VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

there is a wealth of opportunity in home security, public safety, workplace safety, health/fitness, contextual advertising, automated video editing, customer education/support, retail (checkout and loss) and parking/traffic management. What’s missing is the last mile — distribution, customer journey design, guardrails and workflow automation.

Artificial Inteligence 176

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

But there’s an important paradox facing small businesses and startups – effective content marketing requires the creation of consistent, high quality content AND a strategy for distributing/promoting that content across social networks and the Internet. Strategy And Tactics To Distribute And Promote Your Content.

Small Business 94

Small Business Marketing North America Distribution 94

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

" For major buyers of display advertising, real-time access to the largest audiences on the internet holds the promise of vastly improved targeting and performance. One thing is for certain — you must have experience dealing with large scale distributed applications. " "Hit it."

Part-Time VPE 92

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Before you can advertise your business or setup your website, you’ve got to think of how you’re going to brand your business. For B2B companies: Branding Business. Day 21: Advertise. Advertising and promoting your business will be something that you actually have to do long-term. Order and distribute leaflets.

Elevator Pitch 166

Elevator Pitch Software Review SBA Angel Investor 166

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

That B2B sales are built on relationships. For example, if I discover that a prospect is investing a lot of advertising dollars on radio ads but has no way to track which calls result from those ads, then I know that they could benefit from a call tracking system.”. B2C or B2B, all marketing is people talking to people.

B2B 129

B2B Email Sales Acquisition 129

Brandanew

AUGUST 13, 2015

But it is significantly cheaper than getting leads from traditional media marketing, where advertisements are far more expensive. In a world driven by social media mentions, reviews, and a Google search before you buy anything, it’s not hard to believe that your customers (B2B or B2C/ Pens or Cars) are looking you up.

Small Business 100

Small Business Marketing Software Review B2C 100

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Purchase a membership that allows you to advertise your business and USE IT. This will help you build your customer or client base without having to spend a lot on advertising. You can also print off coupons for their Human Resource department to distribute, or send them a digital coupon they can email to employees to print off.

Small Business 167

Small Business Marketing PR Social Media 167

Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Even if you compete in the B2B arena, many product and service categories are saturated with competition. What magazines do they advertise in. • How frequent do they post on Facebook and what types of content do they post, • Which channels of distribution do they utilize. • And that’s one company!

Offshore 89

Offshore Social Media B2C United States 89

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Google buzz Advertise Network Blippr iPhone App Mashable France MashDeck Twitter App Mobile Site Social Media Events Twitter Guide Book Facebook Guide Book Partners App Development WordPress Expert Rackspace Hosting MaxCDN Content Delivery Dynect Managed DNS ConVerdge Communities About Us Submit a Tip!

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 16, 2017

A recent survey by the Content Marketing Institute found that a staggering 89% of B2B marketers focus on LinkedIn as their main platform, making it one of the highly sought after platforms to master when it comes to B2B content. If you think that the group is a good place to distribute your content, click on Ask to join, and wait.

Distribution 70

Distribution Naming Search Guinea 70

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?

B2B 113

B2B Marketing Social Media Pakistan 113

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

SEO, email marketing, Facebook advertising). Where Airbnb recognized the value in another platform, Dropbox doubled down on the strength of its product as a distribution channel. Channel-level expertise: An understanding of how the channels work (e.g., The result? An increase in listings from 50,000 to 500,000.

Retention 113

Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

Across our portfolio and in my own entrepreneurial experience, I have seen three main sales models work successfully in scaling B2B sales: 1) Enterprise; 2) Telephone; and 3) Developer-driven. 80-90% software products vs. 40-50% advertising products) and company maturity (e.g., I''ll discuss each one below. 1) Enterprise Sales.

Sales 50

Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

Rembrandt Communications

DECEMBER 6, 2018

If you want to grow your B2B, you probably struggle with financial limitations. Well, even if you can’t afford major advertising and marketing initiatives, you can still boost positive awareness without spending a dime. What does your B2B provide that is different from the competition? Get the Media to Help You Grow Your B2B.

Public Relations 145

Public Relations Small Business B2B PR 145

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

That’s what differentiates us from just advertising. For our clients, they’re all what we call brainiac B2B clients, which basically means they have a complex product or service. I think now people are just finding ways to distribute audio content, and to me, the beauty of it is the portability, like you just mentioned.

Audio 84

Audio Boston HTML Video 84

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 28, 2022

By now, everyone knows that B2B Lead Generation Services is the fastest-growing business model, and the best way to build a successful SaaS business is by capturing the attention of potential customers through your marketing efforts. Here are six tips for using SaaS marketing strategies to maximize your ROI. Conclusion.

Lead Generation 158

Lead Generation Marketing B2B Audience 158

Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2017

Thrillbox Thrillbox is an immersive media analytics platform that provides distribution tools for content generators, advertising agencies, vendors, and networks. Candidates will learn our culture and how to go through steps of sales cycle with Lead Generation, B2B and B2C sales and account management.

Semantic 48

Semantic Social Media Database Artificial Inteligence 48

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

So Twitter is a media business given nearly 90% of their revenue is advertising and the company expects “data licensing revenue to decrease as a percentage of our total revenue over time” Facebook is a media business. Growth IPOs Are Back. A couple things factor into this. I wish all of those involved with Twitter very well.

IPO 194

IPO Aggregator B2B Internet 194

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 20, 2022

You know, even for advertisers, but certainly for organic as well. I actually love Instagram for b2b. I teach Instagram for B2B all the time cuz I, I think it's a very untapped potential. John Jantsch (04:04): So, so how, you know, when somebody comes to you and says, should I be on Instagram or TikTok?

Marketing 99

Marketing Social Media Video Technical Review 99

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I've been President of my marketing, branding, creative and advertising firm for, yikes, 30 years. I was on the way back to LA from a ski vacation in Switzerland where I decided while sliding down a glacier that if I survived I would start my own advertising agency. Oh, and I forget to mention in my introduction about B2B.

Early Stage 150

Early Stage Southern California Los Angeles Marketing 150

David Teten

JANUARY 3, 2013

The Shirt was named Oprah’s “Must Have Fashion Item” of 2011, and is distributed through Bloomingdale’s, boutiques, and www.the-shirt.com. - Smallknot is a TechStars NYC 2012 community crowdfunding platform for small businesses.

Angel Investor 114

Angel Investor SMS B2C New York 114

Rembrandt Communications

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

If you want to grow your B2B, you probably struggle with financial limitations. Well, even if you can’t afford major advertising and marketing initiatives, you can still boost positive awareness without spending a dime. What does your B2B provide that is different from the competition? Get the Media to Help You Grow Your B2B.

Public Relations 100

Public Relations Small Business PR B2B 100

Rembrandt Communications

DECEMBER 6, 2018

If you want to grow your B2B, you probably struggle with financial limitations. Well, even if you can’t afford major advertising and marketing initiatives, you can still boost positive awareness without spending a dime. What does your B2B provide that is different from the competition? No Money for Growth? that stand out?

Public Relations 100

Public Relations B2B Small Business PR 100

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 5, 2025

Whether youre looking for tips on Reddit organic engagement or want to maximize Reddit advertising for your business, Jim shared actionable strategies every small business owner and digital marketer should know. He oversees the strategy and expansion behind Reddit's marketing efforts as they relate to our growing advertiser base.

Small Business 80

Small Business Community Advertising Conversion 80

VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2014

This week marked the annual b2b marketing frenzy known as the Consumer Electronics Show (URL) in Las Vegas. They schmoozed their largest clients and closed fat advertising deals. Within the conference, brands and digital advertising have moved to the mainstream. They took home far more than a bad hangover and free pens.

Las Vegas 90

Las Vegas Silicon Valley Open Source Israel 90

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 24, 2016

To illustrate this, in the space I had available on the slide I was projecting, I shared some sense of effort/skills/time that might be required to take one step up… You can see that the initial elements are pretty small, then things get complicated, but it is not an even distribution. Insanely hard is putting it mildly.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics Technical Review Channel 60

VC Cafe

JUNE 22, 2010

Celeno is a leading vendor of standard-based WiFi silicon solutions capable of distributing up to 4 HD video streams, with full home coverage (over 500 sqm) and carrier grade robustness. ForNova provides a B2B turnkey solution to enable building aggregation solutions for classifieds eCommerce, travel and many other specific content verticals.

Media 145

Media Israel Social Network Flash 145

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

says Ramaswamy, who joined Greylock in 2018 following 15 years at Google, where he ran the company’s massive advertising business. It’s a massive distribution advantage. So instead of selling advertising, which is how all search engines have been funded for decades now, you actually provide a subscription to secure a private search.

Cofounder 69

Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

says Ramaswamy, who joined Greylock in 2018 following 15 years at Google, where he ran the company’s massive advertising business. It’s a massive distribution advantage. So instead of selling advertising, which is how all search engines have been funded for decades now, you actually provide a subscription to secure a private search.

Cofounder 69

Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

So instead of just being the department that makes pretty pictures or the department that spews out advertising or that makes cold calls or that tries to convert customers using all manner of collateral material, marketing the function actually becomes that which builds and creates customers, which we’re now calling audiences.

Cost 55

Cost Marketing Audience Media 55

Guy Nirpaz

DECEMBER 13, 2011

The subscription model, like many of the B2B sales models in the SaaS industry , is all about the customers – listen to your customers and have your service to comply and you’re on the right direction! Don’t sell their information to spammers or let slimy advertisers in. Make it social. Offer continuing value.

B2B 60

B2B Sales Social Media Curation 60

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Once upon a time marketers would print up 100 or more flyers and post them on grocery store bulletin boards, power poles, deliver them door-to-door, or distribute them from the cash register. Placed strategically, advertising on billboards can put your business, brand, or campaign directly in the path of your target audience.

Marketing 100

Marketing Distribution Social Media Advertising 100

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

However, due to B2B market saturation, customer acquisition costs are rising ; this digital marketing strategy of giving a little and getting a lot no longer works. Companies like Clearbit have found ways to advertise to people like me late at night. Stage 5: Maximize your content’s ROI with well-oiled distribution.

Demand 124

Demand B2B Distribution Channel 124

VC Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2011

Celeno - Celeno is a leading vendor of standard-based WiFi silicon solutions capable of distributing up to 4 HD video streams, with full home coverage (over 500 sqm) and carrier grade robustness. 264 and multi-screen, the ICE Video Platform is the clear leader for Every Screen video processing and distribution.

Mobile 113

Mobile Media IP Distribution 113

Up and Running

JUNE 22, 2021

Companies like Amazon, which created a product distribution network capable of delivering almost any consumer item anywhere in the world in two days or less. In that scenario, a B2B firm would save on their own labor as well as on the cost of the collections process.

B2B 102

B2B Campaign Analytics Operations 102

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

They also use multi-channel content distribution to improve brand awareness and meet prospects where they already are. LiveRamp learned they could reach their accounts through a multi-channel sequence, including: Display advertising; Email marketing ; Outbound SDR calling; Direct mail.

Marketing 100

Marketing Campaign Email Sales 100

ConversionXL

APRIL 14, 2016

If your site receives high volumes of traffic that are globally distributed, third-party solutions can be a tremendous help. Unlike a great deal of B2B marketing, the page communicates like one human talking to another. For AWS users, a network optimization tool such as Datapath.io seconds to 1.6.

Conversion 48

Conversion Technical Review Audience PPC 48