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The Most Misunderstood Facts About Building a Business on YouTube

Both Sides of the Table

.” You have an “Elvis Presley like moment” where you realize the next generation is already consuming different media than our tastes might appreciate. Content is a “hits driven business” and therefore you can only invest in platforms not media. But you don’t need to spend money on SEM.

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

Both Sides of the Table

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. This form of advertising is know at CPA (cost per action). There will be new opportunities in this value chain.

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Lack Management Support or Buy-in? Embarrass Them!

Occam's Razor

Use your customers and competitors to help you move the ball forward (buy a new tool, hire another analyst, kill hideous home pages, spend right amounts on SEM and SEO, publish rich media on your site, implement feedburner , or whatever else you want). When I say embarrass your senior management that's what I mean.