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.

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Lead Generation SEM Viral Marketing 285

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

In essence Muhammad thinks the “growth hacking” is a charlatan term for online marketing that consists of a bunch of everyday tasks that all online businesses should be doing: SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Social Media, Referral Marketing, etc. “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2010

Search engine marketing (SEM). No SEM plan means you are missing a huge marketing opportunity. Wikipedia started this, but it is also used for technical support, software, and product reviews. Facebook alone has 500 million members. Do you have a business presence there? Streaming video. You can use it for your business.

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Internet SEM Wiki Entrepreneur 224

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

The founder explains that the product is so “buzz-worthy” that usage will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. It usually implies an opportunity to win big, like a lottery, or experience something sensational, like an incredible video or free product.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2016

They can intensify brand awareness among consumers, who will be able to access information regarding the company’s products and services more easily. Companies can control and diversify their web presence by creating second-level domains for disparate products and services. New domain extensions are a boon to SEM efforts.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. So I asked Ethan to build his product first and then we would fund.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2020

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.

Lead Generation 365

Lead Generation SEM Customer Marketing 365

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 11, 2013

The founder explains that the product is so “buzz-worthy” that usage will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. It usually implies an opportunity to win big, like a lottery, or experience something sensational, like an incredible video or free product.

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Viral Marketing Entrepreneur SEM 249

Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 8, 2020

Most people will turn to their favorite search engines to ask for tips, search the best products, or browse the web aimlessly. Is now the best time to start a paid search engine marketing (SEM) campaign? A lot of businesses are trying to boost sales through SEM during the lockdown. Everyone else is. Pexels – CC0 License.

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SEM Social Media Search Audience 52

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Test your app store creative, your keywords, your ad spend and your email campaigns, and try holiday-specific offers with your SEM. Primarily market what your app enables people to do or access, and don’t lose sight of your product or service in the fog of holiday app marketing. Constantly experiment. Keep closures in mind.

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Marketing SEM Affiliate Forecast 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2012

The founder explains that the product is so “buzz-worthy” that usage will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. It usually implies an opportunity to win big, like a lottery, or experience something sensational, like an incredible video or free product.

Viral 238

Viral Cost Marketing SEM 238

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2011

The founder explains that the product is so “buzz-worthy” that usage will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. It usually implies an opportunity to win big, like a lottery, or experience something sensational, like an incredible video or free product.

Viral 225

Viral Marketing SEM Startup 225

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

It outlines four major growth strategies: market penetration , market development , product development , and diversification. The goal of market penetration is to leverage new tactics to increase product sales , including existing customers and new customers within existing markets. Product development. Market penetration.

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Marketing Framework Metrics Channel 115

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

I was recently talking with a startup company who wanted me to try their product. I’m a big believer in product stability & performance before adding too many features. How many through SEM? If you have multiple versions of your product, how many are web vs. mobile? Only one guy in the room knew – their tech lead.

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Metrics Startup Acquisition SEM 346

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2010

They are tasked with “getting deals done&# so they race around talking to tons of potential partners inking anything from channel sale deals , product integration, international distribution agreements, co-marketing arrangements, M&A discussions, etc. Similar with product features. Let me give you an example.

Development Team Review 323

Development Team Review SEM Channel Social Media 323

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

You get increasing growth by optimizing the viral loop , and you get revenue as a side-effect, assuming you have even the most anemic monetization scheme baked into your product. Paid - if your product monetizes customers better than your competitors, you have the opportunity to use your lifetime value advantage to drive growth.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

This post describes how following the traditional product development can lead to a “startup death spiral.&# In the next posts that follow, I’ll describe how this model’s failures led to the Customer Development Model – offering a new way to approach startup sales and marketing activities. The board raises a collective eyebrow.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

In product business it is often measured over multiple purchases and assumptions are made about the repeat rates and in the enterprise or services world LTV can be based on churn rates, which are notoriously hard to predict in an early-stage business. If you can’t raise — you’re dead. End of story. LTV is imprecise.

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Metrics Cost Acquisition Startup 150

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

A strong website can help a small business to more effectively market its products or services – even if the small businesses’ customers are all local. Showscase your products and services. You’re selling a product or service. Make sure that you clearly showcase that product or service on your homepage.

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Small Business Web Design Marketing 123

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

A strong website can help a small business to more effectively market its products or services – even if the small businesses’ customers are all local. Showscase your products and services. You’re selling a product or service. Make sure that you clearly showcase that product or service on your homepage.

Small Business 122

Small Business Web Design Marketing 122

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). My general rule is that it’s good to be stealth in the early days while you’re building your product and testing your market. It’s a buggy product but pretty damn cool.

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Early Stage Stealth Marketing Startup 380

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2010

The founder explains that the product is so “buzz-worthy” that usage will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. It usually implies an opportunity to win big, like a lottery, or experience something sensational, like an incredible video or free product.

Viral 141

Viral Cost Marketing SEM 141

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2011

Keep in mind that people are generally impatient when browsing websites and slow load times do impact conversions (getting people to buy your products or services). Don’t forget search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM). Save the music for your restaurant. Personality!

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Web Design Flash SEM 127

emediavitals.com

JUNE 13, 2011

Trending iPad Smartphones Social Media SEO / SEM Paid Content Content Aggregation / Curation Hyperlocal Tags Advertising Audience Development Design Editorial Technology Products & Resources Publisher's Playbooks Industry events Site index. startupcto

Web Development 40

Web Development Developer Web SEM 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product.

Startup 150

Startup Seed Money DC Software Review 150

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2021

You can promote your site effectively by investing in SEM, SEO, generating top-quality content, and even on paid advertising on search engines. You can even think of using some fast learning skills to learn SEM and SEO on your own. If you are not adept at SEO, you can seek help from SEO experts.

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SEM Marketing Campaign SEO 135

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.

Lead Generation 137

Lead Generation SEM Viral Social Media 137

VC Cafe

AUGUST 16, 2013

This post covers how to smart start your startup and maximize the chances of achieving product-market fit. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

SEM 150

SEM Startup Customer Development SEO 150

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2020

Marketing a Product or Service through Custom, Memorable Experiences. In the old days, marketing used to be confined to selling products and services. In this article by Drip Digital, explaining what Digital Marketing is , we can see clearly that it is not rocket science, but rather it is quite simple. Email marketing. Lead generation.

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Entrepreneur Marketing Social Media SEM 260

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). Their computers then cleverly merge your ads with search results only when users search words imply an interest in your products.

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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.

Lead Generation 248

Lead Generation SEM Social Media Startup 248

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Thats the conclusion Ive come to after watching tons of online products fail for a complete lack of customers. Our goal is to find out whether customers are interested in your product by offering to give (or even sell) it to them, and then failing to deliver on that promise. Nothing made any difference. Just put in your credit card.

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Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 167

YoungUpstarts

MAY 4, 2020

There are plenty of products online and plenty of businesses. So, first, decide what your product is and how your product is special or different from others. After deciding your desired niche, now look on the USP (Unique Selling Point) of your product. Is your product really practical or feasible?

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SEM PPC Social Media SEO 136

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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SEM Customer Social Network PPC 64

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

One of my former colleagues, Rob, is an SEM guru—with zero coding background. Digital analysts should also know that BigQuery , a Google product, lets you use SQL to manage Google Analytics data. One of my clients had an ecommerce company with more than 100,000 products. How SQL solves real-world marketing problems.

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Programming SQL Marketing Analytics 134

ConversionXL

JUNE 30, 2019

Ask them to use the words they would naturally use when looking for a product or service you offer. What products or services are offered and for whom? Not only can they tell you how satisfied they are with a competing product or service, they can also clue you in as to why they picked the competitor in the first place.

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ConversionXL

MAY 11, 2017

Ask your customers who else they considered for the same product or service. Ask them to use the words they would naturally use when looking for a product or service you offer. What products or services are offered and for whom? Check the list of presenters and companies running booths at the latest industry conference.

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