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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. There are a few things that make optimizing for B2B a different beast: The sales cycle is usually longer.

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How to Create a Demand Funnel (for 44X Revenue)

ConversionXL

Choose the model that aligns best with your business: How complex is your marketing and sales operation? How long is your sales process? It helps to have a strong marketing operations or sales ops person help you figure this out if you’re not well-versed. Align with your sales team’s view of deal creation.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

The first attention we started getting was after we launched the company publicly at Demo on September 25th of this year. A number of VC’s stopped by our booth or watched our demo on the DEMO website and we had about 5 proactive inquiries. The first VC I met with came from attending DEMO. After Office 2.0

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

View from Seed

Yes, customers are you number one goal, but marketing-wise, you need specific, attainable goals, whether it’s leads or more demos or free trials or press hits. When do you start to double-down or evolve the playbook into a way of operating? EM: My rule of thumb is to look at the length of the sales cycle.

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FinTech Innovation Lab Launch Event – June 2, 2011

David Teten

My rough notes follow: Mike Dubno , CIO, Global Markets and Research Technology & Operations, Bank of America. Planning demo day July 22, and a Big Data day in the fall. FRIED: Non-structured operations on data are as least as powerful as structured operations. 2-18 month sales cycle. Maria Gotsch.

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Effective Ways To Differentiate And Scale Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

I was in sales and marketing, and Andrea was in operations and dementia care. And we just kind of rose through the ranks with some of the largest senior living operators, publicly traded companies in regional divisional, and then national VP positions. And I think that's really the compelling part. We just need occupancy.

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4 Sales Strategies That Help Sell Your SaaS Business

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Offer Free Trials and Demos. Because SaaS is an intangible product, free trials and demos can be an invaluable way to boost sales numbers. Offering a SaaS product without any type of demo or free trial is a bit like selling a car without allowing prospective drivers the option of a test drive. . About the Author.