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Common B2B Challenges and How To Solve Them

ConversionXL

From long sales cycles to trying to stand out from the sea of sameness, B2B companies face an uphill battle from the start. While thousands of B2B organizations struggle, plenty are able to develop long-term success. Common B2B marketing challenges. MQL cost significantly increased. So what does it take? Let’s dive in.

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Your B2B Demand Generation Funnel: How to Create One and Mistakes to Avoid

ConversionXL

This value-based model bringing all the right customers to their yard is called demand generation. In today’s market ( 8,000 martech products alone ), it’s easier to attract the right customer with material they value than it is to chase down and convert a prospect who isn’t ready to buy. Like SEO, demand generation is a long game.

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How to Track and Improve Ecommerce Customer Acquisition Effectiveness

ConversionXL

There’s more to ecommerce customer acquisition than increasing checkout conversion rates. For long-term, sustainable success, you must attract the right customers. In this article, you’ll learn how to gauge the effectiveness of any customer acquisition strategy. What makes customer acquisition different from marketing?

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6 Reasons Why Technology Won’t Kill B2B Salespeople

YoungUpstarts

A new report from Forrester Research called “Death of a B2B Salesman,” predicts that one million U.S. B2B salespeople will lose their jobs to self-service e-commerce by 2020. I’ve seen first-hand the growth in the B2B sales industry. Studies show B2B buyers want salespeople involved earlier.

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Is the Lean Startup concept of MVP dead?

VC Cafe

Ditch the business plan and when assumptions are proven wrong, pivot Customer Development: Build a product your customers want (vs. what you think they might need) by talking to customers and testing every aspect of the product features, pricing, etc. In 2020, there is no second chance to make a first impression.

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

ConversionXL

Torment your customers,” Stephen Brown advocates , tongue only partially in cheek. Complex products and decisions—rife in the B2B world—encourage us to default to our heuristic judgment. Oh hey I now have one more spot for client work in Q1 2020 and once that’s gone you’ll be booking Q2 and beyond. Misused, they are P.

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How To Keep Your Company Alive – Observe, Orient, Decide and Act

Steve Blank

Any place with a fixed cost that relies on foot traffic will come under pressure. Your customers will no longer be your customers. Cut costs to stay alive for 24 months. Your customers start buying. Payroll costs/other variable costs. The ripple effects won’t be obvious at first. Unemployment %.