Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

What most people don’t realize is, according to recent statistics , despite top positioning, only a quarter of sites selected comes from paid search. Paid search engine ranking (PPC) is just buying advertising for your business. PPC is sometimes called “buying your way into search results.” Cost per click (CPC).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2011

One of the biggest red flags I see in many Internet-related business plans today is advertising as the initial revenue stream, or a key part of it. The most challenging time is your first couple of years, when your site is unknown, and your page-views are low. Advertisers do not pay for each ad view, but only when the ad is clicked on.

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Advertising CPC Funding Startup 90

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

Paid search engine ranking (PPC) is buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company. PPC is sometimes called “buying your way into search results.” In this context, there are many parameters and concepts you need to understand before you buy advertising: Cost per impression (CPI).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2012

One of the biggest red flags I see in many Internet-related business plans today is advertising as the initial revenue stream, or a key part of it. The most challenging time is your first years, when your site is unknown, and your page-views are low. Advertisers do not pay for each ad view, but only when the ad is clicked on.

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CPC PPC Startup Advertising 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2015

To make this work, you need heavy traffic on your site -- probably at least a million page views per month -- which most sites never achieve in their lifetimes. It helps to understand how online advertising really works. This model, called pay per click (PPC), is the one most commonly offered to entrepreneurs.

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Advertising PPC CPC Sites 99

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Search engine marketing is simply buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company. In this context, there are many parameters and concepts you need to understand before you buy advertising: Cost per impression (CPI). Cost per click (CPC). Cost per action (CPA).

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SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90