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The Most Misunderstood Facts About Building a Business on YouTube

Both Sides of the Table

Almost every online business I know (eCommerce, online software, mobile games) invests heavily in “customer acquisition” This includes investments often not properly measured (SEO, PR, Social) as well as costs that people measure more precisely (advertising, SEM, FB CPA/CPI ads). But you don’t need to spend money on SEM.

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Many Websites Look Like Zombies to Google Search

Startup Professionals Musings

Another alternative is to buy your way out of the zone with Search Engine Marketing (SEM). If you give Google enough money, their search engine will put you up as a preferred provider for any search keyword you buy. That may be a quick fix, but will definitely be more costly in the long run.

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Anametrix Gets Funding, Adds Advisors

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Bourgeois is currently head of "Team FREDNET", which is developing a robotic Lunar Lander for the Google Lunar X Prize. Robertson is the outspoken founder of MP3.com, com, and also founded Linspire and Gizmo5. Senturia is CEO of Blackbird Ventures, and a notable San Diego angel investor. READ MORE>>.

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

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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. This industry is so mature now that the cat-and-mouse game between companies and Google has gotten sophisticated. Look at Viddy & SocialCast.

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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). Search engine marketing is simply buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company. Cost per click (CPC).

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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For Ethan it came down to two companies – BuildOnline or Google. ” I proclaimed to Ethan, “Google is at $400 / share. ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. “No choice at all!”

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The Case for In-Stream Advertising

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I know that advertising is important to inform consumers of offers – the same reason many tech companies use SEM. At the time Google said it was against sponsored links because it confused the person searching for content – one of the main arguments people are again using about in-stream advertising. Some goes with Google.