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. Now some never see the people they support, but are experts on the technology involved. Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists.

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APRIL 26, 2016

profitable and companies like Amazon who chose to focus on growth > profitability were not losing money on each book sale (ie they were gross margin positive). So if you paid $100 for a customer who converted via a Facebook ad or Google search ad (SEM) that is not your CAC. Gross margin positive !=

Metrics 150

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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. Do you have specific plans for the raise?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

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. Now some never see the people they support, but are experts on the technology involved. Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur Services Product Search Engine Optimization 89

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Technology costs. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Sales and marketing costs. That’s a burn rate of at least $10K per month that can be eliminated if you are handy with computers and Quickbooks. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K.

Startup 102

Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM Social Network 102

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JUNE 27, 2011

Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). Marketing futures can be really good for enterprise software companies where the information is passed between sales rep and potential customer in terms of near-term roadmap.

Marketing 380

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Technology costs. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Sales and marketing costs. That’s a burn rate of at least $10K per month that can be eliminated if you are handy with computers and Quickbooks. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K.

Entrepreneur 94

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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).

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

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. Now some never see the people they support, but are experts on the technology involved. Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Startup SEM 48

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Technology costs. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Sales and marketing costs. That’s a burn rate of at least $10K per month that can be eliminated if you are handy with computers and Quickbooks. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K.

Startup 50

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

I was in Hawaii, and I discovered there were all kinds of aggregators over there--independent sales reps out of kiosks in Waikiki and Lahaina, out where you're walking down the street at night--offering things like 20 percent of fishing tours, and so on--selling off commissions for fishing and other activities.

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MARCH 1, 2011

You need to be great at something: technology back-end, front-end design, usability, sales, marketing, quantitative analysis, leadership –> whatever. But if you’re not uber talented there is always a “Justin Bieber of technology&# waiting to kick your ass. Girls started appearing to get his autograph.

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