Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 3, 2015

He possesses 20 years of experience in branding and marketing with expertise across B2B and B2C industries, including retail, food and beverages, and financial services. A sale is not a sale until the money is in the bank. Show Quotes A sale is not a sale until the money is in the bank. and Europe. Show Quotes .

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Agile VC

MAY 7, 2014

The initial business, Alibaba.com, was a B2B marketplace to enable global buyers of manufactured goods to connect with Chinese wholesalers and suppliers of such goods. At the time B2B marketplaces were huge in the US… during the late ’90s bubble companies like VerticalNet and others were valued in the tens of billions.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

Soundtrack Your Brand , founded in 2013 as a joint effort with Spotify, offers businesses world-class tech to provide a valuable all-in-one solution for streaming music in commercial settings, importantly that is properly licensed and ensures correct royalty flow to artists. Ola Sars, Founder and CEO of Soundtrack Your Brand.

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Brandanew

MAY 14, 2015

That said, for B2B companies the proxy/leading indicator is often lead generation compared to B2C companies’ DTC/retail sales. Upselling is accomplished through having people understand your value in higher-value/additional products and services, and content marketing is an ideal way to communicate that. Take the right actions!

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conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

I feel like “conversion rate optimization” is in 2013 what “social media marketing” was in 2009. After the product’s developed, the startup employes marketing to get attention, Sales to close deals, and perhaps a Director of Customer Service to field customer issues. Conversion Research. emphasis mine).

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2013

Find More Customers for Your B2B SaaS Product with These 5 Distribution Hacks – [link]. How Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest Sharing Affects Sales | MarketingProfs – [link]. 2013 Search Engine Ranking Factors | Moz – [link]. Your startup’s advantage is tempo | by Chris Yeh – [link]. – [link].

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. In its most recent quarter, the company processed the exchange of $923 million of sales, which equates to a $3.6B In 2017, the company reported sales of over $500 million. annual GMV.

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Spencer Fry

MAY 2, 2014

It’s something that we began working on in July 2013, only to release it ten months later on April 30th, 2014. We started in July 2013 with the intention of getting something testable in the hands of a few customers by September and releasing it to everyone else by Thanksgiving. OMG is the best way to describe how I feel right now.

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Mike Michalowicz

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Women in business should embrace networking, sales meetings, and business leadership because that is where we are at our best. Work to expand your EQ as it is essential in all those B2B interactions. Here are a few ways to kickstart your network in 2013: - Send an unrequested, but much appreciated, recommendation on LinkedIn.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2020

My mother in law died in 2013 without any life insurance. After leading my former employer to $55 million in sales from $18 million in sales, my reward was to be laid off but it was just the kick in the pants I needed to start my B2B marketing company, Innovaxis. Thanks to Jaime Pfeffer. #12- 18- Got laid off.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Complex products and decisions—rife in the B2B world—encourage us to default to our heuristic judgment. Rather than a traditional round of pre-release promotion, Beyoncé released a full album on iTunes in 2013 with no advance promotion. The sudden revelation spiked emotions— and sales. Surprises can work the same way.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 13, 2012

Get the content right, and use the content to build the people network, and use that network to amplify content; and. · There really isn’t a “B2B” company. referral traffic compared to YouTube & 59% sales conversion rate compared to Facebook; · Social for B2B: LinkedIn drove 1.8

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 29, 2014

The 2013 Super Bowl commercials commanded an average of 3.5 According to an article in Econsultancy , when a site has customer reviews, 63% of visitors are more likely to make a purchase & reviews produce an average of 18% uplift in sales. Consider the amount of money spent on Super Bowl advertisements. image source.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Complex products and decisions—rife in the B2B world—encourage us to default to our heuristic judgment. Rather than a traditional round of pre-release promotion, Beyoncé released a full album on iTunes in 2013 with no advance promotion. The sudden revelation spiked emotions— and sales. Surprises can work the same way.

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Customer Differentiation West Virginia Campaign 101

Up and Running

JANUARY 14, 2019

To find a few of them, use your favorite search engine, and type in “franchise opportunities” or “franchises for sale.” You read the information provided by the franchisor, and one thing you like about commercial cleaning is that it’s B2B (business-to-business). Editor’s note: This article was originally published in 2013.

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Agile VC

MAY 22, 2014

There are no commissions on closed sales (other than Taobaoke) or placement fees on Taobao. based on product category for all sales settled through Alipay (~80% of Alibaba’s GMV is settled through Alipay). in revenue in 2013 from its retail marketplaces on $248B in GMV. Alibaba on the other hand generated $6.5B

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

A tax services center could focus on “ prepare 2013 taxes” now, but in September might focus on 3 rd quarter filing services for freelancers. Ask your sales team: How do different product categories do throughout the year? What days are the sale staff present? Let’s take a look at a few examples –. Exercise: image source.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2013

Hero mentors” have exited their businesses through a trade sale or IPO, sometimes multiple times; they offer inspiration to your team and coaching on strategy and tactics. Do we understand the conversion mechanics of our sales FUNNEL? Do we have a REPEATABLE SALES process whose LTV > CAC? TRACTION and GROWTH?

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ConversionXL

MARCH 10, 2017

Try something like: ‘Our annual apparel sale starts now.’ If it reads like an unsolicited sales pitch, it’s probably being reported as spam before it gets deleted. The study covered various sectors, including B2B, B2C, nonprofit, retail and e-commerce. Segment based on stage of the sales cycle.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

I also wanted to future proof my business – to position it for growth, and ultimately sale, so giving it my name was out of the question. Well, we’re a B2B marketing agency that specializes in services and intangible products. Over the next decade, our sales went from about $1 million per year to more than $30 million.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

Whether you make money through sales or ads, you ALWAYS need more user engagement on your website. MailChimp, the B2B subscriber email management service, recorded a 66% drop in failed logins after introducing social login. The number of visitors directly correlates to revenue – whatever business you are in.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 25, 2020

A B2B website that educates potential buyers isn’t a personal “weblog.” M” Mistakes are those that, in the reference publishing world, would get you a bad review, and bad reviews tank sales. “m” Brian Dean introduced the “ Skyscraper Technique ” in 2013 to out-long-form the long-formers. To be honest, it never did.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Added – March 2013* Startup Intelligence tools. Read post Why Learning should be your top 2013 new year’s resolution  for a full list. turn customer feedback into sales and relationships. StartLogic *.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2013

Indeed, 70% of brands and 77% of agencies used content marketing for advertising purposes in the past year ( April 2013 survey by MailOnline ). Increase Sales / Revenue by entering the consumer’s decision process. So what type of content should the B2B content marketer be producing? Improve brand perception. Increase loyalty.

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entrepreMusings

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Get a jump on your 2013 marketing planning in this “meeting of the minds” afternoon in Austin, Texas. Bulldog Solutions , where I work, is one of the sponsors of this event along with many other well known companies in the B2B marketing space. FOCUS on the persona is critical. It really is time to MOBILIZE. Time: 1 p.m.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

As we look into 2014, we thought it was important to reflect on our activities in 2013 and refocus and refine our thinking and messaging as a firm. We also help our teams find key engineers, and sales and marketing folks who can help build and refine the gotomarket strategy for the entrepreneur. As they say, the rest is history.

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ConversionXL

JULY 1, 2014

Research from the CMO Council & Penton Media in Q4 of 2013 found that only half of the companies surveyed felt they had good transactional, behavioral & customer support data. If B2B try to get information about industry and position in the company. Some ideas for customer segments are: Big Spenders. Frequent Buyers.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Peter Koechley (@peterkoechley) October 21, 2013. During the same period that the campaign occurred, BMW sales increased 12% – the video went viral. That’s the goal of most landing pages (especially B2B). How Emotional Valence and Arousal Affects Virality. Uplifting works. So does shocking/outrageous.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 18, 2016

What’s left, however, is a thriving ecosystem of B2B resources, professional discussions, and community noticeboards, and information and interaction that’s best accessed through Twitter chats, lists and hashtags. Twitter shareholders are panicking as TWTR stock has fallen 65% since their IPO in November 2013.

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ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2020

According to the Content Marketing Institute, only 9% of B2B marketers believe that their content strategy is effective. Content marketing isn’t a tactic you use when you need to increase sales. pic.twitter.com/dnQ7pOgC — OREO Cookie (@Oreo) February 4, 2013. Your sales team is a great source for these stories.).

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ConversionXL

APRIL 14, 2016

Amazon carried out their own research in this area and discovered that, for every 100ms of page load time, there was a 1% decrease in sales. As evidence of the difference speed can make, back in 2013, Walmart.ca Unlike a great deal of B2B marketing, the page communicates like one human talking to another. Image Source.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 17, 2013

In fact, a 2013 survey showed that creating a social media strategy is still a major concern of 83 percent of marketers. But to the detriment of many organizations, strategy is lagging (way) behind.

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Designmantic Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

She has also authored many best-selling books for Amazon on sales, marketing, entrepreneurship and small businesses. She is the founder and CEO of the brand amplification company called Thulium that specializes in B2B social media account-based marketing. Tamara McCleary. Website: tamaramccleary.com. Marsha Collier. Shelly Kramer.

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paulgraham.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

July 2013 One of the most common types of advice we give at Y Combinator is to do things that dont scale. But for a startup to succeed, at least one founder (usually the CEO) will have to spend a lot of time on sales and marketing. [ And no, you cant avoid doing sales by hiring someone to do it for you. Want to start a startup?

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

One that reflects the customer expectations of 2013. Or Ford (it is amazing that in 2013, for such an expensive product, it looks so… 2005). It does require working with your CMO, VPs, Directors, IT, Offline Sales, UX, IT, and more people than you could ever imagine. Look at the colors. Look at the icons. Beat Motrin.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

According to Nielsen, YouTube reaches more US adults ages 18-34 than any cable network as of mid-2013. As of March 2013, one billion, (B!), One more thing to ponder… One hundred hours of video is uploaded into YouTube every single minute, as of May 2013. If you are a B2B company, checkout Cisco's social efforts.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 28, 2013

There is a lot any business — B2C, B2B, A2Z — can learn from Songza. "Let's just get people on the phone and our sales reps will convert!" " I realize that ADT has always done phone sales and is comfortable with that. I love the social nature of sharing playlists. The suggestions engine they have.

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