Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2018

His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. For new product startups, search engine marketing (SEM) is still one of the most cost-effective and scalable lead-generation approaches. You can start an SEM campaign with as little as $50 today and get results very quickly.

Social Media 55

Social Media SEM Startup Advertising 55

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2014

His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. For new product startups, search engine marketing (SEM) is still one of the most cost-effective and scalable lead-generation approaches. You can start an SEM campaign with as little as $50 today and get results very quickly.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media SEM Advertising 99

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2016

His professional background includes having held marketing-executive roles at big companies as well as startups. For new product startups, search engine marketing (SEM) is still one of the most cost-effective and scalable lead-generation approaches. You can start an SEM campaign with as little as $50 today and get results very quickly.

Customer 60

Customer Custom Marketing Social Media 60

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2014

In fact, the average spent by Inc 500 companies for sales and marketing expense continues to hover around 10% of overall revenues. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Get exposure for your expertise.

Marketing 102

Marketing Funding Social Media SEM 102

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2011

A while back I emphasized how important is to have a company website these days ( Publish Your Website Or Customers Won’t Find You ). Unless someone searches for your company by name, it won’t show up in the first few pages of any search results. Another alternative is to buy your way out of the zone with Search Engine Marketing (SEM).

Google 93

Google SEO Search Engine Optimization SEM 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2013

In fact, the average spent by Inc 500 companies for sales and marketing expense continues to hover around 10% of overall revenues. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Get exposure for your expertise.

Marketing 106

Marketing Startup Social Media SEM 106

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. Make them widely available inside the company and share your most important goals with your board. My experience has proven that even some well known companies are under-whelming in this department.

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Metrics Startup SEO Customer 346

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2010

In fact, the average spent by Inc 500 companies for sales and marketing expense continues to hover around 10% of overall revenues. A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Get exposure for your expertise.

Marketing 94

Marketing Startup Social Media SEM 94

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Thus, avoid link farms, mindless keyword content and similar techniques designed to make your site more Google friendly. As long as you have a well architected site that allows Google to properly spider your content, spend the rest of your time and money focusing on maximizing the remaining marketing tools listed below.

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Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

A while back I emphasized how important is to have a company website these days ( Startups Without a Website Won’t Start ). Unless someone searches for your company by name, it won’t show up in the results. Yet my random poll of a dozen company sites found 25% were missing even the most basic tag info.

SEO 48

SEO HTML Search Engine Optimization Web 48

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It turns out that to build a successful company you ultimately need this strange thing called “revenue” that people don’t just hand you: You need to earn it. Most of this advice boils down to an argument in favor of basic planning before starting a company or raising money. MakeSpace provides physical storage.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

Paid search engine ranking (PPC) is buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company. What most people don’t realize is that, according to new research , 90% of search engine users rarely look at the paid results. Tracking and performance reporting.

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Paid Search PPC Organization SEO 90

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

I asked some of the participating VCs, and they told me their attorneys had figured out a way to keep their stealth-mode companies stealthy.Yes, this strategy is not for every company. Often times when companies raise “bridge” financing (this is money from internal investors. We spoke briefly about why. Short answer: no.

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Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285