crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2016

If you’re moving slowly or have yet to implement search engine optimization (SEO) strategies as part of your overall marketing efforts, you’re falling behind your competitors. If your revenue model is the sale of a service or product, your goal could be to get your cost per conversion below a certain amount after 90 days.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

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. Cost per click (CPC).

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Up and Running

MARCH 3, 2021

It is often used interchangeably with SEM, or “Search Engine Marketing.” The total cost you end up paying is calculated on a per-click basis. The general goal with PPC advertising is to target the right keywords and organize them into effective campaigns and ad groups to make the cost of clicks trivial. PPC or SEO?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Reverse engineer what already works and run experiments over the long-term. Work toward increasing your audience size before moving on to user acquisition or sales. Search engine marketing: Driving ROI from searchers. Running search engine marketing (SEM) experiments requires testing more than just the ads themselves.

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Framework Marketing Acquisition Retention 102

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2018

Here is my summary of the seven most successful lead-generation vehicles he and I still recommend today, despite the popularity of viral marketing: Search-engine marketing. For new product startups, search engine marketing (SEM) is still one of the most cost-effective and scalable lead-generation approaches.

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Lead Generation SEM Viral Social Media 137

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2014

Here is my summary of the seven most successful lead-generation vehicles he recommends today: Search-engine marketing. For new product startups, search engine marketing (SEM) is still one of the most cost-effective and scalable lead-generation approaches.

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Lead Generation SEM Social Media Startup 248

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 31, 2011

I spent only hundreds of dollars a month and covered the entire spectrum of SEM. Even if I restricted myself to things like “code review tool,” the cost is two orders of magnitude more per click, and there’s tough, entrenched competition. And what’s the point anyway? I bought ads for $0.05/click

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Customer Software Review SEM Technical Review 279

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 2, 2018

From traditional advertising to social media, online review management to blogging, search engine optimization to direct mail – it’s all marketing. Without marketing, your business may as well exist in an unlit locked vault – no customers are coming in and no sales are going out. Click To Tweet. Click To Tweet.

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Small Business Software Review Social Media Marketing 73

Transformify

AUGUST 27, 2017

It could be a digital marketing assistant to take charge of your social media accounts, a virtual assistant to organize your schedule across different time zones, or a SEM expert. You will have more time to focus on the strategy and sales while looking for the right project/ product manager, etc. Outsource the development of your MVP.

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Hiring Software Review Burn Rate Startup 64

Gust

JUNE 10, 2012

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

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Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 139

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2014

This combination will almost certainly get your plan tossed by potential investors, who understand all too well the need and cost for marketing in today’s environment. Viral marketing costs real money these days, which usually means adding at least an extra zero to budget estimates. Get exposure for your expertise. Marty Zwilling.

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Marketing SEM Viral Social Media 257

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2016

Here is my summary of the seven most successful lead-generation vehicles he and I still recommend today, despite the popularity of viral marketing: Search-engine marketing. For new product startups, search engine marketing (SEM) is still one of the most cost-effective and scalable lead-generation approaches.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 22, 2022

Search Engine Marketing (also known as SEM) is a type of marketing that involves the use of search engines to promote products or services. . SEM encompasses any effort that is designed to boost the brand’s visibility in search engine results.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2017

This is generally split into two areas, though they’re often used together to some varying proportion: Search Engine Marketing. Search engine marketing is intent-based keyword bidding on search networks such as Google Adwords and Microsoft Bing. If you can make sales work, this is another eminently scalable channel for startups.

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Channel Marketing Viral SEO 118

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2013

This combination will almost certainly get your plan tossed by potential investors, who understand all too well the need and cost for marketing in today’s environment. Viral marketing costs real money these days, which usually means adding at least an extra zero to budget estimates. Get exposure for your expertise. Marty Zwilling.

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Marketing Viral SEM Startup 265

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 12, 2013

Paid search marketing is the paid use of search engines (such as Google or Bing) to promote your product or service. Paid search marketing is also sometimes called CPC (cost-per-click), or PPC (pay-per-click) marketing, because most search engine advertising is sold on a CPC or PPC basis. New SEO Starter Guide From Google.

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Search SEM PPC Engineer 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2015

Social media is now one of the key marketing tools, but not the only one, so the challenge is to manage the resource tradeoffs effectively by constantly assessing payback versus cost. Add a blog to give yourself a voice, show your expertise, but skip the sales pitch. Prepare your staff to deliver on social media requirements.

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Social Media Media SEM Startup 120

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Aug-15: Head of Sales (growth team). We spent a year building a solid sales and growth team before we even expanded our product team. See Also: A Complete Guide to Forecasting Sales for Your Monthly Subscription (SaaS) Business. Cost of Acquisition (CAC): The total cost of acquiring a user through a given channel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2010

This combination will almost certainly get your plan tossed by potential investors, who understand all too well the need and cost for marketing in today’s environment. Viral marketing costs real money these days, which usually means adding at least an extra zero to budget estimates. Get exposure for your expertise. Marty Zwilling.

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Marketing SEM Startup Viral 235

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

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Entrepreneur Burn Rate SEM Social Network 235

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Getting the most of your online marketing: the In & Out of SEM/SEO. As I already mentioned, the cost of playing at Vegas is much higher. You have your room fee, your plane ticket, the cost of eating out while there, etc. on a scale of 1-4). on a scale of 1-4). Why play roulette online instead of at a real casino?

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Software Review SEM Marketing Las Vegas 48

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

They are accustomed to more frictionless buying, easier payments, smarter recommendation engines, sharper display (product images, 3D, HD), short fulfillment time, and excellent customer service. Correctly weighing opportunity costs, or staying focused, allows for broader innovation and potential for new models.

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eCommerce Open Source SEM Technical Review 94

Gust

MARCH 9, 2014

This combination will almost certainly get your plan tossed by potential investors, who understand all too well the need and cost for marketing in today’s environment. Viral marketing costs real money these days, which usually means adding at least an extra zero to budget estimates. Get exposure for your expertise.

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Marketing SEM Viral Social Media 146

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 1, 2013

But marketing, when planned and executed correctly, can also lead to more sales and revenue. In many cases, the goal of online marketing (especially for small businesses), is to directly increase sales by targeting potential customers using different online channels. Search Engine Marketing. Direct sales. Display Ads.

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Small Business Marketing Affiliate PPC 107

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

What most people don’t realize is that, according to new research , 90% of search engine users rarely look at the paid results. Paid search engine ranking (PPC) is buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company. This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2011

Many of the students had heard phrases that fall under Customer Relationships before; “customer acquisition, SEO/SEM, public relations, Social Network, Advertising, Loyalty programs, cross-sell and up-sell” etc., Veritas , the team building a low cost, residential wind turbine. but now they were actually trying to implement it. (If

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

We set sales targets from day one, $300 the first month. Ive told the story of how this desperation turned us on to Google AdWords in SEM on five dollars a day. As the experiments progressed, day-in-day-out we werent making sales. But code written that doesnt help the company succeed is a sunk cost.

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San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC 98

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. They are detail oriented, cost focused, quality obsessed and chasing a big market opportunity.

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Advertising Las Vegas Affiliate RSS 284

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars.

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Burn Rate SEM Social Network Angel Investor 125

mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

Johnson also says that search engine issues have affected the style of names. Amidst all the search engine and domain name drama, consider that names are memorable when they sound good. You're going to spend many multiples of what the domain name would have cost you to create brand recognition. Is It Sticky?

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Naming Technical Review Social Media Startup 94

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I’ve introduced a new class at Stanford to teach engineers, scientists and other professionals how startups really get built. ——————– Engineering 245. What are your hypotheses around customer acquisition costs? General Marketing, Sales Funnel, etc. Get real costs from suppliers.

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Wiki Lean Management Business Model 315

ConversionXL

MARCH 29, 2017

Rob Sobers of Varonis confirms… Rob Sobers , Varonis : “While traditional marketing teams might appear to operate like growth teams in terms of the channels they use (SEM, content marketing, email, etc.), Make sure you have a good understanding of your value proposition, cost structure, revenue streams, customer segments, etc.

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Marketing Distribution Retention eCommerce 48

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Posted by Philippe Botteri.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2008

Or there are people who will get their tech support question answered and as a result not call you on the phone (saving you $50 it costs you to answer the phone). Or help someone learn about your company and then apply for a job (saving you $2,500 in recruiting cost per person!). They use point of sale surveys, what a novel idea!

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Analytics Conversion Campaign Redemption 116

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 17, 2011

A website is the hub of a small business’s marketing efforts through other channels (print, SEO, SEM, email, direct, mobile, etc.). Options range from low cost sites through GoDaddy , to sophisticated sites, with analytics, A/B testing, blogging tools, SEO,and other value-adds from Hubspot. Create Your Website.

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Small Business SEM SEO Social Network 93

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Secondly, why not find ways to increase sales, cement loyalty, and spread-word-of-mouth at the same time? Google and the other search engines are invaluable resources for helping customers (especially new ones) find you. Pay-per-click. purchase whether that takes place on-line or off. Circulars ads and promotions.

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Small Business Startup Campaign SEM 85