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Internet Business Lingo Quiz for Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Many of the investors and entrepreneurs I know still don’t realize that they need to use and understand the Internet, even if their business is not e-commerce. Believe me, the business implications are already critical to your success or failure as an entrepreneur: Blog. Pay per click (PPC). Marty Zwilling.

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Website Ads are Not a Revenue Stream for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

It can be very successful like it now is for Facebook, but entrepreneurs usually underestimate how long it will take for page-views to ramp. Unless you live in this world every day, you are probably as confused as I was by the different advertising models, so let me outline the common ones: Pay per click (PPC).

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How To Make Money Like Facebook With Online Ads

Startup Professionals Musings

When I first took a look at it, I was overwhelmed by all the terminology and acronyms, so I spent some time sorting it out and simplifying it for aspiring entrepreneurs and the rest of us: A site owner gets paid when a visitor clicks on an ad. This model, called pay per click (PPC), is the one most commonly offered to entrepreneurs.

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Test Your Aptitude for Business Internet Jargon

Startup Professionals Musings

Many of the businesses and entrepreneurs I know still don’t realize that they need to use and understand the Internet, even if their interest is not e-commerce. If you have heard the lingo, but most of these are not in your startup business plan, you are already in jeopardy as an entrepreneur: Blogging. Pay per click (PPC).

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Funding a Startup from Advertising is a Vain Dream

Startup Professionals Musings

It can be very successful like it now is for Facebook, but entrepreneurs usually underestimate how long it will take for page-views to ramp. Unless you live in this world every day, you are probably as confused as I was by the different advertising models, so let me outline the common ones: Pay per click (PPC).

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Search Engine Marketing - No Panacea for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

For sites displaying the ads, this is called pay per click (PPC). Tags: entrepreneurs startups. In this more popular model these days, advertisers do not pay for each appearance of the ad, but only when a user clicks on an ad and is redirected to the advertiser website. Cost per action (CPA). Marty Zwilling.

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