A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Consider the consequences of these monthly pricing possibilities: $0/mo means your goal is to maximize growth (trust and usage) instead of revenue. If you want to scale faster you’ll need venture funding, both because of the anemic revenue, and because otherwise you can’t afford to advertise. This is a hard slog.

Bootstrapping 294

Bootstrapping Technical Review B2C Sales Cycle 294

ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

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.

Video 129

Video B2B Technical Review Campaign 129

ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

To have the future we wanted, we needed to shift away from monetizing our open-data community and toward enterprise sales. It wasn’t quite a flip from B2C to B2B, but it was close. To do that, we built a demand funnel that took us from nothing to 44X revenue growth in a single year. Honorable mention: The DemandGen Framework.

Demand 101

Demand Revenue SQL B2B 101

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

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.

Sales Cycle 69

Sales Cycle Marketing Nashville Social Media 69

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

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.

Sales Cycle 62

Sales Cycle Marketing Nashville Social Media 62

ConversionXL

MARCH 10, 2017

For example… In 2014, 2,211 MailChimp campaigns had “dads and grads” in the subject line. Also note how the trend started in 2014 and seemingly picked up in 2015. The study covered various sectors, including B2B, B2C, nonprofit, retail and e-commerce. Segment based on stage of the sales cycle. via MailChimp).

Email 93

Email Campaign Audience Mobile 93

ConversionXL

MAY 8, 2019

He argues that, if factors like price and product quality are perceived as equal, the seller who’s created a relationship with a buyer will win the sale. At their height of popularity, around 2014, they were seen as easy ways to earn links—engaging visuals that sites could embed to make a point and add interest. Infographics.

eCommerce 131

eCommerce Marketing Audience Non-Compete 131