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7 Key Factors Obscure Your Customer Acquisition Costs

Startup Professionals Musings

Leaders and investors need to know if you have and are tapping into your key sources of relevant data, including web analytics, sales management data, and customer relationship management (CRM) software. Outside partners and channel impacts are complex. Long sales cycles obscure beginning and end of costs.

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Account-Based Marketing vs. Lead Generation: Which is Right for You?

ConversionXL

If ABM gives your ideal customer everything they want and need to become a long-term partner, is there actually a need for lead generation? According to Demand Gen Report, 56% of B2B buyers say that a web search is their first resource, and 79% say the winning vendor’s content significantly impacts their buying decision.

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New Tasks For Salespeople In The Social Era

Brandanew

Recently while speaking to a client, we talked about how his company was now transitioning from a traditional sales model to a more digitally cohesive environment. The key reason was that in the B2B environment they were in, the buyers had changed. Salespeople in the social era had to be digitally social too. Time to take notes.

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Demand Generation: 7 Tactics to Fuel Your Funnel

ConversionXL

More than two-thirds of buyers have researched your solution (and others’) before talking to sales. Plus, 60% prefer not to interact with sales reps at all. To fuel your pipeline and shorten the sales cycle , you have to create demand naturally. Sales are less likely to be forced with outbound methods. The metrics.

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

ConversionXL

On day one, we heard from UX and digital analytics experts. Analytic: A measure software can track. Michele Kiss: Mastering Analytics for Optimization Success. Analytics and testing should live together in an organization. Tools used: JIRA, SiteSpect, Apptimize, Adobe Analytics, Amazon Web Services. Image Credit.

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9 Account-based Marketing Case Studies

ConversionXL

If leads-based B2B marketing is fishing with a net, ABM is using a harpoon. 2,320 sign-ups; 39% of attendees were net new accounts; 34 sales-qualified opportunities; 5 new customers immediately converted with LTV of over $100k each (normally a 9 to 12 month sales cycle). Results of iRidium’s ABM efforts.

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A Complete Guide to Account-Based Marketing: Win Over Your Ideal Customer

ConversionXL

Sales and marketing collaborate until a deal is closed and beyond to secure long-term customer retention. Individuals don’t make B2B buying decisions; groups do. ABM must target the entire buying committee, not just one or two individuals who may never be involved in sales conversations.