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How to Create a Demand Funnel (for 44X Revenue)

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To do that, we built a demand funnel that took us from nothing to 44X revenue growth in a single year. That difference cascades down the funnel, allowing you to track the ROI of your lead sources between inbound and outbound campaigns—all the way through to revenue. Honorable mention: SiriusDecisions Demand Unit Waterfall (2017).

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CXL Live 2017 Recap: Optimization & Growth Insights from 20+ Experts

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Last week, 400+ data-driven marketers from 20+ countries around the world met up in the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas for CXL Live 2017. Nicole Mintiens (@Nicole_Mintiens) April 5, 2017. Sara McGuire (@sara_mcguire) April 5, 2017. Michael Aagaard (@ContentVerve) April 5, 2017. Joe Martin (@hijoemartin) April 7, 2017.

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Is Your SaaS Go-to-Market Strategy Tsunami-Proof?

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Just take a look at these three channels: Facebook : 171% Increase in Cost per Thousand Impressions, or CPM ( 2017 ). Twitter : 20% Increase in CPM ( Q4 2017 ). LinkedIn : 44% Increase in CPM ( Q2 2017 ). A big downside of the high-touch sales model is that the CAC is out of control, and the sales cycles are extremely long.

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Account-Based Marketing Software & Tools

ConversionXL

While it doesn’t publish prices publicly, an interview with the Demandbase CEO in 2017 claimed that the average revenue per customer per month was $20,000. Everstring divides its solutions into three parts: for marketers, for sales, and for “advanced analytics.” G2 Crowd confirms that it’s a high-cost option.

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Ecommerce Content Marketing: Attract, Engage, Close, and Delight Buyers

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To considerable fanfare , Blue Apron launched a podcast with Gimlet Media, “Why We Eat What We Eat,” in 2017. Designed to collect email addresses, downloadable content is more common in B2B, which has longer sales cycles and a more complex buying process. There have been plenty of start-and-stop efforts. Image source ).

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LinkedIn Video Ads: Relevance, Specs, and Use Cases

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The strategy, according to Google, improves ad recall (and, undoubtedly, YouTube revenues). LinkedIn began beta testing video ads in October 2017. 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.

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How I invest as a pre-seed investor?

Hippoland

Almost all of the companies we invested in in 2017 had customers even if they didn’t have much of a product. At a high level, business is simple! :) You bring revenue in and your costs send money out the door. You want your revenue to be higher than your costs. But the execution is hard.