A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Consider the consequences of these monthly pricing possibilities: $0/mo means your goal is to maximize growth (trust and usage) instead of revenue. This is often B2C because the value is in quantity of customers, and there’s 100x more consumers than businesses. $1/mo simple enough to be self-service). This is a hard slog.

Bootstrapping 294

Bootstrapping Technical Review B2C Sales Cycle 294

VC Cafe

JUNE 6, 2024

This post explores the most important benchmarks VCs look for in B2B SaaS with data brought to you by 20VC/La Famiglia, Serena Capital, Emergence Capital, and Openview Ventures, providing definitions and insights into the most critical metrics for SaaS companies.

B2B 78

B2B Burn Rate Generative AI Retention 78

ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

To have the future we wanted, we needed to shift away from monetizing our open-data community and toward enterprise sales. It wasn’t quite a flip from B2C to B2B, but it was close. To do that, we built a demand funnel that took us from nothing to 44X revenue growth in a single year. Honorable mention: The DemandGen Framework.

Demand 101

Demand Revenue SQL B2B 101

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Behavior Scoring = evaluating a lead based on the observed activities and behaviors of the individual across multiple channels (attending a webinar, viewing an RFP, downloading a thought leadership piece, scheduling a call with Sales, etc.). focusing your sales team’s time and effort on those leads that are qualified.

Lead Generation 28

Lead Generation Baltimore Programming Framework 28

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

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. Farming is also often overlooked, but can help grow customer accounts and revenues from 30% upwards (if successful). Great list!

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 9, 2013

It means that if emotion plays a role in sharing at the top of the funnel, it definitely plays a role at the point of sale further down the road. Emotional Design Influences Sales. A report by the Corporate Executive Board has found that more people express emotional connections with B2B brands than with B2C.

Sales 126

Sales B2B Campaign Video 126

www.rocketwatcher.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I’ve seen online B2C startups use Dave McClure’s Startup Metrics for Pirates as a starting point for measuring what marketing is doing. A good set of metrics will allow me to predict that if I spend $1 on a certain marketing tactic, I’m likely to get $X of revenue in Y days.

B2B 42

B2B Metrics Marketing Startup 42