David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

An investor had few hard metrics other than the actual financials, and little technology to make the process scaleable. Over the past few decades, better metrics became available, and investors could take a more analytical, data-driven approach. is an AI bot which helps companies refine their sales pitch to VCs. Pitchbot.vc

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

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

MARCH 18, 2019

In my experience, sales teams want case studies, but marketing teams are cynical about the engagement they generate. Research shows that word-of-mouth marketing is directly responsible for 20–50% of sales. One study suggests that B2B buyers are even more emotional than B2C buyers.). But first: why case studies fail to convert.

B2B 134

B2B Non-disclosure Agreement Technical Review Naming 134

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). If we work in sales, all we care about are sales touch points. And that comes before you think about marketing/sales/advertising/billboards/tv.

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Framework Marketing Metrics Audience 163

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. Analyzing ecommerce conversions PLUS goals means we are going to solve for the global maxima. And, that is how it should be. Consider Macy's.

Analytics 60

Analytics eCommerce Metrics Acquisition 60

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 ]. The smartest companies in the world are very good at this, step five. It is worth it. Time to start kicking things up a notch in step six.

Analytics 165

Analytics Marketing Channel Metrics 165

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

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

3GVision is the global leader in mobile barcode services that use the camera phone to scan barcodes. Established location-based services to enable the CSP offer B2B and B2C services based on mobile positioning, tracking & locating, turn-by-turn navigation and mobile local search. Mce Systems.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

ConversionXL

MARCH 3, 2021

That’s why PPC is one of my favorite ways to quickly start testing out digital strategy and sales processes. There are of course many possibilities for this, but the most common errors are that your keywords are either too broad or they are multi-intent keywords that bring traffic that is not necessarily in the sales funnel.

PPC 146

PPC SEO Campaign Analytics 146

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

You can hover over each box to get a sense of the key metrics. Let's go back to our table, and global oil consumption. The core performance of the current website look like this… While we are applying it to a B2B case, it could just as easily be applied to a B2C / Ecommerce scenarios. Nothing complicated here.

Analytics 143

Analytics Sierra Leone Channel Conversion 143

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The marketing and sales funnel is a time-tested framework for mapping the customer journey. For example, a person finds your business, visits your website, completes a form, chats to the sales team, and then becomes a customer. Over 90% of all global traffic comes from Google, and its ownership of search is holding steady.

Customer 140

Customer Marketing Social Media CPA 140

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

In this post let's look at each Social Network, see what B2B and B2C brands are doing there today, from that draw lessons as to 1. Success Metrics. In my Oct 2011 post, Best Social Media Metrics , I'd created four metrics to quantify this value. It can be a brand metric, say Likelihood to Recommend.

Social Media 60

Social Media Media B2C B2B 60

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 31, 2017

Millennials will make up roughly 35% of the global workforce in 2020 and right now many are optimistic about their career prospects – two-thirds to be exact.1 Marketing and sales qualified leads delivered (MQLs and SQLs) and cost per lead. Social media metrics such as likes, follows, shares and impressions.

Demand 47

Demand B2B Curation SEO 47