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Startups Stick with Organic vs Paid Search Results

Startup Professionals Musings

Other PPC experts will track your campaign from click to transaction, providing you with detailed reports on and return on investment (ROI). For credibility with investors, stick to the organic SEO model and other revenue streams until you have the high traffic to survive on PPC revenue. Marty Zwilling.

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Guerilla Marketing, Brad Feld Style

InfoChachkie

Rejecting the paint-by-numbers approach to corporate communications deployed by most marketing executives, Brad has embraced unconventional guerilla marketing tactics to help establish his venture capital firm, Foundry Group, as a thought leader in early-stage tech investing. companies should… focus on building amazing products.

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

Both Sides of the Table

SEO / SEM are promotional techniques for marketing through the Google distribution channel, which have yielded huge benefits to many companies – Yelp being a prime example. When I first started blogging Digg was still at its peak. Having a high position can make a huge difference to “organic” downloads.

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

How many adds came through organic SEO? How many through SEM? per click on an SEM basis this is NOT your cost to acquire a customer – you need to add conversion rate. How many social networks, picture sharing sites, new aggregators or blogs can we really spend time on? How many through affiliate deals? In 6 months?

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Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

Both Sides of the Table

The reason one would accept losses is when they are investments in fueling faster growth. So if you paid $100 for a customer who converted via a Facebook ad or Google search ad (SEM) that is not your CAC. I have been shouting it from mountaintops to companies I’ve invested in for years. But LTV / CAC is just one measure.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

InfoChachkie

Unattributed – There is no such thing as organic customers. However, Search Engine Management (SEM) is not a “set and forget” exercise. You must apply dedicated resources to your SEM efforts, either in-house or via a trusted third-party partner, in order to maximize customers acquired from this channel. It does not happen.

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

Both Sides of the Table

We spoke about the changes to an “accredited investor&# proposed by Chris Dodd – This would be bad for angel investing. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups. SocialVibe – Social media monetization platform that benefits non-profit organizations and social causes. Short answer: no.