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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

If you watch the video you’ll see that Jason & I debated whether Austin Ventures or Redpoint had funded HowAway / VRBO … turns out we were both right! WordStream – Provides software and services that help businesses manage SEM and SEO campaigns. Joe Marchese and Willan Johnson are President and COO, respectively.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

Page360 awesome post W3 Consulting Note: you can have multiple domain names: one for conventional (and one for emotional) branding purposes, several for SEO/SEM purposes, and several for Web analytics (where are my *offline* advertising dollars breeding positive ROI?). Keep it up i look forward to reading more.

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The Direct-to-Consumer Checklist

Austin Startup

How will you take advantage of SEO and SEM? The Direct-to-Consumer Checklist was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. What about appealing to a certain lifestyle category?

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Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 13, 2008 SEM on five dollars a day How do you build a new product with constant customer feedback while simultaneously staying under the radar? SEM is a simple idea. Trying to answer that question at IMVU led me to discover Google AdWords and the world of search engine marketing.

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HomeAway Shareholders Find Liquidity in Google Ventures

Austin Startup

HomeAway lives off SEO and SEM, and spends tons of money with Google, I imagine. If you’re a fund that got in early, you could take most of your investment off the table and let the profit ride! The strategic value of Google as an investor can’t be overlooked.

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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc. For example, its always nice to have someone constantly optimizing your SEM accounts, driving down your CPA. But its not really viral growth, even when its exponential.

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Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Startup Lessons Learned

Dont worry about selecting particularly good keywords, if youre new to SEM. SEM only gets at one segment of users, and for a brand new product, you presumably need some skill at marketing in general and adsense in particular to get any useful info. Just put in your credit card. Just load them all in and choose a low cost-per-click.

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