I recently had a conversation with an pre-launch startup where they discussed how SEO was going to be really important for them. And to me, there seems to be a lot of confusion by founders of startups around search engine optimization (SEO) and how it works for a startup. I won't say that I'm truly an expert on SEO. Still having worked with a lot of different startups and especially a lot on SEO and especially They went on to describe a fairly common type of site that has some original content, but not much. They are in a space where

Blogging is an important way to build an audience and also drive SEO traffic.  It’s 8221;  I don’t think that most startup blogs should be about how to build a startup.  That’s How do I get started? The advantage of the hosted version is that I guess let’s file this under sales & marketing advice . I

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He’s done several startups and is a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California (which is where I met him originally). A great opportunity for more visible networking . I roughly know about MakeItWork, but tell me a bit about where you spend your time day-to-day. A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. Then I check and manage our Google Adwords campaign I’ve recently had a chance to reconnect with Eric David Greenspan ( LinkedIn , Twitter ) He’s the CEO of Make It Work a high quality, personal, high touch technology service provider for homes and small businesses.

Tony at SoCalCTO has an interesting post regarding SEOs for startups: [link] There, he explores the value of Search Engine Optimization for startups, and the difference between on-page and off-page SEO. But what form of marketing is SEO? There are three basic styles of marketing: 1) You make and sell widgets (which you call "Smidget Widgets") and post all over the place that you make and sell widgets, hoping that people who want widgets will see your message and be persuaded to buy your widgets over your competitor's. I call this the "blue

Neil Patel in SEO CSI [link] web site has been murdered by Google! Lead by Search Engine Forensic Neil Patel,  the audience will watch and learn all the intricate details of a SEO crime lab. Now that his  startup Mahalo has gone user-gen, Jason has A LOT more time on his hands. As reported by Variety ,  a Twitter-themed television show is now under development. It’s being described as “putting ordinary people on the trail of celebrities in a revolutionary competitive format.”

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That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. then worked as a product manager at NetZero/United Online in the VOIP group, and then most recently at Google as a product manager on the Picasa/Photos team based in Santa Monica. What are you working on now? Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations.

Send them your reel, see if they'll pick you up. But in the meantime, start your blog, your personality-driven site.  Find Start blogging consistently - maybe not everyday.  Make Do videos whether they're set up, or maybe on the go. What I admire about Shira Lazar is that she's too much of a go-getter to wait for the perfect TV gig to come to her. I've watched her build her reputation and fan-base using new media tools like Qik, Wordpress and Twitter.

No one wakes up and says to themselves, “I need to buy that product I have never heard of before.” Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil. No one, including the engineers who work on Google’s constantly evolving search algorithms, fully understands how to reliably and consistently boost search results via artificial means.  “I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, but I can never find out which half.” John Wanamaker