VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Sustainable growth: Prioritise sales efficiency over growth at all costs. It doesn’t matter if your company is B2B or B2C, as Y Combinator puts it, you need to build stuff people want, and obsess about making it as user friendly, friction free and smooth as possible. In times of uncertainty, be like Scrooge McDuck!

Founder 187

Founder Startup Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 187

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

As Wes Bush details, you have three options for a SaaS go-to-market strategy : sales led, marketing led, or product led. Will you still need sales support for some enterprise accounts? Those near-term sales, while enticing, may erode a brand and hurt retention. A sales-led strategy may work better.)

Customer 119

Customer Conversion Acquisition B2B 119

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

It’s called cross-selling; a tactic that drives 35% of sales for Amazon and helps leading SaaS companies reduce churn. Cross-selling is recommending additional, complementary products or services to increase the sale value or boost CLTV. From this small addition to each page, Amazon generates over a third of sales on its platform.

B2B 129

B2B Email Sales Acquisition 129

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Surprises always work to instill loyalty and retention. If you want to get people’s attention and have them call you, there’s nothing like writing an article for a trade magazine (for B2B) or local magazine (for B2C) to gain credibility and get the exposure you want. This can build loyalty, drive sales and cut other costs.

Small Business 167

Small Business Marketing PR Social Media 167

Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

Today, a lot of the PLG SaaS tools require sales motion upfront because nobody understands those tools. Those types of tools actually require work in the initial days of the sales motion. The success of the foundation is can you get to the first PLG conversion and actually have a user or prospective customer without talking to sales?

Product 78

Product CTO Hire Startup Fractional CTO 78

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Email generates as much as $42 for every dollar spent , and is a top-three marketing channel for 87% of B2B and 76% of B2C marketers. Instead, Talu Tales is delivering a valuable experience that can be nurtured towards a sale. Building loyalty starts with what you do post-purchase and continues with retention emails.

Email 136

Email Customer Marketing Software Review 136

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 10, 2020

Into the realm of visual merchandising, we are going to see how this vital and exciting marketing technique can propel sales in the fashion business. Loading new arrivals and popular merchandise create a sales-driven approach. A few among the others are: To draw more sales via promoting your brand’s merchandise and products.

Startup 78

Startup eCommerce B2C Metrics 78

Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2018

In fact, according to Shopify , global retail ecommerce sales are on track to reach $4.5 And, these trends don’t just apply to businesses selling directly to consumers (B2C). B2B ecommerce sales , (businesses selling directly to other businesses) generate three times as much revenue as B2C, at $7.7 trillion in 2014.

SEO 80

SEO eCommerce Software Review Analytics 80

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The audio destination for business professionals host Jason Bay, dives in with leading sales experts and top performing reps to share actionable tips and strategies to help you land more meetings with your ideal clients. No sales department, no marketing department, no marketing budget. 17:56): Come down, it's President's Day sale.

Community 96

Community Marketing Audience Networking 96

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In their own words, it’s: “B2C and B2B marketing that optimizes value to the buyer at any stage of the customer life cycle, dramatically increasing the propensity of that customer to purchase. This concept, according to Extraprise , is seen as real time revenue optimization.

Metrics 133

Metrics B2C B2B Channel 133

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 23, 2022

There are of course exceptions, mainly in the B2C world, like Waze, which sold to Google for $1.4 Revenue doesn’t measure sales efficiency – you can hit a revenue target but the question is at what cost? billion with zero revenues, or Whatsapp, that sold to Facebook (aka Meta) for $19 billion with little or no revenue.

Metrics 179

Metrics Revenue B2C Portfolio 179

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Of course, habits aren’t only affecting the promotion and sale of household cleaning supplies and toiletries. Nearly 85% of respondents believe that habituated buying decisions are just as relevant to B2B marketing as B2C marketing. Sales were minimal. Within two months, sales doubled. What about your toothbrush?

Conversion 48

Conversion Technical Review Software Review B2B 48

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In their own words, it’s: “B2C and B2B marketing that optimizes value to the buyer at any stage of the customer life cycle, dramatically increasing the propensity of that customer to purchase. This concept, according to Extraprise , is seen as real time revenue optimization.

Metrics 100

Metrics B2C B2B Channel 100

VC Cafe

JUNE 6, 2024

Net Revenue Retention (NRR) Definition: NRR measures the percentage of recurring revenue retained from existing customers over a given period, considering upgrades, downgrades, and churn. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) Definition : CAC is the total cost of acquiring a new customer, including marketing and sales expenses.

B2B 97

B2B Burn Rate Generative AI Retention 97

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Yet, when it comes to product demos, many marketers and sales teams fall short in creating demos that convert. Despite the common misconception, the goal of a demo isn’t always to make a sale. What types of demos are used, and are there correlations between B2B and B2C demo usage? Case study data collection.

Product 120

Product B2C B2B Email 120

Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Whether you’re offering B2C or B2B SaaS, you need to make sure you’re employing the right sales strategies to drive revenue and get your offering into the hands of people and organizations who need it. . Avoid this and keep reading to find out 4 important sales strategies for SaaS. Offer Free Trials and Demos.

Churn Rate 52

Churn Rate Sales B2C Sales Cycle 52

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

This isn’t limited to the B2C space. Three out of every four B2B buyers would rather self-educate than learn about a product from a sales representative, according to Forrester. Or would you prefer to go through a lengthy sales process to see if it’s a good fit? The sales-led GtM strategy. Tidal Waves. Safety Zone.

Marketing 289

Marketing Sales Cycle Acquisition Sales 289

VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 2016

You have to invest time and money into building a sales and marketing team to acquire customers beyond early adopters. To begin with, let’s illustrate the sales process with a simple graphic of the funnel that comes from an excellent post on Stratechery about marketing channels. sales or support). Use the right tools.

Sales 60

Sales Marketing Sales Cycle B2C 60

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Some are complex and require sales development and account executives to close, like Oracle’s marketing cloud. Could be wasting sales and customer success time if not). Some of the conversions you can optimize for with SaaS could be… visit → trial (quick to test, but doesn’t always correlate to sales). Image Source.

Conversion 48

Conversion Churn Rate Retention Metrics 48

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

#7- To prioritizes employee and client retention. The company that employed us began putting profits above people and new sales above client retention. The three of us had the exact opposite mentality and created a company that prioritizes employee and client retention. Photo Credit: Steven Randall.

Entrepreneur 115

Entrepreneur Czech Republic Retention B2C 115

www.rocketwatcher.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I’ve seen online B2C startups use Dave McClure’s Startup Metrics for Pirates as a starting point for measuring what marketing is doing. A good set of metrics will also give you a feel for inside and outside sales effectiveness and overall sales pipeline velocity as well.

B2B 42

B2B Metrics Marketing Startup 42

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The second relies on retention. Overall acquisition costs for both B2C and B2B have gone up by 50% in the past five years. This post gives you a data-backed approach to win more repeat sales. The most telling cohort, perhaps, is which promotion locked in the sale. The second type is winning. By month of first order.

Retention 126

Retention Analytics Campaign eCommerce 126

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Throw in Machine Learning and I weep at how many glorious sales, marketing, deep relationships initiatives are impossible because companies have not solved identity. It also has massively delicious implications in your data, acquisition and retention strategies (ignoring the sweet, heavenly, implications on your customers). Times 1000.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Acquisition Naming 60

ConversionXL

AUGUST 7, 2019

Yet, according to another study , only 11% of B2B companies have ongoing influencer marketing programs, compared to 48% of B2C brands. Video has won marketers’ hearts and minds: 83% believe that video content grows sales. B2B brands shouldn’t feel left out, even if they lag behind. Professional communities on social media are strong.

B2B 110

B2B Marketing Social Media B2C 110

ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2014

Whether you make money through sales or ads, you ALWAYS need more user engagement on your website. On the other hand, Easytobook , a B2C company, had 1.5 It seems that B2C companies might benefit far more from social login than B2Bbut even that seems to depend on a company’s expectations.

Social Network 130

Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 130

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

There is nothing on sales. Can you add useful resource for generating sales for start-ups. Reply Martin Henk , on June 8, 2011 at 6:13 am said: Impressive list, but missing a key ingredient: Sales management tools. Reply jade , on February 27, 2011 at 2:25 pm said: Great compilation. removed from the list.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Whether you make money through sales or ads, you always need more user engagement on your website. On the other hand, Easytobook , a B2C company, had 1.5 It seems that B2C companies might benefit far more from social login than B2B, but even that seems to depend on a company’s expectations.

Social Network 73

Social Network Viral Social Media B2C 73

ConversionXL

AUGUST 1, 2017

Customer loyalty is sometimes confused with customer satisfaction, as well as retention. Retention is the behavioral indicator of loyalty, whereas loyalty is usually attitudinal (though technically retention could be considered behavioral loyalty). We can say the same thing for B2C products, for example, HeadSpace.

Customer 114

Customer Retention B2C Programming 114

ConversionXL

AUGUST 1, 2017

Customer loyalty is sometimes confused with customer satisfaction, as well as retention. Retention is the behavioral indicator of loyalty, whereas loyalty is usually attitudinal (though technically retention could be considered behavioral loyalty). We can say the same thing for B2C products, for example, HeadSpace.

Customer 91

Customer Retention B2C Programming 91