Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

You need to be great at something: technology back-end, front-end design, usability, sales, marketing, quantitative analysis, leadership –> whatever. Only after you’ve done all this can you consider whether or not it makes sense to pay for any marketing such as SEM, PR, trade show expenditure, etc.

Entrepreneur 398

Entrepreneur Startup Writing Blogging 398

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

By now we all know that the largest part of the online spend has been SEM (search engine marketing) where people buy CPC (cost per click) links to display alongside the “organic&# search results in the search engine. further down the sales funnel from CPC advertising where you pay for a click but still need to convert on your own).

Advertising 284

Advertising Invest RSS CPC 284

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

However, Search Engine Management (SEM) is not a “set and forget” exercise. You must apply dedicated resources to your SEM efforts, either in-house or via a trusted third-party partner, in order to maximize customers acquired from this channel. However, you are only paid for ads that generate sales.

Customer 164

Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Add a blog to give yourself a voice, show your expertise, but skip the sales pitch. Your plan should include a well-designed web site, events, press releases, and search engine marketing (SEM). Create an integrated conventional marketing and social media strategy.

Social Media 108

Social Media Media Startup Tips 108

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2023

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. It’s also one of the most accountable, with in-depth data provided by search engines about performance.

Marketing 114

Marketing Invest Social Media SEM 114

socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2013

We grew our SEM and improved our ROI. We''re aggressively hiring, which is great news for the local industry, in marketing, sales, and engineering. Also, many of the OTAs essentially own the transaction and deliver only an incremental sale. We''ve been focusing on improving our purchase funnel and overall conversion rate.

Pricing 256

Pricing Sites Marketing SEM 256

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2014

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. It’s also one of the most accountable, with in-depth data provided by search engines about performance.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media SEM Advertising 99

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

profitable and companies like Amazon who chose to focus on growth > profitability were not losing money on each book sale (ie they were gross margin positive). So if you paid $100 for a customer who converted via a Facebook ad or Google search ad (SEM) that is not your CAC. Gross margin positive !=

Metrics 150

Metrics Startup SaaS Course 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2013

In fact, the average spent by Inc 500 companies for sales and marketing expense continues to hover around 10% of overall revenues. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Recognized brands like Facebook and Priceline.com each required over $50 million and several years to get to be premier brands.

Marketing 106

Marketing Startup Social Media SEM 106

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. Tomorrow, a similar change is likely to happen to sales personnel, customer service, even manufacturing and construction jobs.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Services Search Engine Optimization Startup 106

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2014

In fact, the average spent by Inc 500 companies for sales and marketing expense continues to hover around 10% of overall revenues. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Recognized brands like Facebook and Priceline.com each required over $50 million and several years to get to be premier brands. Marty Zwilling.

Marketing 102

Marketing Funding Social Media SEM 102

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2010

In fact, the average spent by Inc 500 companies for sales and marketing expense continues to hover around 10% of overall revenues. Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Recent new brands like Facebook and Priceline.com each required over $50 million and several years to get to be premier brands.

Marketing 94

Marketing Startup Social Media SEM 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Sales and marketing costs. We all know how much costs have come down on computer hardware, computer software, printers, PDAs, high-speed internet access, servers, and security measures. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K.

Startup 102

Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM Social Network 102

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. Tomorrow, a similar change is likely to happen to sales personnel, customer service, even manufacturing and construction jobs.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur Services Product Search Engine Optimization 89

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Sales and marketing costs. We all know how much costs have come down on computer hardware, computer software, printers, PDAs, high-speed internet access, servers, and security measures. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM 94

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

I was in Hawaii, and I discovered there were all kinds of aggregators over there--independent sales reps out of kiosks in Waikiki and Lahaina, out where you're walking down the street at night--offering things like 20 percent of fishing tours, and so on--selling off commissions for fishing and other activities.

Activity 164

Activity Startup Sites Web 164

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2016

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. It’s also one of the most accountable, with in-depth data provided by search engines about performance.

Customer 60

Customer Custom Marketing Social Media 60

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 24, 2013

For about 50 years, (…cough M) Ad Men, or marketing and sales individuals, have been the kings of organizational hierarchy … and then came the Internet of things and engineers took over the throne. He and his team didn’t stop there… they dug into SEM and affiliates among other practices in their toolkits.

Hulu 111

Hulu Startup Social Media Organization 111

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2018

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. It’s also one of the most accountable, with in-depth data provided by search engines about performance.

Social Media 55

Social Media SEM Startup Advertising 55

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. Tomorrow, a similar change is likely to happen to sales personnel, customer service, even manufacturing and construction jobs.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Startup SEM 48

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. Sales and marketing costs. We all know how much costs have come down on computer hardware, computer software, printers, PDAs, high-speed internet access, servers, and security measures. Skip the IT consultants and build an entry website yourself to save $50K.

Startup 50

Startup High Tech Search Engine Optimization SEM 50

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

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. If you look at the storage market I referenced above, the largest player – Public Storage – does about $2.4 The top 5 players combined control less than 25% of the market.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

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). Both have the same end goal of getting people to your website.

Paid Search 90

Paid Search PPC Organization SEO 90

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Sales – Many publishers, including Grit, encouraged newspaper boys to create new routes and expand existing ones by aggressively selling subscriptions to non-subscribers. This pay-per-newspaper formula directly rewarded the children’s sales efforts and sparked a life-long entrepreneurial fire in generations of newspaper boys.

Web 2.0 222

Web 2.0 Web Sales Outsource Development 222

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2009

The sixth is marketing analytics, including SEM/SEO, collecting customer names, emails -- we use ExactTarget for emails, and Omniture for Analytics. We have several hundred thousand shoppers as part of our email database, and we do two-day, private sales for designer brands, which are 60-70% off from retail.

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital SEM Commerce SEO 113