View from Seed

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

The perks of being early in the marketplace are obvious: shorter sales cycles due to lack of competition, less competition for top talent, and so on. It’s counterintuitive, but it’s important to speak at conferences and publish bylines in articles without mentioning the company. Lead by example.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Sales strategy, coaching + CRM Fractional, outsourced sales Trade shows, expos + events We support you and your business to grow a healthy sales pipeline. Magnify specialises in growing pipeline for B2B services businesses, with high-value offerings and long sales cycles engineering, tech, IT and professional services.

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ConversionXL

JULY 8, 2021

In this article, we’ll explore how to calculate conversion rates and its application across different channels and customer journeys. The method for calculating conversion rate varies by channel, sales cycle, and stage of the marketing funnel. Every article he produces is built for search.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Some of the same underlying principles apply, but because of the inherent differences in buying decisions and sales cycles, pulling B2C optimization practices straight from the book might be a bad idea. Note: this article is heavily based on our great course with Bill Leake , CEO of Apogee Results. Account-Based Marketing.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

DocuSign combines both to fuel its sales funnel. In this article, we’ll look at both disciplines, explaining what they are and when they’re best used. There are other factors involved in making your decision, such as: The complexity of the buying cycle. Snowflake achieved over 300% growth with ABM.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2021

In this article, we’ll explore how account-based marketing has changed over the years and whether or not it should be your focus. That’s a high level view, now let’s walk through an example scenario for each: Most B2B sales cycles are account-based and not end-user-based.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 9, 2021

There are thousands of sales tools that focus on making life easier for the sales team—yet none built with the buying experience in mind. This is the perfect example of how sales aren’t truly focused on the most important person in the sales cycle: the buyer!

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Photo by DeclanTM This article is #7 in a series about startup marketing. Execution Ok, I said this would be a “why&# article, but I hate talking so much theory without giving actionable advice. Once this is setup the major task is driving traffic, which is far beyond the scope of this article. 4 Zachary Cohn on 10.14.10

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Up and Running

JUNE 27, 2018

Is it increasing sales by 20 percent per quarter? Strategies for various stages in the sales cycle. Remember that each tactic needs to meet your target prospects at each stage of your sales cycle (from prospecting, to qualifying prospects, to addressing their objections, to closing the sale).

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 19, 2013

Smart salespeople understand that they are also in the brand building, reputation monitoring, community managing business and marketing departments and sales managers need to enable sales people to produce content, participate in social networks, contribute expert articles and get to podiums as often as possible.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 15, 2021

This article will examine one vital activity and see how trained VAs can help your company improve sales. To meet these critical goals, a sales report should cover all of the following topics: Daily goals and quotas. Average time for completing the sales cycle. Total number of new sales opportunities per day.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

70% of buyers have done their research before they talk to sales, and 60% of buyers prefer not to talk to sales teams at all. In this article, you’ll learn how to use demand to fuel your sales funnel, build relationships, and grow your business. Most buyers aren’t open to outbound selling. With demand generation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

This is possibly the most insightful startup article Ive read in a while. Eric, Thanks for a great article. Then we could focus on standardizing a product that could have an automated sales cycle online. Great Post on Start Ups. These are very important points. And will lead to longer term success. Fantastic post.

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Where to Play

AUGUST 18, 2020

Time to revenue is low due to short transactional volume and the short sale cycle. This opportunity has a short sale cycle with quick payments. The sale cycle with Govt. There is a higher-super high external risk associated with this opportunity as there are many competitors.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn what ecommerce CAC is, how to calculate it, and how to keep costs down to maintain profit health. This is due to factors such as maturity, sales cycle, product value, purchase frequency, and customer lifespan. Put simply, you need a healthy customer acquisition cost for your business to succeed.

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ConversionXL

JULY 8, 2020

It’s worth a look, and this article shows you how to get started. Check out this article to learn when dynamic search ads may make sense. If you want examples of good PPC ad copy (with explanations), check out this article. Google is the biggest search engine ad platform in the world. How to set up your Microsoft Ads account.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Without awareness and leads, you’re missing out on opportunities to close sales and grow your business. In this article, you’ll learn how to follow in the footsteps of brands like ConvertKit and Morning Brew through interest-building demand generation tactics. Plus, 60% prefer not to interact with sales reps at all.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

More specifically, email drip marketing involves delivering the right content to the right recipient at the right time based on how a user interacts with your brand and where they are in the sales cycle. Like many of the email campaigns in this article, the effectiveness of upselling is based on when it’s sent.

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Marketing Campaign Software Review Email 97

SVPG

AUGUST 30, 2013

The downward spiral continues because the sales organization loses a lot of deals when they try to compete with a weak product. But in this article, I wanted to talk about what I consider the single most powerful tool to ensure and prove we have a strong, viable product, and prevent the situation I''ve just described.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 10, 2017

I’ve written an entire article on this topic , so I won’t go into too much detail here, but talking face to face (even over Skype) gives you much deeper insights. I really recommend reading this voice of customer article Jen Havice wrote for CXL. You can read more about improving clarity, in general, in this article.).

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn how to define your ABM strategy so you can target the right accounts and increase your revenue. Account-based marketing is an approach where marketing and sales work together to nurture target accounts and convert or retain customers. What is account-based marketing?

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Twitter and Facebook can generate traffic, but when it comes to getting an immediate action, like a sales conversation, I’d rather hang out where business is being done, not where news articles and cat videos are consumed. The client setup process is pretty straightforward, but here’s an article that will guide you through it.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 29, 2014

Vimeo has a more professional reputation; a B2C article nicely articulated, “Vimeo screams professionalism in the same way that LinkedIn does.” Getting that personal connection with an interested customer is key in moving them along in the sales cycle.

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Lead Generation B2C Sales Cycle Internet 178

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Using Salesforce (which I dive into below), we created a report on how the event drove net new pipeline and whether it moved existing opportunities toward closed sales. CXL has a fantastic article explaining the different attribution models in detail.). No model is the “right” one.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Shorten sales cycle. Related articles. Provide an opportunity for upselling. Reduce future customer service incidents (since users are more familiar with the product and know how to use it from the start). For example, scheduling a demo as part of onboarding can result in a faster customer sign-up.

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Cost Sales Cycle Acquisition New York 148

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In this article, we try and help those who want to promote and boost their SaaS operations by sharing some clever ways to go about it. Since SaaS products have a short sales cycle where potential leads may not interact with your sales team, email marketing plays an important role in encouraging leads through the sales funnel.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In this Techcrunch article written by Aaron Levie of Box, he refers to it as the rise of enterprise ‘to ys’, citing the acquisition of Yammer by Microsoft for $1.3 The consumerisation of enterprise was a big investment trend in 2011-2012. “Toys” are new startups attacking a narrow or unattractive segment of the market.

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B2B Sales Cycle Software Mobile 167

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2014

If an action takes place on one platform (an article is shared), the recipe responds with appropriate reply (a thank you, an offer, etc). Once personas are identified, automated processes guide consumers through sales cycles, accounting for time and preferences. Why You Need It.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

In this article, I’ll walk you through the three tidal waves coming ashore and show you how to avoid their potentially disastrous consequences. A big downside of the high-touch sales model is that the CAC is out of control, and the sales cycles are extremely long. The Three Tidal Waves Coming for Your SaaS Business.

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Marketing Sales Cycle Acquisition Sales 289

Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2017

Candidates will learn our culture and how to go through steps of sales cycle with Lead Generation, B2B and B2C sales and account management. The skill sets we are most in need of are marketing, social media, graphic design, content creation (video, articles, etc), and sales.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Conclusions There is nothing in this article that should be surprising or earth shattering. Profit versus market penetration may be a bit outside the scope of your article but it is something we debate on a weekly basis. On your inside sales section, I am not sure that maximizing point #3 (dials to demos) is always optimal.

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Rembrandt Communications

JULY 15, 2019

Instead of just sending out a last-minute press release, more time gives your PR team the opportunity to plan coordinated campaigns that cover the product introduction all the way through the year-end sales cycle and beyond. This article originally appeared on B2BNewsNetwork.

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Up and Running

MARCH 8, 2017

Your sales material should be equally effective as educational content, including industry stats, market research, case studies, and quotes from respected sources. Instead of creating a sales brochure, create a white paper. We believe our educational model has been a huge factor in our twenty-six years of business success.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Customers that converted in the last year that had a sales cycle of less than x weeks. As you can see from the article, however, there are unlimited ways that you can layer on segments for advanced and particular insight. Customers that converted in the last year that achieved first value delivered in under x days.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

There is no simple formula to figure out the optimal sales cycle (you can hire a bunch of McKinsey consultants, if you like), you have to base it on observations and testing. How to test the length of the sales cycle. People can make a decision immediately. An easy way to go about it is by split testing.

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Email Sales Cycle Minnesota Sales 131

BeyondVC

DECEMBER 10, 2003

In a recent article in Business 2.0 While the initial sale may not be $1mm upfront, you may be able to get $1mm in the life of a deal. The benefit for the software company is hopefully a shorter sales cycle (it is easier to get sign off for $50k vs. $500k) and the ability to leverage other people’s feet to sell your product.

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Software Harvest Sales Cycle Channel 78

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

A few examples of “B2B” product based companies would be: Ex1: Selling CRM Software “Customer relationship management” to organizations so they can keep track of their sales leads, manage their sales cycles and determine a cold-calling schedule. Therefore, all the entrepreneur can really hope to be is “average”.

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