View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

We’ve been remarkably consistent on this dimension as well: five of the recent 13 investments were B2C, five were B2B, and three you could categorize as B2B2C. But we’re also very active in New York, as five of the most recent startups we’ve funded are based in Manhattan (which is 40% of this recent flurry of investments).

Seed Stage 272

Seed Stage B2C Technical Review Disintermediation 272

YoungUpstarts

JULY 1, 2015

Pioneered by co-founders of HubSpot Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah, inbound marketing is a leading Business-to-Business (B2B) digital marketing strategy. To succeed, companies need to build a content factory and operate like media/content companies (eg Wikipedia, New York Times, Mashable, etc). Managing Inbound Marketing.

Software Review 100

Software Review Marketing Social Media B2B 100

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

79% of consumers trust an online review as much as they would a recommendation from a friend. And 94% of shoppers state that just one bad review has convinced them not to buy from a company. You can’t avoid negative reviews, opinions, and comments altogether. Notice that the reviews are about Rand, not about SparkToro.

Reputation 134

Reputation Audience Management Social Media 134

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2017

In February, 1869, a letter to the editor of the New York Times questioned why female government employees were not paid the same as male counterparts. The same study cites a cloud-based software company would have had $2 million more in revenue if they met their hiring goals for sales reps.

Revenue 124

Revenue Sales Cofounder Technical Cofounder 124

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. Manuge continues, “Corl connects to a business’ bank accounts, accounting software, payment processors, and other digital services to collect 10,000+ historical data points that are analyzed in real-time. ARR of $500K+. Apply for funding.

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Old assumptions about geography are increasingly being challenged – with huge consumer wins emerging in Boston (CarGurus, Wayfair, Simplisafe, Pillpack), great B2B companies emerging in NY (Flatiron Health, Mongo, Datadog, etc), and unicorns emerging in smaller tech markets and overseas. .

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Loading… New York. Computer Software. Deutschland. 日本 (Japan). » More. » More. Loading… U.S. » More. » More. » More. » More. Loading… Business. » More. » More. Loading… Tech. » More. » More. Loading… Markets. Accounting.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

Taboola was founded in 2007 in New York City, and has been competing with Outbrain head-to-head almost from day one. With a few simple lines of code, websites can enable full commenting for their properties with comment moderation, and engage with all their loyal followers. LinkedIn Ads.

Advertising 100

Advertising Distribution Marketing New York City 100

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

10 essential tools to get your new web-app off the ground – [link]. Why software startups decide to patent … or not – [link]. Interesting perspective on why New York City could never compete in tech – [link]. Four social media lessons from the New York Times – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

I started Rising Star Reviews because I’ve always had a passion for helping small businesses. Every day I get to see how my company helps so many small businesses get the appreciation they deserve from online reviews from their own hard-earned happy customers. Thanks to Chas Cooper, Rising Star Reviews ! #9-

Entrepreneur 116

Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review Atlanta 116

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

This ad is packed with trust boosting factors like a ratings extension, a review, social proof, and sitelinks that provide more detailed options while highlighting service benefits. Exercise: Review your geographic reports within analytics, segment your reports by traffic source/ medium and review the conversion rates.

PPC 111

PPC Widget Campaign Technical Review 111

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

When I wrote a review of Four Steps on this blog in November, 2008, I did my best to be candid and warn of a few shortcomings: And Steve is the first to admit that its a "turgid" read, without a great deal of narrative flow. Four Steps primarily centers its stories and case studies on B2B hardware and software startups.

Customer Development 166

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 7, 2022

” Melanie is also the Co-Founder of The Convoy and GroupUps, B2B marketplaces that help small businesses save money so they can invest more in themselves and their communities. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! That's true in like the B2B space. Key Takeaway: You say your company is amazing.

Marketing 80

Marketing Audience B2B Framework 80

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Most of them are from California (8.56%), New York (8.16%), Florida (7.40%), Texas (6.16%), Pennsylvania (5.71%) and Illinois (5.71%). B2B Affiliate Programs Look a Little Different. Still, they are active in the B2B space as well (20.55%). Software / Tech. The checkout page didn’t even have a coupon code box.

Affiliate 48

Affiliate Programming Marketing PPC 48

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Lincoln Murphy cites a 3% conversion rate for SaaS and B2B web apps; a 2012 article on several leading platforms suggested a range between 1 and 10%. Advocacy depends on widespread adoption, but users are not homogenous : Freemium accounting software may be simple to a college administrator but complex to an independent contractor.

Customer 119

Customer Conversion Acquisition B2B 119

ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

According to a recent academic study, “a typical Netflix member loses interest after perhaps 60 to 90 seconds of choosing, having reviewed 10 to 20 titles (perhaps 3 in detail) on one or two screens.” If you are in B2B, you’ve certainly heard of account-based marketing by now. Image Source. The solution? Firmographics.

Programming 97

Programming Revenue Analytics Software Review 97

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Some Code-Free A/B Testing Resources 1. You can use Optimizely even if the thought of coding makes you break out in a cold sweat. Performable Performable gives you a simple and code-free way to conduct A/B testing. Performable Performable gives you a simple and code-free way to conduct A/B testing.

Developer 73

Developer Software Review PHP Social Media 73

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Duct Tape Transcript Email Download New Tab John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Outbound Squad, hosted by Jason Bay and brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. Oh, your problem with your software, go into our community.

Community 84

Community Marketing Audience Networking 84

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The New York Times, January 2001. Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.” Complex products and decisions—rife in the B2B world—encourage us to default to our heuristic judgment. The breadth of a hypothetical discussion is greater than a review of past action. That was all most people knew.

Customer 108

Customer Differentiation West Virginia Campaign 108

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 29, 2018

In fact, a study by Small Business Trends found that 70% of the surveyed B2B websites lacked an effective call to action. Test subjects were told that there were fewer of one of the cookies due to an accident or high demand. The trouble is, not enough companies and marketers are using CTAs effectively, if at all. Via SmallBizTrends.

Sales 56

Sales Marketing Software Review Design 56

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The New York Times, January 2001. Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.” Complex products and decisions—rife in the B2B world—encourage us to default to our heuristic judgment. The breadth of a hypothetical discussion is greater than a review of past action. That was all most people knew.

Customer 101

Customer Differentiation West Virginia Campaign 101

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2018

This means constantly looking for improvements to our automation technology, using that automation more, and diligently pursuing excellence for each client’s dream website. We’re launching in the US, specifically New York, in January, which is obviously really exciting – and the result of months of meticulous planning.

Detroit 88

Detroit Entrepreneur Technical Review Revenue 88

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 22, 2019

I lived in a little apartment in New York. You’d go look at a website and you’d look at the source code and you’d go what is all this stuff? So for example, a B2B national company that sells say like software as opposed to a B2C local company that does I don’t know, basement waterproofing.

SEO 60

SEO Kansas City Kansas Missouri 60

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 14, 2009 The Lean Startup Workshop - now an OReilly Master Class My rate of posting has been much lower lately, and this is mostly due to preparations for the upcoming Lean Startup Workshop on May 29. I have a lot of good news to report on this front. It was a disaster.

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Old assumptions about geography are increasingly being challenged – with huge consumer wins emerging in Boston (CarGurus, Wayfair, Simplisafe, Pillpack), great B2B companies emerging in NY (Flatiron Health, Mongo, Datadog, etc), and unicorns emerging in smaller tech markets and overseas. .

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

ConversionXL

JANUARY 29, 2016

To do so, they reached out to Mercenta (a retargeting software company) to help get more website visitors into their local Mazda dealerships by way of some smart PPC ads. To review, having the AdWords platform automatically find retargeting opportunities that are closest to your ROAS goals is brilliant. Image Source. Image Source).

Campaign 48

Campaign PPC Audience eCommerce 48

ConversionXL

JANUARY 23, 2013

” Later it turned out that the customer was a manager of a multi-million dollar hedge fund in New York. Or as Davit Meerman Scott puts it : The problem with the B2B happy multicultural conference room with computer shot is that it has become a cliché. I can now be home with my baby son and review files.

Stock 105

Stock Software Review New York Sales 105

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

The differences between B2C and B2B within the same brands were staggering! My entire staff had been laid off due to an acquisition by an aggressive v.c. The entire wholesale process was antiquated — brands were using printed catalogs and line sheets to merchandise their products. Thanks to Tim Grinsdale, TOAD Diaries ! #13-

Entrepreneur 114

Entrepreneur Czech Republic Retention B2C 114

Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Late last week, I wanted to take a step back and review what has transpired the last two years. 9 that are B2B. We have investments in e-commerce, SMB SaaS, Business Software, AdTech, Payments, Enabling Platforms, Consumer Social, Gaming, and Education. Geography: 18 of the 23 are in Boston or New York.

New Hampshire 50

New Hampshire Croatia Omaha Portfolio 50

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Oh, and there’s that new DVD I want. via The New York Times). They could use the unique shopper codes they assign to each person to identify certain behavioral patterns that indicate pregnancy. The data was so specific that he could estimate a woman’s due date without ever having met her.

Conversion 48

Conversion Technical Review Software Review B2B 48

alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

Back in 1998 when Times New Roman was still widely used on the web, my then boss made sure we always designed our web sites with Arial, as she hated the look of serif fonts on the web. In 2003 as part of my master’s degree I reviewed over 50 empirical studies in typography and found a definitive answer. Introduction. Definitions.

Technical Review 85

Technical Review Software Review Design Web 85

searchengineland.com

MAY 30, 2012

News & Features. B2B Search Marketing. Enterprise Social Media Management Software. This can also take the form of, “In the New York times article last week about Urbanspoon…”. Research: Enterprise Social Media Management Software. PRO Guides. Search Week Newsletter. Search Month Newsletter.

SEO 54

SEO SEM Social Media Search 54

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

And now he’s started to build products alongside that and become this integrated product and media company where his audience is telling him what products to sell, software, software as a service, other types of services that they’re now starting to offer, and education, etc. Could you leave an honest review on iTunes?

Cost 37

Cost Marketing Audience Media 37

Up and Running

MAY 21, 2014

His practical take on small business is often cited as a resource in publications such as The Wall Street Journal , The New York Times , and CNNMoney. Last week I had the privilege of inviting John to join me for a free webinar providing information from John’s new book, Duct Tape Selling. Or, you know, give us a review.”

Marketing 72

Marketing Social Media Sales Media 72

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 28, 2013

There is a lot any business — B2C, B2B, A2Z — can learn from Songza. the reviews. Read their invitation to get you to write a review. Then some reviews (they float by). Bonus: If you want another example of a great top-tier store that does digital really well, check out Barneys New York.

Web 164

Web Design Marketing Security 164

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 8, 2017

It is a company I love (am typing this on my beloved ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 5, using Windows Live Writer blogging software!). Here’s the global maxima question: How many Surface tablets have been sold due to this near-blanket coverage in NFL games via precious undivided attention? Perhaps some kind of B2B sales.

Global 121

Global Metrics Artificial Inteligence Oakland 121