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

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Ellie Mirman: When I came in, Mike [Volpe, HubSpot’s CMO] had a to-do list of the things he wanted us to do, the top one being to start a webinar series. NVV: That’s not in any book about growing a startup — “Build an interactive app to start your marketing, then host a webinar for its users.”

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LinkedIn Video Ads: Relevance, Specs, and Use Cases

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LinkedIn ads offer the benefits of video content and the granular targeting of a B2B-centric platform. The growth of B2B video marketing. Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat have thus far dominated the market in video ad spend on social media. But LinkedIn owns the lucrative B2B audience. LinkedIn video ad targeting.

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5 Research-Backed Tips for Increasing B2B Sales

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According to The Alternative Board’s (TAB) September 2014 Small Business Pulse Survey , only six percent of business owners consider themselves “very trusting” of the information they receive from B2B vendors. With that in mind, B2B vendors must take extra steps to maximize relationships with existing customers to foster positive referrals.

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Referral Programs: A Guide for Small Business

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Shorten the sales cycle A strong referral program can significantly shorten the sales cycle. You can also publicly thank them through your newsletter or on social media. For example, you could produce easily shareable content for you internal team to re-post on their social media platforms.

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What Does a Demand Generation Manager Do? (And How to Become One)

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The average B2B buyer has 27 brand interactions before deciding. Very few, if any, of these interactions are with a sales rep. Instead, buyers are self-directed, gathering information from social media, websites, webinars, and online events. DGMs see that demand is maintained throughout the sales cycle.

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5 Keys to Adopting Marketing Automation

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Who is interacting with your social media pages? Reaching out to a cold list can come across as awkward and misdirected, especially at the beginning of a sales cycle. Take the time to build your list organically through your website, social media pages and other marketing efforts. photo credit fotolia.

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Demand Generation: 7 Tactics to Fuel Your Funnel

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More than two-thirds of buyers have researched your solution (and others’) before talking to sales. Plus, 60% prefer not to interact with sales reps at all. To fuel your pipeline and shorten the sales cycle , you have to create demand naturally. Sales are less likely to be forced with outbound methods. The metrics.

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