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How To Make Money Like Facebook With Online Ads

Startup Professionals Musings

When Facebook did it a few years ago, the company used more than $100 million in venture capital funding before it became profitable. This model, called pay per click (PPC), is the one most commonly offered to entrepreneurs. It helps to understand how online advertising really works.

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Interview with Dan Yomtobian, Scour

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Scour is an offshoot of a PPC advertising firm, ABCSearch, which was also founded by Dan. In 2001, I started ABCSearch, which as been in the PPC space for a number of years. We don't have any outside investors, venture capital, or private equity. That's how I was able to fund and start ABCSearch.

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