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Search Engine Marketing - No Panacea for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

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). Search engine marketing is simply buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company.

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Test Your Aptitude for Business Internet Jargon

Startup Professionals Musings

A blog is basically a journal (“web log”) that is published on the web. Search engine marketing (SEM). This popular form of Internet marketing seeks to increase website ranking in search engine results. Techniques include search engine optimization (SEO) and paid result placement.

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Many Websites Look Like Zombies to Google Search

Startup Professionals Musings

The solution is keeping your site alive and vital, and following basic search engine optimization (SEO) suggestions. Web sites that haven’t been updated in the last couple of years can’t possibly be alive. Contact related web sites that are well known, to request reciprocal links. Web page title tags.

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Internet Business Lingo Quiz for Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

A blog is basically a journal (“web log”) that is published on the web. Search engine marketing (SEM). This popular form of Internet marketing seeks to increase website ranking in search engine results. Techniques include search engine optimization (SEO) and paid result placement.

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The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

Startup Professionals Musings

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K. Sales and marketing costs.

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You Don’t Need to be Rich to be an Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K. Sales and marketing costs.

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Get Your Website Out of the Internet Dead Zone

Startup Professionals Musings

Search engines like Google depend on website HTML tags, inbound and outbound links, and relevant content to do its ranking and matchmaking, and hopefully get your company found and near the top of customer search requests. The solution is basic search engine optimization (SEO). Reduce page load time.

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