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Common B2B Challenges and How To Solve Them

ConversionXL

From long sales cycles to trying to stand out from the sea of sameness, B2B companies face an uphill battle from the start. I recently surveyed and interviewed over 200+ B2B executives, marketing & sales leaders to find out exactly what challenges they currently face and what they are doing to overcome them. So what does it take?

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Visualizing the Interactions Between CAC, Churn and LTV

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

There are numerous online resources to help with the exact mathematical formulas for CAC, CAC payback, churn rate and LTV. The black horizontal line represents time and the unlabeled vertical access represents relative profit. The black horizontal line represents time and the unlabeled vertical access represents relative profit.

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Critical Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Founders

Up and Running

Think of them like this: If you have a critical sales milestone your company needs to meet by the end of the year, KPIs should deliver incremental evidence that you’re either headed in the right direction, or you’re not. . Customer churn rate: shows the percentage of customers lost in a given period (e.g., Sales KPIs.

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Deep Dive: Analytics and Security on a Real Ecommerce Platform

The Startup Magazine

Online retailers are increasingly turning to subscription sales models to get a reliable strain of long-term revenue for the business. The best tools aren’t only powerful but efficient, as they let you filter through data based on traffic sources, channels, verticals, campaigns, or custom Smart Tags.

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How to Craft (Or Pivot) Your Agency Value Proposition

ConversionXL

I put together a one-page website, a list of 100 people to reach out to, and a cold email script that would make seasoned sales professionals cringe. Churn rate was high for a service that many organizations saw as a “nice to have.” I know this language sounds formal and stuffy, but high-ticket service sales cycles are long.

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9 Case Studies That’ll Help You Reduce SaaS Churn

ConversionXL

How Groove Reduced Churn by 71% By Defining “Why” Customers Quit. churn rate meant the company’s growth was unsustainable. Leverage what you learn to intervene with high-risk users and lower your churn rate. Now to the case studies…. Despite a steady stream of new users, SaaS startup Groove’s 4.5% The Execution.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. Many VC funds rely on general-purpose CRM and sales funnel solutions like Copper , Pipedrive, Salesforce , Streak , and ZenDesk. We can use technology to make sales far more efficient. . the Untouched Vertical.