NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

For example, “How will unit cost affect our capital requirements and how will product pricing affect revenue?” It isn’t good enough to just say ‘what does halving my revenue do to the business?’ Founders are typically ambitious when projecting sales volumes. What if the number of sales is much less than expected?

Startup 69

Startup Sales Cycle Down Round Revenue 69

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

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. It appears that LTV should be about 3 x CAC for a viable SaaS or other form of recurring revenue model. For example: Create demo videos that answer every likely sales question.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Sometimes it can require months — or even longer — of relationship-building to acquire major clients with large-scale revenue possibilities. Many prospects need a great deal of time and information before they decide to entrust others with managing their social media channels. Invest in producing and distributing content; it pays off!

Social Media 113

Social Media Sales Cycle Media Audience 113

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 28, 2016

Optimizing to quota worked fine when I was an individual contributor, but as I moved into management and got further removed from the nuts and bolts of the sales cycle and engaging with customers every day, I had to figure out a way to influence the members of my team to make their number. Optimizing to quota.

Sales 100

Sales Social Media Sales Cycle Japan 100

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? All things being equal, of course, you’d rather have more revenue rather than less. And yet revenue alone is not a sufficient goal. More on that in a moment.

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

Assign content & channels for each experience. Identify your channels. Email & ads are the 2 big communication channels. mobile is ~50% of revenue, shorter form works better. mobile is ~50% of revenue, shorter form works better. Messenger will become the biggest channel over the near years.

Retention 106

Retention Artificial Inteligence Channel Email 106

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 22, 2018

To get marketing a seat at the table and prove that it can drive revenue and pipeline, we’ve become borderline obsessed with numbers. To reframe marketing as an investment rather than a cost center, we must connect all the dots to revenue—but it’s hard to do without the right tools and models to get started. form fills).

B2B 131

B2B Marketing Analytics Campaign 131

ConversionXL

MAY 8, 2019

Because blog content typically takes advantage of organic search—it’s a free distribution channel that can help get awareness efforts off the ground. Interviews deliver original content and can kick off distribution. Blog posts. Some 55% of marketers claim that blogging is their top inbound marketing priority. Interviews.

eCommerce 131

eCommerce Marketing Audience Non-Compete 131