A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Price is as important as any other feature to determine product/market “fit.” Marketing and sales spend is nil, so there has to be a reason it spreads by word of mouth, ideally virally as a natural result of using the product itself. $10/mo But I disagree. simple enough to be self-service).

Bootstrapping 294

Bootstrapping Technical Review B2C Sales Cycle 294

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

This preference isn’t necessarily due to market size, but rather the structure of the market: are there only a few dozen customers that might buy your product or are there thousands, or even tens of thousands of potential customers? How do we differentiate between B2B start-ups that sell to many vs. sell to a few?

Fractional CTO 154

Fractional CTO Software Review Viral Sales Cycle 154

ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2019

Client education is central to marketing messaging, too, especially for sellers with long sales cycles. The truth is less clear cut, especially for marketers. Craft marketing materials that resonate with multiple stakeholders. The second study, however, unearths a critical point, especially for marketers.

Marketing 124

Marketing Sales Cycle Retention Differentiation 124

ConversionXL

MARCH 20, 2019

Choosing the right account-based marketing software can be a messy process. Deliver tailored marketing and sales messaging to those people. As Steve Watt details in his course on account-based marketing , a pilot program is an essential starting point for account-based marketing. Forrester’s market leaders.

Software Review 117

Software Review Software Marketing IP 117

View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

Ellie Mirman was the first marketer hired by the CMO of HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software startup that IPOed in 2014. Below, she shares lessons learned from the earliest days of marketing the company and how this has translated to her second startup role as VP of Marketing at Toast. How did you address that?

Marketing 120

Marketing Sales Cycle Startup CTO Hire 120

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

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.

B2B 48

B2B Conversion B2C Sales Cycle 48

YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Sales isn’t exempt from this recent growth, either. AI tools are currently transforming the world of B2B sales, and some of the unique ways AI can streamline your sales process might surprise you. Shortening the sales cycle. Shrink the sales cycle with Absolutdata.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Sales Sales Cycle North America 113

ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

LinkedIn ads offer the benefits of video content and the granular targeting of a B2B-centric platform. The growth of B2B video marketing. Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat have thus far dominated the market in video ad spend on social media. But LinkedIn owns the lucrative B2B audience. LinkedIn video ad targeting.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

It does, and we brought world-class marketers to deliver keynotes full of value on growth and experimentation. Of course, we took care of the usual aspects of every offline marketing conference, and CXL Live 2022 brought together 300 returning attendees and first-timers, taking over a rooftop venue in downtown Austin.

B2B 94

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ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2021

Account-based marketing plays a critical role in the growth of many businesses across a variety of industries. However, many marketers often rely on ABM when it may not be the best fit. In addition, what worked for account-based marketing even just a few months ago, may not be the most optimal strategy for marketing today.

IP 98

IP Marketing Technical Review Software Review 98

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 9, 2021

It’s a shared workspace so buyers and sellers can work together throughout the laborious B2B sales process—making it a lot more collaborative and a lot less painful. . As part of the founding sales teams at Stripe (Ross) and Google Cloud (Ryan) saw how little innovation there was around the buyer <> seller relationship.

B2B 87

B2B Sales Technical Review B2C 87

ConversionXL

MAY 8, 2019

Ecommerce marketing often focuses on the bottom of the funnel—remarketing ads for abandoned carts, time-limited email discounts, etc. Content marketing can do it long before potential buyers click “Add to Cart.”. Content marketing and the “know, like, trust” model. calls to action and sales-focused product pages alone.

eCommerce 131

eCommerce Marketing Audience Non-Compete 131

ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

I got one of those in 2018, mere months after I started at data.world as their first growth marketing and demand generation hire. We had built the world’s largest open-data community but—like so many startups—didn’t have a clear product-market fit. . It wasn’t quite a flip from B2C to B2B, but it was close.

Demand 101

Demand Revenue SQL B2B 101

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

They are launching their next book, a true field guide for entrepreneurs, called The Lean Entrepreneur: How to Create Products, Innovate with New Ventures, and Disrupt Markets. Market segments drive your business model. The market segment you pursue is inextricably linked to the other aspects of your business model.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

The biggest challenge for marketers is getting them. Account-based marketing (ABM) and lead generation both offer a way to do this. Account-based marketing is a team sport. It flips the traditional sales funnel on its head, ditching the one-size-fits-all approach to marketing in favor of a land-and-expand approach.

Lead Generation 94

Lead Generation Marketing Sales Cycle Campaign 94

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Today, Grizzle is a full-service content marketing and SEO agency that provides B2B and SaaS companies end-to-end services. In 30 minutes, Grizzle pivoted from a productized digital PR service to an SEO-focused content marketing agency. What other content marketing challenges are you facing?” Most B2B buyers know this.

PR 120

PR B2B Lean Audience 120

NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Sales tech changes, but at the very heart – sales is about building positive relationships that sustain your business. Key services and resources Were building B2B sales pipeline and revenue, especially for tech, IT, engineering and professional services sectors. Youre not alone. Add seasonal peaks and troughs.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Sales Cycle B2B Sales 52

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Ask 10 people what account-based marketing (ABM) is and you’ll get 10 different answers. Some see it as a sales tactic, while others view it as a content marketing strategy. What is account-based marketing? In his account-based marketing course , Watt goes on to unpack each of the adjectives in his definition: Sustained.

Customer 98

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Brandanew

MAY 6, 2016

Recently while speaking to a client, we talked about how his company was now transitioning from a traditional sales model to a more digitally cohesive environment. The key reason was that in the B2B environment they were in, the buyers had changed. Salespeople in the social era had to be digitally social too.

Social Media 100

Social Media Curation B2B Sales Cycle 100

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

The first 90 days of a sales rep’s employment is a critical time. Each day should be mapped out in terms of training on the product/service, the market and customers, and the selling approaches, systems and tools. It is critical that a new sales hire’s performance be monitored and measured closely.

Sales 100

Sales Cofounder Sales Cycle Revenue 100

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Arrive to the market too soon and there’s no demand for the product. 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. But one of the most undervalued and elusive factors is timing. As they say, timing is everything.

Startup 120

Startup Cofounder Software Review Sales Cycle 120

ConversionXL

JULY 8, 2021

But a good conversion rate doesn’t always mean more sales. The magic of a conversion rate formula lies in gleaning marketing insights. The method for calculating conversion rate varies by channel, sales cycle, and stage of the marketing funnel. Conversions are crucial to your business. Leads generated from content.

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Conversion CPA Metrics Analytics 156

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Photo by DeclanTM This article is #7 in a series about startup marketing. I’ve gone on and on about the subject of pre-launch marketing on my podcast , made mention of it in my book , went into detail on TechZing , and again on a recent Micropreneur Academy conference call. Far more important is marketing execution.

Software Review 77

Software Review Marketing Technical Review Software 77

Where to Play

AUGUST 18, 2020

The post Finding new Market Opportunities in Food Business: A Case Study of GOPA Pakistan appeared first on Where to Play. Here is the case of a local catering business from Pakistan, applying the Market Opportunity Navigator to find new market opportunities in light of a changing environment. Step 1: Market Opportunity Set.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

#CXLLive speaker @HanaAbaza talking change and driving growth thru better marketing @Shopify #digitalmarketing #betterleadgen pic.twitter.com/mZhn60TUW2. Marketing can polish a turd. Positioning isn’t something marketing makes up, it’s something marketing uncovers. There are low-hanging fruits everywhere.

Retention 106

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Demand generation tactics address two of the biggest marketing challenges: raising brand awareness and generating leads. Without awareness and leads, you’re missing out on opportunities to close sales and grow your business. It uses marketing to raise brand awareness and get people excited about your products or services.

Demand 115

Demand Affiliate Audience Leadership 115

The Startup Magazine

JULY 28, 2024

If you are thinking about starting a business, and you want to hit the ground running, then you should definitely think about starting a B2B (Business-to-Business) company instead of trying to compete in an overcrowded consumer market. Ah, but B2B, my friend, is a different kettle of fish.

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B2B B2C Green Business Model 158

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn how to use demand to fuel your sales funnel, build relationships, and grow your business. Demand generation is the combination of marketing tactics, strategies, and programs to create awareness and drive interest in your products or services. The result of marketing only to accounts that were a good fit?

Demand 91

Demand Lead Generation PPC Leadership 91

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

7 Approaches To Help You Generate More Referrals written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I’m doing part one of a solo show series on where I’m going to be covering one of my favorite topics: referrals.

Technical Review 101

Technical Review Networking Texas Forecast 101

VC Cafe

JUNE 6, 2024

It’s not a surprise, given that entrepreneurs are obsessed with data and metrics, but in the conservative VC market of 2024, it feels even more important for founders to know what ‘good’ looks like and what investors expect.

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B2B Burn Rate Generative AI Retention 97

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Last week, in part one of the B2B versus B2C series, I explained there are several reasons as to why entrepreneurs should venture into “B2B” (“Business to Business”) service based companies as opposed to any form of “B2C” (“Business to Consumer”) company, “B2B” product-oriented company or strictly a web-based B2B firm.

B2B 110

B2B Business Model B2C Agile 110

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2014

Marketers hope to disseminate information and inspire sales. However, marketing in the 21 st century is different. CEOs of ago never dreamed today’s marketers could solve problems with the push of a button. What Is Marketing Automation? Automation is essential to B2B (business to business) marketing.

Architecture 180

Architecture Marketing SEO Cofounder 180

Up and Running

MARCH 8, 2017

According to The Alternative Board’s (TAB) September 2014 Small Business Pulse Survey , only six percent of business owners consider themselves “very trusting” of the information they receive from B2B vendors. With that in mind, B2B vendors must take extra steps to maximize relationships with existing customers to foster positive referrals.

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B2B Sales Sales Cycle Social Media 109

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Many entrepreneurs don’t venture into industries that are truly needed by the market. There are a few reasons as to why entrepreneurs should venture into “B2B” (“Business to Business”) service based companies as opposed to any form of “B2C” (“Business to Consumer”) company, “B2B” product-oriented company or strictly a web-based B2B firm.

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B2C B2B Business Model Sales Cycle 103

Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2017

Internship Title: Marketing Intern Compensation: Unpaid Description: As the Marketing Intern at Thrillbox, you’ll be helping run all internal marketing campaigns for 30,000 users in 115 countries of their mobile app 360 video player. To Apply: Email jobs@Thrillbox.com and reference the Capital Factory intern program.

Semantic 48

Semantic Social Media Database Artificial Inteligence 48

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

At it, some of the world''s best Internet thinkers and researchers presented on key trends in business-to-business (B2B) online marketing, sales, and client engagement. This is obviously having a dramatic impact on not just consumer markets (i.e. These are the new rules of the B2B marketing game.

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B2B Mobile Sales Cycle Viral 91