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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

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When I started investing the US advertising market was $300 billion with only 10% of it ($30 billion) of it being online and measurable. One recession later and the US advertising market is about $245 billion – but still only 10-12% is online and measurable. This form of advertising is know at CPA (cost per action).

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The Most Misunderstood Facts About Building a Business on YouTube

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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.

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5 Tips For Startups To Win With Social Media

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Concentrate your efforts on two to three platforms to start. Your plan should include a well-designed web site, events, press releases, and search engine marketing (SEM). SEM is the most common form of online marketing, which increases your website visibility on search engine results pages through optimization and advertising.

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How Luxury Link Is Growing Its Travel Marketplace, With Scott Morrow

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They''re mostly C level executives, and households with incomes of over $200,000 a year, which makes advertisers on our site such as Neiman Marcus, LVMH, Mercedes, Ritz Carlton, and Mandarin Oriental a big component of our business. We grew our SEM and improved our ROI. Have of all our transactions are from repeat buyers.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

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SocialVibe – Social media monetization platform that benefits non-profit organizations and social causes. Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos. Addressable advertisements are capable of being targeted to the individual household. OTHER DEALS. Primarily targets SMBs.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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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. Will a third-party pay (advertisers, data companies)? It it just more time that they save? Efficiency?

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Freelancers Are The New Entrepreneurs For Services

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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.