View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

But even with that webinar’s success, we still had a lot of education to do in order to get people to understand what we did and even how we saw marketing in general, which we needed to do to generate demand and sales. Then there were also certain social channels that worked for awhile but didn’t stick. We got 300.

Marketing 120

Marketing Sales Cycle Startup CTO Hire 120

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2023

On the marketing front, e-commerce entrepreneurs will often fail to take advantage of the many free marketing channels that exist. Another marketing-related error that starting entrepreneurs will often commit is failing to measure the right metrics. Entrepreneurs will often not focus enough on sales.

Cost 78

Cost Entrepreneur ChatGPT B2C 78

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In their own words, it’s: “B2C and B2B marketing that optimizes value to the buyer at any stage of the customer life cycle, dramatically increasing the propensity of that customer to purchase. Others data Extraprise metrics' This concept, according to Extraprise , is seen as real time revenue optimization.

Metrics 133

Metrics B2C B2B Channel 133

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In their own words, it’s: “B2C and B2B marketing that optimizes value to the buyer at any stage of the customer life cycle, dramatically increasing the propensity of that customer to purchase. Others data Extraprise metrics' This concept, according to Extraprise , is seen as real time revenue optimization.

Metrics 100

Metrics B2C B2B Channel 100

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 24, 2020

Whether you’re interested in selling a website you built from scratch, or want to sell your Amazon-based B2C brand, there are many different baseline factors that go into determining an appropriate website valuation number. but we do cover the rudimentary metrics (along with tips for improving your own site’s value). mailing lists).

eCommerce 91

eCommerce Valuation B2C Revenue 91

OnlyOnce

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

They understand what the business needs to achieve — the sales plan — then what the funnel looks like. Even in traditional B2C businesses that make heavy use of traditional non-addressable media (like print, outdoor, radio, and TV) – even in those businesses, today everything can be tested and measured to some degree.

B2C 62

B2C Channel Metrics Sales 62

YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2017

Educating them, resolving their pain points and adding value to their lives should always be the priority, rather than simply putting up sales oriented content. For promotional/sales related content, try producing content which resonates with the beliefs of your target customers. For B2B business the metrics you could be targeting are.

Marketing 133

Marketing Social Media B2C B2B 133

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Business model viability, in the majority of startups, will come down to balancing two variables: Cost to Acquire Customers (CAC) The ability to monetize those customers, or LTV (which stands for Lifetime Value of a Customer) Successful web businesses have long understood these metrics as they have such an easy way to measure them.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2014

We also know that content performs for your business when you pair it with marketing automation software; you can use content to build up email subscriptions, understand your audience’s interests, and nurture the leads in your sales funnel. But marketers today still struggle with tapping into the potential that exists in content marketing.

Marketing 162

Marketing Curation B2C Audience 162

ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2017

Though it wasn’t intended, the last two articles I wrote on the PlainFlow blog have formed a series: The Modern SaaS Stack and the Unexploited Amount of Data is a walkthrough that shows how companies use Modern SaaS Stack to cover their Marketing/Support/Sales activities from day-0. All manual operations. It was 2003.

Customer 92

Customer Marketing Artificial Inteligence Clickthrough 92

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

One question that keeps coming up when speaking with early stage entrepreneurs when it comes to funding, is what metrics the company needs to hit to raise seed/series A/B etc: What’s a good conversion rate? Investors look beyond top line metrics to assess other important factors. What should our MRR growth be?

B2C 141

B2C Technical Review Startup Retention 141

ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

Quantitative research with digital analytics tools like Google Analytics , Mixpanel, Amplitude or RJ Metrics will inform you about where your users are coming from, what they are doing during their sessions and where they are dropping off from your conversion funnel or when they churn. Image Source. New visitor vs returning visitor.

Programming 97

Programming Revenue Analytics Software Review 97

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 8, 2021

That’s why Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) is such a critical metric. In most cases, it includes: Salaries of sales and marketing teams Advertising spend on acquiring new customers (Search/Display Ads, Social Ads, Sponsorship, etc.) LTV/CAC – Understanding the golden metric. Segmenting CAC to prioritize channels.

Acquisition 135

Acquisition Churn Rate Cost Customer 135

VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 2016

You have to invest time and money into building a sales and marketing team to acquire customers beyond early adopters. To begin with, let’s illustrate the sales process with a simple graphic of the funnel that comes from an excellent post on Stratechery about marketing channels. sales or support). Use the right tools.

Sales 60

Sales Marketing Sales Cycle B2C 60

Up and Running

JANUARY 18, 2021

eCommerce marketing tends to follow broader sales and social trends, prioritizing ease of access for its innovation. Other social channels also made inroads as 2020 ended. That same research highlights the preference extends to B2B and B2C customers, and only 20% of B2B shoppers want to return to in-person sales.

eCommerce 150

eCommerce B2B Forecast Demand 150

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

It does require working with your CMO, VPs, Directors, IT, Offline Sales, UX, IT, and more people than you could ever imagine. Bonus: Facebook Marketing: Best Metrics, ROI, Business Value ]. From step five on you were likely already delivering some multi-channel value for your company. It is worth it. Entertain Me 2. Inform Me.

Analytics 165

Analytics Marketing Channel Metrics 165

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

I can report on pageviews and bounce rates and sessions and all the other lovely metrics we normally obsess about. Now, all those other metrics suddenly have a purpose and context. This the reason I love setting engagement goal types (remember though, don't call the metric Engagement, it's an excuse and not a metric).

Analytics 60

Analytics eCommerce Metrics Acquisition 60

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Email generates as much as $42 for every dollar spent , and is a top-three marketing channel for 87% of B2B and 76% of B2C marketers. Children’s education company Talu Tales uses its social channels to do just that—in this case, promoting free activity sheets: . Nothing is being sold at this stage. total revenue / total spend).

Email 136

Email Customer Marketing Software Review 136

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A tool like Quuu identifies relevant, shareable content to keep your social media channels active. . I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. Many VC funds rely on general-purpose CRM and sales funnel solutions like Copper , Pipedrive, Salesforce , Streak , and ZenDesk.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

My solution to these problems was to create a simple framework we can use to put our customers first, evaluate our marketing programs, and right-align our view of success (metrics). Identify gaps in our content/engagement/channel strategy on the web, 2. If we work in sales, all we care about are sales touch points.

Framework 163

Framework Marketing Metrics Audience 163

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Answer product-related questions that you uncover in keyword research—the effort may satisfy Amazon and boost visibility across other channels. Ultimately, however, Amazon rewards sellers who optimize for a single metric: sales. For brick-and-mortar businesses, there’s another opportunity: local search.

B2B 100

B2B eCommerce Search Technical Review 100

Occam's Razor

JUNE 11, 2014

From B2C to B2B. From simple and effective personalization on your owned channels (your site) to deep and profoundly impactful engagement on your rent channels (YouTube). And you are guessing why store sales are down (and because of such a simple fix!). Time to obsess about multi-channel outcomes. Offline sales.

Design 150

Design Software Review Technical Review Mobile 150

View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

These companies are all over the map: B2B, B2C, SaaS, ecommerce, healthcare, SMB-focused, enterprise-focused, etc. SMBs account for 54% of all US sales. “Users” is interesting, but the engagement metrics and value of users is where real success comes into play. Doesn’t look all that compelling.

Social Media 185

Social Media B2B North America Media 185

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

To ensure customer delight was delivered in a timely manner, it was also decided that Average Call Time (ACT) would now be The success metric. The success metric, ACT, did go down. That ACT was an activity metric was terrible – if you have a The success metric, it should always be an outcome metric. Another issue.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Acquisition Naming 60

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.

B2B 42

B2B Metrics Marketing Startup 42

Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

Part of the reason is that even if you work for a multi-channel company you are likely in the "web," "interactive," "internet," or "digital" division. Digital advertising and marketing is a key part of ZQI's multi-channel acquisition portfolio. Not too shabby, right? They do everything.

Analytics 139

Analytics Aggregator Channel B2B 139

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Posted by Philippe Botteri.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

ConversionXL

APRIL 11, 2016

Research conducted in 2014 found that 73% of American B2C marketers think video is an effective content marketing tactic. Using video demos on product pages increased Zappos’ sales by up to 30%. Wistia shows which metrics can be used to help you measure various factors (e.g. How do most visitors feel about video? Engagement?

Video 48

Video Conversion Mobile Search 48

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

Going B2C was daunting and not in our core DNA,” Kaufer remarked. Advertisers are brought to the site and driven mainly through self-service channels, so there is no need for a large sales force or account management team. But testing hypotheses was very much in the company's DNA, as well as evaluating data to learn and adjust.

Part-Time VPE 54

Part-Time VPE Software Review Costa Rica Technical Review 54

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

At a glance you can see all the big clusters of sources (close to the channels view in Google Analytics). You can hover over each box to get a sense of the key metrics. If you are interested in any particular channel, Miscellaneous as an example, you can click on it and… boom! We know the optimization that is required.

Analytics 143

Analytics Sierra Leone Channel Conversion 143

ConversionXL

AUGUST 1, 2017

Simply showing the water resistance of the Samsung S5—or better yet, showing a customer buying an S5 and being told by the sales rep that it was fully water-resistant—would have been much more powerful. We can say the same thing for B2C products, for example, HeadSpace. So it comes down to this: how loyal are you to Headspace?

Customer 114

Customer Retention B2C Programming 114

ConversionXL

AUGUST 1, 2017

Simply showing the water resistance of the Samsung S5—or better yet, showing a customer buying an S5 and being told by the sales rep that it was fully water-resistant—would have been much more powerful. We can say the same thing for B2C products, for example, HeadSpace. So it comes down to this: how loyal are you to Headspace?

Customer 91

Customer Retention B2C Programming 91

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The marketing and sales funnel is a time-tested framework for mapping the customer journey. However, with every new technology, channel, and distraction served up by the internet, that journey becomes less linear, and the traditional funnel becomes less relevant. Social media, on the other hand, are browsing channels.

Customer 140

Customer Marketing Social Media CPA 140

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Do the big gigantic numbers imply that your business should use these social media channels? I believe that it was erroneous not to answer the two questions above, it was erroneous to be tempted by the Big Numbers and not understand how Social Media channels actually worked (streams, home pages, personalization, rankings and more).

Social Media 60

Social Media Media B2C B2B 60

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

. - Spacecom is offering a wide range of Pan African satellite services, including: Cellular backhaul, Rural telephony, Broadband VSAT networks, e-government, e-learning, e- health, Direct To Home (DTH) Multi-channel platforms, DSNG, Video Distribution & Contribution. Mce Systems. Media Market.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 31, 2017

1 Because of the collective push for well-curated and highly targeted content in both B2B and B2C markets, skillful young writers have ample opportunity to break into the workforce through the art of copywriting. Marketing and sales qualified leads delivered (MQLs and SQLs) and cost per lead. And today, it really is an art form.

Demand 48

Demand B2B Curation SEO 48