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7 Ways To Improve Return On Your Marketing Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

Indeed, while the rules and technologies for lead generation have changed, Forrester and other experts still see it as the most effective way for businesses with limited budgets to maximize their return on marketing investment (ROI). Social-media advertising. Display advertising. One of these experts, David T. Cold calling.

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OpenX Gets $22.5M More For Online Advertising

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Pasadena-based advertising technology firm OpenX has raised $22.5M The new round was led by Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, and also included Accel Partners, Index Ventures, SAP Ventures, Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Inc., more in a round of funding, the company announced today, via a Series E funding round.

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Autobytel Invests In AutoWeb

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Irvine-based online auto information and leads site Autobytel announced Wednesday afternoon that it has invested $2.5M in AutoWeb , a new, pay-per-click automotive advertising marketplace. Autobytel said it also has the option to invest an additional, $2.5M in AutoWeb as it grows. in AutoWeb stock. in AutoWeb stock.

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TrueCar Gets Investment from Guthy-Renker

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Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site headed by Scott Painter, has scored a new, equity investment and partnership with direct marketing firm Guthy-Renker , the firm announced today. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Steamboat Boosts Chinese Advertising Firm

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has invested in a Chinese provider of online advertising. According to Beijing-based Yoyi Media , it received a Series A investment on undisclosed size from Steamboat Ventures and Gobi Partners. Yoyi Media provides targeted advertising and demographics to Chinese web sites.

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Have you heard? Eyeballs aren’t everything.

Berkonomics

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. And yet, users rave about the service, and spend long durations of time on the site. Remembering the insanity before 2000.

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MySpace, Ad.ly Link On In-Stream Advertising

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Los Angeles-based MySpace and startup Ad.ly , also based in LA, said today that they have linked in an in-stream advertising deal. MySpace said that beginning today, publishers on the site can create a profile and control what messages they would like to insert into their activity stream. twitter tweets advertising. READ MORE>>.