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Referral Programs: A Guide for Small Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Shorten the sales cycle A strong referral program can significantly shorten the sales cycle. By ignoring customer referrals or not incorporating customer referral program ideas into your marketing strategy, you're missing out on a valuable source of revenue. Referrals are invaluable to any business.

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Marketing Metrics 101 for B2B Startups

www.rocketwatcher.com

A good set of metrics will allow me to predict that if I spend $1 on a certain marketing tactic, I’m likely to get $X of revenue in Y days. A good set of metrics will also give you a feel for inside and outside sales effectiveness and overall sales pipeline velocity as well. . #

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Thoughts from a recent CIO dinner

BeyondVC

Lesson #3, if you sell into a large financial services player, either be well networked, come in through a partner, enter from the bottom up, or go to revenue generating groups with money and buying power. On the top down approach it is all about having credibility. This takes time but can be doable.

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Thoughts from a recent CIO dinner

BeyondVC

Lesson #3, if you sell into a large financial services player, either be well networked, come in through a partner, enter from the bottom up, or go to revenue generating groups with money and buying power. On the top down approach it is all about having credibility. This takes time but can be doable.