This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 16, 2024

Imagine this: You conduct a survey of 250 Series B and beyond CROs and VPs of Sales for B2B SaaS companies to understand everything about what drives sales success and what profiles of candidates turned out to be the most successful hires. What successful founder wouldn’t reach out to me to brainstorm strategies and potential first hires?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 28, 2019

They offer both free resources and a Pro membership, and they host the annual MarketingProfs B2B Marketing Forum. You’ll find insightful articles on social media, SEO and organic search, retargeting campaigns, content marketing, lead conversion, copywriting, and more. GoDaddy – not just for web hosting anymore.

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Small Business Marketing Social Media SEO 106

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Follow them on Twitter and/or other forms of social media, in order to find out about Q&A webinars they host or to contact them directly. Our business model back then was very complex, and it included a B2C as well as a B2B business model, that wasn’t being implemented yet. It was all hypothetical. We needed to be more specific.

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Programming Chile B2B B2C 124

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. What was needed? What’s new? [07:37]

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2023

Tiffani is also the host of the podcast  What’s Next! 15:11] Where does employer branding fit into the conversation of employee experience? [17:18] She's also hosts the podcast called What's Next! It's a podcast hosted by Dr. JJ Peterson and is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. with Tiffani Bova.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In the acquisition phase, measure these performance metrics: Customer acquisition cost Conversion rate Website traffic Click-through rate Bounce rate Quality of leads. In the activation phase, measure these performance metrics: Conversion rate Number of customers using a product feature Drop-off rate Dwell time. Activation.

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

But for B2B sales, meeting people in person is often mandatory. In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. I host on Hostforweb **. I use this to host my presentations , which are all embedded at teten.com. Plus, my wife doesn’t let me date celebrities. . Google Drive **.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2022

John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Outbound Squad, formerly Blissful Prospecting, hosted by Jason Bay. I think B2B companies in particular have probably been slower to come to this idea. B2B companies I think are probably the greatest untapped opportunity right now.

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Community Framework Advisory Board Viral 82

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 9, 2018

How to Use LinkedIn to Generate Sales Conversations written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. The video above is a replay of a recent live webinar I hosted with guest Viveka von Rosen. Combined with the text below you should have a pretty good feel for how to use LinkedIn to generate sales conversations.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 20, 2022

John Jantsch (00:01): This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Outbound Squad, formerly Blissful Prospecting, hosted by Jason Bay. And for most brands from most businesses, most conversions come from stories. For most brands, reels are not ideal for conversions. I actually love Instagram for b2b.

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Marketing Social Media Video Technical Review 96

View from Seed

JULY 17, 2019

Your company is likely both one step removed from many brand name B2B customers and a step removed from reporters and press that are excited to tell your story. One approach that we’ve seen work with a number of B2B businesses is to spend a disproportionate amount of effort in telling a momentum story about your company.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

So early conversations (prior to building) becomes even more essential in your product strategy. The best companies learn do to this at scale and it’s true for both B2B and B2C businesses. Early on, Joe Gebbia and I literally commuted to New York from Mountain View [to visit our Airbnb hosts in person].

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 17, 2014

A recent B2B Benchmark Survey revealed more than 90% of marketing respondents used video on a site, second only to the learn more/contact us option (nearly 100%). Because video content is also tagged with keywords and ranks in Google search, you can use a video-hosting site such as YouTube to track interaction. Crunch the numbers.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models. I look forward to future conversations. Tell me a bit about your background.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

5:26] Typeform really seems like more of a conversation in comparison to a regular form– how often do you fight the idea that people perceive it as ‘just a form where they only need the data’? [7:55] And if you're listening and you have not experienced Typeform, I mean, it really feels more like a conversation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Forrester Research estimates that the average B2B CMO invests over 24% of their marketing budget in live events. For example, if you wanted to increase the viability of social media, you could gradually tweak and optimize your social media graphics, post times, or copy and see how the conversions on your event website change from there.

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Campaign Marketing Social Media Software Review 73

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Last but not least, the brand spanking new Dell Medical School, the graduate medical school of The University of Texas at Austin, hosts the Texas Health Catalyst that provides not only funding, office space and mentorship, but also access to medical data. This is the holy grail for companies who want to save lives through machine learning.

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View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

NVV: That’s not in any book about growing a startup — “Build an interactive app to start your marketing, then host a webinar for its users.” Even identifying as a demand-gen marketer or branding or B2B or B2C leaves a lot of decisions still on the table to actually execute. Where do you start?

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 18, 2017

Back in October, we hosted our first marketplace-themed meetup on the topic of The Holy Grail of the Marketplace: The Virtuous Cycle. Today, we are excited to announce that we will be hosting our second meetup in San Francisco, on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 5:30pm on Data-Driven Marketplaces. How to optimize (on-demand) logistics, etc.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2019

When you have a great conversation with someone, ask for their card. When you reconnect with them at a later date, you can then follow-up with more specific points and you can also make conversation flow much easier. It’s not very respectful for you to interrupt someone’s conversation, hand them a card and then walk away.

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Networking B2B Conversion SEO 113

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

We’re not mainly for B2B companies or later stage companies or anything like that. For instance, our new headquarters in New York has a great area for members that need a desk for a day or a week, or conference rooms that are perfect for hosting important meetings. David Teten: How do startups sign up?

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New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2021

If that is the case for your business, you will want to select a web partner who understands conversion optimization and digital marketing. If you are looking for a website agency with a lot of B2B website design experience, then you’ll want to request examples of their work on B2B sites.

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Design eCommerce B2B Web 149

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

It is written in a conversational tone, doesnt take itself too seriously, and avoids extraneous fluff. Four Steps primarily centers its stories and case studies on B2B hardware and software startups. This new volume also tackles examples from the Internet and wireless startups of today, both B2B and B2C.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Even B2B companies need a point-of-contact to provide solutions. If I didn’t know how to explain to a customer how they might transfer their web hosting over to us, I passed the call on to my manager, or promised to send them an email, explaining the process. Restaurants have waiters and cashiers. Boutiques have shop assistants.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 28, 2014

You’ve likely already heard that explainer videos can boost conversions anywhere between ten and ten bazillion percent. A study by Wistia found the average play rate for “ business videos” hosted on their platform was roughly 30%. You’re probably even toying with the idea of doing one for your company.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Or, better yet, Airbnb initiating payment transfer to hosts before their guests have even left! Considering how businesses have been dealing with B2B payment since — well, the beginning of modern society — you’d expect a much better solution to have emerged a long ago. We’ve made a problem.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 1, 2023

Mary is also the co-creator of a new course with Reforge and hosts the popular Women In Product Marketing podcast. She is also the co-creator of a new course with Reforge and hosts, the popular Women in Product Marketing podcast. It's a podcast hosted by Dr. JJ Peterson and is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network.

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Product Framework Technical Review Cofounder 61

Brandanew

JULY 17, 2015

About: The Social Shake-Up is a two day affair hosted by Social Media Today, that is popular for creating and curating conversations from across the world around the best business practices. About: Dreamforce 2015, hosted by Salesforce will include over 1,400 sessions on every possible marketing role. Social Shake-Up.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 21, 2020

As a father and founder, I’m motivated to end our kid’s dependence on sugar and start a conversation about its dangers. ZeroVir offers automated, contact-less sanitization for B2B enterprise customers using UltraViolet light & IoT modules. . #2- A drop in the amount of sugar consumed per day by kids.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2022

95% of B2B buyers are not ready to buy your product right now. They’re having conversations with colleagues, researching on social media, and listening to podcasts about the product or industry and learning where your brand fits in. By the time you see intent data, much of the buying process is already complete.

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View from Seed

JUNE 5, 2018

Last week, we hosted our very first portfolio-only Hiring Bootcamp in NYC, led by NextView’s talent advisor Kristen Caldwell. Tracking your recruiting process provides you insights around the two most important aspects of hiring: Conversion. Apply the learning back to your long-term effort of elevating your brand.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

According to the 2017 State of Digital Marketing report , webinars are one of the top drivers of revenue for B2B marketers, coming just second after white papers. 74% of B2B marketers consider webinars to be the most effective way of generating high-quality leads. Prepare and host your webinar. Image source: ClickFunnels.

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Product Audience Social Media Sales 97

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

We’ve found some of the best minds in personal branding, B2B branding, corporate branding, and even career branding on Twitter, and we hope you’ll check them out. Wendy Marx examines social business, and explains how B2B companies can become well known brands. KevinBrandall. the_brand_guy. ConversationAgent. mariaduron. RachelGogos.

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Austin Startup

JULY 12, 2010

GetSatisfaction still hosts u nofficial customer communities , and links to them prominently on their website with designations like “37Signals is not yet committed to open coversation about its products and services. Forest for the Trees.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

If you’re Expedia or Booking, regardless of whether or not people are looking at flights, my guess is the percentage of people who look up a flight versus actually book the flight, that conversion rate is probably down. People saying, “This is what’s happening to B2B SaaS or this is what’s happening to this category.”

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Founder Conversion Technical Review Cash Position 36

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Last Thursday, we hosted a private marketplace-themed event in San Francisco, The Holy Grail of the Marketplace: The Virtuous Cycle. There was a great lineup of speakers, some very stimulating side conversations – and I was continually reminded how important it is for everyone to step back from the day to day and get together in person.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 11, 2022

The benefits for B2B companies If you work with clients that also work with other professionals or have a B2B model, ecosystem balancing is a great option for you, but not only for referrals. After you have identified six or seven potential strategic partners it is time to begin the conversation.

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Programming Small Business Advisory Board B2B 87