conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Fabulis.com was initially intended to to be a social network for gay men. Problem was, Facebook, Yelp and Groupon were gay enough where a dedicated social network wasn’t entirely necessary. million in sales and selling an average of 1,000 items per day. “We couldn’t even get our friends to use it.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

While big ticket products might carry longer and more complex sales cycles, high-end buyers are just as lazy as the rest of us, so they use the same methods: Google, social media, and yes, their inboxes. The strategy in a nutshell.

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Mucker Lab

MAY 20, 2013

2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2005 – “Sales cycle is too long for software companies selling to government and educational sector”. Myspace, Facebook). 2002 – “Information Technology is not a competitive advantage”. Everything). 2003 – “The browser war is over, Microsoft has won”.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 8, 2014

Technology, social networks and our propensity to turn online for every need have greatly expanded the elements of networking but connecting is, and I suggest always will be, at the core. Today networking is the richest source of organic backlinks that still drive SEO.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 24, 2011

Distributing this content is a lot easier when all of your employees are connected extensively across all social networks--Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn. Give away an iPad for the most votes on Quora answers for the month to questions like "How can you speed up a long enterprise sales cycle?" The Meetup Ground War.

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Mucker Lab

MAY 21, 2013

2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2005 – “Sales cycle is too long for software companies selling to government and educational sector”. (Evernote, Dropbox). 1999 – “The search engine game is over”. Myspace, Facebook). 2002 – “Information Technology is not a competitive advantage”. Everything).

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Brandanew

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Some products have a strong seasonal surge around the holiday season, and you need to be aware of your sales cycles. You can increase your online sales at Christmas by planning: Offers, promotions & sales. You need plan everything ahead. Think about who you can target and with which products.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 23, 2014

Now, don’t take the word authority to mean fame or notoriety – it’s really more about possessing person power – the kind that can attract new business, create more opportunities and drastically shorten sales cycles.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. 3) Your business model seems flawed OR is not the right fit I talked a lot about unit economics and sales cycles in my last post. For example, some VCs have such deep pockets that they can throw a lot of money at a company to wait out a long sales cycle.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. 3) Your business model seems flawed OR is not the right fit I talked a lot about unit economics and sales cycles in my last post. For example, some VCs have such deep pockets that they can throw a lot of money at a company to wait out a long sales cycle.

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Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 48

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. I had planned a balance of large companies and SMB/divisional sales but have changed my thinking. Reasons: cost of sales executives, long sales cycles, deep functional requirements.

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