View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

Initially, we promoted it to a list that we’d already developed through Website Grader, the free app our CTO Dharmesh Shah had built before we even had a product. NVV: Lots of companies have products with use cases, features, or general topics they could address in their marketing, so they struggle to pick just one and get initial momentum.

Marketing 120

Marketing Sales Cycle Startup CTO Hire 120

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.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

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.

Demand 95

Demand Management B2B Campaign 95

ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2019

Trend lines aren’t impressive if they track metrics that appear distant from business goals. Client education is central to marketing messaging, too, especially for sellers with long sales cycles. The same is true in marketing, especially for companies with long sales cycles. Most consideration takes place offline.

Marketing 124

Marketing Sales Cycle Retention Differentiation 124

ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

We had built the world’s largest open-data community but—like so many startups—didn’t have a clear product-market fit. . To have the future we wanted, we needed to shift away from monetizing our open-data community and toward enterprise sales. It wasn’t quite a flip from B2C to B2B, but it was close. Opportunity. Conclusion.

Demand 101

Demand Revenue SQL B2B 101

ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2021

If you’re selling B2B, you know it’s a wide and competitive market. Again, the way F500 buy software is very different from the way you & I pay for productivity tools or how small businesses buy software. Consider the complex sales infrastructure, long sales cycle, marketing teams to help move to generate interest.

IP 98

IP Marketing Technical Review Software Review 98

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

It uses marketing to raise brand awareness and get people excited about your products or services. More than two-thirds of buyers have researched your solution (and others’) before talking to sales. Plus, 60% prefer not to interact with sales reps at all. Sales are less likely to be forced with outbound methods.

Demand 115

Demand Affiliate Audience Leadership 115

VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 2016

After spending months and maybe years looking for product-market fit, you now proudly got a product and are ready to go to market. To begin with, let’s illustrate the sales process with a simple graphic of the funnel that comes from an excellent post on Stratechery about marketing channels. Image courtesy of Lifehack Quotes .

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Sales Marketing Sales Cycle B2C 60

ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

Understand growth accounting – new, resurrected vs churned = net growth (can also look at this at feature level, not only product). Work hard to define meaningful product metrics – enabler of team success. Virality: # of users that refer your product for you: exponential growth if your K factor is greater than 1.

Retention 106

Retention Artificial Inteligence Channel Email 106

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Sales and marketing collaborate until a deal is closed and beyond to secure long-term customer retention. Individuals don’t make B2B buying decisions; groups do. ABM must target the entire buying committee, not just one or two individuals who may never be involved in sales conversations. How complex is your product?

Customer 98

Customer Marketing Channel Acquisition 98

ConversionXL

MAY 19, 2016

Users don’t take linear paths to and through apps or products. They get to your app or product how they want to, when they want to and do whatever they want to do. While McKinsey talks of profound changes … Marketers have long been aware of profound changes in the way consumers research and buy products.

Analytics 78

Analytics Metrics Channel Software Review 78

www.rocketwatcher.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Rocket Watcher Product Marketing for Startups Product Marketing for Startups About Speaking Contact Email Posts Startups Product Marketing Messaging Social Media Commentary Uncategorized Marketing Metrics 101 for B2B Startups 13. Rocket watcher b2b marketing metrics View more presentations from April Dunford.

B2B 42

B2B Metrics Marketing Startup 42

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

If leads-based B2B marketing is fishing with a net, ABM is using a harpoon. In 2020, smart home and building automation platform iRidium mobile wanted to land bigger clients and announce new products. iRidium had a well-defined promotion process for their own product, but it took a back seat to sharing expertise.

Marketing 105

Marketing Campaign Artificial Inteligence Sales Cycle 105

conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Not because they have a conversion problem but because they never really nail the product or how to market it. Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, developed a methodology for creating businesses that runs in parallel with the traditional product development process. Change who your product is for. image source.

Customer Development 60

Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 60

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Trials give potential customers a taste of life with your product at minimal risk. You have to identify priorities for optimization based on near-term and long-term goals, then test what works for your site and product. The first email that users receive should introduce your company and demonstrate the value your product provides.

Customer 121

Customer Sales Cycle Email Missouri 121

ConversionXL

MARCH 10, 2017

Test your subject lines and measure the right metric. Of course, you’ll also want to be sure you’re focused on the right metric. Focus on open-ended questions that’ll give you insight into: who they are, what words and phrases they use, and how they really feel about your brand / product. The results?

Email 93

Email Campaign Audience Mobile 93

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Like SaaS products themselves, we now intend for these laws to be periodically refined through major releases to reflect the changing landscape of the SaaS world. Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Brian, Paglo www.paglo.com. Great list! Great list!

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

ConversionXL

APRIL 12, 2017

Jared Spool: Is Design Metrically Opposed? Useless measures and silly metrics. Metric: A measure we track (usually over time). A metric should tell you what you will do differently. Combine qualitative usability research and quantitative custom metrics (not metrics that come out of the box). Image Credit.

San Antonio 86

San Antonio Metrics B2B Analytics 86