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Common B2B Challenges and How To Solve Them

ConversionXL

From long sales cycles to trying to stand out from the sea of sameness, B2B companies face an uphill battle from the start. I recently surveyed and interviewed over 200+ B2B executives, marketing & sales leaders to find out exactly what challenges they currently face and what they are doing to overcome them.

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Streamline Your Sales Process With These Five Proven Techniques

YoungUpstarts

A lot of startups fail within the first few months due to some commonly acknowledged culprits – picking a bad time to scale, running out of operating capital, lack of a steady customer base, high customer acquisition cost, and low to nonexistent repeat business. Hone Your Communication Skills.

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Why Hire a Fractional CMO in the Early Days of Your B2B Startup

The Startup Magazine

Early-stage startups often operate with tight budgets, making it impractical to hire a full-time CMO. A fractional CMO can identify the most effective marketing channels, optimize campaigns for maximum ROI, and implement best practices that drive results. You need not worry about the financial burden of a full-time salary.

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How to Create a Demand Funnel (for 44X Revenue)

ConversionXL

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. Choose the model that aligns best with your business: How complex is your marketing and sales operation? How long is your sales process? Image source ).

Demand 101
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Marketing Your Startup: A Billion-Dollar Company’s First Marketer Reflects Back

View from Seed

For awhile, that channel was a share option on all our blog posts, and we tried paying for stumbles for some campaigns. When do you start to double-down or evolve the playbook into a way of operating? EM: My rule of thumb is to look at the length of the sales cycle. Some startups have really long sales cycles.

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The Modern Approach To Account Based Marketing

ConversionXL

The higher ACV or value of a customer justified a more high touch & expensive campaign to convert a customer—like buying billboards around airline offices & conferences. You want to deploy low-touch campaigns to convert a higher volume of customers. The short answer is no.

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How to Craft (Or Pivot) Your Agency Value Proposition

ConversionXL

These days, many agencies start as a lean operation. I know this language sounds formal and stuffy, but high-ticket service sales cycles are long. This way, you can focus on business development, communications, and awareness to build a sales pipeline and “validate” early demand. Most B2B buyers know this. Image source ).

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