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Common B2B Challenges and How To Solve Them

ConversionXL

From long sales cycles to trying to stand out from the sea of sameness, B2B companies face an uphill battle from the start. While thousands of B2B organizations struggle, plenty are able to develop long-term success. Common B2B marketing challenges. So what does it take? Let’s dive in. Sales cycle length increased.

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7 Key Factors Obscure Your Customer Acquisition Costs

Startup Professionals Musings

Leaders and investors need to know if you have and are tapping into your key sources of relevant data, including web analytics, sales management data, and customer relationship management (CRM) software. I assure you of the need to really listen to customer feedback, both proactively in market studies, as well as after-the-sale reviews.

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Shattering The Mold: Unleashing the Creator Economy in B2B Marketing

Duct Tape Marketing

Shattering The Mold: Unleashing the Creator Economy in B2B Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with Christie Horsman In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interviewed Christie Horsman, who brings a decade of expertise in both B2B and B2C marketing within the SaaS arena.

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Conversion, retention and churn benchmarks

VC Cafe

In SaaS in can be the conversion from trial to paying customer, and in consumer subscription it can be the conversion from download to subscriber. In a contracted venture capital environment, where external funding is more difficult to raise, founders know that they need to make due with less, and extend the runway further.

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Beyond Lead Gen: How To Optimize B2B Sales Enablement

ConversionXL

We often talk about online conversion optimization without mentioning that many businesses, especially B2B, rely on offline sales to produce revenue. And sales enablement software helps arm sales teams with the information they need to close sales. Look at some typical B2B marketing KPIs: Number of leads generated. Site traffic.

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Clubhouse put a big bullseye on social audio

VC Cafe

Slack is looking to build the B2B version of Clubhouse (Slack Virtual Hallways). It has however, a clever marketing launch to build traction: a new user can reserve a username (capture interest), but requires 10 followers (or some hustle) to get an invite code. VC funding, if any, is still undisclosed. like a Twitch, but with audio.

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Be Honest About Whether Your Product Really Makes a Difference

Both Sides of the Table

I have written about the deceiving nature of early successes before – in particular in the SaaS or B2B world leading to a phenomenon called “shelfware.” Or app companies that went viral due to spammy friend requests to download in an app store only to have a community backlash and subsequent crash.

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