YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2017

Social media does wonders if you have an eye for content distribution and engagement. While distributing content, narrow down the networks your audience hangs out on and then decide the frequency of distribution on each network. For a B2C business, create a press release kit that can be distributed. Web traffic.

Marketing 133

Marketing Social Media B2C B2B 133

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Digital marketing is simply the move to the digital tools and technologies that most people depend on every day, including smartphones, search engines, tablets, video on demand, and the social media channels like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.

Marketing 253

Marketing Startup Non-Compete B2C 253

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

We had to estimate hardware costs at various volume levels, distribution channel discounts, competitive pressures from Imsai and a few others, and then decide to go to market with a strong conviction in our pricing strategy. But, it is likely the major differentiator between a win and a loss whether you are selling B2B or B2C.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Nevada Silicon Valley 48

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 6, 2013

In recent years others have entered the digital marketplace business and the model, including eBay’s model, has evolved to the point where it represents a significant distribution channel for businesses large and small, B2B and B2C and is no longer limited to physical products. Advantages of digital marketplaces.

Channel 61

Channel Small Business Distribution B2C 61

Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Like most B2C product categories these days, your product may compete in a very crowded environment. How frequent do they post on Facebook and what types of content do they post, • Which channels of distribution do they utilize. • Chief among those factors will be the product’s primary competitors.

Offshore 89

Offshore Social Media B2C United States 89

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2014

As marketers, we create and curate engaging content, broadcast it to all the right channels and measure how it performs. A lot of marketers are doing well in terms of authoring and distributing their content. But marketers today still struggle with tapping into the potential that exists in content marketing.

Marketing 162

Marketing Curation B2C Audience 162

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2015

Digital marketing is simply the move to the digital tools and technologies that most people depend on every day, including smartphones, search engines, tablets, video on demand, and the social media channels like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.

Marketing 120

Marketing Non-Compete B2C B2B 120

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

I’ve thought about using a tool to increase distribution/viewership of my past blog posts by drip marketing them, but haven’t signed up yet. Ideally the tool would automatically add relevant tags and distribute on relevant platforms (including email), without looking spammy. Distributing content. Today, I do this manually.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

David Teten

JANUARY 3, 2013

The Shirt was named Oprah’s “Must Have Fashion Item” of 2011, and is distributed through Bloomingdale’s, boutiques, and www.the-shirt.com. - Smallknot is a TechStars NYC 2012 community crowdfunding platform for small businesses.

Angel Investor 114

Angel Investor SMS B2C New York 114

ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2017

Organizing multi-channel campaigns, segmenting audiences, and distributing personalized content, suddenly appeared to be easy, like never before. Is it a B2B or B2C email?” , “What is the company where this contact is working at?” It was 2003. Marketing automation (as we know it today) was just born.

Customer 92

Customer Marketing Artificial Inteligence Clickthrough 92

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2012

But connecting with consumers and brand advocates directly, in active online communities, is the real secret sauce, especially for B2C startups with an online presence. As a B2B or B2C business, why not spend time promoting the good work of your clients on social media? What makes them special and effective? Pencils of Promise.

Community 141

Community B2C Social Media B2B 141

Up and Running

APRIL 29, 2013

These five simple guidelines should serve as a basic starting point to get you on the right path to finding the right blend of marketing channels: 1. For example, if you are starting a new store, you could have flyers distributed locally. How well do you know your target audience, whether B2B or B2C? At supermarkets?

Albuquerque 96

Albuquerque Marketing B2C Campaign 96

ConversionXL

JULY 7, 2020

Instead, think of Pinterest as a way to build an audience or an additional distribution channel for your content. Because they generate most of their revenue from ads with Mediavine , their main objective is article views; Pinterest helps distribute their content. That said, company promotion is indirect—don’t plan a hard sell.

Marketing 114

Marketing Viral Campaign Search 114

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

A quick look around all the B2C startups shows that, although viral growth is often hoped for, in reality it is extremely rare. Far more common is a need to acquire customers through a series of steps like SEO, SEM, PR, Social Marketing, direct sales, channel sales, etc. that will cost the company significant amounts of money.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

B2C sales and customer acquisition efforts are a different matter (and one I''ll perhaps address in a future blog), but for B2B, those three models are the most common pattern. I''ll discuss each one below. 1) Enterprise Sales. Many are therefore proponents of a sales model that relies more on telephone-based selling, as described below.

Sales 50

Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2017

Live video is without a doubt one of the hottest channels right now. Not only will this help with SEO, but will help distribute your content to a brand new audience. Diminishing returns through core channels. As Instagram takes off with wider audiences, a proven opportunity is there (for B2C and B2B brands alike).

South Africa 55

South Africa Audience Video Africa 55

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

While I can't know all the goals you should set (and the economic value you should use for each goal), let me share with you five goals that every business, B2B or B2C, should set up in their analytics practice (in Google Analytics, IBM Analytics, Adobe Analytics, or whatever it is that you are high on right now).

Analytics 60

Analytics eCommerce Metrics Acquisition 60

VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 2016

Building on my experience of being part of a team that did exactly that for Dropbox in Europe, I will attempt to demystify the process and hopefully give a starting point, from which any founder can start building a distribution engine that creates happy customers. Online chat. Another way connect with customers is online chat.

Sales 60

Sales Marketing Sales Cycle B2C 60

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Still, the queries that continue to shift from text to voice are not distributed evenly across all topics. Answer product-related questions that you uncover in keyword research—the effort may satisfy Amazon and boost visibility across other channels. Some queries (“What’s the weather going to be like tomorrow?”)

B2B 100

B2B eCommerce Search Technical Review 100

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 20, 2010

Does the distribution match your goals? The basic techniques you use to do search engine optimization between b2b and b2c do not change all that much. Ok All that is the same, no matter if you are a b2b, b2c, b2a (business to aliens, yes they do exist!). Why not start a YouTube channel with a series of how-to videos?

Analytics 90

Analytics Search SEO Metrics 90

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

They use different technologies of course, and different distribution mechanisms. The very first thing you'll see will be the distribution between desktop, mobile (smartphones) and tablets. It does not matter if you are a B2B or B2C or A2K, you will always see this. You have to solve for all of them.

Analytics 141

Analytics Metrics Mobile DC 141

Brandanew

AUGUST 13, 2015

And with so many digital channels, platforms, and opportunities, this is indeed a recurring worry, especially for small businesses and startups. In a world driven by social media mentions, reviews, and a Google search before you buy anything, it’s not hard to believe that your customers (B2B or B2C/ Pens or Cars) are looking you up.

Small Business 100

Small Business Marketing Software Review B2C 100

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A tool like Quuu identifies relevant, shareable content to keep your social media channels active. . The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews. Qnary is one of numerous tools which can help build out your team members’ virtual presence.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

ConversionXL

AUGUST 7, 2019

Yet, according to another study , only 11% of B2B companies have ongoing influencer marketing programs, compared to 48% of B2C brands. What this strategy achieves: Adds instant credibility to your content and provides a natural distribution network. Pick your brand channel that has the most engaged community (i.e. Conclusion.

B2B 110

B2B Marketing Social Media B2C 110

Brandanew

APRIL 15, 2016

However, according to The Content Marketing Institute, only 44% of B2B and 43% of B2C marketers can envision what content marketing success actually looks like. Step #4: Set up a killer distribution platform. Last but not least comes the distribution platform where you’ll be planting your content and watching it grow.

Marketing 100

Marketing B2C Social Media Germany 100

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 28, 2013

There is a lot any business — B2C, B2B, A2Z — can learn from Songza. A really nice way to do a multi-channel strategy. Not just the online + offline part (though they all want multi-channel desperately), but the whole cart experience. I love the social nature of sharing playlists. The suggestions engine they have.

Web 164

Web Design Marketing Security 164

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

By the end, 99 percent of the B2B marketplaces had cratered and only B2C eBay was left standing and thriving. it’s really a software business, not liquidity driven) and that B2C marketplaces could not be built under the giant momentum of eBay’s “ network effect. Investment stopped, and entrepreneurs focused on other categories.

B2C 136

B2C B2B Demand Vertical 136

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

In today’s B2B and B2C web markets, barrier to entry boils down to one thing: demand-side benefits of scale. More equal access to distribution channels: The web gives software start-ups the ability to efficiently reach consumers and business customers through search, social, and mobile channels. Barriers to entry!

IP 156

IP B2C Demand Startup 156

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 11, 2019

As more digital channels have emerged through which you can reach clients, there have been whispers going around that email marketing is dead. According to surveys from HubSpot , 93% of B2B marketers use email to distribute content. And there are some things that have always been myths, but still persist today. Email Marketing is Dead.

Email 78

Email Marketing B2C B2B 78

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Too much emphasis was on Averages (remember averages suck, distributions are better ). When you choose unwisely, the long-term consequences can be dramatic. Epilogue: There were lots of reasons for the fiasco above. ACT goals were set imprecisely. Reporting/dashboards were terribly created ( CDPs anyone? ). That’s what I mean. Times 1000.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Acquisition Naming 60

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 28, 2017

Social posts also have short shelf-lives and stay in view only when they are shared and distributed by your community. IronSource incentivized their content distribution and got staff involved. Over 50% of B2B and B2C content marketers identify creating engaging content as a challenge. The result? Lead generation & sales.

Social Network 51

Social Network Distribution Curation B2B 51

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

It’s a massive distribution advantage. Then the very last one I’ll say before I hand it over to Sridhar is, generally speaking, consumers in the B2C side like the new, they like the underdog, they like it, they’re willing to try it out, they want to give it a shot, they want to see if it could be that thing. Hindsight is always 20/20.

Cofounder 69

Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

It’s a massive distribution advantage. Then the very last one I’ll say before I hand it over to Sridhar is, generally speaking, consumers in the B2C side like the new, they like the underdog, they like it, they’re willing to try it out, they want to give it a shot, they want to see if it could be that thing. Hindsight is always 20/20.

Cofounder 69

Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69

Mucker Lab

MAY 1, 2013

In fact they tend to be B2B rather than B2C companies – while the popular bet these days in B2B for many is in “enterprise software” – maybe the better bet is in betting on these software native challengers. Hundreds of billions of dollars later, Amazon is one of the most valuable companies in the world.

Software 107

Software Silicon Valley Los Angeles Columbus 107

Brandanew

MAY 14, 2015

Brandanew: In terms of content distribution, do you think social is the single biggest channel out there? Ken Herron : Social is by far the biggest channel for free/low-cost content distribution. That said, for B2B companies the proxy/leading indicator is often lead generation compared to B2C companies’ DTC/retail sales.

Social Media 100

Social Media Marketing Technical Review Distribution 100

ConversionXL

AUGUST 1, 2017

Martin talk about this in HBR : “A driving reason to choose the leading product in the market, therefore, is simply that it is the easiest thing to do: In whatever distribution channel you shop, it will be the most prominent offering. We can say the same thing for B2C products, for example, HeadSpace. Lafley and Roger L.

Customer 114

Customer Retention B2C Programming 114

ConversionXL

AUGUST 1, 2017

Martin talk about this in HBR : “A driving reason to choose the leading product in the market, therefore, is simply that it is the easiest thing to do: In whatever distribution channel you shop, it will be the most prominent offering. We can say the same thing for B2C products, for example, HeadSpace. Lafley and Roger L.

Customer 91

Customer Retention B2C Programming 91