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Paper book or e-reader?
2012-01-09 13:18:00 When reading there are few things better than holding a physical book. I read the occasional magazine and was never a huge fan of newspapers but a (hardback) book is by far my favorite. Up to this point I have held off the urge to try an e-reader, or specifically a Nook or Kindle. When I ... More About: Reader , Book , Paper
Does Google really need to buy links?
2012-01-05 15:39:00 The SEO community got all worked up this week when SEO Book and Search Engine Land reported that an advertising campaign by Google for their Chrome browser included links without no follow tags. The assumption was Google is buying links, which is a big no-no, per Google’s webmaster guidelines. The image above shows a link ... More About: Links
Google miscalculated keyword (not provided)?
2011-12-07 10:07:00 In mid-October Google announced that all searches conducted while a user is logged into their account will be secured with SSL encryption. Technically not a big deal, till Google mentioned that all organic searches would not pass keyword data to Google Analytics. Instead, GA would show (not provided) in the keyword column. While this extremely valuable information would now be ... More About: Keyword
Forget the iPad, MacBook Air is the perfect mobile device
2011-11-29 15:26:00 I bought my first laptop shortly after I graduated from college. The problem was I missed the point of a laptop. My first laptop was what they called a “desktop replacement” which meant it had the power and memory of a desktop and weighed about as much but with a flip up screen. This was at a ... More About: Mobile , Device , Perfect
Merrill Lynch Browser Fail (who uses Chrome anyway)
2011-11-22 17:51:00 It was recently brought to my attention that if you visit the Merrill Lynch corporate site using the Google Chrome browser, you would get a “Incompatible Browser Detected” error. That can’t be right. One of the biggest financial companies in the world probably gets hundreds of thousands of pageviews from the Chrome browser every month. ...
USVI rebrand wins best identity
2011-11-19 03:59:00 Local designer and close friend Gabe Shultz won the Best Identity at the CSCA’s Creative Best awards show for rebranding the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) soccer team. The rebranding was a side project that Gabe did for fun. A recent conversation with Gabe was around the strength of the NY Cosmos soccer brand. A ...
Lot18 ? Exclusive deals on wines ? and more
2011-11-09 13:13:00 I don’t know how I first came across Lot18, a startup that provides daily deals on wines. I assume it was an article in techcrunch or another blog. The first thing that caught my eye would have been the mention of a new wine site that offers exclusive access to fermented grapes. When I discovered ... More About: Exclusive
PlumGear.com ? Netflix for Baby Clothes
2011-07-21 06:06:00 The comparison is theirs, not mine. Plum is a site that allows you to rent(?) boutique baby clothes and return them as your infant growths to the next size for bigger wears. I came across Plum a week ago and instantly found it interesting because I have a 2 year old and one on the ... More About: Baby , Clothes , Netflix
Tracking 301 Redirects in Google Analytics
2011-05-17 15:21:00 I was recently working on a site that needed to redirect 4907369 domains to one new site. We had to figure out an easy way to track all of the 301 redirects in Google Analytics . After researching the subject and having issues finding solid answers, I decided to post a solution with 2 options on ... More About: Google Analytics , Tracking
Mac OS X Market Share by Country
2011-03-27 19:58:00 Which country do you think Mac OS X has the largest market share? My first guess would have been the United States with Canada second. I was wrong on both accounts as the US is ranked third and Canada fifth. Pingdom.com created a few graphs based on StatCounter data. Switzerland has the highest Mac OS ... More About: Country , Market , Share
Litmus Test of a Startup. Get Rid of your Marketing Team.
2008-06-03 10:55:00 And this is coming from a startup marketing manager. I have worked on quite a few startup products through the years and I keep witnessing the same trend. The startups that actually solve an issue or provide a unique service, don’t really need my help. I might give the initial push, but the product itself ... More About: Marketing , Internet Marketing , Blog Marketing , Team , Startup
Tech Bubble Music Video
2008-05-30 11:55:00 Here is a great video that “sings” why there is not a tech bubble. More About: Video , Music , Music Video , Tech , Bubble
Startup Marketing Tool - StartupSchwag.com
2008-05-28 19:31:00 One type of advertising startups often pass on (if not ever used) is apparel. Creating t-shirts and distributing them is not only a strain on resources and money (if your lucky to have some), there is a lack of truly knowing the effectiveness. I have stumbled across a site that I wish I had thought of ... More About: Marketing , Tool , Startup
YC News: A Shift From Articles to Advice
2008-05-08 12:55:00 I have been following YCombinator’s News section almost since its inception. I have seen the YC community in action; from the switch of “Startup News” to “Hacker News”, to the disappearance of nickb and his return. It is one of the best sites on the web for startup information. The members are passionate about the ... More About: Advice , Articles , Shift
I Was Wrong About Twitter
2008-05-06 13:45:00 I have been against using twitter since its inception. The only basis for this was information overload. Do I really need another site to see what my friends are doing? Between MySpace, Facebook, personal blogs and countless IM services, I already know every move my friends make. Last Friday one of the programmers at a startup ... More About: Internet , Twitter , Silicon Valley , Wrong
April 08 PageRank Update
2008-04-30 20:42:00 Google has updated Page Rank over the last few days. I have seen increases on all the sites I work, including Startup Hustle which went from PR2 to PR3. Remember that Toolbar PageRank is a dated version and Google does not disclose your current PageRank. The green bar you see is a few months behind. PageRank ... More About: Google , Pagerank , April , Update
Startup Camp - San Francisco
2008-04-29 12:55:00 Sun is holding Startup Camp - San Francisco , May 4th and 5th. I got an invite but will be unable to attend due to other startup commitments. Startup Camp is the “un-conference” networking event to learn from some of the most experienced entrepreneurs today. Since this Startup Camp is being held so close to Silicon ... More About: Silicon Valley
rel=?nofollow? in Real Life
2008-04-25 16:19:00 If rel=”nofollow” worked in real life: More About: Life , Real , Real Life , Nofollow
Alexa Updates, Last Weeks Post Now Less Relevant
2008-04-22 11:55:00 After I wrote about my frustration with Alexa , they did a major algorithm change that rendered my post less relevant. The rant was about Alexa’s lack of calculating major traffic shifts with a couple of sites I work on. Compete on the other hand did recognize the traffic increases. Alexa made major updates to the way ... More About: Internet Marketing , Market research , Post , Updates
Get a Drink with Local Startups
2008-04-17 10:55:00 Depending on your city and the connectivity, it can be difficult to meet with local entrepreneurs and startups. Andrew Hyde and Raymond Angel who have brought you Startup Weekend and VCWear are helping local startups connect on a social level. Startup Drink s was created to (from the site): A simple concept: startup culture in cities around ... More About: Local , Startups
Startup Tracking - Alexa or Compete?
2008-04-15 11:40:00 I often kept track of my competitors traffic movements using Alexa . When I started my internet marketing career, Alexa was the king of web traffic tracking. Then Compete came along, but I stayed with Alexa as that was the most used and excepted metric for web traffic. As I was updating my weekly web traffic numbers ... More About: Internet Marketing , Market research , Startup , Tracking
Startup Hustle now Featured on Alltop
2008-04-14 12:55:00 Startup Hustle has been added to the Alltop Startup section. There are a ton of great resources in the Alltop Startup area including Hacker News (ycombinator), techCrunch, Startup Weekend and Valleywag (ha). I have added a link to Alltop on the sidebar so you will be able to check out all the startup blogs ... More About: Startup , Featured
How Often do you Calculate CPC ROI?
2008-04-09 12:00:00 Last week I calculated the return on investment (ROI) of a large CPC campaign over multiple engines for a startup I am currently working on. I realized that I dont check the ROI often enough, and none of my colleagues at other startups seem to either. When your startup is profitable and you have been ... More About: Internet Marketing , Adwords , Calculate
Rand Vents - Startups and their Lack of SEO
2008-04-03 11:55:00 Rand wrote a good post over at SEOmoz about startups lack of using (or understanding) SEO. I saw a list of blog post that provided startup marketing advice and I was hoping to see a post from Startup Hustle (because I wanted a link from Rand), but I do talk about SEO so I did ... More About: Google , Startups , Lack
More VCWear.com T-Shirts
2008-04-02 03:53:00 Andrew Hyde has added some more t-shirts, this time for startups at Venture Capital Wear. I have added my three favorite below. The twitter overload could not be any more spot on. I wish everyone would just stick with updating there lives on myspace, facebook, their blogs, on instant messenger and tumblr. I mean, do ... More About: Shirts , T-Shirts , T shirts
Do Startups Understand Consumer Research Habits?
2008-03-18 10:53:00 A trend I am starting to see among young internet entrepreneurs as well as more established startups is a lack of understanding how customers use the internet to research and buy. This information is more basic than understanding your target customers, it is common consumer processes. There are many reports written on how consumers use the ... More About: Research , Ethics , Market research , Habits , Consumer
Reader Question: Where can I find Keyword Cost for Adwords?
2008-03-13 15:14:00 There are a few tools that claim they can report the cost of a keyword in the search engines. I can tell you with confidence and experience that none of those tools work. This is the case with both Google and Yahoo. There are sites like spyfu.com (subscription based) that can tell you the cost and ... More About: Question , Reader , Keyword , Cost , Find
Did Arrington Just Kill YC News?
2008-03-11 09:55:00 One of my favorite sites for startup news just hit TechCrunch…which sucks. When you find a really good site like YC News that is a Digg-like setup, the last thing you need is the negative readers of TechCrunch swamping the site. The site has been slow since the horrible article. Of course the TechCrunch article will ... More About: Kill
AlphaLab Deadline Approaching
2008-03-06 16:42:00 AlphaLab in Pittsburgh has now joined yCombinator and TechStars as a startup launch program. AlphaLab’s deal is a bit more enticing since you receive $25,000 for only 3% equity in the company. TechStars takes 5% equity in your company for $15,000 and yCombinator gives you $15,000 for about 6% if you have 2 founders. From a ... More About: Deadline
Google PR Update, In March?
More articles from this author:2008-03-04 17:05:00 I started to read about a pagerank update on some of the marketing/SEO forums but saw no movement on any of the sites I watch. About a week later I noticed two sites change PR (one went up, the other went down). When I first started internet marketing pagerank updates were consistent, about once per ... More About: Google , Page , Update , March 1, 2, 3 |
