VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2023

While Israeli startups successes are well known in the B2B space (cybersecurity, enterprise tech, devops…), B2C startups are unsung heroes… The landscape of B2C tech in Israel is blossoming, despite several challenges. Israeli B2C – Let’s start with the high level picture. Much has changed since then.

B2C 148

B2C Generative AI Artificial Inteligence 148

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Freemium and free-trial signups have one thing in common: Neither generates revenue. You may agonize over the decision to choose one path over the other, but you can save that strategic energy for figuring out how to transition more free users into paying customers. Why product-led strategies work for SaaS companies. Free-trial models.

Customer 119

Customer Conversion Acquisition B2B 119

ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

According to the same study, 80% of its customers’ video plays comes from its personalized recommendation engine. Potentially, every interaction with the customer or the prospect can be personalized to a point. Copy-pasting examples from case studies is a doomed endeavor as your company and your customers are specific and different.

Programming 97

Programming Revenue Analytics Software Review 97

ConversionXL

JUNE 25, 2021

We’ll also share when to transition to the growth stage in the product lifecycle so you can drive conversions and revenue off your momentum. Your goal here is to sustain revenue and your position in the market. Decline: New user sign-ups and revenue begins to decrease. X demos booked in introduction, X revenue in growth).

Product 96

Product Social Media Audience Software Review 96

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

They can, however, consistently be grouped into three: (1) Business to Business (B2B) startups, (2) Business to Consumer (B2C) startups, and (3) Business to Business to Consumer. As these kinds of startups serve both businesses and consumers, startups can tap into dual revenue streams , propelling them forward at an accelerated pace.

B2C 120

B2C Startup Acquisition Finance 120

ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2021

In many cases, customers are more willing to give out their info when rewards are at stake, like discounts or sales. But when we took a closer look, we discovered that, even if we scaled our email campaigns, the users who received our emails represented a measly 1% of our overall revenue. Email blindness was setting in.

Email 151

Email Product Marketing Cofounder 151

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In my daily work with ecommerce brands, I see two types of companies: The first type focuses on acquisition and conversion. Overall acquisition costs for both B2C and B2B have gone up by 50% in the past five years. Sooner or later, relying on new customers will break you. The second relies on retention. By traffic source.

Retention 126

Retention Analytics Campaign eCommerce 126

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2012

The startup will then look outwards in the region to expand into, either organically or via a partnership, joint venture or acquisition. Some founders go GD1 whilst still based in Singapore, some make their move to the US to be closer to their users/customers. Consumer Facing B2C. Singapore ) where if you become No.1

Singapore 178

Singapore Technical Cofounder Product Marketing 178

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

By turning those fans into customers, you can create long-term advocates that spend more money and recommend you to others. Edelman’s Trust Barometer study shows that trust is second only to price in becoming a loyal customer. Because of this, it spans two objectives: Turning customers into advocates Improving customer retention.

Social Media 142

Social Media Media Developer Marketing 142

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

At NextView we invest across the spectrum of seed stage companies so roughly 1/3rd of the companies we invest in are pre-product, roughly 1/3rd are post-product but pre-revenue, and perhaps 1/3rd have some very early revenue. You’re obviously not showing charts of user growth, number of customers, or revenue.

Seed Stage 149

Seed Stage B2B Seed Capital Revenue 149

View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

Acquisitions are happening more and more, while companies like PillPack, Actifio, CarGurus, OnShape, Acquia, Applause, and others continue to march forward. These companies are all over the map: B2B, B2C, SaaS, ecommerce, healthcare, SMB-focused, enterprise-focused, etc. Their target consists of SMBs specifically. Next-Gen Networking.

Social Media 185

Social Media B2B North America Media 185

ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

On Facebook, an ideal customer may log on to see photos of a new nephew, not to check out a 30-second demo of your SaaS product. The strategy, according to Google, improves ad recall (and, undoubtedly, YouTube revenues). Compared to the B2C world, B2B attribution faces two challenges: Sales often take place offline.

Video 129

Video B2B Technical Review Campaign 129

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

We tried, and opted out of, potentials for pivots; we pitched for game-changing partners and acquisitions that did not ultimately convert. Even though most of this message was already drafted, we also had a Hail Mary of a final acquisition conversation that closed the following morning. What did our customers think? Some things.

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

This isn’t limited to the B2C space. As a result, argues Andrew Chen , it’s becoming more expensive to acquire customers. A go-to-market (GtM) strategy is an action plan that specifies how a company will reach target customers and achieve a competitive advantage. ideal customer). Twitter : 20% Increase in CPM ( Q4 2017 ).

Marketing 289

Marketing Sales Cycle Acquisition Sales 289

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

What seems to be the best way to create customers and revenue may result in a business model that is out of vogue with the investment world and shortchanges you on enterprise valuation. If you deliver exactly the same results at the same net cost to the customer via a SaaS product, you may get a tech multiple 10X higher.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Nevada Silicon Valley 48

Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2018

And, these trends don’t just apply to businesses selling directly to consumers (B2C). B2B ecommerce sales , (businesses selling directly to other businesses) generate three times as much revenue as B2C, at $7.7 trillion in sales, compared to B2C’s $2.3 Consider the customer journey. trillion in 2021, up from $1.3

SEO 80

SEO eCommerce Analytics Software Review 80

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 24, 2020

Whether you’re interested in selling a website you built from scratch, or want to sell your Amazon-based B2C brand, there are many different baseline factors that go into determining an appropriate website valuation number. You basically take the overall revenue from your business (i.e. Variation of customer acquisition channels.

eCommerce 91

eCommerce Valuation B2C Revenue 91

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

One that reflects the customer expectations of 2013. Start investing in creating the world's most beautiful, functional, brand-enhancing, customer joy inducing website! I have a higher standard for who our customer is. Here is what it looks like: Let's look at each step on the ladder in some detail. Look at the colors.

Analytics 165

Analytics Marketing Channel Metrics 165

ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

Customer interviews allow you to uncover: Why they decided to do business with you; Why they love working with you; What other challenges they have in their business; Where they go for new information. Your customers can provide you with pain-points to write about, as well as success stories to attract new clients.

Audience 127

Audience Non-Compete Distribution Channel 127

Austin Startup

AUGUST 29, 2017

That goes for any industry, location or product; from enterprise SaaS in my home town of Austin, to live music ticket sales in Virginia, to B2C services in Seattle. Instead, you’re likely spending your time thinking about new customer acquisition (increase in volume) or you are thinking about optimizing salary or production costs.

Differentiation 54

Differentiation Virginia .Net B2C 54

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

At a previous employer customer service on the phone was a huge part of the operation. Qualitative surveys were giving the company a read that customers were unhappy with the service being provided. But, pretty quickly customers with painful problems became a personally painful problem for an individual customer service rep.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Acquisition Naming 60

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Company UX leaders are happy to stink less by taking the sub-optimal path of responsive design, rather than create a mobile-unique experience (your customers tend to do different things on your desktop site than your mobile site!). Transactions, Revenue and Ecommerce Conversion Rate. What do you learn from this report?

Analytics 141

Analytics Metrics Mobile DC 141

ConversionXL

AUGUST 27, 2020

Predictive analytics help you understand what your customers are going to buy before they do. *. *. Ecommerce companies who get the majority of their revenue from digital properties would also fit into this group. This may mean more revenue, more users, more referrals , or anything else that matters to you. By Gagan Mehra.

Analytics 90

Analytics Product eCommerce Channel 90

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

This customized approach allows us to maintain a steady presence, ready to support their business when needs arise. We were witnessing, firsthand, the dramatic shifts in B2C e-commerce, and the resulting incredible experiences and benefits brands were delivering their retail consumers. increase not only brand share but also revenue.

Entrepreneur 115

Entrepreneur Czech Republic Retention B2C 115

VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2021

According to Statista, revenue generated from apps (paid downloads and in-app advertising) will reach $935 billion by 2023, and that doesn’t doesn’t include the many trillions of dollars transacted via apps in the last decade alone (think Amazon, Uber, games, etc). Worldwide mobile app revenues in 2014 to 2023 (in billion U.S.

Mobile 190

Mobile Social Media Distribution PR 190

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Affiliate marketing is “a type of performance-based marketing in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought by the affiliate’s own marketing efforts” Think of affiliates as an extension of your in-house marketing team. Carefully analyze your customer and revenue data.

Affiliate 48

Affiliate Programming Marketing PPC 48

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

This concept, according to Extraprise , is seen as real time revenue optimization. In their own words, it’s: “B2C and B2B marketing that optimizes value to the buyer at any stage of the customer life cycle, dramatically increasing the propensity of that customer to purchase.

Metrics 133

Metrics B2C B2B Channel 133

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

Last week, I wrote about Akamai , a company with strong network effects that successfully transitioned from a single product to build a platform that garners over a billion dollars in revenue and is now a core part of the Internet’s fabric. Going B2C was daunting and not in our core DNA,” Kaufer remarked. Big Data meets travel…in 2000.

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

ConversionXL

JULY 18, 2017

Ecommerce companies who get the majority of their revenue from digital properties would also fit into this group. To answer these questions, you need to be able to track a user from the moment they first learn about you to the moment they become a customer. Spending $1000+ per month on user acquisition.

Analytics 123

Analytics Product Channel Retention 123

Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

If you go back to thinking about what kind of company is a great fit for PLG, there are two important criteria: The first one is your target segment, your customer size. Obviously if you target enterprise customers, you usually have a very large ACV (Annual Contract Value) and the product usually is complex. That’s the success.

Product 78

Product CTO Hire Startup Fractional CTO 78

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). Lameness ensues.

Analytics 60

Analytics eCommerce Metrics Acquisition 60

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Regardless of your company’s size or industry, focusing on lead quantity over quality is almost always a mistake for the simple reason that the intermediate result (increased lead generation) isn’t properly aligned with the ultimate business goal (gaining new customers). Where are our ideal customers located?

Lead Generation 28

Lead Generation Baltimore Programming Framework 28

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Click-Through Rate Definition The Conversion Rate Formula: How to Calculate Conversion Rate Bounce Rate: Everything You Want to Know and More How To Calculate and Increase Customer Lifetime Value PPC Click-Through-Rate: What it Means and How to Use It (and Improve It) How to Track and Improve Ecommerce Customer Acquisition Effectiveness.

Metrics 105

Metrics Analytics Marketing Acquisition 105

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

This concept, according to Extraprise , is seen as real time revenue optimization. In their own words, it’s: “B2C and B2B marketing that optimizes value to the buyer at any stage of the customer life cycle, dramatically increasing the propensity of that customer to purchase.

Metrics 100

Metrics B2C B2B Channel 100

ConversionXL

JULY 18, 2017

Ecommerce companies who get the majority of their revenue from digital properties would also fit into this group. To answer these questions, you need to be able to track a user from the moment they first learn about you to the moment they become a customer. Spending $1000+ per month on user acquisition.

Analytics 107

Analytics Product Channel Retention 107

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

Before this occurs, the sales process is a craft or an art - custom-made by the founder or evangelist sales VP. You dive deep into a customer development process, working closely with a few customers who feed you requirements and are willing to trial an imperfect product that is evolving quickly. I''ll discuss each one below.

Sales 50

Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50