Up and Running

JANUARY 18, 2021

That same research highlights the preference extends to B2B and B2C customers, and only 20% of B2B shoppers want to return to in-person sales. We’ve seen it in the marketing and sales for smaller eCommerce companies and even in some B2B circles. There’s a desire to look local and focus smaller.

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Up and Running

JUNE 4, 2019

Late deliveries result in B2B penalties from larger retailers. Below is a list of the most common problems you can face in 2019, and what you can do to address them. Customers increasingly expect on-demand access to products and services, and this heightened expectation poses great challenges for shipping and fulfillment.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2019

For instance, these are the London Business Awards available for the rest of 2019: It really is worth checking whether your particularly business sector offers regional or national awards, as these can be very niche! Boost.com provides a list of all UK Business awards as split by region or industry, complete with deadlines. Read the Rubric.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

In 2019, individuals are turning to social media as more than just a social outlet. Social media is an amazing way to connect to your target audience, and it’s also a helpful resource for B2B communication. . The experts have tried and proven a number of strategies, and these 3 seem to be the most successful of them all. .

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Today, Grizzle is a full-service content marketing and SEO agency that provides B2B and SaaS companies end-to-end services. Most B2B buyers know this. From here, I touch upon a simple but powerful complication: When marketing a B2B company solving a marketing challenge, you’re faced with an overwhelming array of choices.

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VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2021

This is in addition to their 2019 acquisition of Anchor, LinkedIn launched a new ‘Creator Mode’ and is experimenting with social audio – “We’re doing some early tests to create a unique audio experience connected to your professional identity. Slack is looking to build the B2B version of Clubhouse (Slack Virtual Hallways).

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Transformify

JANUARY 7, 2019

Then, the recruitment platform bills the employer transforming it into a B2B arrangement as the employer receives invoices from and transfers payments to only one partner – the recruitment platform.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 1, 2019

Growth Strategist & Speaker (@MarianaNNorton) March 14, 2019. For marketers in B2B sales, the challenge increases. The choreography of a B2B sale—in which the average buying decision involves more than five people —may require copy or collateral that serves multiple audiences.

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View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2019

2019 is off to an exciting start for IPOs of VC-backed startups. Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies. That not only bodes well for strong companies seeking to go public, regardless of whether they’re B2B or B2C. The post Why Do Consumer IPOs and B2B IPOs Get Treated Differently?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 26, 2022

Many B2B buyers now prefer digital meetings, digital conference calls, and negotiations. B2B enterprises would have to use various digital technologies like workflow management software to attain these goals. COVID-19 saw several changes, particularly in the area of telephonic development. Thanks to Carlos Castelán, The Navio Group !

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2022

Her previous startup, a real estate tech company, was acquired in 2019. She's also spent 12 years in startups and built three successful companies without venture capital backing her previous startup a real estate tech company was acquired in 2019 as a revenue driven founder, specializing in sales and business development.

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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 By 2019, it had surpassed it, with 16,000 monthly queries.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2019

We are also focusing a great deal on cyber-security as we have seen an all-time high in risks associated with doing business online in 2019. In 2019 we focused on adding new content to the site. During 2019, we found that writing useful articles really helped to increase our monthly visitors. 14- Shift to a B2B offering.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 2, 2019

Instead, they usually turn to B2B businesses that can help them keep their operations running. So, if you’ve been thinking about entering the corporate arena, starting your own B2B business makes a lot of sense. But what B2B business ideas are worth considering in 2019? Here are seven of them you should know about.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

After working essentially as a leading consultant with a publishing services company helping publishers go digital, I purchased my own niche, declining b2b directory company- and turned it around. Turned out moving it from print to digital got me only 20% of the way to a systemic fix.

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ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2022

Its study of B2B buyers shows an even split in how decision-makers interact with sales reps traditionally, remotely, and self-served digitally: Of the B2B leaders that use omnichannel marketing, 83% say it’s a more successful way to prospect and secure new business than traditional “face-to-face only” selling.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Nurture by Imalac will be brought to market in 2019 in a variety of bra/cup sizes and will help nursing mothers express their best. Using Nurture while pumping has also shown a reduction in pump time by 50% and full emptying of the breast, correlating to up to 30% more milk per pumping session. What makes you unique?

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ConversionXL

MARCH 11, 2020

Some 73% of Millennial workers are involved in B2B purchase decisions, and 85% of that group uses social media to research products and services for their companies. Still, Facebook (91%), Linkedin (80%), and Twitter (67%) are the most popular social media platforms among B2B marketers. When does Instagram make sense for B2B?

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VC Cafe

JUNE 6, 2024

The first time I wrote about startup benchmarks was in 2019 and it became one of the most popular posts on VC Cafe. Key Metrics for B2B SaaS Startups: Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) Definition: ARR is the yearly value of a company’s recurring revenue from subscription-based services.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

This is particularly true for complex verticals such as B2B SaaS products, where product marketing’s ability to pinpoint users with the most need and educate them on product features and benefits proves useful. Slack puts a lot of effort into their brand (including a 2019 identity redesign that corrected a number of branding sins ).

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Transformify

JUNE 20, 2020

Then, in 2019 Financial Times (FT) published a series of articles sharing information about alleged accounting irregularities and roundtripping. Rapyd’s solutions are tailored to marketplaces, gig economy, banks, fintechs, eCommerce, lenders, remittances and B2B payments.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

In the SaaS industry alone, it’s estimated that every company founded in 2019 had around ten competitors on average. Studies show that only 5% of B2B customers are ready to buy. Why brand equity matters now more than ever. Every day in the U.S., almost 12,000 new business applications are submitted.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2019

This is the realm of the angel investor, who wants to own a piece of the new business, and probably knows how to run it and wants a seat on the Board.For B2B startups, every investor expects to see a proven business model, with a working prototype, and preferably a real customer or two.

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Up and Running

JULY 7, 2021

In a recent B2B study , 86% of buyers expressed interest in accessing visual or interactive content over other forms. According to Semrush , shopping apps have had year-over-year growth of 17% from 2019 to 2020, making 1.78+ billion users worldwide! For building a brand online, you need visuals. That’s just human nature.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

In 2019 we partnered with several revenue-based lending providers, effectively creating a marketplace. “. Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. His description: “We announced a new $500 million fund in Q1 of 2019, in our 10th year. Fund II has raised over $100m as of mid-2019.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 7, 2019

That’s especially true for B2B marketers. Yet, according to another study , only 11% of B2B companies have ongoing influencer marketing programs, compared to 48% of B2C brands. Yet, according to another study , only 11% of B2B companies have ongoing influencer marketing programs, compared to 48% of B2C brands.

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B2B Marketing Social Media B2C 110

Haystack

DECEMBER 18, 2019

In addition to this trend, in 2019 I’ve noticed another one — a growing interest among VCs in B2B marketplaces. Let me state upfront that the idea of B2B marketplaces is not new. As a result, I believe more founders are looking at variations on b2b models, and now more of those happen to be marketplaces.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

For example, Alibaba Group in China was able to become the world’s largest e-commerce company, serving millions of B2B customers around the world, by capitalizing on diverse cultural needs and strengths, both inside and outside the company. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/10/2019.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2015

billion smartphone users (out of about 3 billion mobile phone users) by 2019. Asia is one of the most mobile-first regions in the world. eMarketer estimates that there are over a billion smartphone users in Asia Pacific (out of 2.51 billion mobile phone users), with that number growing to almost 1.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

For B2B environments, consider who makes the buy decisions. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/25/2019. If your interest is in reaching business professionals, LinkedIn has by far the greatest potential. Approach influencers and key stakeholders appropriately.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Take the one below about CXL Live , which earned not just an open but a Tweet: Winner for best subject line of the day (I'm Canadian and freezing cold right now) = @peeplaja pic.twitter.com/3HJA7gk1or — Josh Garofalo (@swaycopy) February 19, 2019. If your answer is a shrug and “I don’t know,” go back to the drawing board.

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Email Software Review Campaign Metrics 133

Agile VC

APRIL 30, 2019

2019 is off to an exciting start for IPOs of VC-backed startups. Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies. That not only bodes well for strong companies seeking to go public, regardless of whether they’re B2B or B2C. The post Why Do Consumer IPOs and B2B IPOs Get Treated Differently?

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Employees got used to working with the best tools and expect them to be available Good UI/UX for B2B software is now table stakes Anyone can purchase the product with a credit card Freemium model used to onboard new users Mobile, remote access is key. — Aaron Levie (@levie) June 20, 2019. Today, it’s $100B+.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Pay per minute and pay per text costs in 2019. They even created a B2B technology agency called Ocado Solutions to help build other online supermarkets. At the time, PAYG pricing was done with a credit top-up, and data, calls, and messages were charged at a fixed per minute/text rate. Image source ).

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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. You can find more ‘old school’ Israeli B2C startups in Dan Eblagon’s 2019 post.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Roughly 18-24 months ago, people started to revisit the question of unit economics… what is the underlying profitability of a B2C transaction or a B2B SaaS contract once all the appropriate costs are factored in. 2019: Profitability Rears Its Ugly Head. 2017-2018: Rediscovery of Unit Economics.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 8, 2019

We are well into 2019. As we move ahead into 2019, we can ride some great momentum. Karthik Sridharan, founder of Kinnek , wrote a great article on Medium on what they’ve learned from building the largest North American B2B marketplace. Q4 was an important quarter for our firm and portfolio companies.

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