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Search Engine Marketing - No Panacea for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on Search Engine Marketing (SEM). Their computers then cleverly merge your ads with search results only when users search words imply an interest in your products. Cost per click (CPC).

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Startups Stick with Organic vs Paid Search Results

Startup Professionals Musings

Their computers then cleverly merge your ads with search results when users search words imply an interest in your products. Cost per click (CPC). It pays only if a customer clicks through AND takes a further action (conversion), such as buying a product or filling out a web form. Keyword research and budget forecasting.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

InfoChachkie

No one wakes up and says to themselves, “I need to buy that product I have never heard of before.” Thus, avoid link farms, mindless keyword content and similar techniques designed to make your site more Google friendly. However, Search Engine Management (SEM) is not a “set and forget” exercise. It does not happen.

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