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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

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If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. SEO / SEM are promotional techniques for marketing through the Google distribution channel, which have yielded huge benefits to many companies – Yelp being a prime example. When I first started blogging Digg was still at its peak. Underbelly.

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Guerilla Marketing, Brad Feld Style

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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="[link] frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> The catalyst for Brad’s evolving view of marketing was THIS blog entry by Chris Moody in which he pointed out that much of Foundry Group’s thought leadership efforts are essentially a form of guerilla marketing.

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Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

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And even when calculated correctly often CAC’s are assumed to be constant but of course they’re not. So if you paid $100 for a customer who converted via a Facebook ad or Google search ad (SEM) that is not your CAC. Of course this is an imprecise science which is why you measure both methods.

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

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You’ll have no idea when you’re off course. How many through SEM? per click on an SEM basis this is NOT your cost to acquire a customer – you need to add conversion rate. How many social networks, picture sharing sites, new aggregators or blogs can we really spend time on? How many adds came through organic SEO?

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Sales Kids With Grit – Web 2.0 Paper Routes

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Search Engine Management (SEM) – Search marketing can be performed by anyone with a rudimentary understanding of Google AdWords. The key to effective SEM is diligent and vigilant review of the keywords and their respective effectiveness. . He is also the author of an award-winning entrepreneurial blog infoChachkie.com.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

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However, Search Engine Management (SEM) is not a “set and forget” exercise. You must apply dedicated resources to your SEM efforts, either in-house or via a trusted third-party partner, in order to maximize customers acquired from this channel. He is also the author of an award-winning entrepreneurial blog infoChachkie.com.

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How to Solve the Biggest Frustration Marketers Have With Social

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And of course you could add up impressions by counting your the followers of everybody who had retweeted plus your own. Of course it’s valuable to know how many clicks you drive. If you look at the left side of the graphic you’ll see the easy, traditional measurement of followers, RTs, FAVs & replies. Startup Advice'

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