View from Seed
MARCH 3, 2015
So we had those two assets: Website Grader and the resulting email list. Around the same time we were doing those webinars, we launched our first ebook, and that did much better in terms of conversions — click-through-rate on emails, conversions on landing pages, and so on. Some startups have really long sales cycles.
Up and Running
JUNE 27, 2018
Is it increasing sales by 20 percent per quarter? Strategies for various stages in the sales cycle. Remember that each tactic needs to meet your target prospects at each stage of your sales cycle (from prospecting, to qualifying prospects, to addressing their objections, to closing the sale).
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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 4, 2009
The real test of sales and the topic of my post is “why buy now.” It’s what kills most sales cycles including raising venture capital. Great sales leaders know that you can only sell effectively when your sales cycle matches the customers buying cycle. Why Buy Now?
Cracking the Code
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
In regards to calculatimg the "Magic Number" - should the amount included as sales and marketing costs match the length of the sales cycle? That is, if a company had a sales cycle of 6 months, should they include the past 2 quarters' of costs and not just the last quarter? Subscribe via email.
Cracking the Code
OCTOBER 9, 2009
However, if the SaaS & Cloud computing industry is doing relatively well in this downturn, the recession has severely impacted the sales&marketing productivity of these companies, with longer sales cycle, smaller deal size and limited upsells opportunity. Subscribe via email. Newer Post. Older Post. Add RSS feed.
www.forentrepreneurs.com
FEBRUARY 2, 2010
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. This human touch can be as light as email follow ups, or as much as inside sales people doing multiple sales calls and demos.
ConversionXL
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
And so, the concept for a digital PR service was born. Using my existing skills and resources (including an old domain name), I tested a productized digital PR offer. I put together a one-page website, a list of 100 people to reach out to, and a cold email script that would make seasoned sales professionals cringe.
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