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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 B2C company, advertise to customers who have caught shopping fever and are excited to spend their Christmas bonus on new, fun things. – Firas Kittaneh, Amerisleep. The new year is fast approaching. What have you accomplished?

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Pricing determines your business

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

This is often B2C because the value is in quantity of customers, and there’s 100x more consumers than businesses. $1/mo 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. simple enough to be self-service).

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B2B Ecommerce Sites: What Works for B2B Buyers?

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But if your B2B ecommerce site differs on any of those elements—high prices, large quantities, or a need to serve B2C and B2B buyers—things change. What works with the average B2C consumer won’t always work with B2B ecommerce buyers. That makes some B2C marketing tactics less useful. So what changes? And what works best?

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Twitter Link Roundup #233 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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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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LinkedIn Video Ads: Relevance, Specs, and Use Cases

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Nielsen data on a B2C campaign found that native ads are more effective in driving “brand consideration”: ( Image source ). Compared to the B2C world, B2B attribution faces two challenges: Sales often take place offline. It certainly helps if you partner with a highly regarded video production company, as Slack did in 2014.

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Digital Design & User Experience Best Practices: Happiness + Profits!

Occam's Razor

From B2C to B2B. In 2014 those numbers are 5:46 for digital and 4:28 on TV. In early 2014 that number is 2 hours and 51 minutes! B2C sites like Travelocity and Fry's have not cornered the market on this. It is 2014 after all. It is 2014. We will look at many different examples. From bras to dresses.

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

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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 ).

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