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What You Should Know Before Seeking Funding

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

While presenting the ThemBid.com concept to a group of CEO's, City Officials and University Faculty, I had the pleasure to meet the President of the Inland Empire Network of the Tech Coast Angels, Michael Napoli. He shared some key factors that investors look for when funding a startup. Following is ...

12 Keys to Mobile SEO Optimization

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

As we start plans for developing a mobile version of ThemBid.com I can across some great tips on how to optimize your web site for mobile SEO. The information was taken and consolidated from Stephen Wellmans editiorial in this weeks Grok on Google newsletter.

A Networking Approach That Always Works

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

I have tried many different approaches when networking based on advice from others and ideas that I have read. Finally I have found the best way to approach the following business networking scenarios: You are at some networking event and you are making contact for the first time with some ...

What Advertising to Buy for $3000?

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

Recently we conducted an e-mail blast campaign with the L.A. Times within the city of Riverside. Over 20,000 e-mails were sent and we received a 6% return. That return was measured in people who clicked on any of the links landing at our website. There were three people who registered. ...

Face Recognition = Brand Recognition [A Chamber Story...]

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

Yesterday evening, four ThemBid.com team members attended the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce's New Member Reception in Downtown Riverside. The name of the event is a little misleading because current Chamber members also come to this event, although the majority of the attendees are new members. We were ...

DiggEffect vs SlashDotted

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Assuming you can't get both simultaneously, although that would be an interesting test for any server, which one is easier to obtain for a small startup looking to get exposure? In a previous post I talked about some strategies to get to the front page of Digg.com, and in fact ...

The Value of a Unique Visitor - Ten Resources

Monday, June 18th, 2007

I was having dinner with an investor who survived the dot com bust and he was telling our team how on "the street" the value of a unique visitor is approximately $1,000. That prompted me to further investigate. Following are some resources I found that can help you make your ...

The Holy Grail - Quest to Reach the Front Page of Digg.com

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

Similar to finding the holy grail, I have thus far found reaching the front page of Digg.com an elusive feat. So I began a quest... I have scoured the Internet looking for the one true answer... the result... this list of resources aimed at finding any webmasters dream... how to ...

What Are the Top Social Networking Sites?

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

Currently I submit my blogs to at least Digg.com, Stumbleupon.com, Netscape.com, Del.icio.us and Reddit.com. The top three consistently (according to our logs) is Digg.com, Stumbleupon.com and Netscape.com. It's notable to mention that Google ranks above Stumbleupon.com (for us) but that is due to search not submission to Google bookmarks. Some ...

A Guide to Drive Traffic to Your Website for Free

Friday, June 15th, 2007

One of the most frequently asked questions I get after building a website for a client is "How do I get people to come to my site?". The next thing they usually say is "I have no budget". So this simple guide is for those people who have a website ...