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January 08 PageRank Update
2008-01-13 22:02:00 If you haven’t noticed already, Google has begin the first quarter PageRank update. Start Hustle has seen some movement in individual post but not on the homepage. A few of the sites I work with have seen increases. Although many deem PageRank unimportant I still contend that it is one way to tell how relevant Google deems your site. Permalink - Internt Startup Marketing Blog More About: Pagerank , January , Update
Top Ten Myths of Entrepreneurship - Scott Shane
2008-01-11 11:50:00 Scott Shane wrote a guest blog article on Guy Kawasaki’s Blog about the Top Ten Myths of Entrepreneurship . It was a great list. I’m only going to quote the myths I found most interesting. Visit the article to read all ten. 2. Venture capitalists are a good place to go for start-up money. Not unless you ... More About: Scott
Registering A New Domain? Don?t Use Network Solutions
2008-01-10 09:45:00 I love researching new domain names. My first website was a forum for pay-per-click marketing. When I found the domain PerClickForums.com as an unregistered domain, I thought I was a genius. I sold the site and the new owners drove it into the ground (wish I still had the domain though). Later I came ... More About: Domain , Network , Domains , Solutions , Network Solutions
Guerrilla Marketing + Lost and Found = Light Blub
2008-01-08 12:45:00 Guerrilla marketing is one of the more creative outlets that startups can use to get noticed. One of my business partners, Gabe Shultz of Bored Sketchbooks fame, came up with a great guerrilla marketing idea that involves using his companies lost and found (and I’m suppose to be the marketing mind between the two of ... More About: Marketing , Lost , Guerrilla , Internet Marketing , Light
Tracking Your Site in Google?s Index
2008-01-03 10:55:00 Are you tracking how Google indexes your site? If you rely on Google as much as most web companies, it is important to see how you are being indexed. You always hear about the dreaded “Supplemental Index ” (whether it exist or not) which is a fear for any startup. The supplemental index (SI) is a ... More About: Site , Tracking , Indexing
Theft of a Domain and Rebuilding a Brand - David Airey
2007-12-28 12:55:00 What would you do if your site was stolen and held for ransom? David Airey had built a blog, and more importantly a brand with his website that was also instrumental to his consulting business. Due to a security flaw in Gmail David’s domain name, DavidAirey.com was stolen, and with it all the link and ... More About: Domain , Blog Marketing , Brand , Theft
The Crunchies - Startups Ouside the Valley Need Not Apply
2007-12-23 19:01:00 The Crunchies have picked the top 5 “startups” for each category and are ready for you to vote. What I had feared earlier this month has happened, and worse than I had predicted. I feared that the Crunchies would be a bunch of Silicon Valley startups while other new businesses around the country would not ... More About: Startups
Is It Too Late To Get In? (Startup Conundrum)
2007-12-20 10:55:00 I have been floating the idea of dabbling in the domain game. As I discuss domaining with fellow entrepreneurs I get the usual talk, it is hyper competitive, all the low hanging fruit is gone…blah. This is a common question many entrepreneurs face when trying to find an industry or idea to attack next, is ... More About: Startup , Late
Where Does Google Trends Data Come From?
2007-12-17 09:55:00 I’m currently working on an international pay per click campaign for a startup. I turn to Google Trends to get an idea of the search volume in different countries. I don’t take these numbers as 100% correct, but I assume they are in the ballpark. Well, its not in the ballpark, its not even on ... More About: Internet Marketing , Data , Google Trends
Startup vs Small Business and Messaging Customers
2007-12-12 16:49:00 Are you a small business or a startup? The answer probably depends on where you are located and what industry you are in. The term startup is generally used by tech companies in population hubs like San Fransisco, New York, Boston, LA, Austin that are “in the know”. The term small business is often used ... More About: Business , Small Business , Customers , Small , Startup
Are you BORED? Then Grab a Sketchbook.
2007-12-10 19:01:00 Most of my friends growing up were artistic and creative, I was not. The one thing I can bring to the table is internet marketing knowledge. When you put that together with a great designer named Gabe Shultz, you get a sketchbook company called Bored Sketchbook s. The site (and idea) was designed by Gabe and ... More About: Grab , Etch , Then
Can Streakr compete with StumbleUpon?
2007-12-06 17:16:00 StumbleUpon (SU) is an addictive web application that I can’t stop using. The idea is you add a tool bar on your internet browser that has a button. That one button will keep you occupied for hours. Every time you click the “Stumble!” button, it sends you to a new website. You vote (with the ... More About: Internet Marketing , Stumble , Blog Marketing , Compete , Guerrilla Marketing
Will the Valley Sweep the Crunchies?
2007-12-04 12:55:00 Well, of course they will. Early last month I wrote an article on how The Crunchies would be a great source of publicity for a new startup. The nominations have opened for the 20 awards and will close at 12 PST on December 12th. You can nominate any startup if they meet the criteria per ... More About: Internet Marketing , Valley , Sweep
Reader Question: Why Do (Internet) Businesses Fail?
2007-12-03 08:55:00 If you research why businesses fail on Google, most of the answers have to do with money management or founder experience issues. These explanations seem to be focused on more traditional brick and mortar (B&M) businesses. Since this blog is written by those with internet business experience, it will focus on why internet businesses fail. ... More About: Internet , Question , Reader , Businesses , Sine
rssHugger.com - Link Building Strategy
2007-11-28 17:15:00 rssHugger.com is a new site that brings bloggers and readers together with “a unique easy-to-use way to promote their blogs by sending them traffic, building backlinks for search engine optimization, as well as attracting new rss subscribers if the content is interesting to the reader.” What is impressive is the link building strategy rssHugger implements, ... More About: Building , Internet Marketing , Strategy , Link Building , Blog Marketing
The 2008 Startup Marketing Plan
2007-11-27 14:55:00 Have you started your 2008 Marketing Plan yet? If you are lucky enough to actually have a marketing budget, you need to plan where to spend it. Most startups do not bother with such nonsense, there are more important tasks to complete. It is nice to have an established (working) plan so you can ... More About: Webmaster Tools , Internet Marketing , Links , Adwords
Microsoft Launches Webmaster Tools
2007-11-20 10:00:00 Microsoft has launched a Webmaster Tools program to match Google’s Webmaster Tools . While it is not as feature heavy as Googles tool, it is a start and better than Yahoo’s Site Explorer. Adding your site and verification is simple as adding a meta tag to your header. Microsoft does not provide a great deal of information. ... More About: Microsoft , Aster
TheFunded.com - New School Linkbait Or Old School PR Trick?
2007-11-16 10:55:00 TheFunded.com has been a big deal in the startup world. It allows entrepreneurs to write about their experiences meeting with venture capitalist while staying anonymous. TheFunded.com has become such a big deal because no one knew who was behind it. That and most of the reviews were negative, aggravating named VCs. The suspense ... More About: School , Trick , Old School , Guerrilla Marketing
Adwords GeoTargeting Doesn?t GeoTarget (to my Embarrassment)
2007-11-15 16:10:00 While I was in Ohio on business I was searching keywords in Google as I was explaining the purpose of Adwords GeoTargeting. Of course it was the perfect time for GeoTargeting to not target per my geo(graphy). I had recently launched an Adwords campaign targeting New York (the state) in a rather competitive market, lets call ...
Does Your Business Have a Facebook Page Yet?
2007-11-13 19:40:00 If not, you better register your Facebook Page . The Facebook Pages for businesses are like domain names. I’m not positive how Facebook will police members that make pages for popular companies or products, but you should at least register your names and products before anyone else can. The best part, it is free. Once you set up ... More About: Business , Internet Marketing , Domains
Adwords Adds CPC for Site-Targeting?Finally
2007-11-12 10:45:00 Adwords has provided some great news for startups looking to expand their CPC spend. Many businesses pick the low hanging fruit in CPC and soon need to find new avenues to expand. I have tested the site-targeted option in Adwords with poor results. A site-targeted campaign (now called Placement-Targeted) is used to place an ad ... More About: Google , Site , Adwords , Finally , Targeting
Should Startups Use Facebook?s New Ad Platforms?
2007-11-08 12:45:00 Earlier this week Facebook announced a set of new advertising options for businesses. With many big corporations already signed up, are these new advertising platforms beneficial for startup companies? The first thing you have to consider is your target market. If you believe that you have an audience on Facebook, please continue reading. The one product ... More About: Internet Marketing , Startups , Guerrilla Marketing , Platforms
Master List of Startup Marketing Tools
2007-11-07 08:30:00 Aaron Wall of SEOBook has compiled a horizontal hierarchical map of all the tools you need for internet marketing, or as Aaron calls it, “Internet Marketing Made Easy“. The more I look at the map it looks like a set of tools to launch a site….all you need is an idea. More About: Tools , Marketing Tools , List , Startup
Need Publicity for you Startup? Try the Crunchies.
2007-11-06 18:52:00 Four of the largest blog networks in the startup industry have come together to form the Crunchies. TechCrunch, GigaOm, Read/WriteWeb and VentureBeat have created a community nominated competition for startups. It is hard to get your startup in these blogs, winning their award will give you a significant boost in not only PR, but in customers. ... More About: Internet Marketing , Publicity , Startup
Entertaining (Free) Keyword Tools
2007-11-05 11:45:00 Keyword research can be tedious and time consuming but extremely important. You know all the traditional (free) keyword tools: Keyword Discovery (one of my favorite) Wordtracker Adwords External Keyword Tool While I would like to argue that you have better things to do when launching a startup, keyword research is critical. The following tools represent keyword information in ... More About: Tools , Internet Marketing , Free , Keyword
When was the Last Time You ?Visited? Your Site?
2007-11-01 08:30:00 I spent the last week going through a site that has been up for over a year. I went through the site as the customer. What I found was scary: Product confusion. Poor Search results. Differing messages to members. The great part about working with a startup is being able to make changes and shift strategies quickly. The ... More About: Time , Site , The Last
Another way to Get Microsoft?s Gatineau Analytics Tool
2007-10-31 00:14:00 If you have tried to join the beta for Microsoft ’s new Gatineau Anal ytics Tool without any luck, I have good news. The new beta round is starting, the only catch is you have to be an advertiser with adCenter, the Microsoft version of Google Adwords. This might be a small obstacle if you currently do not ...
How to Get A New Site Indexed by Search Engines
2007-10-29 09:30:00 You just launched a new site for your startup and you are ready for the traffic to flow. Lets not fight the obvious, being indexed by Google (and to a lesser extent Yahoo) is important for future traffic goals. The common rule of thumb is if a website is linking to your new startup site, ... More About: Search Engines , Webmaster Tools , Search , Site
Google Obviously Doesn?t Use Their New SiteLinks Tool
2007-10-23 13:30:00 The Adwords crew missed the Google Webmaster Central Blog post about the new SiteLinks tool in Webmaster Tool s. Or they have a real love for the Mozilla FireFox Start Page. More About: Elinks
SEO Theory - Our New Favorite Blog
More articles from this author:2007-10-22 12:30:00 StartupHustle doesn’t usually discuss the blogs we read. All sites under “Marketing Sites” and “Startup Sites” to the right are actual sites we use/read but we have found a new blog that we cant stop reading. SEO Theo ry - SEO Theory and Anaylsis Blog SEO Theory describes itself as “Search engine optimization theory focuses on algorithm ... More About: Favorite , Favor 1, 2, 3 |
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