Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2017

Internship Title: Business Development Intern Compensation: Paid — $10/hr Description: The Business Development Intern will assist the Sales Team in Prospecting, Outreach and Qualifying leads, and work directly with the Business Development Manager. This position will provide sales, negotiation, CRM and inbound/outbound outreach experience.

Semantic 48

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

But the unintended consequence of our collective lead generation obsession is that the task of actually determining which of the leads generated are sales-ready is relegated to the back-burner. That ultimately results in sales teams being sent troves of contacts who are either unable or not ready to buy. Lead quantity vs. lead quality.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Both of these bodies of work and frameworks for thinking about startups fit really well for funded startups who plan to shoot the moon (launch the rocket to escape velocity and go as far and fast as possible). Tortoises don’t have to hire god’s gift to sales, they can hire someone with potential who can grow in the role. and they will.

Warrant 48

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Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

Today, a lot of the PLG SaaS tools require sales motion upfront because nobody understands those tools. Those types of tools actually require work in the initial days of the sales motion. The success of the foundation is can you get to the first PLG conversion and actually have a user or prospective customer without talking to sales?

Product 78

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Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

The world does not need a new business framework. seconds)" for business framework on Google today. But most of the frameworks available to us solve for divisional silos. Most of the frameworks we have also don't optimally capture the complexity of digital marketing and measurement. Why build a framework?

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ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

And if you are in SaaS, you could certainly work also with the AARRR framework designed by Dave McClure : Image Source. Acquisition segments. Acquisition segments. If you are in B2B, you’ve certainly heard of account-based marketing by now. These three guidelines are recency, frequency and unit of sale. […].

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ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

To have the future we wanted, we needed to shift away from monetizing our open-data community and toward enterprise sales. It wasn’t quite a flip from B2C to B2B, but it was close. While they knew that—and that might seem weird—I did start my career as a sales development representative (SDR) selling demand generation SaaS products.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. But, if they are not, it’s very hard to use paid acquisition to generate that type of traffic for under $5. 2) B2B startups have high margins.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. But, if they are not, it’s very hard to use paid acquisition to generate that type of traffic for under $5. 2) B2B startups have high margins.

Founder 48

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Talk to any B2B marketer about attribution and they’ll either roll their eyes or rant about how it’s important but hard to get right—long lead cycles, multiple contacts from a single organization, etc. If we look at the hierarchy of marketing data, it goes something like this: Acquisition (e.g. What is attribution?

B2B 131

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2018

He is the president and founder of Revenue & Associates and the creator of The bullseye marketing framework and we’re going to talk about a book built on that called Bullseye Marketing: How to Grow Your Business Faster. They have a website, they probably have a sales team, is that kind of where it ends? John Jantsch: Yeah.

Marketing 56

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Some see it as a sales tactic, while others view it as a content marketing strategy. Account-based marketing is an approach where marketing and sales work together to nurture target accounts and convert or retain customers. It needs perfect alignment from sales, marketing, and executive leaders across the organization.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

This will improve customer lifetime value (CLTV), making customer acquisition costs (CAC) healthier. It’s called cross-selling; a tactic that drives 35% of sales for Amazon and helps leading SaaS companies reduce churn. From this small addition to each page, Amazon generates over a third of sales on its platform.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2022

95% of B2B buyers are not ready to buy your product right now. When B2B buyers are considering a purchase, they spend only 17% of their time meeting with potential suppliers. According to Walker: “B2B buyers are discovering, researching, and evaluating products in places companies can’t track.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

And when you finish the demo you can bring in the other important components such as competition, team, customer acquisition strategy, etc. Powerpoint can be especially useful for platform businesses or B2B. Use it as a framework for a dialog not a script. But flip you must – just as in a sales meeting. Mobile app?

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

With the right framework, any startup can achieve this in their industry. Yet, in 2021, Shopify posted record sales, growing 113% year-over-year and doubling in brand value to $828 million. Studies show that only 5% of B2B customers are ready to buy. Customer acquisition cost. Which do you choose? It’s the safer bet.

Equity 94

Equity Marketing Social Media Software Review 94

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Inbound marketing increased the burden on marketing to resolve middle- and bottom-of-funnel concerns previously handled by sales departments. Leads in a demand generation strategy, we’re told, should actually generate sales. What is a lead if it doesn’t have a chance at becoming a sale?). But sales hates the “leads.”

Demand 132

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

I put together a one-page website, a list of 100 people to reach out to, and a cold email script that would make seasoned sales professionals cringe. Today, Grizzle is a full-service content marketing and SEO agency that provides B2B and SaaS companies end-to-end services. Most B2B buyers know this. Image source ).

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 20, 2016

For example, say you need to increase the number of top-of-funnel leads for your B2B company. Now, you have brand new contacts for your upcoming email marketing campaigns and can begin to move them down the sales funnel. Revenue generation: the amount of sales generated from social media marketing. Next, create tangible goals.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

70% of buyers have done their research before they talk to sales, and 60% of buyers prefer not to talk to sales teams at all. In this article, you’ll learn how to use demand to fuel your sales funnel, build relationships, and grow your business. It aims to fuel your sales pipeline , shorten the sales cycle, and generate revenue.

Demand 91

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Over a third of email marketers struggle with acquisition and close to a half say increasing engagement is their number one challenge. Email generates as much as $42 for every dollar spent , and is a top-three marketing channel for 87% of B2B and 76% of B2C marketers. via B2B Marketing Alliance ]. Consideration.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

While I can't know all the goals you should set (and the economic value you should use for each goal), let me share with you five goals that every business, B2B or B2C, should set up in their analytics practice (in Google Analytics, IBM Analytics, Adobe Analytics, or whatever it is that you are high on right now).

Analytics 60

Analytics eCommerce Metrics Acquisition 60

ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

Facts don’t change minds – true for both sales and customers. Optimize for retention, not just acquisition. To understand acquisition you must understand lifetime value. Renee Thompson – How to Win at B2B Optimization. What makes B2B different? Offline sale – typically. Engagement.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

8:53] Introduce the idea of referrals in the sales process. [9:58] Success story features Q and a sessions with successful business leaders, keynote presentations, conversations on sales marketing. And then finally, I think most businesses, particularly in the B2B world, uh, can and should create what I call a referral mastermind.

Technical Review 101

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. Many VC funds rely on general-purpose CRM and sales funnel solutions like Copper , Pipedrive, Salesforce , Streak , and ZenDesk.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Frameworks, because if I can teach someone a new mental model, a different way of thinking, they can be incredibly successful. On paper what could possibly go wrong with creating or curating content with a eye to driving sales or influencing current or future customers? Acquisition is everything we do to attract traffic.

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Analytics Marketing Social Media Technical Review 154

www.rocketwatcher.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Rocket Watcher Product Marketing for Startups Product Marketing for Startups About Speaking Contact Email Posts Startups Product Marketing Messaging Social Media Commentary Uncategorized Marketing Metrics 101 for B2B Startups 13. Rocket watcher b2b marketing metrics View more presentations from April Dunford.

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B2B Metrics Marketing Startup 42

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

To learn more about the Do in stage one please review my See-Think-Do-Coddle framework for content, marketing and measurement.]. It does require working with your CMO, VPs, Directors, IT, Offline Sales, UX, IT, and more people than you could ever imagine. Focus on optimizing your Cost per Acquisition (CPA). It is worth it.

Analytics 165

Analytics Marketing Channel Metrics 165

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 11, 2014

Search Contribution: Acquisition, Behavior, Outcomes! The problem is they over-indexed in acquisition (the first five metrics), only had one outcome metric, and no behavior metric. Data above is for a B2B website with no ecommerce. Do you see that I cover acquisition, behavior and outcomes again? Always do this!

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Metrics Analytics Channel eCommerce 147

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Here's mine for this humble little blog that makes no money except for charity from the sale of my books… It should be easy to see how this brings massive focus to my analytical efforts. They only want to throw up a one page lead-gen form if they are B2B. Everyone should have a well-defined DMMM. Identify, take action.

Analytics 60

Analytics DC Software Review Leadership 60

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Adobe’s recent acquisition of Comscore’s Digital Analytix business adds another product integration to their future roadmap. The services offered post-sale are not necessarily well-regarded and in the worst case may be considered “nickel and dime” – though that may be changing. Account managers can tier customers.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Posted by Philippe Botteri.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

LinkedIn is the top network for B2B content marketers—96% use the platform. This is closely followed by Twitter (82% of B2B marketers use it). . Take Jason Bradwell’s The B2B Bite , for example. . That translates into real business results—a highly engaged workforce leads to 20% higher sales and 21% higher profitability.

Framework 131

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ConversionXL

MAY 8, 2019

He argues that, if factors like price and product quality are perceived as equal, the seller who’s created a relationship with a buyer will win the sale. calls to action and sales-focused product pages alone. But you can’t skip this stage simply because it’s furthest from a sale. You can build that relationship with content.

eCommerce 131

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The marketing and sales funnel is a time-tested framework for mapping the customer journey. For example, a person finds your business, visits your website, completes a form, chats to the sales team, and then becomes a customer. Additionally, gather data from sales and customer services reps. Image source. Image source.

Customer 140

Customer Marketing Social Media CPA 140

ConversionXL

AUGUST 1, 2017

Simply showing the water resistance of the Samsung S5—or better yet, showing a customer buying an S5 and being told by the sales rep that it was fully water-resistant—would have been much more powerful. In larger and more complex purchases (think B2B here), there’s a whole lot more reflection and contemplation.

Customer 114

Customer Retention B2C Programming 114

ConversionXL

AUGUST 1, 2017

Simply showing the water resistance of the Samsung S5—or better yet, showing a customer buying an S5 and being told by the sales rep that it was fully water-resistant—would have been much more powerful. In larger and more complex purchases (think B2B here), there’s a whole lot more reflection and contemplation.

Customer 91

Customer Retention B2C Programming 91