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Traction is the new IP

Version One Ventures

In today’s web landscape, word of mouth drives adoption and can lead to “winner takes all” (or almost all) in both B2C and B2B markets. Barriers to entry are no longer created by patents or by tech differentiation alone, but by superior traction in the marketplace.

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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

Both Sides of the Table

This is a riveting read and tale of ego, bad business practice and shady ethical behavior – if the article is even 50% true. But apparently the B2C model meant that many publishers didn’t want OnLive to carry their full inventory. I don’t know the company or the details first hand.

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The Booming Voice AI Landscape: A VC Perspective

VC Cafe

It’s particularly interesting to think about voice AI in terms of the tech stack needed to build the voice engines, but note that the application layer (for both B2B and B2C apps) sits on top of the tech stack doesn’t require to build the full infrastructure. Vertical Applications Taking Off.

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The 50 Best Marketing Strategies For Small Business

Mike Michalowicz

Post links to your articles educating people in your niche market. At the bottom of the article have links to your products & services. Content is any articles, information, video, infographics or stuff people can read, watch or look at that tells them something they didn’t know already about your product or service.

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How to Generate More Sales From Your Email Marketing Campaigns

ConversionXL

Regardless of whether your business is in the B2B or B2C space, your email marketing effectiveness can be optimized. Here we see a B2C example of segmentation by need: Example of landing page segmentation for B2C. Segmentation by Place in Buying Cycle. Segmentation by Need. Segmentation by Business Size.

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The Should-How Fallacy (Or Why “Correct” Isn’t “Useful”)

ConversionXL

The first two are more familiar to B2B marketers; the last one often applies to B2C. How much will this sentence/paragraph/article change someone’s process, perception, or attitude? For well-funded companies, it’s a quick way to build a content machine that publishes three or four long-form articles a week. Exceptions abound.).

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How to Create a Marketing Funnel by Responding to Customer Behavior

ConversionXL

In this article, you’ll learn how to do just that. Also on the first page of search results for “email list tips” is a Forbes article written by John Lincoln that includes a link to his digital marketing agency: . SEO can be used to raise awareness through guest posting , too. . Generating awareness through social media. Image source.

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