VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

So early conversations (prior to building) becomes even more essential in your product strategy. The best companies learn do to this at scale and it’s true for both B2B and B2C businesses. To start with a simple definition: UI (User Interface) is how things look. Get serious about UX testing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Questions I ask Liz Lathan: [1:11] I read one of your recent LinkedIn posts and you said that community-first companies are growing 30% faster than product-first companies – what is a community-first company in your definition? [6:53] First off, what's a community first company in your definition? Liz Lathan (03:29): I agree.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2023

15:11] Where does employer branding fit into the conversation of employee experience? [17:18] So how does that fit into the conversation of employee experience? So consumers are, and B2B and B2C are starting to make decisions beyond the normal brand. You lose that happenstance conversation. Tiffani Bova (15:34): Yeah.

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Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2018

And, these trends don’t just apply to businesses selling directly to consumers (B2C). 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 Check out the video below for an easy-to-understand definition of SEO.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In my daily work with ecommerce brands, I see two types of companies: The first type focuses on acquisition and conversion. Overall acquisition costs for both B2C and B2B have gone up by 50% in the past five years. Some changes you make will influence conversions at the specific time you implement them. Image source ).

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

An important thing that every B2B business owner needs to understand is that while all marketing follows the same general guidelines, there are significant differences in B2B and B2C approaches. Social Media Marketing (SMM) will definitely work for any type of company and industry. Converse instead of promoting.

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Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

Although some companies optimize their pricing well enough to receive more than 4 percent conversion rate from freemium into premium, the majority of SaaS products are lucky to achieve a rate as low as 1 percent. Conversion rates for underdeveloped products are likely to be much lower. It’s mostly popular with B2C markets.

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View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

EM: It definitely helped us get off to a very fast start. Around the same time we were doing those webinars, we launched our first ebook, and that did much better in terms of conversions — click-through-rate on emails, conversions on landing pages, and so on. Where do you start?

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models. I look forward to future conversations. Tell me a bit about your background.

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Austin Startup

MAY 12, 2020

The Makeup of Growth Marketing The challenge with defining growth marketing is that a large part of its definition is contingent on the fact that marketers can do very different things to achieve it. This data collection and analysis is important for both B2B and B2C, though they will certainly look very different.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 25, 2020

Rajya: I think it’s definitely hard being a student founder. Rajya : We’ve met and talked to a lot of people who are doing B2B, but meeting B2C people is really key for us. There’s not a lot of B2C retail tech that we’ve been able to meet in Austin. We don’t always do it perfectly.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The aim should be to start a real conversation. In a world where 91% of B2B marketers and 86% of B2C marketers use content marketing to reach customers, you definitely can’t be a part of the left-out club! Thus, if you don’t wish to end up in the same clutter, craft your own template, with a sense of personalization.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Whether you are a B2B or a B2C organization, one thing you already know is that you need to provide quality customer service in order to be successful. Definitely, capitalize on your small size and be as customer-friendly as possible. Good Customer Service: Are You Doing It Right? written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2020

According to a report from the Content Marketing Institute (CMI), 91% of B2B marketers and 86% of B2C marketers say content marketing is vital to their marketing strategy. CMI reports that 77% of B2B marketers and 78% of B2C marketers rate content marketing as moderately, very, or extremely successful for their business.

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Austin Startup

JULY 12, 2010

At a micro level, the customer is always right, and winning passionate users is most often a matter of enabling authentic conversations and giving people at those endpoints enough power to make a difference. Forest for the Trees. You should be afforded basic rights, including read, write and export abilities.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

It wasn’t quite a flip from B2C to B2B, but it was close. With that in mind, it’s critical to understand the recommended funnel stage definitions and handoff criteria between stages before you set up your marketing automation platform (e.g., Your definitions and measurements don’t have to change, and you can begin implementation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 24, 2023

um, I, I would say video's definitely not going anywhere. Andrew Barlos (05:05): Definitely, uh, uh, the big boys haven't gone anywhere. If you're not, if you're a B2C company and you're not leveraging short form video on Instagram and TikTok, you, you, uh, drop everything and, and start that now. It can be a lead gen channel.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 23, 2021

For B2C Brands, they would say Monday and Wednesday. Write in a Conversational Rhythm and Tone. Nobody likes boring content , so always try to write in a conversational rhythm and accent. That makes it a lot easier for your reader to read it; though it feels lighter and definitely on mobile, it will make a huge difference.

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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. Conversions and monetary value.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

As evidenced by the CMI study, many small business owners and marketing practitioners are laser-focused on new lead generation through content creation, digital marketing, conversion rate optimization and the like. The important thing to note from the definition above is that lead scoring measures that value of a lead to your company.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Click-Through Rate Definition The Conversion Rate Formula: How to Calculate Conversion Rate Bounce Rate: Everything You Want to Know and More How To Calculate and Increase Customer Lifetime Value PPC Click-Through-Rate: What it Means and How to Use It (and Improve It) How to Track and Improve Ecommerce Customer Acquisition Effectiveness.

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Metrics Analytics Marketing Acquisition 105

Brandanew

AUGUST 1, 2016

There’s definitely some sort of a commitment and a stronger engagement when you hear yourself back. We’ve managed to have conversations with social media experts, editors, bloggers, creatives and startup owners to look at their own crystal balls and let us know what the future looks like. You can find more about us at brandanew.co.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

What Do Habits Have to Do with Conversion Rate Optimization? When a customer doesn’t deliberate anymore about that action, about that key behavior, that’s really the definition of a habit. The definition of a habit is a behavior we do with little or no conscious thought. Not really, right? It’s a habit.

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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. To that point, a well-run telesales operation will be super metrics-driven.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Most importantly, if you know a high-quality entrepreneur who you think would add to the conversation, would you be willing to try and convince them to attend? I would definitely be interested any scholarship opportunities that might be made available. We attempted to use Waterfall and market ourselves as B2C. Cash is tight.

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Eric Friedman

JANUARY 25, 2017

We didn’t want to rely on what others had done, instead coming up with a set of Founder First Principles gathered from interviews, discussions, and founder conversations with people who have created products, managed teams, been through programs and more. Nobody knows what will happen — despite the loudest pontificators.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Our conversation covers the intriguing realm of digital marketing, exploring the shift from traditional Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to the evolving landscape of Recommendation Engine Optimization (REO). [06:56] 13:15] How do you see search changing, would it be through conversational information? [16:09]

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VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 2016

My post focuses mostly on conversion. The most important part is to start tracking “conversion” from one stage to another as soon as possible, because it will tell you what’s working and what can be improved. A customer calls the sales line and after a short conversation he is convinced to buy the product. Online chat.

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Definitely do not start Tweeting or embarrassing your brand on Facebook (we'll do that in a bit). Less than two percent of people on your website will complete the macro-outcome (conversion). Definitely not in step one. Second , create the world's greatest mobile experience. Don't do paid search. It seems crazy.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 21, 2018

New definition of busy One week on a Startup Catalyst Mission is like a month at home. I’ve moved a long way from the early days when my Startup was Express2Fun and I was a charity-driven B2C app. I work hard here in Australia and that often means long hours yet I’m still effective most of the time.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 30, 2022

Challenges of scaling Jeff and Jay share conversations about grow growing and scaling subscription businesses with a customer first approach, check out all the episodes. Dale Bertrand (02:11): Well, thinking of it as an evolution is definitely the right way to think about it. A lot of it depends on whether you're B2C or B2B.

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Technical Review SEO Metadata Algorithm 87

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Even though most of this message was already drafted, we also had a Hail Mary of a final acquisition conversation that closed the following morning. The Whole Enchilada For those of you interested in more than The Skinny, keep reading… Countless conversations have been had with key users, customers, advisors, mentors, family and friends.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

There are a few reasons as to why entrepreneurs should venture into “B2B” (“Business to Business”) service based companies as opposed to any form of “B2C” (“Business to Consumer”) company, “B2B” product-oriented company or strictly a web-based B2B firm. What Is “B2C&# ?

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2022

Dale Bertrand (02:09): Well, thinking of it as an evolution is definitely the right way to think about it. That would be logical, that would actually contribute to the conversation. , A lot of it depends on whether you're B2C or B2B. When I started with SEO, believe it or not was in 1999 long time ago. That make sense.

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SEO Technical Review Metadata Social Media 89

Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

My definition of the audience in the See stage are "all people who wear clothes." micro-conversion). You are B2C or B2Q or Non-profit or an Adult-oriented business. The company obsesses about conversion rate. And yes, conversion it is important ( but you should not obsess about it ). That's fine.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Conversation Rate. Conversation Rate = # of Audience Comments (or Replies) Per Post. A high conversation rate requires a deeper understanding of who your audience is, what your brand attributes are, what you are good at, what value you can add to your followers and the ecosystem you participate in. Macro and Micro Conversions

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View from Seed

JUNE 22, 2016

Another reason we should have this conversation: The FAA is about to make it easier for commercial deployments. ” About 15 years ago, UAV was definitely something people heard of and explored as investors. DAVID: Part of it though is definitely that they’re flying cameras, and you can now put a camera anywhere for cheap.

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