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How to help your startup turn a profit in 4 simple steps

The Next Web

There were no sales people in the USSR – the government just decided what to produce and in which quantities, – so I pretty much have an anti-­sales­-and­-marketing background. It just so happened that I became the CEO of a B2B tech startup. Direct sales are common with B2B startups. Well, then you’ve got to go viral.

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Increase Repeat Purchases with Cohort Analysis

ConversionXL

Overall acquisition costs for both B2C and B2B have gone up by 50% in the past five years. Cohort analysis can be done for revenue, churn, viral word of mouth, support costs, or any other metric you care about. With a strategy in place to boost repeat purchases, occasional spikes in CACs will be more manageable. Image source ).

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HOW TO: Sign Up Users Even Before You Launch Your Startup

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But the fact that it managed to get thousands of people to take blind action (before the site even launched) with so much competition for early adopters is quite powerful. Create Viral Content Infographics startup Visual.ly ); //]]> Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started!

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7 A/B Testing Resources for Startups and Solo Developers

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Is Emotion Necessary To Make More Sales?

ConversionXL

In this article, we’ll look at the role that emotional design plays in expanding reach, the influence emotion has on decision making, and we’ll even answer the age old question of does emotion impact B2B? Viral agency Frac.tl’s answer – You show in shocking, unavoidable detail just how bad the problem actually is.

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

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Paypal famously offered customers $5 to invite a friend, who would then also get $5 as part of a highly successful viral marketing campaign (they actually started at $20, and then reduced it to $10 and then ended at $5). The others are all B2B companies. You guessed it — straight up free money. see below). Are We Too Gullible or Naive?

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

Cracking the Code

To learn more about the CAC ratio and CLTV, you can read Philippe Botteri’s white paper “CAC Ratio - One Number to Manage your SaaS S&M Spend” also available at www.bvp.com/saas. Together, CMRR, Cashflow, Churn, CAC, and CLTV make up the “5 C’s of SaaS Finance. Philippe Botteri.