5 Ways Tech Startup Financing is Changing Jed Simon is the founder & CEO of FastPay, a tech-driven finance company based in Los Angeles that provides custom funding solutions for digital media clients. As the online sectors continues to mature, there are more ways to finance your business and increase your growth without sacrificing a large amount of equity. By financing several fast-growing websites, my company has gained a perspective on how the landscape is changing. 1. We’ve all been reading about the series of huge raises that Groupon, Zynga, Facebook and Twitter have completed recently. A web entrepreneur today is expected to make every dollar count. 2. Angel investors aren’t the exception — they’ve become the rule. 3. Even though the raises have gotten smaller, venture capitalist demands have only gotten larger. Control is really worth a lot. 4. Five years ago, the only real options were venture capital and angel investing. Debt (e.g. bank loans) has a great scaling factor for Web 2.0 companies. 5.
9 Digital Marketing Lessons From Top Social Brands The Digital Marketing Series is supported by HubSpot, which offers inbound marketing software that helps small and medium sized businesses get found on the Internet by the right prospects and converts more of them into leads and customers. Learn more. While there are hundreds of ways to calculate the ROI of social media, the general consensus is that Twitter and Facebook are worthwhile tools that can add a lot of value to your marketing campaign. Fortunately, a few big brands have already blazed trails in the digital marketing world. Have some other lessons that helped you achieve digital marketing success? 1. “Nailing a tone that resonates with your audience is of paramount importance,” says Tom Fishman, manager of social media and community at MTV. At Xbox, there are 15 people on the Xbox Tweet Fleet, all of whom tweet with their own personalities and “create a collective voice” by being passionate. Something else that’s human? 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Series Supported by HubSpot
A selection of 50 of the best social mesia blog posts from 2011 Every once in a while I like to share some of the blog posts about social media that have been influencing me over the last few months and with that in mind I wanted to share some of the best from the first half of this year. The blog posts on the list are a mixture of thought provoking posts, practical examples that you can use to get the most out of your online marketing and controversial thinking where there is excellent discussion in the comments. You won't get through all of these in one go but they are worth bookmarking to come back to at a later date as well as following the people who write them. Facebook Copyblogger is a great blog that usually focuses on content but Facebook was the topic here in The Ultimate Guide to Facebook Marketing A good look at Measuring Facebook Fan Engagement Beyond the Like A very interesting bit of Research shows Facebook emotional boost is like marriage If you need a little inspiration The 10 Best Facebook Campaigns Twitter Linkedin Online Video Resources
Installing Canon Picture Styles For Dummies « Marvelsfilm’s Blog Just joking; i don’t want to appear presumptuous ;-) Here is a short step-by-step instructions to upload a Picture Style to your Canon D series or T2i DSLR camera, for those who have trouble figuring this out in a hurry. So a better title for this post would’ve been “Installing Canon Picture Styles for the Impatient”. (Looking for styles? Like this: Like Loading... A List Apart: Articles: Starting a Business: Advice from the Trenches If you’re like thousands of other designers, programmers and other creative professionals out there, at one point in time you’ve considered starting your own business. Unlike most, you’ve gone against common sense and decided to open shop for yourself. And not just freelance full-time, mind you, but file for the company name, get some stationery, and wade through the legal mumbo-jumbo. Maybe even get a real office with a water cooler. This article offers real-world advice from the trenches of a small start-up, and is applicable to designers, web developers, copywriters, usability experts and all manner of service providers. Write a Business Plan#section1 The most important thing you can do to prepare for starting and operating your own business. Beyond the mental exercises, a good business plan will give you a much better chance of getting a small business loan from a bank than walking in and saying, “I like Photoshop and maybe a can do some websites or something. Funding#section3 Good: