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Digital disruptors imagining a new economic paradigm
Dizzion Denver | Since 2011 Dizzion Inc. is a global provider of end-user computing services, including cloud-delivered Desktops as a Service (DaaS), paired with complementary offerings such as secure endpoints, application delivery and storage. DEFINING INNOVATION: The company’s virtual storage appliance with a propr[...]
Best of Colorado 2017 – Professional services
Professional Services are organizations that offer customized, knowledge-based services to clients, representing a wide range of industries, specialties and areas of the economy BEST MARKETING + ADVERTISING AGENCY ZENMAN Keith Roberts (a Buddhist) founded Zenman in 1998. The firm offers everything from creative print ads to[...]
Dynamic duos: Jacqueline Ros and Andrea Perdomo
(Editor's note: This is one of ColoradoBiz's “dynamic duos” of Colorado business, who reflect on their working relationships, what brought them together and where they’re going.) Jacqueline Ros and Andrea Perdomo Revolar They say mixing business and pleasure can pose hazards, but if we travel back to [...]
Scott Schaible’s latest startup connects athletes with fans
Scott Schaible has played founder more than a couple times. After an early stint in the nation’s capital working on high-profile political campaigns, he came to Colorado and started a public relations firm, followed by two pet projects. His latest venture, Like A Pro, connects professional athletes to their fans. We sat down [...]
GroundFloor Media launches sister agency
GroundFloor Media (GFM), a Denver-based PR agency, has launched a sister agency – CenterTable. The new agency will work closely with clients to create direct connections through social media, digital advertising, website design and development, search engine optimization (SEO), video production and creative content development.[...]
Blogging made easy: Top 5 ways to create business content
As a business owner, I know firsthand that blogging is necessary to connect with customers, share expertise and increase SEO. I’ve also learned, however, just how difficult it can be to come up with unique and interesting content for my business blog month after month. My company, Transcription Outsourcing, LLC, provides trans[...]
Five reasons for website traffic's ups and downs
Have you ever looked at your website performance and wondered why your web traffic dipped so significantly in November compared with October or other peak traffic months? Fluctuations in web traffic can be alarming, but they’re totally normal. Having a better understanding of the causes behind changes in web traffic can help B2[...]
AllProWebTools releases new small business management suite
Fort Collins-based AllProWebTools has released version 4.0 of its small business management suite. The AllProWebTools 4 includes 50 new features, all of which came from the suggestions of current small users of the growing all-in-one small business management platform. The most requested features added to AllProWebTools 4 include: L[...]
Marketing in the real estate industry
Marketing is imperative for the real estate industry. Without marketing, projects do not get sold, land stays on the market and people do not visit the final development. Real estate sales activity and user engagement cannot and does not rely on, “If we build it, they will come.” As a marketing professional in the indust[...]
Nurturing your company’s workaholic:
Every company has a team of hardworking people whose job it is to build business and promote growth. But each business has only one employee that works non-stop, around the clock, without ever needing a break: its website. And yet some websites don’t tell a positive story about the businesses they represent. Maybe they’re bea[...]
Falling out of love with being CEO
I was a CEO once. In my first real company, Feld Technologies, there were two founders – me and Dave Jilk. I was president (we didn’t use the CEO title then, but as the president, I was the “chief executive officer”) and Dave was vice president. As we grew, other people had different titles, but the two of us ran the busine[...]
Protecting against growing cyber threats
It is commonplace to read about large companies such as banks and retail chains being targeted for cyber security intrusions, but what many business owners do not realize is that small- and mid-sized companies throughout the country are being hit by similar cyber attacks. Businesses of all sizes are regularly being victimized, an[...]
Colorado Companies to Watch 2014: Infrastructure engineering
INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING Armstrong Steel Corp. armstrongsteel.com Greenwood Village Portrait: Founded in 2007, Armstrong Steel sells, designs, engineers and delivers steel building materials including mini-storage units. Through its network of preferred fabricators, the Greenwood Village-based company offers steel building[...]
Internet marketing and trademark trouble
In the not so distant past, marketing and advertising a business was a particularly challenging and daunting task. Local businesses relied heavily on Yellow Pages advertising, radio and television. They had to decide how large a listing, under what categories to be listed, and/or how comprehensive a broadcast campaign they could af[...]
GenXYZ: Matt Rowe, 36
Rowe identifies himself as a “serial entrepreneur.” In a nutshell, what does a senior partner at an outsourced business development firm do? The Carruthers Group is a face-to-face SEO company. We figure out what our clients really need, perhaps why they’re stagnant in growth. Then we put a team in place, go out [...]
Why the fence was backward
We had a real nice customer last week ... and put her fence in backward. She wanted the smooth side in to the yard, but we reversed it. Ugh. It was entirely my fault. She and I had talked (over the phone) about which way to face the darn thing; but when I asked, “Pickets out?” and she agreed, we pictured different outcomes.[...]
B2B sales and marketing trends for 2014
In the rapidly evolving B2B arena, knowing the key trends can help you refine, adjust or enhance your strategy. For B2B sales and marketing professionals who want to improve their practice and results, one of the best things about the holidays is using some of those slower days to reflect on progress, review the achievements and [...]
SEO for TECBOs
When you own a business, you get calls. Lots and lots of calls. Some are good—like maybe you won the Johnson account or just sold 1,000 “We Love America” shirts to Canadian Tire—but often, it’s just some random guy offering to build you a website or re-bore your pan flute. Realistically, very few of the services being haw[...]
Tech startup: LinkSmart Inc.
INITIAL LIGHT BULB Pete Sheinbaum, LinkSmart’s founder and CEO, cut his online entrepreneurial teeth with E! Online before dodging the dot-bomb by connecting with DailyCandy in 2000. He worked as COO and CEO for the women’s lifestyle e-blast and left after Comcast acquired it in 2008. Along the way, Sheinbaum learned a pow[...]
Become your own boss in three easy steps
Let’s face it: you probably don’t like your job. Most likely you’ve thought about starting a business to get yourself a better boss or better hours or more money. Turns out, you may just have to. The way the job market is going, more and more Americans are becoming contract employees. Soon, we’ll all be self-employed. E[...]
