Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Content is a “hits driven business” and therefore you can only invest in platforms not media. The point isn’t to “build a business on YouTube” but rather to use YouTube as a marketing platform to build a video business that works across many platforms. But you don’t need to spend money on SEM.

SEM 150

SEM Content Platform Acquisition 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Concentrate your efforts on two to three platforms to start. Add a blog to give yourself a voice, show your expertise, but skip the sales pitch. Your plan should include a well-designed web site, events, press releases, and search engine marketing (SEM). Top social networks are Facebook (1.2 billion users).

Social Media 108

Social Media Media Startup Tips 108

socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2013

We partnered with a big management platform, integrated in our back end, and scaled out our keywords exponentially. We grew our SEM and improved our ROI. We also weren''t leveraging social platforms, so we expanded our presence on sites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram. That''s not what our partners want.

Pricing 256

Pricing Sites Marketing SEM 256

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2009

Third, is we provide customer care and phone support for orders; the fourth is the software technology, the platform that powers everything. The sixth is marketing analytics, including SEM/SEO, collecting customer names, emails -- we use ExactTarget for emails, and Omniture for Analytics. We're now expanding that business online.

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital SEM Commerce Email 113

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

By now we all know that the largest part of the online spend has been SEM (search engine marketing) where people buy CPC (cost per click) links to display alongside the “organic&# search results in the search engine. further down the sales funnel from CPC advertising where you pay for a click but still need to convert on your own).

Advertising 284

Advertising Invest RSS CPC 284

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

billion in sales and thus controls less than 10% of the market. No platform is naïve enough to allow an outsider to grow enormously large in their ecosystem without an appropriate tax or benefit to them. You may have paid marketing: SEM, Social Media Ads, Banner Ads, email lists, etc.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. Then your apps need to run on the new iPhone platform. Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. Administrative specialists.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Services Search Engine Optimization Startup 106