View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

Acquisitions are happening more and more, while companies like PillPack, Actifio, CarGurus, OnShape, Acquia, Applause, and others continue to march forward. These companies are all over the map: B2B, B2C, SaaS, ecommerce, healthcare, SMB-focused, enterprise-focused, etc. SMBs account for 54% of all US sales.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

With over a decade of experience in his toolkit, he specializes in helping clients build out cross-channel acquisition systems using a mix of owned, earned and paid tactics. 07:17] What is you cross-channel acquisition strategy? [11:13] 20:58] Are there any overlooked channels or platforms worth exploring?

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ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

LinkedIn ads offer the benefits of video content and the granular targeting of a B2B-centric platform. The same video content likely works well in other channels. The growth of B2B video marketing. But LinkedIn owns the lucrative B2B audience. The sales cycle may last for months, or more than a year.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The first two are more familiar to B2B marketers; the last one often applies to B2C. That type of content ticks all the boxes that search engines—most companies’ dominant distribution channel—reward. Ask Kaleigh: “What’s the most underrated networking channel?”. Or sales-qualified leads. Exceptions abound.).

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ConversionXL

JULY 8, 2021

But a good conversion rate doesn’t always mean more sales. In this article, we’ll explore how to calculate conversion rates and its application across different channels and customer journeys. The method for calculating conversion rate varies by channel, sales cycle, and stage of the marketing funnel.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In consumer packaged goods, the benchmark for a “highly successful” product launch is no easy feat: $50 million in first-year sales. Successful product launch campaigns have a strong value proposition, multi-channel distribution, supporting content, and other trappings common to every marketing campaign. Image source ). His solution?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

Sales pipeline/forecast. I listened in on a board call with an enterprise software company this week, and when the CEO said, “Our VP of sales assured me our pipeline won’t be affected.” Ask yourself: Are there now new customers, new services and new channels to pursue? Internal Assessment. Operating Numbers.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

YouTube elevates videos (and channels) that prove meaningful engagement, which is exactly what AVD and CTR do. Of course, a video with low ROI can still generate awareness, expand impact, and lead to sales. Select Analytics: There are four Channel Analytics tabs in your dashboard (five if you have a Revenue option).

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In my daily work with ecommerce brands, I see two types of companies: The first type focuses on acquisition and conversion. Overall acquisition costs for both B2C and B2B have gone up by 50% in the past five years. This post gives you a data-backed approach to win more repeat sales. The second relies on retention.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

Sales are the bloodstream for most businesses, and tech startups are no exception. This post is about choosing the right sales strategy and channels for your startup from the start. This mix is not a good start when it comes to sales and marketing. It just so happened that I became the CEO of a B2B tech startup.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Sales intelligence platform Cognism cut their lead generation efforts by 90% in 2021. In this article, you’ll learn how to build a demand generation funnel that fuels the pipeline, shortens the sale cycle, and generates revenue. an ebook); Then you blast them with sales messaging (e.g., email, ads, retargeting, etc.)

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

It partners with sales to close more revenue, informs product teams to deliver better products, and in some cases, co-owns demand generation activities with marketing teams. of their time), marketing teams (84.2%), and sales teams (75.9%). Use product marketing to boost reach and sales. They rely on each other for success.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

I''ve been thinking a lot lately about scaling sales. . Before this occurs, the sales process is a craft or an art - custom-made by the founder or evangelist sales VP. How do I build a repeatable, scalable sales process that is like an industrial machine - not a crafts project? 1) Enterprise Sales.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Three out of every four B2B buyers would rather self-educate than learn about a product from a sales representative, according to Forrester. Or would you prefer to go through a lengthy sales process to see if it’s a good fit? customer acquisition process and channels). The sales-led GtM strategy.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Like most functions in today’s businesses, sales is currently undergoing a transformation. Lead generation , customer acquisition, and sales resources are being approached differently. Companies now replace the cold call with new sales tools and tactics that are changing results for the better. Personalizing Pitches.

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View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

But even with that webinar’s success, we still had a lot of education to do in order to get people to understand what we did and even how we saw marketing in general, which we needed to do to generate demand and sales. Then there were also certain social channels that worked for awhile but didn’t stick. We got 300.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Indeed’s German branch was struggling to close sales because they had no awareness in that market. After running a culturally relevant marketing campaign, Indeed rose to number one in traffic and sales in Germany. Your brand might need to shape its strategy to be relevant depending on where you’re marketing. Storytelling is personal.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 8, 2021

That’s why Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) is such a critical metric. In most cases, it includes: Salaries of sales and marketing teams Advertising spend on acquiring new customers (Search/Display Ads, Social Ads, Sponsorship, etc.) That would mean the 1100 new customers in March are the result of February’s acquisition cost.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

12:29] Where do you stand on your messaging for client acquisition? [15:49] If you're moving out of brick and mortar into online, more and more businesses, whether you're B2B or you're b2c, are realizing that digital is a primary channel or at least equal. But it's people who care about that experience, right?

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

The average B2B buyer has 27 brand interactions before deciding. Very few, if any, of these interactions are with a sales rep. Because if people are making up their own minds, without coercion from sales, creating demand is the best way to get them to choose you. DGMs see that demand is maintained throughout the sales cycle.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 17, 2023

How To Scale Your B2B Marketing Strategy written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Louis Gudema In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Louis Gudema. Louis is a fractional CMO for B2B companies, and mentors startups at MIT. And I, that's really my expertise.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 31, 2019

While one-third of the budget is allocated to marketing technology acquisition, nearly 21 percent of the budget is set aside for multi-channel advertising. For businesses that earn less than $5 million annually in sales, the US Small Business Administration (SBA) recommends allocating six to seven percent of the revenue.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Click-Through Rate Definition The Conversion Rate Formula: How to Calculate Conversion Rate Bounce Rate: Everything You Want to Know and More How To Calculate and Increase Customer Lifetime Value PPC Click-Through-Rate: What it Means and How to Use It (and Improve It) How to Track and Improve Ecommerce Customer Acquisition Effectiveness.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 24, 2020

However, eCommerce is really coming into its own as of late, and most experts agree that the eCommerce sector will experience huge increases in growth , sales, and users throughout the following decade. Variation of customer acquisition channels. So, how can your eCommerce business capitalize on this? mailing lists).

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Are there use cases for voice search in B2B? Notably, Dean continued, “the growth in voice isn’t coming 100% from smart speakers like Google Home, which aren’t super relevant for B2B companies anyway. Instead, a good chunk of all searches are becoming voice searches on mobile phones and—important for B2B—desktops.”.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2020

There are two ways to grow the organic channel: Get more traffic ??from Since we’re in B2B SaaS, ours are: Role pages; Products; Industries; Features and use cases. With one creative design and one CMS template in WordPress, the SEO team published 29 purchase-intent pages that have created $10M in sales pipeline.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

The company that employed us began putting profits above people and new sales above client retention. They recognize the average lifespan of a client is 3-6 months, so they implement a strong sales team to consistently search for new clients. The differences between B2C and B2B within the same brands were staggering!

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

But the unintended consequence of our collective lead generation obsession is that the task of actually determining which of the leads generated are sales-ready is relegated to the back-burner. That ultimately results in sales teams being sent troves of contacts who are either unable or not ready to buy. Lead quantity vs. lead quality.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Will his digital presence measurably affect sales of his newest book What Unites Us ? We had to estimate hardware costs at various volume levels, distribution channel discounts, competitive pressures from Imsai and a few others, and then decide to go to market with a strong conviction in our pricing strategy.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In their own words, it’s: “B2C and B2B marketing that optimizes value to the buyer at any stage of the customer life cycle, dramatically increasing the propensity of that customer to purchase. This concept, according to Extraprise , is seen as real time revenue optimization.

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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’s not a channel, campaign, or tactic. Individuals don’t make B2B buying decisions; groups do.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2018

I actually did a study on this a few years ago, and I looked at 351 B2B companies with 50 to 1000 employees, and there was a huge difference between the software companies and the non software companies. They have a website, they probably have a sales team, is that kind of where it ends? John Jantsch: Yeah.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Talk to any B2B marketer about attribution and they’ll either roll their eyes or rant about how it’s important but hard to get right—long lead cycles, multiple contacts from a single organization, etc. If we look at the hierarchy of marketing data, it goes something like this: Acquisition (e.g. What is attribution?

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2022

95% of B2B buyers are not ready to buy your product right now. In this post, we’ll uncover the dark funnel and show you how to win customers on the channels companies often overlook. . When B2B buyers are considering a purchase, they spend only 17% of their time meeting with potential suppliers.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In their own words, it’s: “B2C and B2B marketing that optimizes value to the buyer at any stage of the customer life cycle, dramatically increasing the propensity of that customer to purchase. This concept, according to Extraprise , is seen as real time revenue optimization.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. But, if they are not, it’s very hard to use paid acquisition to generate that type of traffic for under $5.

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