VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In a contracted venture capital environment, where external funding is more difficult to raise, founders know that they need to make due with less, and extend the runway further. In this post, we’ll take a closer look at the benchmarks on conversion, retention and churn for the key business models.

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Retention Conversion Churn Rate B2C 109

Up and Running

JANUARY 18, 2021

The first thing most eCommerce companies did in February of 2020 was to smash their crystal balls and toss out demand forecasts because the world was shaping up to be like nothing we’ve seen before. For the seller, having a presence on this smaller scale also provides greater flexibility for responding to consumer demands.

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eCommerce B2B Forecast Demand 150

Hearpreneur

JULY 17, 2020

An increasing number of urban dwellers around the world, bringing billions to the fold of Middle Class, to meet their demands and needs companies have to innovate products and services, and technologies like AI, ML, IoT, Big Data etc play a crucial role here. Thanks to Noufal Bava, Epixel MLM Software ! #5- 3- Self-publishing.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review Affiliate 139

Up and Running

JUNE 4, 2019

By 2021, global B2C ecommerce sales are expected to surpass $4.5 Customers increasingly expect on-demand access to products and services, and this heightened expectation poses great challenges for shipping and fulfillment. Late or missing deliveries drive B2C customers to competitors. Wrong tracking codes.

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Software Review Technical Review eCommerce B2C 75

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. They read reviews of the products of target investments.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. at 11:09 AM.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Cost of software/hardware used in sales and marketing Agency, PR, or any third-party costs involved in sales and marketing. It’s a sign that you need to review CAC of your prominent channels and look at the growth marketing funnel to understand where the fault lines are. But “Total spend on acquiring customers” can be ambiguous.

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Acquisition Churn Rate Cost Customer 135

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Also offer discount coupon codes to twitter members. Point your readers to each blog site that reviews your product. Make sure your business is on Google+ business, as well as all the local review sites and other map listings you can find. Write a 150-175 page business book and self publish it with on-demand printing.

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Small Business Marketing PR Social Media 167

Up and Running

AUGUST 7, 2019

We often hear about them being empowered to impact change and set offline expectations due to what they experience on the site, and this is somewhat true. What’s likely more important for most small ecommerce businesses and owners like you is that people are narrowing their choices even further based on search while increasing their demands.

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eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Audience 77

Austin Startup

JULY 12, 2010

Camtasia doesn’t own the screencasts I use their software to create. Get smart about how your data is used, and demand fair means by which to contribute. Just because you own the means of communication does not mean that you should own the content and data of the communication itself. Getting (Really) Real.

Customer 80

Customer Harvest B2C Technical Review 80

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 13, 2017

More importantly, the page like advertising demands a targeted audience, not the cheapest likes. To build an offer advertisement, Facebook demands a minimum of 50 likes on your page. They’ll click the call to action to populate a form prefilled with their personal information, which can be reviewed and edited. About the Author.

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Social Media Media Marketing Lead Generation 73

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

For both origination and due diligence, a host of companies aspire to be the “Bloomberg of private companies”, including CB Insights , Crunchbase , DataFox , FuelUp , fundsUP , Mattermark , Qodeo , Quid , Tracxn , Unomy.com , and Zirra. 5) Due diligence. 4) Manage deal flow. Talent Relationship Management tools (e.g.,

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

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.

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B2B Marketing B2C Community 92

ConversionXL

JUNE 25, 2021

A product launch lives primarily in the introduction phase (merging into growth once it generates enough demand). This helps build awareness and further validate demand. You can partner and establish relationships with them to: Write guest blog posts Host sponsored content Create product reviews Become an affiliate partner.

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Product Social Media Audience Software Review 96

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In Google Analytics and other analytics software, overall traffic shows how many people visited or engaged with your website. This makes it a good metric to measure brand awareness and demand. For reference, according to FirstPageSage , a good engagement rate is anything above 63% for B2B websites and above 71% for B2C websites.

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Metrics Analytics Marketing Acquisition 105

ConversionXL

JUNE 8, 2017

According to a recent academic study, “a typical Netflix member loses interest after perhaps 60 to 90 seconds of choosing, having reviewed 10 to 20 titles (perhaps 3 in detail) on one or two screens.” So you will need smarter software to augment you. As often, it’s more of a people problem than a technology problem.

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Programming Revenue Analytics Software Review 97

NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 11, 2020

Today’s software and CRM systems give incredible visibility and sales insights to business owners who want to make data-driven decisions, based on accurate knowledge of what their customers really want. Prediction: More businesses will rediscover traditional sales and marketing channels, as customers demand more personalisation.

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Social Media Channel Technical Review Sales 66

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

A quick look around all the B2C startups shows that, although viral growth is often hoped for, in reality it is extremely rare. Examples of free products include Open Source software, services like HubSpot’s Website Grader , free versions of a SaaS service that have limited, but still valuable, feature sets, etc.

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Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

While mediocre people are dime a dozen, good people are always in demand. But good optimizers are in very high demand, everyone and their mother is trying to hire one. Doesn’t matter if it’s B2B or B2C, ecommerce or SaaS, we’re deadling with (irrational, emotional) human beings. Alas they can be hard to find.

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Conversion Analytics Software Review Hiring 48

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

According to the benchmark report, most affiliates work in the B2C space (79.45%). Since the benchmark report indicates that 58.22% of affiliates only promote 1-10 programs at one time, good affiliates are in high demand. Software / Tech. The checkout page didn’t even have a coupon code box. Image Source. Image Source.

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Affiliate Programming Marketing PPC 48

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

B2C sales and customer acquisition efforts are a different matter (and one I''ll perhaps address in a future blog), but for B2B, those three models are the most common pattern. 80-90% software products vs. 40-50% advertising products) and company maturity (e.g., Stanford B-School case on Jive Software by Mark Leslie and Mark Stevens.

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Sales Technical Review Software Review B2B 50

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! If you're moving out of brick and mortar into online, more and more businesses, whether you're B2B or you're b2c, are realizing that digital is a primary channel or at least equal. So you try to pay equal attention to both of those on both sides of the software.

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Marketing Differentiation B2C PR 94

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Whether you are a B2B or a B2C organization, one thing you already know is that you need to provide quality customer service in order to be successful. I’m talking about a soul searching, top-to-bottom, resource-demanding review of how customer service is defined by your organization and whether or not you are actually accomplishing it.

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Customer Software Review B2C Social Media 28

Up and Running

MAY 21, 2014

And I’ve been using this comment, or this statement, and I think the future of marketing is less about demand creation and more about organizing those seven behaviors that I just listed. Reviews, testimonials from customers, articles that you place either on another website or in a third-party print publication.

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Marketing Social Media Sales Media 72

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

We were witnessing, firsthand, the dramatic shifts in B2C e-commerce, and the resulting incredible experiences and benefits brands were delivering their retail consumers. The differences between B2C and B2B within the same brands were staggering! My entire staff had been laid off due to an acquisition by an aggressive v.c.

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Entrepreneur Czech Republic Retention B2C 115

Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

About the Author Ruben Gamez is the founder of Bidsketch , web based proposal software for designers. When he’s not developing software, he’s furiously working towards becoming a better Micropreneur. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself.

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Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

Their success is about execution in sales, services, and feature parity … and then eventually superiority (again, due to that single platform to rapidly evolve on advantage). Meaning that most new SaaS startups we see are, in fact, nascent and therefore are trying to create their own demand, which requires a lot of evangelism and education.

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Networking Fractional CTO CTO Hire B2C 48

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2020

You can see the same in software. Adding words like “robust” to your email marketing software description won’t do much. Byron Sharp and the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute have criticized differentiation, arguing that its role in the B2C setting is less important. They fight for existing customers and prioritize existing demand.

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Differentiation Software Review United States Demand 162