Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Entrepreneurs need to look more broadly into the business-to-business (B2B) space for more lucrative opportunities. As outlined a while back by Adam Holden-Bache on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, still waiting to be found: Find strategic partnerships.

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Up and Running

MARCH 8, 2017

According to The Alternative Board’s (TAB) September 2014 Small Business Pulse Survey , only six percent of business owners consider themselves “very trusting” of the information they receive from B2B vendors. One great way to do this is by staying in touch with B2B customers even after you’ve made the sale.

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Agile VC

APRIL 30, 2019

Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies. I don’t follow the Chinese startup market as closely as I follow the US, but Alibaba’s 2014 IPO was a similar watershed moment. That not only bodes well for strong companies seeking to go public, regardless of whether they’re B2B or B2C.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

But entrepreneurs need to look more broadly into the B2B space for more lucrative opportunities. As outlined a while back by Adam Holden-Bache on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, along the following lines: Strategic partnerships. Sponsorships and advertising.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 1, 2024

AJ Wilcox’s extensive experience with LinkedIn Ads offers listeners practical tips and advanced techniques to enhance their B2B marketing efforts. AJ Wilcox and I discuss LinkedIn ads’ rising popularity and unique advantage in B2B marketing. He is a LinkedIn Ads Pro who founded b2linked.com, the LinkedIn ads agency in 2014.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

The Truth About B2B Lead Gen: What Really Works | The Daily Egg – crowdspring.co/1uuaGFD. The Truth About B2B Lead Gen: What Really Works | The Daily Egg – crowdspring.co/1uuaGFD. 30 new tools & resources for designers (September 2014) | Inspired Magazine – crowdspring.co/Wziyt0. What Is a Font License?

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ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

It wasn’t quite a flip from B2C to B2B, but it was close. This is the model my customers referenced when I was selling them demand-gen software in 2014. Profitwell says overall Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) is up nearly 50% over the past five years for B2B and B2C companies. Image source ). Lesson 2: Make your funnel airtight.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2019

You have the Startup Awards, the Family Business Awards, even the Security & Fire Excellence Awards (which has sold out every year since 2014!). It’s not all about white collar tech companies — there are more than 65 construction-specific awards to apply for every year, to give but one example. Read the Rubric.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

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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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

A Discussion with Jon Bischke of Entelo: On Successfully Switching from B2C to B2B (SaaS) | saastr – crowdspring.co/1tKArlK. 50 Free Resources for Web Designers from August 2014 – crowdspring.co/1vJ9Fwa. 50 Free Resources for Web Designers from August 2014 – crowdspring.co/1vJ9Fwa. What’s on the MENU?

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

They provide a hands-on transformation and revenue growth partner for B2B technology companies. Later in 2014, Mitul played an instrumental role in transforming a loss-making mobile handset business into a profitable, and growing B2B enterprise cyber security business, achieving $2.7 Transformation of Mobile Handset business.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 21, 2014

13 B2B Newsletters That Really Shine – crowdspring.co/1dagMGF. Four Important Small Business Insights – Marketing in 2014 – crowdspring.co/1eRYMvL. 13 B2B Newsletters That Really Shine – crowdspring.co/1dagMGF. 13 B2B Newsletters That Really Shine – crowdspring.co/1dagMGF. Most are spot on.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2015

This is why B2B relationships are so important. Smartphones are now responsible for a third of internet access , up from 23% in 2014. Using a client/secure network over a peer-to-peer system will give you the advantage of a centralised database. Having the Right Partners. Very few business are able to tackle everything on their own.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

There’s very useful insight, especially for B2B (business-to-business) marketers in a recently published 2014 Content Marketing Institute/MarketingProfs B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks Study. Content marketing is ineffective for many B2B marketers. But is content marketing effective?

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Old School SEO Tests In Action (A 2014 SEO Experiment) - crowdspring.co/1dB0QGP. Email marketing best practices, 2014 edition - crowdspring.co/NeK0bD. 12 Examples of Brilliant B2B Logos (and What Made Them So Great) - crowdspring.co/1fQJCJO. Word Science: How To Influence Others To Share More Of Your Content - crowdspring.co/1eQNknc.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

As we look into 2014, we thought it was important to reflect on our activities in 2013 and refocus and refine our thinking and messaging as a firm. finally, this theme is also applicable for b2b. There is also a b2b theme as companies like ooomf and emissary.io As they say, the rest is history.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 17, 2015

We also publicly announced two companies, which we invested in at the end of 2014: Volley : a community that connects people who need help with those who like to help. Booster Fuels : still in private beta with the mission to eliminate the gas station errand permanently. and two more unnamed. eSports, and virtual reality. .

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conversionxl.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Join my private newsletter and get the Complete Guide to A/B testing: Jan 31, 2014. 5 Dimensions of Rockstar B2B explainer videos. Feb 01, 2014 @ 06:04:47. Feb 01, 2014 @ 10:11:06. Feb 01, 2014 @ 10:15:18. Feb 01, 2014 @ 10:17:42. Feb 01, 2014 @ 17:28:57. Feb 02, 2014 @ 05:02:00. Tommy Walker.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2023

While Israeli startups successes are well known in the B2B space (cybersecurity, enterprise tech, devops…), B2C startups are unsung heroes… The landscape of B2C tech in Israel is blossoming, despite several challenges. Meanwhile in the US, B2C startups raised $100 billion in 2022, 40% of the total funding.

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ConversionXL

MAY 8, 2019

Product pages will never rank organically for content-related searches,” explains Aaron Orendorff , a B2B content strategist: When someone goes looking for guidance on terms associated with your product—“how to [blank],” “best [blanks],” “who uses [blank],” etc.—it’s Case studies help B2B companies convert and accelerate the most leads.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

How to Use Social Media to Drive Traffic for B2B Companies – crowdspring.co/1nPz9An. The Finalists Of The 2014 Innovation By Design Awards: Apps | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/Zn34Kt. How To Think Like an Entrepreneur: the Inventure Cycle | by Steve Blank – crowdspring.co/1wkTR3b. WordStream – crowdspring.co/1tOs1vg.

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Brandanew

JULY 27, 2015

B2B marketers are employing 12-14 formats of content on an average. The top 3 most requested content formats by B2B buyers include: whitepapers (78%), case studies (73%) and webinars (67%). 95% B2B businesses preferred using shorted content formats for engaging their audience. source ) ( tweet it ). source ) ( tweet it ).

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Venture Chronicles

JANUARY 5, 2014

An open question that in unanswerable right now is the degree to which the infrastructure, service providers, and various data intermediaries serving b2b and b2c markets treat the government as a hostile actor. The fixation on big data will take a pause in 2014, thank God. 3) Big data takes a breather. 3) Big data takes a breather.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Nichole Elizabeth DeMeré , a B2B SaaS consultant, lamented that. View this post on Instagram Watch our detachable soles being made near Milan #mahabis #soles #shoes #factory #milan #italy #videooftheday #instadaily #ig #sneakers #kicks #design #fashion #yellow A post shared by mahabis (@mahabis) on Apr 10, 2014 at 5:53am PDT.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

What's really interesting is now what we're seeing, even with Zen Media, with clients with different, we have a lot of data too that we analyze and look at, which is wonderful, B2B, a lot of tech, even B2C clients. And by the way, this term was coined in 2014, so it's not new. It's like a whole different world for so many folks.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Gregg Schwartz is the Director of Sales and Marketing at Strategic Sales & Marketing, an industry-founding lead generation company specializing in major account B2B lead generation. Now it’s 2014 and it seems that in many ways, the US economy is finally starting to return to “normal.”

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Lincoln Murphy cites a 3% conversion rate for SaaS and B2B web apps; a 2012 article on several leading platforms suggested a range between 1 and 10%. Slack, in 2014, converted at 30%. As Ada Chen Rekhi details , free trials usually convert at a higher rate, but rates vary widely: Freemium. Free trial. How mature is your market?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2011

As outlined by Adam Holden-Bache recently on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, along the following lines: Strategic partnerships. If your B2B contacts check-in regularly at certain types of locations (entertainment venues, stores, etc.)

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

An impressive 23.63% became affiliates in 2014. B2B Affiliate Programs Look a Little Different. Still, they are active in the B2B space as well (20.55%). Most of them are from California (8.56%), New York (8.16%), Florida (7.40%), Texas (6.16%), Pennsylvania (5.71%) and Illinois (5.71%). Another 22.50% have a Master’s Degree.

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bijoor.me

MARCH 26, 2014

B2B Sales Process. February 18, 2014. B2B Sales Process (2). Bike Tours. Content Marketing. Engagement Tracking. Conversation Management. Employee Engagement. Social Marketing and Sales. Sales Activity Management. Technology. Affordable Technology. Agile Development. Business Analytics & Intelligence. Cloud Computing.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Recommendations from family and friends are the most trusted source of information , and B2B companies that use them experience higher than average conversion rates. On its official launch in 2014, it had 15,000 daily users. Here are three examples of brands that leveraged technology and behavior to achieve rapid growth. Image source.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2017

Candidates will learn our culture and how to go through steps of sales cycle with Lead Generation, B2B and B2C sales and account management. Dinner Elf We founded Dinner Elf in 2014 because as two busy parents, we weren’t pulling off family dinners. To Apply: Please email brian@partakegolf.com with your resume and cover letter.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2014

This week marked the annual b2b marketing frenzy known as the Consumer Electronics Show (URL) in Las Vegas. Publicis Groupe, whose CEO Maurice Levy made a Keynote presentation, hosted more than 100 clients for floor tours, speed dating and an unofficial start of the 2014 selling season.

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View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

Ellie Mirman was the first marketer hired by the CMO of HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software startup that IPOed in 2014. Even identifying as a demand-gen marketer or branding or B2B or B2C leaves a lot of decisions still on the table to actually execute. Where do you start?

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 1, 2022

So four years later, when the, the old and unapproved version came out, it was at a point in time where 2014, where people were starting to take content marketing pretty seriously. You know, it was kind of a thing that some people were doing, but not very consistently. 16:02): Like just allowing a little bit of personality to shine through.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Agency I started back in 2014 and still run, is named Neparno 10, which on Serbian language means Odd 10. My company is named MARQETED and is a marketing consulting and services company for small businesses in the B2B sector. Thanks to Chris Wain, Africa Travel ! #4- 4- Considered a few things. Photo Credit: Aleksandar Ratkovic.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

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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