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Account-Based Marketing vs. Lead Generation: Which is Right for You?

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For example, recently I was in the market for some transcription software. I headed to Google to search for “best transcription software” and read some blog posts that reviewed the best options. There are other factors involved in making your decision, such as: The complexity of the buying cycle. most commonly popped up.

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Marketing Your Startup: A Billion-Dollar Company’s First Marketer Reflects Back

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Ellie Mirman was the first marketer hired by the CMO of HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software startup that IPOed in 2014. It’s so important to line up the type of marketer and leadership that fits the business model, the product, or even the founder’s philosophy or early attempts at marketing. Where do you start?

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What Is B2B And Why Choose This Business Model For Your Startup?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Last week, in part one of the B2B versus B2C series, I explained there are several reasons as to why entrepreneurs should venture into “B2B” (“Business to Business”) service based companies as opposed to any form of “B2C” (“Business to Consumer”) company, “B2B” product-oriented company or strictly a web-based B2B firm.

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Is Your SaaS Go-to-Market Strategy Tsunami-Proof?

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Three out of every four B2B buyers would rather self-educate than learn about a product from a sales representative, according to Forrester. Let me ask you two questions: Would you like to see and use a software product before buying it? Or would you prefer to go through a lengthy sales process to see if it’s a good fit?

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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

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Business Model I would like to propose that in addition to team, product, and market, there is actually a fourth, equally important, core element of startups, which is the need for a viable business model. These new business models focused heavily on how buying behavior has changed because of the power of the web.

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It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem

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The product or website (be it software, e-commerce, or a service) might be awesome , but if it puts itself in front of the wrong market, or packages itself so the right market can’t figure out why it’s awesome, the startup will fail. Most startups fail. Facts about your customers don’t come from your friends and families.

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The Modern Approach To Account Based Marketing

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If you’re selling B2B, you know it’s a wide and competitive market. As a company selling to other businesses, you can be selling a relatively straightforward piece of technology “off the shelf” to small businesses to the end-user who is also paying for it. Who does ABM make sense for?

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