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4 Ways to Improve Your Online Storefront

Up and Running

In fact, according to Shopify , global retail ecommerce sales are on track to reach $4.5 And, these trends don’t just apply to businesses selling directly to consumers (B2C). B2B ecommerce sales , (businesses selling directly to other businesses) generate three times as much revenue as B2C, at $7.7 trillion in 2014.

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Meet the 32 Israeli Centaurs that reached $100M in ARR

VC Cafe

I’m excited for the talent that will spin out of those companies to create the next generation of B2C stars coming out of Israel. Sorry for the humbrag, but I’m proud to see Minute Media , our Remagine Ventures portfolio company (and our only later stage investment) on this prestigious list.

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8 strategic hacks for building marketplace liquidity

The Next Web

By the end, 99 percent of the B2B marketplaces had cratered and only B2C eBay was left standing and thriving. it’s really a software business, not liquidity driven) and that B2C marketplaces could not be built under the giant momentum of eBay’s “ network effect. Investment stopped, and entrepreneurs focused on other categories.

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Taking on Tech Titans

Reid Hoffman

Therefore, the relationships around it and the natural products that come out of these things are essentially like sales products or other kinds of things. CY: And one of the words that you didn’t say, Reid, but which kept flashing into my mind, as you were speaking, is the concept of trust.

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Taking on Tech Titans

Reid Hoffman

Therefore, the relationships around it and the natural products that come out of these things are essentially like sales products or other kinds of things. CY: And one of the words that you didn’t say, Reid, but which kept flashing into my mind, as you were speaking, is the concept of trust.

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How to Optimize Videos for Conversions

ConversionXL

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%. Also, it only works on browsers that support Flash. How do most visitors feel about video? Marketers share the same sentiments.

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CXL Live 2017 Recap: Optimization & Growth Insights from 20+ Experts

ConversionXL

FrontPage, Flash, etc. Long copy” doesn’t mean “long form sales page”. There’s a time and place for long form sales pages. Bill Leake: Optimizing for the “Considered Purchase”: What Changes if You’re B2B or Expensive / Long Sales Cycle B2C? Marketing/Sales optimization funnel. You don’t have a website.