ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

It wasn’t quite a flip from B2C to B2B, but it was close. To do that, we built a demand funnel that took us from nothing to 44X revenue growth in a single year. That difference cascades down the funnel, allowing you to track the ROI of your lead sources between inbound and outbound campaigns—all the way through to revenue.

Demand 101

Demand Revenue SQL B2B 101

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Talk to any B2B marketer about attribution and they’ll either roll their eyes or rant about how it’s important but hard to get right—long lead cycles, multiple contacts from a single organization, etc. Some might stare blankly and ask what you mean. As a group, we’ve gotten a firmer grasp on top-of-the-funnel metrics.

B2B 131

B2B Marketing Analytics Campaign 131

ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2019

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.

B2B 131

B2B Technical Review Email Sales 131

VC Cafe

MARCH 16, 2025

Perhaps the most powerful content creation of all, which is growing in popularity is coding, catapulting companies like Lovable which hit $17M in annualised recurring revenue in February 2025, up from $7M at the end of 2024. These costs represent an ongoing tax on revenue, requiring careful consideration in business model design.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review B2C Generative AI IPO 78

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Consider the consequences of these monthly pricing possibilities: $0/mo means your goal is to maximize growth (trust and usage) instead of revenue. If you want to scale faster you’ll need venture funding, both because of the anemic revenue, and because otherwise you can’t afford to advertise. This is a hard slog.

Bootstrapping 294

Bootstrapping Technical Review B2C Sales Cycle 294

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2015

A new report from Forrester Research called “Death of a B2B Salesman,” predicts that one million U.S. B2B salespeople will lose their jobs to self-service e-commerce by 2020. I’ve seen first-hand the growth in the B2B sales industry. Here are 6 reasons why technology will not represent the death of the B2B salesperson: 1.

B2B 100

B2B Technology Cofounder Technical Cofounder 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2009

Reporters were no longer interested in talking about B2B eCommerce. I know that we haven’t brought in revenue as quickly as we had hoped. They haven’t hit their revenue targets. Our customers were generally happy but they were pushing us hard for promised features. But still we made progress. Believe me.

PR 331

PR Software Review Ireland Germany 331

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

In addition, research shows that companies that fail to align their marketing and sales departments have less ROI, and lose 10% or more of their revenues per year. With the internet at our fingertips, even B2B customers research and compare solutions, completing 50-90% of the work before a sales rep is contacted.

Acquisition 250

Acquisition Cost Customer Sales Cycle 250

Rembrandt Communications

MARCH 8, 2019

As a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at a B2B company, you want to use your resources as effectively as possible for the best results. With the high level of B2B competition, it’s essential to try new things and be creative. Is Your PR Team Providing Value to Your B2B? 5 Questions CROs Need to Ask Now.

B2B 100

B2B PR Public Relations Technical Review 100

Rembrandt Communications

MARCH 8, 2019

As a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at a B2B company, you want to use your resources as effectively as possible for the best results. With the high level of B2B competition, it’s essential to try new things and be creative. Is Your PR Team Providing Value to Your B2B? 5 Questions CROs Need to Ask Now.

PR 100

PR B2B Public Relations Technical Review 100

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2017

The end of the year is approaching but many businesses have yet to meet their end-of-year revenue goals. With 15 years of experience in sales and marketing, Leavitt creates targeted and effective marketing strategies for companies of all sizes in the B2B tech space, especially the telecom, IT, and cloud industries.

Revenue 127

Revenue San Diego Technical Review Dividend 127

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Shattering The Mold: Unleashing the Creator Economy in B2B Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with Christie Horsman In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interviewed Christie Horsman, who brings a decade of expertise in both B2B and B2C marketing within the SaaS arena.

B2B 92

B2B Marketing B2C Community 92

Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

Your revenue plans are no longer valid. What’s your monthly cash burn at your new low revenue level? The CEO should dial through as many of the largest existing customers to get a firsthand understanding of the magnitude of any revenue shortfall. The ripple effects won’t be obvious at first. External Assessment.

South Korea 334

South Korea Salary Business Model China 334

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Enterprise SaaS/B2B software – account executives (AEs) and sales developement reps (SDRs). The point here is not to do a granular forecast of revenue or number of users/customers, but to put a stake in the ground so investors understand what you believe is achievable with X amount of resources given Y timeframe.

Part-Time VPE 195

Part-Time VPE Seed Stage CTO Hire Forecast 195

VC Cafe

JULY 26, 2020

In a capital scarce environment following the Dot Com crash, startups needed to do more with less and survive long enough to generate revenue. ” The Lean Startup movement started out of necessity. Single users can test enterprise software using a credit card. In 2020, there is no second chance to make a first impression.

Lean 214

Lean Seed Capital Startup Burn Rate 214

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. . Q: How will B2B sales evolve in the future? . That’s coming to the B2B world. . You can’t replicate a frictionless B2C experience using home-grown tools. .

B2B 87

B2B Sales Technical Review B2C 87

VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Generalizable robotics represent a $24 trillion-plus global revenue opportunity. Reusable Rockets – Satellite connectivity revenues could exceed $130bn per year in 2030. Autonomous Logistics – Global autonomous delivery revenue could reach $900bn by 2030. trillion by 2030.

Artificial Inteligence 176

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

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. But LinkedIn owns the lucrative B2B audience. As AJ Wilcox notes in his course on LinkedIn ads , 72% of the Fortune 1000 are B2B companies. digital ad spend went to video.

Video 129

Video B2B Technical Review Campaign 129

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

She realised the revenue operations market was booming, especially within the tech industry, and therefore wanted to explore what is largely an untapped market within the UK and Europe. RevOps, or “Revenue Operations”, is a B2B function that uses automation to help teams make the right decisions to grow their business.

Congo 158

Congo Technical Review Africa Netherlands 158

View from Seed

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Experienced founders: B2B. For an experienced founder building in B2B, the round to skip is the pre-seed. The reason is that b2b fundraising is largely driven by data and metrics, and pre-seed dollars usually don’t get you to many meaningful data points.

Dilution 149

Dilution B2B Burn Rate Early Stage 149

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2018

It also is a better way of generating revenues. It can be anything from B2B, B2C, C2C. With a grocery delivery app customer can explore the no. of products through advanced search easily, which can avoid going to a crowded place and standing there for a long queue. Classified App. Doctor appointment app.

Mobile 157

Mobile B2C Technical Review Software Review 157

YoungUpstarts

MAY 28, 2014

” Getting some revenue from at least 3 clients (proving that there’s value to what you’re doing) would be fantastic, but other types of traction and validation would help too. Go B2B… 2C. Demonstrate that you have been able to get a great deal done with minimal to no money. Enter Competitions and Incubators.

Security 200

Security Incubator Technical Review Bootstrapping 200

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Whether you are a B2B SaaS company or a B2C mobile app, knowing how your business stacks up against industry averages can help you make informed decisions and drive growth. For example, in B2B SaaS conversion, OpenView Partners 2022 benchmark report found that the average conversion rate for B2B SaaS businesses was 7.3%

Retention 109

Retention Conversion Churn Rate B2C 109

Up and Running

JANUARY 18, 2021

That same research highlights the preference extends to B2B and B2C customers, and only 20% of B2B shoppers want to return to in-person sales. We’ve seen it in the marketing and sales for smaller eCommerce companies and even in some B2B circles. That comes with a lot of potential for revenue and customer satisfaction.

eCommerce 150

eCommerce B2B Forecast Demand 150

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

This is a logical thing to do… when we started LinkedIn, my mentor Reid Hoffman instilled a mantra of Growth –> Usage –> Revenue which still holds for many consumer companies. But B2B startups need to take a different tack. Arguably revenue is the best signal of product-market fit for B2B startups.

Revenue 234

Revenue Product B2B Marketing 234

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. Most B2B buyers know this. For ambitious agencies, taking an MVP approach can unlock incredibly lucrative revenue streams. About 18 months later, we pivoted our messaging to evolve beyond digital PR.

PR 120

PR B2B Lean Audience 120

NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Key services and resources Were building B2B sales pipeline and revenue, especially for tech, IT, engineering and professional services sectors. B2B outsourced sales – Contract sales + business development, part-time fractional expertise. Or do you want to turn up the sales revenue?

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Sales Cycle B2B Sales 52

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2014

A total of 30 per cent of business-to-business (B2B) invoices issued to foreign companies were paid late and 6.5 DSO is the average number of days that a company takes to collect revenue after a sale has been made. In the same year, Singapore did not improve its credit terms with export customers either. Set credit limits.

Singapore 191

Singapore Asia Management China 191

ConversionXL

MARCH 20, 2019

While it doesn’t publish prices publicly, an interview with the Demandbase CEO in 2017 claimed that the average revenue per customer per month was $20,000. Given the number of people involved in B2B decisions, account-wide coverage has value in addition to one-to-one targeting. That’s only one segment of the B2B market.

Software Review 117

Software Review Software Marketing IP 117

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Therefore, you need to attribute revenue by their monthly cohorts rather than when they converted in order to properly measure ROAS. Here’s how you calculate LTV: [ARPC (Average Revenue Per Customer in a Month) X Gross Margin] / MRR Churn Rate. Note that B2C organizations tend to have higher churn than B2B businesses.

Acquisition 135

Acquisition Churn Rate Cost Customer 135

ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

Business to Business (B2B) – Also referred to as Enterprise to Enterprise, it is typically utilized to transport documents, equipment, reports, and raw materials from one place to another. Business to Consumer (B2C) – It is the most common type of business model.

Technical Review 163

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Demand Social Media 163

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Let’s say your company is in the B2B Software as a Service (SaaS) space. specialises in helping clients in the Technology, Healthcare and B2B sectors increase their revenue and profitability. . This is where Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) comes into place.

Sales 100

Sales Technical Review SEO B2B 100

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2024

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 170

Vertical Generative AI B2C CTO Hire 170

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Salesforce, for example, increased its revenue market share to 18.4% B2B buyers aren’t all-rational, and they will often follow and recommend tools they’ve heard of even if they’ve never used them. Every failing B2B marketing program is driven by the misalignment of people, process and strategy. Daniel Layfield.

B2B 94

B2B Marketing Curation PPC 94

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

You could choose our system to move from vendor to trusted advisor, attract only ideal clients, and confidently present your strategies to build monthly recurring revenue. And there's examples of that in B2B, Cisco, the food delivery company, S-Y-S-C-O does something very similar. It's time to transform your approach.

Customer 76

Customer Generative AI ChatGPT Cloud 76

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Having helped world-class companies recruit B2B sales executives for decades, here are have 4 ways to build a strong virtual bench: 1. Keith Johnstone is the Head of Marketing at Peak Sales Recruiting , a leading B2B sales recruiting company launched in 2006. Aggressively Target Passive Job Seekers.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence B2B Reputation Hiring 113

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

Research from Optimove shows that young, fast companies derive 30% of revenues from existing customers. As those companies become more established, that increases to around 90% of revenues. That B2B sales are built on relationships. Ensure every recommended product helps the customer solve a problem or drive more revenue.

B2B 129

B2B Email Sales Acquisition 129