VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Artificial Intelligence – Scaling global intelligence and redefining work: AI training costs should continue to fall 75% per year. Electric Vehicles – Lower battery costs powering adoption mean EV sales could reach 74 million in 2030. Generalizable robotics represent a $24 trillion-plus global revenue opportunity.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

We found several patterns that could help improve your e-commerce strategy and boost sales. These metrics don’t mean you should advertise on desktop rather than mobile. Something in the payment form or checkout process might be hindering sales. Now compare that to buying health insurance, which could easily cost $500 per month.

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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. They also come with higher costs and LinkedIn-specific platform limitations. The growth of B2B video marketing. But LinkedIn owns the lucrative B2B audience. LinkedIn video ads: tech specs, targeting, metrics, and cost.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2020

In the classic book, “ Driving Demand: Transforming B2B Marketing to Meet the Needs of the Modern Buyer ,” top marketing consultant Carlos Hidalgo updates the old guidelines on how to set up demand generation processes, keep them current, and measure results. Understanding culture is paramount, but measuring results is even better.

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NPV Net Present Value Conversion Ratio Marketing 436

David Teten

DECEMBER 16, 2015

I review a lot of board decks with a beautifully hand-crafted page with metrics for the company. Good metrics are comparable across industries; comparative ; readily understandable; and help drive decisions. Comparative means that you can compare a metric across time periods, groups of users, or competitors. Sales Pipeline.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2023

Another marketing-related error that starting entrepreneurs will often commit is failing to measure the right metrics. The return on investment (the impact of marketing on sales) – this is a trailing indicator. Entrepreneurs will often not focus enough on sales. The Marketing Pitfalls: Costly Oversights 4.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2018

In the classic book, “ Driving Demand: Transforming B2B Marketing to Meet the Needs of the Modern Buyer ,” top marketing consultant Carlos Hidalgo updates the old guidelines on how to set up demand generation processes, keep them current, and measure results. Understanding culture is paramount, but measuring results is even better.

Demand 144

Demand Metrics NPV Net Present Value 144

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Where campaigns to build brand awareness and generate top-of-funnel sales drive traditional marketing, data across the entire customer lifecycle drives growth hacking in marketing. How to create a growth hacking strategy using the pirate metrics model. via CXL’s Growth Marketing Minidegree ]. Evaluate each channels’ ability to scale.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Measuring customer acquisition for peak effectiveness How to calculate ecommerce customer acquisition cost Calculate much your customers are worth: LTV MRR, churn rates, and other factors that affect your LTV/CAC ratios Find and fix customer acquisition funnel leaks 5 customer acquisition strategies to increase sales and loyalty (with examples) 1.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2022

Its study of B2B buyers shows an even split in how decision-makers interact with sales reps traditionally, remotely, and self-served digitally: Of the B2B leaders that use omnichannel marketing, 83% say it’s a more successful way to prospect and secure new business than traditional “face-to-face only” selling.

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ConversionXL

JULY 8, 2021

But a good conversion rate doesn’t always mean more sales. The method for calculating conversion rate varies by channel, sales cycle, and stage of the marketing funnel. If audience building is a priority, email subscribers should be an important metric. Conversions are crucial to your business. How to calculate conversion rate.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 18, 2020

In this article, I walk you through a framework—the SEO pyramid—and how to think about keyword research for B2B SaaS businesses. The SEO Pyramid categorizes search term types for B2B SaaS businesses. point of sale software”); however, that usually isn’t where the most opportunity is. What is the SEO pyramid?

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

I''ve been thinking a lot lately about scaling sales. . Before this occurs, the sales process is a craft or an art - custom-made by the founder or evangelist sales VP. How do I build a repeatable, scalable sales process that is like an industrial machine - not a crafts project? 1) Enterprise Sales.

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Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Marketing metrics are a competitive advantage. You have to track metrics you can act on. In this article, you’ll learn which metrics to measure to understand and improve marketing performance. Table of contents What are digital marketing metrics? KPIs vs. digital marketing metrics 1.

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Metrics Analytics Marketing Acquisition 105

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2015

In a new book, “ Driving Demand: Transforming B2B Marketing to Meet the Needs of the Modern Buyer ,” top marketing consultant Carlos Hidalgo updates the old guidelines on how to set up demand generation processes, keep them current, and measure results. Understanding culture is paramount, but measuring results is even better.

Metrics 120

Metrics NPV Net Present Value Conversion Ratio 120

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Sales intelligence platform Cognism cut their lead generation efforts by 90% in 2021. In this article, you’ll learn how to build a demand generation funnel that fuels the pipeline, shortens the sale cycle, and generates revenue. Stage 1: Target the right metrics for an effective long game. email, ads, retargeting, etc.)

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Demand B2B Distribution Channel 124

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Overall acquisition costs for both B2C and B2B have gone up by 50% in the past five years. To offset these costs, you need to earn more repeat purchases from existing customers. That means better margins, more profitability, and cost-efficient scaling. This post gives you a data-backed approach to win more repeat sales.

Retention 126

Retention Analytics Campaign eCommerce 126

Up and Running

JULY 15, 2015

50% of B2B companies find it difficult to attribute marketing activity directly to revenue results. If your business works on long term or repeat customers, marketing should be based on the long term value of the client and not just the first sale. Acquisition Cost of a New Customer. Cost Per Lead. Marketing Costs.

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Marketing Social Media Campaign Acquisition 60

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 10, 2020

Into the realm of visual merchandising, we are going to see how this vital and exciting marketing technique can propel sales in the fashion business. The key factors that boost several metrics via visual merchandising are as follows: Engagement and time-on-site. Store navigation and ease. Order inventory. Conversions.

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Startup eCommerce B2C Metrics 78

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Or if your management refuses to justify the costs of A/B testing? Sales funnels (essential for websites offering demo calls or free trials to identify friction points). Let’s take a look at an example scenario: You’re trying to find users to review your B2B payroll solution. But what if your website doesn’t have enough traffic?

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Technical Review Software Review B2B Design 92

ConversionXL

MARCH 5, 2019

A sales pitch on Twitter or Facebook has the potential to be seen by thousands of people, but anyone who isn’t checking their timeline right then will likely miss it. Undoubtedly, this takes more effort and costs more. Sure, it may get the message opened—but it won’t get you any closer to a sale. Cold emails are persistent.

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Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2018

In fact, according to Shopify , global retail ecommerce sales are on track to reach $4.5 B2B ecommerce sales , (businesses selling directly to other businesses) generate three times as much revenue as B2C, at $7.7 trillion in sales, compared to B2C’s $2.3 trillion in 2021, up from $1.3 trillion in 2014.

SEO 80

SEO eCommerce Analytics Software Review 80

ConversionXL

MARCH 18, 2019

In a world of fake news and fake reviews—only 37% of B2B buyers trust vendors—genuine customer success stories are precious assets. Yet, a 2018 B2B content marketing report found that case studies, while frequently created, aren’t always persuasive: ( Image source ). This is a missed opportunity. This is a missed opportunity.

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B2B Non-disclosure Agreement Technical Review Naming 134

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

That typically means the opposite of a ‘growth mindset’: Cut costs / reduce burn/ extend runway as much as possible, ideally until the end of 2023 at least. Improve sales efficiency (i.e. For example, take into account these ‘scorecards’ for series B startups in both consumer (B2C) and Enterprise Saas (B2B).

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2019

Most B2B leads don’t become customers. Email automation lets you nurture leads at scale, so you can compensate for lower conversion rates with volume at virtually no cost. Additionally, most B2B marketers aren’t nurturing lead-magnet downloaders properly. Choose a single metric to help you measure your campaign’s ROI.

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B2B Technical Review Email Sales 131

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

There is no golden metric for everyone, we are all unique snowflakes! :). and tell you what are the best key performance indicators (metrics) for them. In the past I’ve shared a cluster of metrics that small, medium and large businesses can use as a springboard…. If you want to play along. Don’t read what I’ve chosen.

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Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2020

The costs associated with operating a small business can weigh heavily on growth and the ability to compete with other companies. Also know as B2B, business to business is a form of commerce that takes place between two businesses rather than business to consumer. Have metrics set that are attainable and a goal for growth each year.

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Small Business B2B Mobile Software 207

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2023

Tiffani emphasizes the need for a balanced approach to company strategy that involves all stakeholders, including IT, Marketing, Sales, Operations, and HR. Every year inbound brings together leaders across business, sales, marketing, customer success, operations, and more. A marketer sends a sales qualified lead over to the sales team.

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Employee Technical Review Advisory Board Sales 75

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 8, 2021

That’s why Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) is such a critical metric. In most cases, it includes: Salaries of sales and marketing teams Advertising spend on acquiring new customers (Search/Display Ads, Social Ads, Sponsorship, etc.) The sum total of these costs divided by the number of new customers gives you CAC.

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Acquisition Churn Rate Cost Customer 135

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 23, 2013

of revenue, force-feeding sales pipelines with an unprofitable product. I know the argument: The pay-back period on sales, marketing, and up-start costs is long, but there’s a profitable result at the end of the tunnel. The mindset works like this: It costs a lot of money to land an enterprise customer. Just wait!

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

The average B2B buyer has 27 brand interactions before deciding. Very few, if any, of these interactions are with a sales rep. Because if people are making up their own minds, without coercion from sales, creating demand is the best way to get them to choose you. DGMs see that demand is maintained throughout the sales cycle.

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Demand Management B2B Campaign 95

View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

But even with that webinar’s success, we still had a lot of education to do in order to get people to understand what we did and even how we saw marketing in general, which we needed to do to generate demand and sales. Webinars have a whole other cost in terms of time, effort, headaches, etc. We got 300.

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Marketing Sales Cycle Startup CTO Hire 120

ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2017

Though it wasn’t intended, the last two articles I wrote on the PlainFlow blog have formed a series: The Modern SaaS Stack and the Unexploited Amount of Data is a walkthrough that shows how companies use Modern SaaS Stack to cover their Marketing/Support/Sales activities from day-0. All manual operations. The rise of PQL over MQL model.

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Customer Marketing Artificial Inteligence Clickthrough 92

ConversionXL

MARCH 25, 2020

A B2B website that educates potential buyers isn’t a personal “weblog.” M” Mistakes are those that, in the reference publishing world, would get you a bad review, and bad reviews tank sales. “m” With roughly 700 posts, there are too many for a manual review, but we don’t have to automate every last metric. Historical value.

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Analytics Metrics Technical Review Search 68

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

An investor had few hard metrics other than the actual financials, and little technology to make the process scaleable. Over the past few decades, better metrics became available, and investors could take a more analytical, data-driven approach. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

Quantitative research with digital analytics tools like Google Analytics , Mixpanel, Amplitude or RJ Metrics will inform you about where your users are coming from, what they are doing during their sessions and where they are dropping off from your conversion funnel or when they churn. Image Source. Which campaigns specifically? Image Source.

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Programming Revenue Analytics Software Review 97