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Five Ways to Prepare for the 2014 E-Commerce Season

YoungUpstarts

The e-commerce shopping season kicks off in earnest on Cyber Monday, which will fall on December 1 in 2014. Add PCI compliance capabilities to follow regulations on the transmission of payment-card data, and avoid attracting negative attention from regulators. Make sure your store can handle traffic spikes. There’s no time like the present.

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B2B Ecommerce Sites: What Works for B2B Buyers?

ConversionXL

But the B2B ecommerce market is growing exponentially , estimated to reach $1.2 Ecommerce sales are growing for traditional B2B businesses as well as direct-to-consumer brands, which are opening wholesale sides to get a slice of the growing B2B ecommerce pie. B2B ecommerce: 2 key differences of B2B buyers.

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How One Startup Combines Boston’s B2B Sense with the Valley’s Social Media Style

View from Seed

These companies are all over the map: B2B, B2C, SaaS, ecommerce, healthcare, SMB-focused, enterprise-focused, etc. Incepted in 2012, Alignable’s platform hit the market in 2014, and since then, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of business owners in North America join. Thank you for reading our insights and our story.

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10 Things All Founders Should Do in the Last Months of 2014

Up and Running

What has your business accomplished in 2014, and what is still left to do? If you’re a B2B company, take advantage of leftover funds from over-budgeted campaigns and projects. Budget planning and allocating funds for 2015 should be a priority toward the end of 2014. The new year is fast approaching. Closing Q4 Sales.

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Pricing determines your business

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Also this is almost exclusively B2B unless it’s something “luxury.” In fact, discussions of price in particular was the key to invalidating one business idea and then validating WP Engine , which now (2014) employs 200 people. Price is not an afterthought, it is essential business design.

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Our year in review: a look back and ahead

Version One Ventures

There’s also a massive opportunity for B2B marketplaces to replace paper-centric, error-prone supply chains for small businesses. New B2B startups can improve on earlier versions by lowering the costs of transactions and helping identify the right suppliers and products. Boris & Angela. News portfolio review'

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LinkedIn Video Ads: Relevance, Specs, and Use Cases

ConversionXL

LinkedIn ads offer the benefits of video content and the granular targeting of a B2B-centric platform. The growth of B2B video marketing. But LinkedIn owns the lucrative B2B audience. As AJ Wilcox notes in his course on LinkedIn ads , 72% of the Fortune 1000 are B2B companies. digital ad spend went to video.

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