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I’m amazed that I’ve gotten any calls from my startup website, and I’m in the process of getting some help to improve it thru the small business development center.<br />
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If you don’t mind sharing, what kind of budgets does everyone have for their website upkeep/development?<br />
Also, how many of you use google ads/sponsored results?
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</blockquote>We used to spend about $6-8k a year on website upkeep and development. Currently, we are using Google ads, but with not great results. I’ve never seen real great results from them, they tend to be a bit expensive in my experience. We use a direct mail service that is expensive but delivers great results, and we are trying another marketing company right now.</div>
