Clutter is a service that aims to make storage as easy and as seamless as possible. Directed at solving the frustrations associated with self-storage, Clutter combines technology and human services to provide easy storage solutions at (literally) the flick of your finger. As it stands currently, the self-storage industry suffers from three major problems: inadequate security, high costs, and inconvenient access. Clutter solves all three. Inadequate Security Security is a huge issue, especially when you’re considering storing your personal belongings....

Exceptions exist, but if you check out the autopsies of failed tech startups, you’ll find that those without a tech founder are prominent among the companies that have folded. Some people believe that a good idea translates to a successful business. While it certainly helps, great ideas have fallen by the wayside because the people behind them didn’t have the means to execute. Tech companies are different Tech companies only have a short window of opportunity to launch their products before somebody else gets there first....

Today, Google Analytics is undoubtedly the most popular analytics platform you can use to obtain actionable insights. Apart from SEO, it can also provide you with useful data for conversion rate optimization. Without further ado, below are four ways to boost your website’s conversions using Google Analytics: Look at Your Traffic Sources to Identify Key Objectives In the new Google Analytics interface, you can view your traffic sources by going to Acquisition > All Traffic > Channels....

Vision Recognition When you use big data in social media to recognize images in the pictures, it can give assistance with generating custom classifiers. After uploading a photo, the application returns terms that represent the things it has found in the photo such as events or objects. You can train your app on specific image sets like logos for recognizing customized images in real-time. This method will help you as a marketer to detect customers that are posting on your social pages and prompt you to engage....

We asked five founders for advice on building the best team for their company. Check out what they had to say and make sure your startup teams are firing on all cylinders: Hire Fast, Fire Fast Building a team is probably the most difficult thing you will do. When we hired people, we tried to think about what skills, and previous experience would be good. Most of the times, we got it wrong, but we didn’t keep someone for a long time, that was not working....

According to research from Fundera, the difference between the most popular states for startups and the most successful states for startups varies substantially. In fact, in the list of the top five most popular and most successful states for startups, only one state made an appearance on both. And it’s not one you would expect. Everything’s Bigger Texas is the third most popular state for startups and the fourth most successful, with an average annual revenue of $27....

Experts say that your best bet is to start with a better subject line. Here are some suggestions on crafting the ultimate subject line that will entice people to click and read your next email blast. – Angela Delmedico of Elev8 Consulting Group – Michael Rheaume of SnapKnot – Jules Taggart of Jules Taggart Marketing – Steven Buchwald of Buchwald & Associates – Arry Yu of GiftStarter

This past summer, Techstars Retail completed its first program with Target in Minneapolis. The Twin Cities has admittedly not been known as a hotbed for venture capital — but that is quickly changing. After just a few months, our companies have already collectively raised almost $15 million, with another $5 to $10 million coming soon. This wasn’t a fluke. We put forth a set of guidelines that our startups followed to gain traction for fundraising in smaller markets....

To get more customers, you have to beat the competition – you know this. And you know you have to have a plan for doing this. That competitive strategy plan should include the following 7 steps: 1. Expand your market You do this by either adding to your product or service line to attract new customers or by going to a wholly new market – perhaps overseas. With that in mind, here is what one really innovative group of guys did recently....

However, as you manage a few PPC campaigns, making silly and sometimes not-so-silly mistakes with PPC programs is common. Some of such mistakes include lack of testing, mistakes when creating the ads, click fraud detection, and more. Your goal should be to minimize these mistakes as much as possible, which can lead to savings of thousands of dollars and even an extra 70% of revenue. This post aims at presenting the most common PPC advertising mistakes that can be avoided on your way to a highly successful AdWords campaign....

Influencer marketing has proven to be the fastest-growing online customer-acquisition channel out there, leaving behind organic search, paid search, and email marketing. This type of marketing focuses on people who create high-impact conversations with customers to drive your brand’s message. 81 percent of the marketers who have used influencer marketing have found it to be effective. To further solidify it’s place in the business world, 84 percent of the marketers plan to launch at least one influencer marketing campaign in 2017....

Why yes, you decide, I should definitely apply to an accelerator. But your buggy imagination failed to mention a few things – like, for example, what happens between getting accepted and demo day. It forgot to imagine how it would feel to be on the bottom of your accelerator cohort, or to argue with mentors, or to have a barely-working prototype for demo day. I’m not saying this will happen to you, but it might....

According to data compiled by social media strategist Vincenzo Cosenza, social media networks are have varying levels of popularity in different countries. After doing research into 149 countries around the world, he was able to develop a comprehensive map showing the most popular social media platforms around the globe. And while its uniform victory is far from complete, the big blue F still reigns supreme in most of the world, with two billion global monthly users....

But what about you? How about spending some cash on some tools to make your job more efficient and enhance your job opportunities to pay for those gizmos along the way. For you Mac lovers out there the TechCo Shop has some specials with in mind for you, and seasonably named the Black Friday Mac Bundle, featuring PDF Expert and Roxio Toast Titanium. This is a Mac user’s dream for all the stuff you get for a ridiculously affordable price this holiday....

Indeed, if you can woo a venture capitalist, you can woo a blogger. After all, bloggers are just people—susceptible to the same charm-and-disarm techniques that underlie all human relationships. Yet while bloggers are members of the media, they require special tending. Neither straight reporters nor pure pundits, the blogger is a hybrid creature who observes his own rules. For example, you wouldn’t pitch the Joe Fridays at NYTimes.com, whose practices would make the Columbia School of Journalism proud, the same way you’d pitch the wits at Gawker Media, who aspire to an “angry-creative-underclass voice....

There are plenty of scams online without your own website turning against you. Email phishing scams, malicious links, and ransomware attacks are constantly floating around the online world and avoiding them has become a veritable minefield of cybersecurity. Now, WordPress — a website builder plagued with security issues — appears to be experiencing a pretty serious hack, with a number of its websites sending users to scam sites plagued with suspicious ads....

Which brings on an equally annoying burden: costly recruiting fees. Suddenly, you’re paying for advanced services you really don’t need. This daunting issue has left many mid-sized companies looking for a new resource. Mid-sized companies seeking a new outlet for locating and hiring top talent can rest assured. The recruiter-owned company, IntelliTalent, offers an intelligent and cost-effective solution for the issues faced during the hiring process. This innovative online recruitment service challenges the traditional recruitment model by transforming the talent acquisition process for companies across the nation....

AirHelp is an easy way to get the money people are owed by airlines when flights are disrupted. It allows users to submit their claim though the website and app and takes care of the hassle for the claimant. AirHelp only receives 25 percent of the compensation if the claim is successful. Since its launch in Europe last year, the company has helped “tens of thousands” before expanding their service to US domestic flights....

In addition to FirstMark Capital Bluecore saw funding participation from Felicis Ventures, Founders Co-op, and Bullet Time Ventures with angel investors Max Krohn, Chris Coyne, and Sam Yagan. Also, the Bluecore team will be welcoming Amish Jani to their board of directors. That is, Bluecore addresses a critical pain point for marketers, and that’s integration. The platform automates the process of creating and distributing triggered emails, dynamically reacting to both customer behaviors and product catalog changes in seconds....

From turning your phone into a car key, better options for your photo gallery, and huge improvements to Google Maps, there’s a lot to get excited about. Overall, the new abilities and functions are aimed at boosting integrations, so that everything works together, while adding even better privacy features. Here are the key updates to know about across Android 12, as well as Google’s suite of software products. Plus, everything’s faster as well....