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Test Your Aptitude for Business Internet Jargon

Startup Professionals Musings

Search engine marketing (SEM). Techniques include search engine optimization (SEO) and paid result placement. No SEM plan means you are missing a huge marketing opportunity. Facebook alone has 800 million active members. Do you have a business presence there? Viral marketing.

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Internet Business Lingo Quiz for Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Search engine marketing (SEM). Techniques include search engine optimization (SEO) and paid result placement. No SEM plan means you are missing a huge marketing opportunity. Facebook alone has 500 million members. Do you have a business presence there? Streaming video.

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Search Engine Marketing - No Panacea for Startups

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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). This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO). SEM is sometimes called “buying your way into search results.” Popular keywords have higher costs.

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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. Completion of these tasks is not the full SEO job, but will keep your company out of the Internet dead zone. SEO does not have to be a major expense. But the cost of doing nothing is even greater.

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The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

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Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself. 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. 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. 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. Sales and marketing costs.

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Get Your Website Out of the Internet Dead Zone

Startup Professionals Musings

The solution is basic search engine optimization (SEO). Completion of these tasks is not the full SEO job, but will keep your company out of the Internet dead zone. Another alternative is to buy your way out of the zone with Search Engine Marketing (SEM). Tags: entrepreneur seo internet dead zone static website.

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