ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Conversion optimization is a little different if you’re in B2B. Some of the same underlying principles apply, but because of the inherent differences in buying decisions and sales cycles, pulling B2C optimization practices straight from the book might be a bad idea. It’s called Optimizing for B2B.

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Venture Chronicles

AUGUST 30, 2012

Ray Wang wrote a summary of CRM Evolution that I found particularly interesting, and one point in particular resonated with me because it aligns to something I have been talking about at Get Satisfaction for a while now… B2B and B2C distinctions are dead. B2C and B2B is dead. It doesn’t make sense.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 4, 2016

We often talk about online conversion optimization without mentioning that many businesses, especially B2B, rely on offline sales to produce revenue. There’s a lot we can do online to help our sales teams close deals. It starts with sales enablement. What Is Sales Enablement and Why Should You Care? Image Source.

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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

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The marketing and sales funnel is a time-tested framework for mapping the customer journey. In the current landscape, to successfully guide a person from prospect to customer, you need to think about their behavior and deliver marketing that fits their needs at every stage of the funnel. Image source. Image source.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Marketing metrics are a competitive advantage. In this article, you’ll learn which metrics to measure to understand and improve marketing performance. In this article, you’ll learn which metrics to measure to understand and improve marketing performance. Table of contents What are digital marketing metrics?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

by Steve Hartert, Chief Marketing Officer at JotForm. We found several patterns that could help improve your e-commerce strategy and boost sales. Something in the payment form or checkout process might be hindering sales. He has 25+ years of international B2B and B2C marketing experience. of the time.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2021

We stopped requiring users to provide an email address upon signing up—which ultimately meant that we ditched our email marketing efforts altogether. In the time since we decided to stop our email marketing, our business has grown exponentially. If I’m being honest, our user base was growing rapidly with email marketing.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 30, 2019

B2B marketing has some crossover with B2C marketing, but when it comes to traffic generation, the tactics for those companies that target other businesses are significantly different. From improving brand awareness to making more sales, the right traffic generation can transform the future of a B2B brand.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 18, 2021

eCommerce marketing tends to follow broader sales and social trends, prioritizing ease of access for its innovation. Companies will want to observe which channels their audience use but should expect to shift some of their more traditional ad spending to social shopping and new integrations between sales channels and social apps.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

I got one of those in 2018, mere months after I started at data.world as their first growth marketing and demand generation hire. We had built the world’s largest open-data community but—like so many startups—didn’t have a clear product-market fit. . It wasn’t quite a flip from B2C to B2B, but it was close.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

I’m excited for the talent that will spin out of those companies to create the next generation of B2C stars coming out of Israel. Sorry for the humbrag, but I’m proud to see Minute Media , our Remagine Ventures portfolio company (and our only later stage investment) on this prestigious list.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2019

Magento is a powerful tool that can help you build startups in both B2C and B2B eCommerce. Working from this central hub, you can manage all aspects of your website development and simplify sales for easy growth. Mobile retail commerce sales comprised more than 34 percent of total eCommerce sales in 2017.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

Let me start with a few addresses: 1355 Market Street. These companies are all over the map: B2B, B2C, SaaS, ecommerce, healthcare, SMB-focused, enterprise-focused, etc. Incepted in 2012, Alignable’s platform hit the market in 2014, and since then, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of business owners in North America join.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

Keeping up with trends is the reality show of the e-commerce world, which is constantly developing, gaining a significant market share, and driving online sales. The story behind its substantial growth in the market is simple: people love to shop in the most convenient way possible, and a smartphone is a perfect way to do it.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2021

When it comes to e-commerce sites, most people think only of B2C relationships, but all of the same principles and advantages apply equally to the B2B sector where goods are involved. Like all ecommerce sites, B2B companies need a simple yet reliable B2B ecommerce platform to make it as easy as possible for their customers to order.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2014

Marketing doesn’t end after you’ve attracted new users to your website. Marketing doesn’t end after you’ve made the sale. If you’re interested in increasing customer lifetime value , know the real journey begins after that first sale is made. The Case For Personalized Marketing Automation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 23, 2022

The Strategy Behind Building A Thriving Online Community For Your Brand written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Jenny Weigle. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Jenny Weigle. 3:59] Who needs to be thinking about community — B2B brands or B2C brands? [5:58]

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Why Community Is The Last Great Marketing Strategy written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Mark Schaefer In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Mark Schaefer. Key Takeaway: Mark Schaefer argues that brand communities are the future of marketing strategy.

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ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2019

Client education is central to marketing messaging, too, especially for sellers with long sales cycles. The truth is less clear cut, especially for marketers. Craft marketing materials that resonate with multiple stakeholders. The second study, however, unearths a critical point, especially for marketers.

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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 growth of B2B video marketing. Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat have thus far dominated the market in video ad spend on social media. But LinkedIn owns the lucrative B2B audience. LinkedIn video ad targeting.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Learn how to identify what your customers want from your brand, how to build momentum with content, and then explore some brands that excel at brand marketing. For most of 2021, CXL didn’t have a marketing team. Studies show that only 5% of B2B buyers are ready to buy. Brand is your strongest asset.

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Rembrandt Communications

MARCH 6, 2015

The post B2C and B2B Content Marketing Tips – Is Your Copy Just Sitting There? appeared first on Boost sales with BtoB Content Strategy, SEO and PR here. But […].

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

An important thing that every B2B business owner needs to understand is that while all marketing follows the same general guidelines, there are significant differences in B2B and B2C approaches. Social Media Marketing (SMM) will definitely work for any type of company and industry. However, some of them will.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2019

This post applies Jakob Nielson’s 10 Usability Heuristics to B2B websites that focus on lead generation (as well as “high consideration” B2C sites that lack any transactional functionality). B2B websites often have to explain a lot to get buyers to convert. That’s an important distinction. Jakob Nielsen.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 21, 2012

Compared to social media and content marketing, email is a mature channel for engaging online consumers. Regardless of whether your business is in the B2B or B2C space, your email marketing effectiveness can be optimized. However, there are some components unique to email marketing that you should also test.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 25, 2021

Eventually, your first set of products will reach a sales peak, which means you may start to notice a plateau in profits and customer engagement. Instead of panicking and pushing out a ton of promotions, you may want to start thinking of ways to penetrate a new market. 5 steps to expand your business into a new market.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 13, 2020

Since then, we’ve served 500+ unique customers, worked with 10+ space partners, pivoted our business model from B2C to B2B, signed on advisers, and have raised money from outside investors. She takes the lead on all things brand, creative, hiring, and marketing, while I lead sales, business development, and operations.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 15, 2018

As recently as a few years ago, brands and wholesalers only had a few sales channels to consider: they sold directly to retailers, or to distributors who in turn sold to retailers. B2B wholesale businesses have had to rethink and realize that a wholesale e-commerce platform is essential to their business. Increased sales.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2021

If you want to build a successful business, a strong email marketing strategy is one of the best ways to do it. Over a third of email marketers struggle with acquisition and close to a half say increasing engagement is their number one challenge. via B2B Marketing Alliance ]. However, it’s not without challenges.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Price is as important as any other feature to determine product/market “fit.” This is often B2C because the value is in quantity of customers, and there’s 100x more consumers than businesses. $1/mo Also this is almost exclusively B2B unless it’s something “luxury.” But I disagree.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2020

As organizational leaders steer their companies into increasingly competitive labor markets while keeping a close eye on the achievement of topline results, one of their most pressing questions will become, “How can humans and AI work together while maintaining a cohesive company culture?”.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

It’s called cross-selling; a tactic that drives 35% of sales for Amazon and helps leading SaaS companies reduce churn. Cross-selling is recommending additional, complementary products or services to increase the sale value or boost CLTV. From this small addition to each page, Amazon generates over a third of sales on its platform.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Some marketing methods tend to be quite effective for certain businesses. One particular technique that may come to mind is engagement marketing. What Is Engagement Marketing? Engagement marketing practices tend to deal with both business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) audiences.

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View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

Ellie Mirman was the first marketer hired by the CMO of HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software startup that IPOed in 2014. Below, she shares lessons learned from the earliest days of marketing the company and how this has translated to her second startup role as VP of Marketing at Toast. How did you address that?

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

How Typeform Stands Out In A Crowded Market written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Karrie Sanderson. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Karrie Sanderson. Take The Marketing Assessment: Take the Assessment. Like this show? Duct Tape Transcript.

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Brandanew

MAY 14, 2015

As an ongoing series called the Social Expert Speak , today we present insights from @KenHerron , an exemplary social marketer and a leading expert on content and social media. Ken believes that small businesses and startups can have an extreme competitive advantage in content marketing. Ken Herron : Yes, absolutely.

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