Steve Blank

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The larger the company, the more they’ll separate out business development and sales, with business development focused primarily on lead generation and sales focused on sealing the actual sale of the product or service. Sales roles : The sales cycle is similar to the recruitment cycle of a source.

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Government Advisory Board Salary Sales Cycle 212

ConversionXL

MARCH 17, 2021

From long sales cycles to trying to stand out from the sea of sameness, B2B companies face an uphill battle from the start. I recently surveyed and interviewed over 200+ B2B executives, marketing & sales leaders to find out exactly what challenges they currently face and what they are doing to overcome them.

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B2B Sales Cycle Belgium IP 150

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 1, 2020

With COVID, we’re getting into a world with tighter budgets and likely longer sales cycles. How can a product-led sales motion help in the current environment, and how important is a freemium model to drive product-led growth? I see a lot of early-stage companies struggling with this.

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Early Stage Open Source Development Team Review Security 62

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Very few, if any, of these interactions are with a sales rep. This behavior has marketers pledging to up their demand generation budgets. Because if people are making up their own minds, without coercion from sales, creating demand is the best way to get them to choose you. Demand generation owes a lot to inbound marketing.

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Demand Management B2B Campaign 95

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Think back to a sales situation with a friend of a friend, one where you started with a huge trust advantage: how much smoother and faster was the process? Day 1: Post hiring ad for lead generation VA. Your lead generation VA will be researching prospects according to the plan you develop. The One-Week Action Plan.

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Curation Lead Generation Technical Review Email 44

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

V5: Helping directors of marketing at series B B2B SaaS companies who have previously bought ads in email lists and are doing lead generation for free trials / webinars / and content get customers profitably. Etc… At the pre-seed stage, a big way to stand out is if you have a V3 statement (as opposed to a V1 statement).

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Seed Stage Business Model B2B Email 48

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

V5: Helping directors of marketing at series B B2B SaaS companies who have previously bought ads in email lists and are doing lead generation for free trials / webinars / and content get customers profitably. Etc… At the pre-seed stage, a big way to stand out is if you have a V3 statement (as opposed to a V1 statement).

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Seed Stage Business Model B2B Email 48