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Top Hat Raises $22.5M Series C in a Tough Vertical: What Can We Learn from their Success

Version One Ventures

Generally speaking, Ed Tech has proven to be a tough vertical, primarily due to the fact that it’s hard to charge consumers (students) directly. And selling to institutions requires a long sales cycle. So Top Hat decided to flip their sales strategy and market/sell directly to university students and teachers.

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Common B2B Challenges and How To Solve Them

ConversionXL

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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Selling to the enterprise: “Sell to few” vs. “sell to many”?

Version One Ventures

Sell to few”: Traditional enterprise sales. Selling into this market requires the traditional enterprise sales approach, comprised of a large ‘boots on the ground’ field sales team that works with key decision makers (e.g. These are long sales cycles, often with multiple departments and stakeholders involved.

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Critical Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Founders

Up and Running

Think of them like this: If you have a critical sales milestone your company needs to meet by the end of the year, KPIs should deliver incremental evidence that you’re either headed in the right direction, or you’re not. . This metric helps determine how much cash you need for operation and expansion. Sales KPIs. Marketing KPIs.

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Microsoft Ads 101: Get Up and Running in Minutes

ConversionXL

This is a subheading for your ad, separated from the first title by a vertical bar. Nick Supapol from SearchEnginePeople recommends using a time lag report to match the membership duration to your sales cycle (e.g., Operations, real estate, administrative. It’s a good idea to include keywords in your title. Title part 2.

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The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

Or second time founders focus on lucrative verticals that pay more per eyeball or focus on ad formats that pay more (such as email newsletter sponsorships). For example, if you are running affiliate ads for hotels, you might get 3-5% on a sale. Sales cycles matter though. don’t think about at all. Product second.

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The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

Or second time founders focus on lucrative verticals that pay more per eyeball or focus on ad formats that pay more (such as email newsletter sponsorships). For example, if you are running affiliate ads for hotels, you might get 3-5% on a sale. Sales cycles matter though. don’t think about at all. Product second.

Founder 48