Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2011

Generate leads using social media, but don’t rely on it alone to make sales. Facilitate a transition to a private environment for closing a sale. The goal is to deepen the relationship, and discover if their needs match your offer. Learn to sell in a way that matches your personality and your strengths. Engage graciously.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Most start-up entrepreneurs have little or no sales experience. But through nearly a decade of startups I learned that sales comes down to three essential elements: 1. 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.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

Andela selects and trains world-class tech talent from Africa and matches them with U.S. We were charging a really high up-front annual fee to these providers and the end result of that was a pretty long sales cycle. If you can’t hear the clip, click here. The problem was had the wrong business model at the time.

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Cofounder Entrepreneur Africa Sales Cycle 142

Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

Andela selects and trains world-class tech talent from Africa and matches them with U.S. We were charging a really high up-front annual fee to these providers and the end result of that was a pretty long sales cycle. If you can’t hear the clip, click here. The problem was had the wrong business model at the time.

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Cofounder Entrepreneur Africa Sales Cycle 120

Up and Running

MARCH 8, 2017

One great way to do this is by staying in touch with B2B customers even after you’ve made the sale. The same 2014 TAB B2B sales survey found that 93 percent of business owners rely on third-party reviews when making purchasing decisions. Instead of creating a sales brochure, create a white paper.

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B2B Sales Sales Cycle Social Media 109

Brandanew

DECEMBER 21, 2015

ECommerce sales during Christmas tend to see a big surge as customers prefer the quietness of at home shopping compared to the hassles of finding parking and a store full of people. To make sure you aren’t losing out on valuable sales, advanced planning and a good strategy is vital. You’ve got this! Start here.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

Compared to the B2C world, B2B attribution faces two challenges: Sales often take place offline. The sales cycle may last for months, or more than a year. You’ll almost certainly endure gaps between LinkedIn behavior and the close of sales. Both are limitations on how much video metrics can tell you.

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Video B2B Technical Review Campaign 129

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

One of the most important factors is timing of marketing and sales outreach. At OptifiNow we have created the following tips businesses can use to improve the timing of sales outreach to boost results: 1. Analyze current sales outreach timing. Organize sales collateral. Begin building the master sales calendar.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2017

Steelman does a good job of outlining the key selling steps that separate great sales people from the rest of us. Generate leads using social media, but don’t rely on it alone to make sales. The goal is to deepen the relationship, and discover if their needs match your offer. Engage graciously. Don’t forget to follow-up.

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Sales Cycle Social Media Matching Differentiation 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2012

Generate leads using social media, but don’t rely on it alone to make sales. Facilitate a transition to a private environment for closing a sale. The goal is to deepen the relationship, and discover if their needs match your offer. Learn to sell in a way that matches your personality and your strengths. Engage graciously.

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Product Sales Cycle Matching Social Media 227

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Recently, however, we have seen the rapid emergence of hyper-growth businesses in the PaaS and IaaS markets demonstrating that these will soon be independent, multi-billion dollar segments in their own rights with the potential for massive sales volume and attractive cash flow characteristics. sales and marketing. (10). Mind the GAAP!

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 4, 2020

Inventory management is the challenge of matching the company’s supply volume appropriately to customer demand. It aims to much more closely match inventory levels to customer demand. This can be done by studying last year’s sales cycles. If your product runs out of stock then you are missing out on crucial sales.

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Management Stock Demand Sales Cycle 91

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

If outward facing, they will attend important sales calls and speak to the technology strategy and vision. They shorten the sales cycle, mitigate risks, and provide assurance in the context of technical due diligence. I have also included quotes from Austin CTOs to give you additional perspective.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

The decision is yours as to how you package up your offering in a way that matches your goals. If you have a sales model that involves relationship selling to high-level decision makers, you can be sure they would prefer a detailed proposal from you with a request to “sign here.” Decide to think big and ask big.

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Term Sheet Technical Review Due Diligence Merger 48

Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2017

Internship Title: Business Development Intern Compensation: Paid — $10/hr Description: The Business Development Intern will assist the Sales Team in Prospecting, Outreach and Qualifying leads, and work directly with the Business Development Manager. This position will provide sales, negotiation, CRM and inbound/outbound outreach experience.

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Semantic Social Media Database Artificial Inteligence 48

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

There usually is some other operational metric more readily available out there where you can back into a sales range (square footage of their building, number of employees, sales figures from a key customer, import trade data, etc.). Share a sentence or two of your go-to-market strategy.

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Business Plan Elevator Pitch Equity Private Equity 124

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 5, 2023

I used it yesterday to write a sales page, the video script for the sales page, five different hooks for ads, then to write the ad, then to ask the questions for the application process on the back of the sales page. It was phenomenal. How do you ba I mean are you on the side of you need both?

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Advertising Analytics San Diego Networking 82

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

For a startup, having great sales DNA is a wonderful asset. This is the magic of sales: by learning about each customer in-depth, they can convince each of them that this product would solve serious problems. But here’s where a truly great sales artist comes in. They are closing orders.

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2019

Client education is central to marketing messaging, too, especially for sellers with long sales cycles. The real work: Matching learning to tasks, not individuals. Learning styles should try to “match the unit of content to the best way to create meaning for most students,” or, in a marketer’s case, the most prospects.

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Marketing Sales Cycle Retention Differentiation 124

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Some see it as a sales tactic, while others view it as a content marketing strategy. Account-based marketing is an approach where marketing and sales work together to nurture target accounts and convert or retain customers. It needs perfect alignment from sales, marketing, and executive leaders across the organization.

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Customer Marketing Channel Acquisition 98

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Mistake One: Keywords In Broad Match. AdWords is set by default to have your keywords in broad match, and this causes your keywords to match for a huge variety of searches you never intended. There are four main match types: broad, broad match modifier, phrase, and exact.

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Philadelphia Cost Matching PPC 67

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 11, 2022

Running a business is hard But with a good referral program it doesn't have to be As a small business owner you are probably thinking about helping your current customer or trying to figure out how to increase sales. Shorten the sales cycle A strong referral program can significantly shorten the sales cycle.

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Programming Small Business Advisory Board B2B 87

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? In which verticals do you experience smooth, seamless sales processes, instead of arduous uphill battles? What if you could replicate that dynamic on a much larger digital scale?

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Curation Lead Generation Technical Review Email 44

ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2021

Here’s the irony though— even though potential customers may be in the market for a solution like yours, you still need to deploy the traditional sales/marketing strategies to convince them to make a purchase. When sales made a list of logos they wanted to sell, or the list of ‘dream customers’ to close.

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IP Marketing Technical Review Software Review 98

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2016

This means you have to generate awareness and demand yourself, before you get that sale. The strong keyword intent when someone is searching for what you have to offer is the primary reason why some injury attorneys are willing to pay over $100 per click (that then has to turn into a lead before it turns into a sale).

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K9 Ventures

AUGUST 13, 2010

So the departments either didn’t have the capacity to pay or it would be an endless sales-cycle, where we would spend lots of time on the sales, but it still wouldn’t close. You can always then discount the price down to match what the customer is willing to pay.

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Revenue Developer Java Customer Development 72

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

I was in sales and marketing, and Andrea was in operations and dementia care. And before starting Senior Living Smart, I was a national VP of sales and marketing for Five Star, which was the fifth largest senior living company. We grew up in the senior living industry, and we both started at the single community location.

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Differentiation Sales Cycle Audio Networking 74

ConversionXL

MARCH 20, 2019

Deliver tailored marketing and sales messaging to those people. Pilot programs refine the process—and your target list—while (hopefully) demonstrating enough ROI to earn buy-in from marketing, sales, and executives. It’s not just a giant CRM that matches customers with a subset of relevant accounts. Sales enablement.

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Software Review Software Marketing IP 117

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

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. I know this language sounds formal and stuffy, but high-ticket service sales cycles are long. For us, that priority was the sales pipeline. Most B2B buyers know this.

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PR B2B Lean Audience 120

ConversionXL

APRIL 10, 2019

ABM campaigns dedicate resources and time toward only a few prospects, and enterprise-level leads often have long sales cycles. Customer Match In Google Ads. With Customer Match, you can target users based on their Google accounts (if you have their information), so only your ideal ABM prospect list sees your ads.

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PPC Campaign Marketing Sales Cycle 131

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The traditional marketing/sales funnel (soon to be replaced by Hubspot’s Flywheel Model ) is a fantastic framework to put things into perspective. After she gets a series of lead nurturing emails and sales/marketing communications, she signs up for a demo and converts into a paying customer. The non-linear user journey.

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B2B Marketing Analytics Campaign 131

ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

Facts don’t change minds – true for both sales and customers. match the brand ethos, congruent with the website. Offline sale – typically. Long sales cycle – 18 months or more. How to do shorten a long sales process? On avg $1 spent on email returns $38. branded header and tagline.

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Retention Artificial Inteligence Channel Email 106

ConversionXL

MAY 19, 2016

The biggest shortcoming being that it considers the sales cycle to be a linear process where a customer passes sequentially through sales steps and where he/she is the only one involved in the decision making process. sales page, cart, purchase, etc.) The problem is that reality is much more complex and, well, messy.

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Analytics Metrics Channel Software Review 78

ConversionXL

MAY 14, 2019

Unlike in-market audiences—which limit your ads to people about to buy—remarketing audiences can keep you top of mind throughout a longer sales cycle. The company boosted its customer base by more than 400% over the last five years and increased sales around 25% each year since starting with YouTube Ads.

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Campaign Audience Channel Metrics 133

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 8, 2015

In a simple example, if you were to test a checkout path and wanted to test the button color in the car, you would change the buttons on all pages in the checkout to match. Alternatively, testing individual pages would produce inconsistency throughout the path that could decrease sales and outweigh any improvement from the change.”.

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Conversion Analytics Matching Cost 48

ConversionXL

APRIL 10, 2020

It varies by company, says Arnoux: It depends on the industry, the maturity of the product, the regulatory framework, the culture of the organization (including branding, compliance, legal), the business model, the metric they’re focusing on, the length of the sales cycles, and the resources available. The solution?

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Hockey Stick Analytics Channel Sales Cycle 68

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

The bigger the positive impact of your lead magnet, the better push you have given the prospect down your sales funnel. And eventually you will ask for the sale. When should you ask for the sale? If the product is a box of matches, it’s very easy to understand and very cheap. It has to add as much value as possible.

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Email Sales Cycle Minnesota Sales 131