Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

In other words, if you can get 1000 people to come to your website consistently for under $5, then this business model works for you. For example, if you are running affiliate ads for hotels, you might get 3-5% on a sale. 2) B2B startups have high margins. Sales cycles matter though.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

In other words, if you can get 1000 people to come to your website consistently for under $5, then this business model works for you. For example, if you are running affiliate ads for hotels, you might get 3-5% on a sale. 2) B2B startups have high margins. Sales cycles matter though.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2021

Here’s the irony though— even though potential customers may be in the market for a solution like yours, you still need to deploy the traditional sales/marketing strategies to convince them to make a purchase. When sales made a list of logos they wanted to sell, or the list of ‘dream customers’ to close.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Some see it as a sales tactic, while others view it as a content marketing strategy. Because every business adapts ABM to suit their own growth model, the definition changes to fit. Account-based marketing is an approach where marketing and sales work together to nurture target accounts and convert or retain customers.

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Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

V4: Helping directors of marketing at series B B2B SaaS companies who have previously bought ads in email lists get customers profitably. 2) What is the business model and the potential unit economics? Certain investors tend to gravitate towards certain business models. This one is pretty investor-specific.

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Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

V4: Helping directors of marketing at series B B2B SaaS companies who have previously bought ads in email lists get customers profitably. 2) What is the business model and the potential unit economics? Certain investors tend to gravitate towards certain business models. This one is pretty investor-specific.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

For one’s first business, I always suggest that they start a company that sells services to other businesses rather than directly to the consumer. We are going to leave out companies selling into municipalities or educational institutions due to long sales cycles that are very complex, hard to manage and even harder to profit from.

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ConversionXL

MAY 19, 2016

Like any model it has its pros and cons. The biggest shortcoming being that it considers the sales cycle to be a linear process where a customer passes sequentially through sales steps and where he/she is the only one involved in the decision making process. sales page, cart, purchase, etc.)

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conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Startups rarely survive by guessing, and can only create products and business models based on facts about their target market. Similarly, an e-commerce retailer believes they need the domain name, shopping cart solution, and inventory to start their business. million in sales and selling an average of 1,000 items per day.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Posted by Philippe Botteri.

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