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SuperMac War Story 9: Sales, Not Awards « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

SuperMac sold our graphic boards for the Macintosh through multiple distribution channels: direct sales to major accounts, national chains, independent rep firms, etc. But the computer retail channel was a large part of our sales. From grumbling skeptics, they all became packaging design converts.

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Key Insights from Every Speaker of Elite Camp 2016

ConversionXL

The aim nowadays should be to create great content that directly converts into sales. Report tangibly and make content marketing comparable to direct marketing channels. Personalized sales message. All PPC channels will work for you if you stop using brute force. Retarget and measure! Need Keywords?

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Pull Investors to Your Business Plan With a Summary

Startup Professionals Musings

Outline your sales and marketing strategy (direct marketing, sales channel, viral marketing, and lead generation). That’s your metric to see if you have their attention. Who is your customer, what is the price, and how much does it cost you to build one? Executive team. Marty Zwilling.

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Post-Purchase Emails: How to Boost Retention and LTV

ConversionXL

A common mistake ecommerce store owners make is accepting the sale as the end-goal. Of course, an incidental benefit from well-designed post-purchase emails is a boost to customer satisfaction and sales. And follow-up emails help facilitate positive brand sentiment which, in turn, leads to more sales. Image Source. click rate.

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Give Investors an Executive Summary That Rocks

Startup Professionals Musings

Outline your sales and marketing strategy (direct marketing, sales channel, viral marketing, and lead generation). That’s your metric to see if you have their attention. Who is your customer, what is the price, and how much does it cost you to build one? Executive team. Marty Zwilling.

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2011 Consumer Internet Predictions

Lightspeed Venture Partners

The key driver of this renewed confidence from brand advertisers is better measurement of brand metrics that can show the impact of online advertising beyond clickthrough. Direct Response Advertising becomes ever more efficient. The Flash Sales sites and Local Deals sites both make shopping fun by offering deep discounts.

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Google Analytics 360: The Features Worth $150k a Year

ConversionXL

Marketing and sales collateral from Google is spartan, and common refrains about key features—like unsampled data—seem unworthy of a six-figure bill for most sites. Custom dimensions and metrics. Push GA360 data into the Salesforce Marketing Cloud reporting UI. For many, Google Analytics 360 is a black box. Export size.

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