A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Price is as important as any other feature to determine product/market “fit.” Price is not an exercise in maximizing some micro-economic supply/demand curve, slapped post-facto onto the product. In a huge market this is probably still OK because there’s enough customers for everyone to thrive in different ways. .”

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ConversionXL

MARCH 13, 2019

Many are familiar with the digital darlings that market directly to consumers—Warby Parker, Away, Allbirds, etc. But the B2B ecommerce market is growing exponentially , estimated to reach $1.2 B2B buyers have two key differences that impact marketing and website design choices: A more complex sales cycle; Niche targeting.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

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? Consumers (like us) demand it. Put Your SaaS Go-to-Market Strategy on High Ground. Tidal Waves.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Very few, if any, of these interactions are with a sales rep. This behavior has marketers pledging to up their demand generation budgets. Because if people are making up their own minds, without coercion from sales, creating demand is the best way to get them to choose you. But isn’t that the role of any marketer?

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Demand Management B2B Campaign 95

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. Higher Order Values When you sell directly to consumers, you often face small, one-off purchases.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Businesses have a rising demand for singular, agile, integrated solutions. Thanks to this, the SaaS market is predicted to grow at a CAGR of 18.82% , increasing by roughly 600% by 2030. . If you don’t, you’ll be leaving money on the table and giving your target market to the competition. .

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Sales intelligence platform Cognism cut their lead generation efforts by 90% in 2021. This value-based model bringing all the right customers to their yard is called demand generation. This value-based model bringing all the right customers to their yard is called demand generation. Like SEO, demand generation is a long game.

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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. . Lesson 1: Choose the right demand generation funnel. Image source ).

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 18, 2024

Gain Freedom With The Hands Off CEO Blueprint written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Mandi Ellefson. 01:03): Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Done right, demand generation can supercharge growth. 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. The state of demand generation in 2022.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Due to the language and culture issues in Europe we opted for a country structure with an MD in each country and local sales, marketing & customers support staff. This is akin in the US to having sales staff in NY, SF & LA with your HQ in one of these locations. But it wasn’t just about company structures.

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Ireland Sales Germany Bankruptcy 319

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.

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Startup Cofounder Software Review Sales Cycle 120

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

70% of buyers have done their research before they talk to sales, and 60% of buyers prefer not to talk to sales teams at all. With demand generation. In this article, you’ll learn how to use demand to fuel your sales funnel, build relationships, and grow your business. What is demand generation?

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Demand Lead Generation PPC Leadership 91

Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2019

A data-driven approach can help you make accurate and timely business decisions to meet market demands and improve cost-efficiency. Net Promoter Score (NPS): measures customer loyalty and satisfaction, which is essential for customer retention and referral marketing. Marketing KPIs. Sales KPIs.

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Founder Retention Metrics Technical Review 71

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Freshdesk First, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, pitched Freshdesk , a SaaS company that provides small and medium businesses with on-demand customer support software that offers multi-channel social support. Freshdesk introduces itself as a kind of Salesforce.com for customer support so to speak.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

There continues to be an incredible demand out there for actionable, practical lessons in how to apply this emerging set of ideas. 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.

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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

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.

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Customer Marketing Channel Acquisition 98

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

A CTO will guide your product strategy, market validation, architectural decisions, process optimization, recruiting, and hiring. If outward facing, they will attend important sales calls and speak to the technology strategy and vision. I have also included quotes from Austin CTOs to give you additional perspective.

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Fractional CTO CTO Hire CTO Technical Review 54

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. This position will provide sales, negotiation, CRM and inbound/outbound outreach experience.

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Semantic Social Media Database Artificial Inteligence 48

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.

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IP Marketing Technical Review Software Review 98

BeyondVC

JANUARY 14, 2010

There are still conflicting reports on the growth of the economy and it is unclear whether Q4 was the release of some pent-up demand of if it will be more indicative of sustainable new spending on technology. Do we have a clear value proposition and know which market we are selling into and who we are selling to in the organization?

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entrepreMusings

AUGUST 4, 2012

Following is a post called Demand Creation 101 that I wrote for the blog at my company, Bulldog Solutions: The following was authored by Aruni S. Aruni joined Bulldog in June 2012 with a background in technology entrepreneurship, B2B sales, consulting, and operations. Gunasegaram, Account Director. Thanks SiriusDecisions!

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

This means that even though founders invest many years of their life studying markets and building their companies, and even though experienced investors pour billions of dollars into startups every year, 90% of the bets are wrong. Key Variables to Consider: Sales units. Founders are typically ambitious when projecting sales volumes.

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Startup Sales Cycle Down Round Revenue 70

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

This is in large part because markets have immediate and deep access to the kind of information once delivered as a primary function of the selling process. Today’s sales superstars attract, teach, convert, serve and measure while developing an individual brand that stands for trust and expertise. 1) Community building.

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Sales Reputation Sales Cycle Curation 74

YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2013

By Crystal Wells, Product Marketing at Vendio. When you don’t know exactly what inventory you have available, where it is located, or where it is for sale, it’s going to be difficult to manage your inventory effectively and can lead to an ever-increasing number of problem areas. Make sure all your items are for sale.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Although it would be great to see sales cycles much shorter, it’s understandable about the care some organizations take in choosing a partner that will represent their brand on the very visible social media front. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time.” – Bruce Springsteen.

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Social Media Sales Cycle Media Audience 113

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 22, 2019

How to Build a Business Around Referrals written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Michael J. On this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I sit down with author, speaker, and real estate expert Michael J. This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Klaviyo.

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Sales Cycle Demand Sales Customer 33

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 18, 2014

Using Forums to Market New Products and Services to Existing Customers written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. It’s guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest post is from Patrick Clinger – Enjoy! Internet Forums. Make yourself approachable.

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Customer Product Marketing Long Beach 61

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

Marketing first. For example, if you are running affiliate ads for hotels, you might get 3-5% on a sale. But if this is a generic hotel, then there are likely other affiliates who are doing paid marketing to try to get users to their sites / apps to convert users as well. Sales cycles matter though.

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Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

Marketing first. For example, if you are running affiliate ads for hotels, you might get 3-5% on a sale. But if this is a generic hotel, then there are likely other affiliates who are doing paid marketing to try to get users to their sites / apps to convert users as well. Sales cycles matter though.

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Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

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.

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Software Review Software Marketing IP 117

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

After 5+ years in business, if we have learned anything it is about the seasonality of our own business and the cyclical demand for creative services. Marketing around seasonal peaks and valleys is a challenge, but there are a few simple steps to take that will preserve marketing resources while maximizing the effect of your campaigns.

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Small Business Startup Lean Sales Cycle 88

Lightspeed Venture Partners

APRIL 13, 2015

One look at any of the market maps for marketing tech, sales productivity apps, HR tech or other functional areas within enterprises would tell you how crowded these traditional enterprise software landscapes have become… Is there another billion dollar company to be built in some of these areas?

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Hearpreneur

MAY 8, 2022

For us, we like to focus our marketability particularly when those in our industry, such as ISPs, slip up. Companies like Dropbox are considered market disruptors as their products are unique and of superior quality. Listen to the market carefully. Tap into such markets. 5- By marketing the old fashioned way.

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Entrepreneur Audience Social Media Channel 133

BeyondVC

AUGUST 26, 2008

I have written a number of times about frictionless sales and how on-demand companies have a huge opportunity to reduce their sales and marketing costs and subsequently scale their business more efficiently. " The lowest friction sale can be a user clicking on a web page and the content owner getting paid for it.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The PPC targeting options that Facebook has available are different from Google AdWords, LinkedIn, Twitter, and the abundance of other PPC marketing networks you have available. Sometimes your product or offer is so new that there’s no search demand out there for you to easily harvest. Parental status.

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