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Search Engine Ranking Can Make Or Break Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Paid search engine ranking (PPC) is just buying advertising for your business. PPC is sometimes called “buying your way into search results.” 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).

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Startups Stick with Organic vs Paid Search Results

Startup Professionals Musings

Paid search engine ranking (PPC) is buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company. PPC is sometimes called “buying your way into search results.” In this context, there are many parameters and concepts you need to understand before you buy advertising: Cost per impression (CPI).

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Search Engine Marketing - No Panacea for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

In this context, there are many parameters and concepts you need to understand before you buy advertising: Cost per impression (CPI). Cost per click (CPC). For sites displaying the ads, this is called pay per click (PPC). Cost per action (CPA). Keyword research and budget forecasting.

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CXL Live 2017 Recap: Optimization & Growth Insights from 20+ Experts

ConversionXL

E.g. Message match / headline match from PPC ad to landing page. Create a revenue forecast before you even run the experiment. You can forecast what you think your forecast + seasonal curves will look like. How much can a bad form cost you? Preferences, intents, etc. change based on location and culture.