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8 strategic hacks for building marketplace liquidity

The Next Web

This is in part because these businesses are unencumbered by legacy constraints that had previously been hardwired into the companies and industries these startups are trying to disrupt. One such business model is the “online marketplace,” an entirely new business category not possible (at scale) before the Internet.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

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. The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews.

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Digital Marketplaces Becoming a Viable Small Business Channel

Duct Tape Marketing

eBay aggregated buyers and sellers of stuff, mostly stuff in the attic and garage, and took a fee on the sale. Digital Marketplaces Becoming a Viable Small Business Channel is a post from: Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. eBay was one of the first to crack the marketplace code online.

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts. However, as we know from the cable industry, subscription businesses can be very profitable over time. For a direct, enterprise sales business model, these thresholds are likely to be around $80,000-100,000 CMRR (approx. $1-1.2M Michael Kassing.

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Social Login and CRO: 9 Things You Should Know

ConversionXL

Of course, I’m a total social login fan, but at least offering your users a choice between filling out a registration form and signing up using their social account IDs seems like straightforward business sense. The number of visitors directly correlates to revenue—whatever business you are in. Impressive, but since only 3.4%

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9 Things You Should Know About Social Login & CRO

ConversionXL

There is much more to say about registration processes than I have space for in this article, but you can read more here: Why user registration sucks and how it hurts your business. The number of visitors directly correlates to revenue – whatever business you are in. On the other hand, Easytobook , a B2C company, had 1.5

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Special: The 56 Israeli Companies Exhibiting in Mobile World Congress 2011

VC Cafe

Established location-based services to enable the CSP offer B2B and B2C services based on mobile positioning, tracking & locating, turn-by-turn navigation and mobile local search. Logia has the unique combination of being both a content aggregator and a billing aggregator. Mce Systems. MailVision.

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