How would you spend a $500,000 online marketing budget?

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  1. #1
    Any thoughts?

    Personally I'm thinking:

    50% PPC
    20% Content creation
    20% Paid Links / Reviews
    5% Banner Advertising
    5% Email Advertising
     
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  2. I-G4L

    I-G4L Peon

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    Well, I would get a better host for my server

    then I would do some Paid Links/ Reviews, Pay people for content and posting, and maby a few PPC.

    Most of it would go to paying for content though
     
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    Hi mate, My part your question is totally theoretical. I should reach the stage of my budget being like this altogether first. I will cross the bridge if I arrive to it.;)
     
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  4. Abhik

    Abhik ..:: The ONE ::..

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    lol..
    You don't have any budget for SEO?
     
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    It all depends on what type of website you have. With a budget of that size I would.

    1. Hire a designer
    2. Hire a top SEO company
    3. Hire a web consultant
     
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  6. MelogKnaj

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    I would spend maybe 1/10 of that on marketing, and save the rest for later.
     
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    You can post a link on my site for $100,000 :)

    That would be a *great* way to spend the budget.
     
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    ..oh... and another great idea would be to use some to hire a celebrity blogger (related to the topic) to provide content and increase the popularity of the site.
     
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    It honestly depends what you are trying to accomplish.
     
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    left blank
     
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    browntwn Illustrious Member

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    All of it on prostitutes
     
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  12. copper12

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    Lol!

    ...
     
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  13. kozyavka

    kozyavka Active Member

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    why not selling 4 additional deep links so that total comes to $500K?:D
     
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  14. I-G4L

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    ........ wow ........


    and I forgot about SEO

    that's a good thing too
     
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    Really if you have 500k you should hire out people to work a long side you who have a good background in making websites successful. The 500k should be budgeted for at least a year and a half but really it depends on what you are trying to do because if the site takes off fast you may need to go for more VC money.
     
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  16. kozyavka

    kozyavka Active Member

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    something tells me that this sort of "what if" question rather a real one. Do you really have such budget or it's just a "survey" question?
     
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    Depends on what your website is about.. ;) I would atleast get a great domain name with type in traffic.. Free traffic from day one ;)
     
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    I'm curious as to the email marketing.
    Do you buy an opt-in list somewhere?
    Otherwise, it is free to simply add an eNews sign up box on the site, and you spam the crap out of them until they quit.
    :p
     
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    If I had 500k to invest in marketing...I wouldn't. I would buy a site that is generating 40k-50k a month and then
    reap the rewards 10 months later ;).
     
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    If I had that much just for online marketing, I'd hire an ad agency to come up with some proposals for me.
     
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