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How to Write Better B2B Case Studies: 2 Lessons from Psychology

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In a world of fake news and fake reviews—only 37% of B2B buyers trust vendors—genuine customer success stories are precious assets. Yet, a 2018 B2B content marketing report found that case studies, while frequently created, aren’t always persuasive: ( Image source ). This is a missed opportunity. Many buyers rely on social proof.

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How One Startup Combines Boston’s B2B Sense with the Valley’s Social Media Style

View from Seed

These companies are all over the map: B2B, B2C, SaaS, ecommerce, healthcare, SMB-focused, enterprise-focused, etc. A few years ago, HubSpot released their unit economics on David Skok’s blog. The point is, I firmly believe there’s nothing that Boston can’t do, but there are some things Boston hasn’t decided to do … yet.

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After the Lead Magnet: How to Nurture B2B Leads

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Most B2B leads don’t become customers. Additionally, most B2B marketers aren’t nurturing lead-magnet downloaders properly. I downloaded 25+ B2B lead magnets and discovered an array of shortcomings: Sending one or no follow-up emails, even when I opted-in to learn more. But Salesforce revealed that less than 0.5% Or at all.

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Raising Money Using Customer Development

Steve Blank

Your blog is on my must read list in Google Reader, and it’s always a great read. I just started a blog here: [link]. Would you modify any of this if you had a B2B product instead of a B2C product, where every potential customer is also a potential competitor? Blog at WordPress.com. Progress is the same.

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A Quick Primer on B2B Conversion Optimization

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Conversion optimization is a little different if you’re in B2B. 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. It’s called Optimizing for B2B.

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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development

Startup Lessons Learned

When I wrote a review of Four Steps on this blog in November, 2008, I did my best to be candid and warn of a few shortcomings: And Steve is the first to admit that its a "turgid" read, without a great deal of narrative flow. Four Steps primarily centers its stories and case studies on B2B hardware and software startups.

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Why This Startup Teaches Everyone to Code + a Framework to Find a CTO

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Why Vin decided to pivot the business (read: launch a second startup) and what he learned going from B2C to B2B. Listeners should also check out Vin’s blog for entrepreneurs, ViniciusVacanti.com. Exactly how Vin launched Yipit.com and built his list to the initial 20K and 50K users.

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