Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list. Your Twitter and YouTube messages better match your print advertising message.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2017

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Check your brand definition against the clarity of this one from Xerox for office software. Assess social media relevance to your product or service.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

But yeah, so they definitely made a bunch of changes. Definitely. It's generally whether they have ongoing marketing and advertising activities, they have salespeople or a shopping cart or subscription, and they have multiple people doing things that improve the performance of the business.

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Metrics Analytics Forecast Software Review 75

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Karrie is Chief Marketing Officer at Typeform, leading brand strategy, advertising, PR, internal communications, and DEI efforts as well as overseeing the internal creative studio. So we're definitely changing our language a little bit, as opposed to like, we're a form, we're a survey. Marketing Podcast with Karrie Sanderson.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2022

Paul Roetzer (01:44): The definition I always give is the science of making machine smart and actually comes from de SaaS. So I think the key is there's definitely this nature one, you think it's abstract and it's, it is just the sci-fi thing. Is that, is that sci-fi, you know, how do you, when somebody just asks you, what is AI?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2013

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list. Your Twitter and YouTube messages better match your print advertising message.

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Social Media Media Entrepreneur Metrics 252

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Using Monetate Real-time Marketer, companies are boosting sales while slashing costs and time-to-market. " For major buyers of display advertising, real-time access to the largest audiences on the internet holds the promise of vastly improved targeting and performance. " "Hit it."

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ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2017

After that, the adoption of the cloud as a more scalable and cost-effective approach allowed small/medium business to build CRMs around very specific market needs and establish dominance in new vertical segments. This happens in advertising all the time. Marketing and Sales departments are strongly aligned on the definition of MQLs.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

The website, the mobile application, the advertising, the support, the different screens and features of the product… everything could be personalized. If you are in B2B, you’ve certainly heard of account-based marketing by now. The most basic content personalization could be cost-effective and achieve great impact.

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Programming Revenue Analytics Software Review 97

ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2017

You’re undoubtedly familiar with paid acquisition, as it’s the digital equivalent of traditional advertising. For instance, you can advertise on specific subreddits, which are sometimes incredibly cohesive tribes: If you can make the math work on paid advertising, it’s in infinitely scalable channel.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

Across our portfolio and in my own entrepreneurial experience, I have seen three main sales models work successfully in scaling B2B sales: 1) Enterprise; 2) Telephone; and 3) Developer-driven. 80-90% software products vs. 40-50% advertising products) and company maturity (e.g., customer acquisition cost or CAC).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2011

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list. Your Twitter YouTube messages better match your print advertising message.

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Social Media Media Entrepreneur Analytics 232

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2018

You can get big-time, modern, virtual phone functionality at a fraction of the cost. I actually did a study on this a few years ago, and I looked at 351 B2B companies with 50 to 1000 employees, and there was a huge difference between the software companies and the non software companies. Are they doing search engine advertising?

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Marketing Social Media Analytics Software 56

Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2018

B2B ecommerce sales , (businesses selling directly to other businesses) generate three times as much revenue as B2C, at $7.7 Typically, the customer journey includes the following stages : Awareness: the customer becomes aware of your brand or product through social media, advertising, or word-of-mouth. trillion in 2021, up from $1.3

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SEO eCommerce Analytics Software Review 80

YoungUpstarts

MAY 22, 2015

The Cost Effectiveness. The price of establishing a business website or an e-store is less than half of your physical establishment costs. A physical infrastructure costs anytime more than a website. For B2B industries online market places offer a wide horizon and the advantage of connecting to endless prospects.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 1, 2023

So yeah, I've launched a lot of advertising technology products in my day and recently I joined the Adobe Lightroom product marketing team leading that up. So yes, I've done a lot of launches in the B2B and consumer space, so thought I'd write a book, John Jantsch (02:36): Okay, so awesome. Mary Sheehan (15:10): Yeah, definitely.

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Product Framework Technical Review Cofounder 61

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Create, send, and manage SMS messages, social media, and digital advertising. Here’s what it will cost you: . Here’s what it will cost you: . Here’s what it will cost you: . Here’s what it will cost: . Here’s what it will cost you: . Collect and analyze both real-time and historical customer data.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The important thing to note from the definition above is that lead scoring measures that value of a lead to your company. Sam Ruchlewicz is the resident data expert and Senior Digital Strategist for Warschawski, a Baltimore-based Advertising, Marketing & PR Agency.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

For many ConversionXL readers, PPC advertising is a big part of your business & in many ways it is just as critical to the conversion process as what’s happening on the page. Running these reports is definitely a good way to start evaluating time of day data from a PPC performance standpoint. Exercise: image source.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I've been President of my marketing, branding, creative and advertising firm for, yikes, 30 years. I was on the way back to LA from a ski vacation in Switzerland where I decided while sliding down a glacier that if I survived I would start my own advertising agency. Oh, and I forget to mention in my introduction about B2B.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

That may not be huge for some industries, but for this niche B2B, it gave them the top likes in their category in Canada. It only cost approximately $150 (which included the contest app fees and advertising fees), plus prize costs. If so, then you will need to collect contestant details.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

People saying, “This is what’s happening to B2B SaaS or this is what’s happening to this category.” And so, we’ve seen a product-led growth motion certainly in the B2B space happening slowly. Brian : There’s a couple things about this, though. ” We know that that mental shift is happening.

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Founder Conversion Technical Review Cash Position 36

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

Always adapt to what’s most important and sensible for you (and remember that nothing is free, every measurement decision you make has a cost!). B2B / Enterprise Sales: Salesforce. I absolutely hate how not data driven most B2B selling is. We focus on the better conversion rate definition, divide it by Visitors (or Users in GA).

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Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

They can keep doubling down on advertising with the digital goliaths of today or begin to diversify and invest in other marketing channels, with an eye toward the future. Let's define partnerships in your view because there's a lot of definitions. You say like great for every dollar we're selling, it's costing us five.

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Marketing Affiliate Channel Software Review 90

Up and Running

JULY 7, 2021

You can also focus on providing super fast delivery for a lower cost, giving an extra discount for referral customers, or integrating in-person with online shopping. In a recent B2B study , 86% of buyers expressed interest in accessing visual or interactive content over other forms. For building a brand online, you need visuals.

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eCommerce Social Media Naming Technical Review 149

ConversionXL

AUGUST 7, 2019

That’s especially true for B2B marketers. Yet, according to another study , only 11% of B2B companies have ongoing influencer marketing programs, compared to 48% of B2C brands. Yet, according to another study , only 11% of B2B companies have ongoing influencer marketing programs, compared to 48% of B2C brands.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 21, 2019

And despite what the old adage says, the customer is most definitely not always right. Poor customer service : A report by Forrester revealed that 23% of B2B CMOs view improving customer experience as a top-three objective. Hidden or unexpected costs anger consumers. Take the Volkswagen emissions scandal. Apologize publicly.

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Software Review Social Media Demand Advertising 125

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Um, first off, I want to get a definition what's, I mean, what's the difference between community and like audience or even customers? And it builds this emotional switching cost. You can see the ROI of that kind of community because it's cost avoidance. I don't know. All right, let's get into your book.

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Community Marketing Audience Networking 84

Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Part of the reason we spent a full day researching and figuring out location, has to do with what it will cost you to start. If you’re working from home and not seeing clients, you may find your startup costs are limited to marketing, stationery and legal. Startup costs. You should not mix expenses and assets. A sales forecast.

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Elevator Pitch Software Review SBA Business Plan 166

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Definitely do not start Tweeting or embarrassing your brand on Facebook (we'll do that in a bit). The cool part about display advertising is that we can build our brands cost effectively, introduce our products to a new audience, and create demand based on a number of intent signals (this last part is often missing from offline media).

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Analytics Marketing Channel Metrics 165

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

Simple examples of this would be things like advertising spend print budgets. So when we strip out pass through, and then we measure the margin on that pass through, it's almost like we have two layers of cost of good sold, which is a concept that a lot of accountants kind of struggle with. I like actually selling results.

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Cofounder Hosting Networking Software Review 77

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Advertising On Facebook For Likes Is A Waste Of Money - crowdspring.co/1fYVhou. Advertising On Facebook For Likes Is A Waste Of Money - crowdspring.co/1fYVhou. 12 Examples of Brilliant B2B Logos (and What Made Them So Great) - crowdspring.co/1fQJCJO. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

As bad customer service is a massive long-term cost – and short-term pain –, it was decided that the company would undertake a serious re-training effort for all the customer service reps and with that problems would get solved faster. Like perhaps most large organizations, this one was a bit more focused on Cost. Cost Per Impression.

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Metrics Analytics Acquisition Naming 60

Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

My definition of the audience in the See stage are "all people who wear clothes." Truly reflect on whether our marketing and advertising initiatives are broad enough and optimized enough for each customer consideration stage, and finally. And that comes before you think about marketing/sales/advertising/billboards/tv.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2015

As we talk to marketers about how they generate leads and fill the top of their sales funnel, most say they rely on quite number of different tactics: Trade shows, seminars, email blasts to purchased lists, internal cold calls, outsourced telemarketing, and advertising. According to the report, traditional paid ads are highly overrated.

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

In a recent post, Multi-Channel Attribution: Definitions, Models and a Reality Check , I outlined three distinct attribution challenges. MCA-O2S covers the challenge of attributing the offline impact (revenue/brand value/butts in seats/phone calls/etc) driven by online marketing and advertising. That is so cool. You do too. #3.

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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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