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Marketing Your Startup: A Billion-Dollar Company’s First Marketer Reflects Back

View from Seed

Ellie Mirman: When I came in, Mike [Volpe, HubSpot’s CMO] had a to-do list of the things he wanted us to do, the top one being to start a webinar series. NVV: That’s not in any book about growing a startup — “Build an interactive app to start your marketing, then host a webinar for its users.”

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How to Build a Beloved Product Without Email Marketing

ConversionXL

Gamification isn’t the domain of B2C or gaming sites alone. There are ample ways of bringing competition and interactivity to B2B processes, too: think bringing quizzes to webinars, adding certifications to professional development add-ons, and creating in-app experiences that make completing a task a joy.

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A Quick Primer on B2B Conversion Optimization

ConversionXL

Some of the same underlying principles apply, but because of the inherent differences in buying decisions and sales cycles, pulling B2C optimization practices straight from the book might be a bad idea. When would you ever try to produce less sales in B2C eCommerce? Webinars perform particularly well in a B2B context.

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LinkedIn Video Ads: Relevance, Specs, and Use Cases

ConversionXL

Nielsen data on a B2C campaign found that native ads are more effective in driving “brand consideration”: ( Image source ). Compared to the B2C world, B2B attribution faces two challenges: Sales often take place offline. In March 2018 , LinkedIn video ads became available to all companies. LinkedIn video ad metrics.

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How To Get Ready To Participate In An Acceleration Program

YoungUpstarts

Follow them on Twitter and/or other forms of social media, in order to find out about Q&A webinars they host or to contact them directly. Our business model back then was very complex, and it included a B2C as well as a B2B business model, that wasn’t being implemented yet. It was all hypothetical. We needed to be more specific.

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7 Social Media Tactics Your 2013 Budget Needs to Succeed

www.clickz.com

B2C Email Marketing Email Marketing Optimization Advanced Email Marketing Email Marketing Best Practices Email Marketing. Webinars Conferences & Expos. B2C Email Marketing. B2C Email Marketing. Actionable Analysis Analyzing Customer Data Conversion & ROI ROI Marketing Verifying Business Value. More Categories.

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Best and Worst Practices (Plus FAQs) for Layoffs

OnlyOnce

I held a webinar recently with about 20 CEOs on this topic, and there were a number of questions that came up with interesting crowdsourced answers. In a B2C organization, you’re likely either going to do something public like a short, empathetic blog post, or nothing at all.

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