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Test Your Aptitude for Business Internet Jargon

Startup Professionals Musings

Search engine marketing (SEM). No SEM plan means you are missing a huge marketing opportunity. This is a marketing program on the Internet that you make so popular it spreads like a virus, like "word of mouth. Do you have a business presence there? Viral marketing.

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Internet Business Lingo Quiz for Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Search engine marketing (SEM). No SEM plan means you are missing a huge marketing opportunity. This is a marketing program on the Internet that you make so popular it spreads like a virus, like "word of mouth." Facebook alone has 500 million members. Do you have a business presence there? Streaming video.

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The Best Programming Languages for Digital Marketers

ConversionXL

Which programming language should marketers learn? For a newcomer, there are four programming languages worth learning: SQL*. Technically, SQL is a “declarative language,” not a programming language, but it has the “ functionality of a mature programming language.”. What’s the best way to learn a programming language?

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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

Both Sides of the Table

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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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

How many through SEM? Do you have a customer referral program? For example, if you have developers, content people or SEO folks working on SEO programs you’ll need to allocate their time / costs to this effort. per click on an SEM basis this is NOT your cost to acquire a customer – you need to add conversion rate.

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How To Get Ready To Participate In An Acceleration Program

YoungUpstarts

Acceleration and incubation programs are on the rise and have helped start and scale many successful businesses over the past 10 years. It’s always good to do some background research on the acceleration program as well as the country culture where it is located, previous to submitting your application. Before you apply.

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What Every Entrepreneur Could Learn from Justin Bieber

Both Sides of the Table

Let me say this – whether you believe in marketing at startups or not, I think we’d all agree that you can’t have a great marketing program around a mediocre product. Only after you’ve done all this can you consider whether or not it makes sense to pay for any marketing such as SEM, PR, trade show expenditure, etc.