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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. While thousands of B2B organizations struggle, plenty are able to develop long-term success. Sales cycle length increased. So what does it take?

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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. Initially, we promoted it to a list that we’d already developed through Website Grader, the free app our CTO Dharmesh Shah had built before we even had a product.

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Why Real Learning is Outside the Building, Not Demo Day

Steve Blank

We think teaching teams a formal methodology around the Lean Framework (Business Model design, Customer Development and Agile Engineering) is a natural evolution of how successful incubators/accelerators will build startups. Filed under: Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Teaching. Customer Development Lean LaunchPad Teaching'

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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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Bootstrapping Relevance: Making Web Conversions Meaningful for Long Sales Cycles

ConversionXL

Often, little more than a form fill tells you about the potential for a five-figure sale months down the road. Google Analytics insights frequently end with raw counts of goal completions, leaving a yawning gap between on-site behavior and sales for companies with long sales cycles. Analyze and act on that data.

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Referral Programs: A Guide for Small Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Shorten the sales cycle A strong referral program can significantly shorten the sales cycle. You need to be consistently nurturing and developing these programs. When we were developing her marketing strategy she told us that she employed an executive coach and an accounting professional.

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5 Keys to Adopting Marketing Automation

Duct Tape Marketing

Reaching out to a cold list can come across as awkward and misdirected, especially at the beginning of a sales cycle. You might want to consider a position in the sales cycle, geography, interests, age, gender, industry, etc. If you do buy leads, make sure they’re qualified. Get your content right.