Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

One of the investment themes I’ve been focused on in the past 3 years has been Performance-Based Marketing. When I started investing the US advertising market was $300 billion with only 10% of it ($30 billion) of it being online and measurable. I hope to announce one investment in this space in the next few months.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

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). Both have the same end goal of getting people to your website.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

Cost per click (CPC). Other PPC experts will track your campaign from click to transaction, providing you with detailed reports on and return on investment (ROI). For Google, this is pay per impression (PPI), or pay per mille (PPM) per thousand impressions. You may be getting great traffic, but poor conversions.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

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. Affiliates invest the up-front marketing expenses required to attract customers.

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