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Search Engine Marketing - No Panacea for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on Search Engine Marketing (SEM). SEM is sometimes called “buying your way into search results.” Cost per click (CPC). Tags: entrepreneurs startups. Marty Zwilling.

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Startups Stick with Organic vs Paid Search Results

Startup Professionals Musings

Cost per click (CPC). All these models start with the advertiser choosing the right search keywords to match user searches. For Google, this is pay per impression (PPI), or pay per mille (PPM) per thousand impressions. The display side is called pay per action (PPA) or pay per lead (PPL). Keyword research and budget forecasting.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

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No one wakes up and says to themselves, “I need to buy that product I have never heard of before.” Thus, avoid link farms, mindless keyword content and similar techniques designed to make your site more Google friendly. However, Search Engine Management (SEM) is not a “set and forget” exercise. It does not happen.

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