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Squarespace raises $300M at a staggering $10B valuation

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Squarespace has raised $300 million in a round of funding that values the company at a staggering $10 billion valuation. New backers include Dragoneer, Tiger Global, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, funds and accounts advised by T. Declining ad rates may signal a reset for startup SEM strategies.

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Anametrix Funding Worth $1.15M

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The firm had earlier announced the funding, saying that it had added Michael Robertson, Fred Bourgeois, Neil Senturia, Eric Otterson, Gavin Mandelbaum and Laurent Asscher to its advisory board. Anametrix had announced the funding on August 18th, but had not released the amount of funding received. READ MORE>>.

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Anametrix Gets Funding, Adds Advisors

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San Diego-based Anametrix , a developer of cloud-based business analytics software, said today that it has received new funding and added a slate of well known advisors. Details on the new private investment was not disclosed. Schreiber is at ProQuest Investments, and Asscher is President of Airtek Capital Group. READ MORE>>.

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7 Ways To Improve Return On Your Marketing Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

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. How many of these lead generation techniques are funded in your business plan? Social-media advertising.

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7 Startup Marketing Strategies To Bring In Customers

Startup Professionals Musings

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. How many of these lead generation techniques are funded in your business plan? Social-media advertising.

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How To Size Your Marketing Budget For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Concentrate elsewhere on the near-term marketing activities (which are also expensive) for this round of funding. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. business entrepreneur funding marketing budget mission startup' A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content). Marty Zwilling.

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I Haven’t Seen A Startup Yet Thrive Without Marketing

Startup Professionals Musings

This means spending more money on search marketing (SEM) to make it look like the buzz is working. Some startups not only ignore this and don’t budget for it, but they actually plan on the free viral marketing to generate enough revenue from click-through advertising to fund operations and future growth. Seed viral activity.

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