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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). Crowdsourcing.

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Website Ads are Not a Revenue Stream for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t count on that to fund your startup. 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. If a startup wants to get the attention of investors, it needs to show large growth, like $50 million in revenue in five years. Face reality.

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Funding a Startup from Advertising is a Vain Dream

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t count on that to fund your startup. 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. If a startup wants to get the attention of investors, it needs to show large growth, like $50 million in revenue in five years. Face reality.

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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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Search Engine Marketing - No Panacea for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

For sites displaying the ads, this is called pay per click (PPC). All these models start with the advertiser choosing the right search keywords to match user searches. That business model doesn’t compute in the startup stage, but that’s another story. Tags: entrepreneurs startups. Cost per action (CPA).

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How To Make Money Like Facebook With Online Ads

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the most popular and least successful models I see in new business plans for startups is the so-called Facebook model, providing free services to users while collecting revenue from ads to offset costs and grow the business. This model, called pay per click (PPC), is the one most commonly offered to entrepreneurs.