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7 Key Factors Obscure Your Customer Acquisition Costs

Startup Professionals Musings

As I recently watched an episode of “ Shark Tank ,” I realized that the shark investors focus on your responses to these questions is also a credibility test on your business savvy, as it leads to other relevant questions on margins, channels, and your understanding of key customer forces. Outside partners and channel impacts are complex.

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How To Scale Your B2B Marketing Strategy

Duct Tape Marketing

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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5 Content Marketing Strategies for Niche B2B Industries

ConversionXL

Many B2B companies run into the same problem, particularly those that are: Complex, with products that require deep expertise to understand and use. Instead, they were shared in company Slack channels, emailed between VPs and investors, and featured in industry newsletters. It created powerful network effects.

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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

AI characters are already hosting interactive streams and shows in which they respond to audience questions, comments, or votes in real-time. AI to build enterprise software – In the future, every enterprise could have their own custom ERP, CRM or HRIS that is continually updating itself as the company itself is changing.

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Clubhouse put a big bullseye on social audio

VC Cafe

Discord Channels – Spotify – Fireside (Mark Cuban’s investment) – Facebook(Rooms?) – Open Source (Jam) – Telegram (voice chats 2.0) #audio pic.twitter.com/gVB5h0IcMC — Eze Vidra (@ediggs) April 2, 2021. Slack is looking to build the B2B version of Clubhouse (Slack Virtual Hallways).

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Building A Strong Social Media Strategy For Business Growth

Duct Tape Marketing

He has a history of success in the B2B SaaS, software, healthcare, fintech, human resources, consulting, and employee benefits technology industries. 04:59] What platforms should B2B focus on? [09:29] It's a tough world out there, especially when you're asked to be, have a consistent presence on eight different social channels.

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Why Partnerships Are The Future Of Marketing

Duct Tape Marketing

They can keep doubling down on advertising with the digital goliaths of today or begin to diversify and invest in other marketing channels, with an eye toward the future. So yeah, I, there there's some confusion around these terms, partner, marketing partnership, marketing affiliate market, and you have influencer and B2B.