Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

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). SEM is sometimes called “buying your way into search results.” For sites displaying the ads, this is called pay per click (PPC). Cost per action (CPA).

SEM 90

SEM Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization 90

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Thus, avoid link farms, mindless keyword content and similar techniques designed to make your site more Google friendly. As long as you have a well architected site that allows Google to properly spider your content, spend the rest of your time and money focusing on maximizing the remaining marketing tools listed below.

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Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

With PPC, the goal is for the search user to not only see your ad, but to click on it to get to your website (click-through), and buy your widget (conversion to sale). For sites displaying the ads, this is called pay per click (PPC). Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Cost per action (CPA). Popular keywords have higher costs.

Paid Search 90

Paid Search PPC Organization SEO 90

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. billion in sales and thus controls less than 10% of the market. You may have paid marketing: SEM, Social Media Ads, Banner Ads, email lists, etc. Market Size. That is how great businesses are built.

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Startup Marketing Study SEO 150