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A Quick Primer on B2B Conversion Optimization

ConversionXL

Conversion optimization is a little different if you’re in B2B. Some of the same underlying principles apply, but because of the inherent differences in buying decisions and sales cycles, pulling B2C optimization practices straight from the book might be a bad idea. Longer Sales Cycles and Micro-Conversions.

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Sales Is a Function of Marketing Pure and Simple

Duct Tape Marketing

Over the years one of the great breakdowns in many of the small businesses that I’ve worked with lies in area of sales. Now it might be tempting to conclude that what I referring to is a lack of sales, but what I’m really getting at is a misunderstanding there’s actually a distinction between sales and marketing.

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5 Stages of the New Sales Cycle

Duct Tape Marketing

5 Stages of the New Sales Cycle This content from: Duct Tape Marketing Generating and converting leads is mostly what marketing is about. Creating happy customers is mostly what generates long-term profit. Some have cycles that are triggered by events, such as the birth of a child or start of a business.

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The One-Week Social Selling Action Plan

Duct Tape Marketing

Twitter and Facebook can generate traffic, but when it comes to getting an immediate action, like a sales conversation, I’d rather hang out where business is being done, not where news articles and cat videos are consumed. Who cares: we want the shortest path to a conversation, not necessarily traffic to your site.

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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

www.forentrepreneurs.com

For more on the topic of Viral Growth, refer to my blog post on that topic here.) Far more common is a need to acquire customers through a series of steps like SEO, SEM, PR, Social Marketing, direct sales, channel sales, etc. What the sheet shows is that each customer is costing you $100 in just lead generation expense.

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Looking for your summer internship? Look no further.

Austin Startup

To Apply: Email jobs@Thrillbox.com and reference the Capital Factory intern program. To Apply: Email jobs@Thrillbox.com and reference the Capital Factory intern program. Candidates will learn our culture and how to go through steps of sales cycle with Lead Generation, B2B and B2C sales and account management.

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What Does a Demand Generation Manager Do? (And How to Become One)

ConversionXL

The difference between a demand generation manager and a marketing manager is that demand generation is bigger than just marketing. Marketers raise brand awareness to capture leads that are handed to sales teams to convert into customers. DGMs see that demand is maintained throughout the sales cycle.

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