. New one-time customers may be incented to return.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Nielsen Consumer Trust Index shows that 92% of buyers trust organic UGC than paid advertising or brand content. Thus, advertisers need a creatively good mixture of content types to find the right blend that helps brands’ marketing strategies succeed. The surge in UGC was due to stringent lockdown regulations. Video Source.

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mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

The danger with this type of marketing is the penchant for users to become annoyed due to the “creepy” nature of ads following them around. More Stories in Apps & Software. The server is slow, the templates are ugly, and it is impossible to write custom code. Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable!

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Why You Should Start Marketing the Day You Start Coding – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. What Are You Willing To Do For The Rest of Your Life? Attn Google: The Rest of My Sci-Fi Wish List – [link]. – [link].

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 8, 2012

Welcome back to Smart Bear Live, the call-in show with Jason Cohen, sponsored by Software Promotions. Don’t forget to sign up for the wonderful Business of Software conference to hear Jason speak in person. So it’s property management software? Our software will do that. I don’t get this.

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 22, 2008

For most companies radio, tv, newspapers, magazines, catalogs, retail stores, call centers, etc still form a bulk of their business advertising and marketing expenditure. Give them due credit. Our goal is the figure out how to tie your visit to our website due to a stimulus from a offline campaign. Bravo folks!

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Then, you’d hand each person who accepted a sample a flyer (or QR code) with information about your grand opening. You should give out coupons direct to consumers as they pass by on the days leading up to the event, and can also promote the coupon on social media and in your advertising efforts. Facebook Advertising.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 25, 2010

Well…I’ve hit that point reviewing websites. I’ve recorded stacks of site review screencasts over the past four years, and I’m ready to take it to a whole ‘notha level. Send your URL to rob (at) softwarebyrob.com and I’ll queue it up to be reviewed it in a screencast that I will publish on this blog.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MAY 10, 2012

It was tough work convincing them, but you can’t rest on your laurels now. Waterfall process: If you’re unfamiliar with the term "responsive Web design" , it describes a website-building process that utilizes the same set of code to display properly on desktop, tablet and smartphone browsers. How to Implement Responsive Web Design.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The days of creating amazing content, paying for advertisement, and then leaning back on your chair to get great results are essentially over. To succeed with eBooks, you don’t have to offer something completely revolutionary, try to create content that sets you apart from the rest. Address and zip code. Email address.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Business of Software is a conference organized by Neil Davidson and Joel Spolsky , and was held this year in San Francisco. The speaking line-up is a who’s who of software bloggers and authors, including Geoffrey Moore, Paul Graham, Dharmesh Shah and Joel Spolsky. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 25, 2010

Reviewing CrmInnovation.com March 25th, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. at 12:24 pm Great Review. Check out my book Like this post?

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Software By Rob

APRIL 8, 2010

My screencast series Startup Website Reviews took on a life of its own rather quickly. I offered to perform free website reviews a few weeks ago and I’m now booked well beyond the six-month mark. I offered to perform free website reviews a few weeks ago and I’m now booked well beyond the six-month mark.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← I’m in a Book! Most developers start as salaried employees, slogging through code and loving it because they never imagined a job could be challenging, educational, and downright fun.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 12, 2010

The Business of Software 2010 was last week in Boston. The whirlwind of the conference was such that it took me about 48 hours before I could hold a conversation about anything but starting a software company. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

When I talk to people who are thinking about launching a software product, whether a high-growth or Micropreneur endeavor, from time to time I hear that if they could get to the front page of Digg or get a mention on TechCrunch that they would be “set.&# Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. at 1:56 am [.]

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 3, 2009

This episode’s Micropreneur is Ruben Gamez who recently launched online design proposal software Bidsketch. == Rob: Thanks for your time today, Ruben. It’s a SaaS (Software as a Service) based application that offers free and paid plans. Rob: When & why did you decide to build and launch your own software product?

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Software By Rob

JULY 20, 2010

July 20th, 2010 | Cool News, Links & Reviews Building your startup? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. I recommend it. Check out my book Like this post? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

Converting customers from your mailing list costs less than converting the same number via advertising. Multiple review requests. We frequently got pinged to write a review from multiple apps. We presume that, had we written a review, it would’ve ended up in different places on the store. What isn’t. Cart abandonments.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

You’ve reviewed what a business plan is , and why you need one to start and grow your business. The company overview provides a quick review of the company’s legal structure and location, as well as some background on the company’s history if you’re writing the plan for an existing business. Read more ». Company Overview. Read more ».

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

We have fought valiant battles, paid expensive consultants, purchased a crazy amount of software, and achieved an implementation high that is quickly, followed by a " gosh darn it where is my return on investment from all this?" There are few things more complicated in analytics (all analytics, big data and huge data!) " low.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 30, 2010

Reviewing HowsThe.com March 30th, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. at 8:52 am Hey Rob, I just wanted to publicly thank you for the review.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 1, 2010

Reviewing SimplyBill.com April 1st, 2010 | Website Reviews Building your startup? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. at 8:19 am Hi Rob, Many thanks for the review. 5 Johannes on 04.03.10

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2013

What Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Get Wrong: 7 Lessons From The Rest Of The Ecosystem | Forbes – [link]. Why Successful Companies Stop Growing | Ron Ashkenas – Harvard Business – Review [link]. “Tesla Motors has no advertising, no ad agency, no CMO, no dealer network.” Great products sell.

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uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Advertisement. This has lead to a massive checkout database with 508 checkout steps reviewed, 975 screenshots, and 3,000+ examples of adherences and violations of the checkout usability guidelines. Newsletter. JavaScript. Techniques. Web Design. Typography. Inspiration. Responsive. iPhone & iPad. Design Patterns. Techniques.

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