Trujay

MARCH 30, 2021

Finding new leads is the primary goal of your combined sales and marketing strategy and your business’s lifeblood—however, some struggle with not knowing to utilize different resources for lead generation. So, if you want to find out what lead sources you can implement in your “smarketing” strategy and how best to do it, keep […]. The post Top 10 Best Lead Sources and Best Practices to Fill up Your CRM appeared first on Trujay: Migration & Integration Solutions.

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Totango

MARCH 30, 2021

If you were presented with the opportunity to double or triple the size of your business virtually overnight, what would you say? For most people, the answer would be a swift “yes, please!” But what about all of the growing pains that come along with that expansion? For one thing, how would you scale your customer success operations quickly enough to meet the demand that this type of growth requires?

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 31, 2021

The a16z Marketplace 100 series explores the startups and trends behind largest and fastest-growing marketplace companies. See the complete ranking at a16z.com/marketplace-100. For marketplaces, “owning demand” is the surest path to sustainable growth. In practice, that means users come … The post Marketplace Supply Strategy: Comprehensive, Exclusive, or Curated appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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SaaStr

MARCH 30, 2021

“I don’t want to meet [That VC]. I don’t need money now and it’s distracting.” — most founders, post Seed round. …… There’s a superpower some founders have. When they are ready to raise the next round, be in Seed-2, Series A, B, C or whatever … they just send out a few emails, and in a week or so, have a few offers and even term sheets.

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Tom Tunguz

MARCH 28, 2021

UIPath, leaders in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, filed their S-1 last week , revealing an impressive business. Founded in 2005 in Bucharest, Romania, by Daniel Dines and Marius Tirca, the company now operates more than 60 offices housing nearly 3000 employees. UIPath offers software to build robots, programs that automate repetitive work.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 1, 2021

?. Wikipedia , the beloved, widely-known, free-access web encyclopedia is turning 20 this year. It’s one of the most visited websites on the internet, curated by a global network of hundreds of thousands of volunteers who have written over 55 million articles in 300 languages. It’s the world’s largest repository of human knowledge, but as Janeen Uzzell explains, it’s not without its blind spots.

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SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2021

UiPath is one of the most amazing not-really-an-overnight success stories in Cloud, SaaS and software. It was founded way back in 2005 as an outsourcing company, then developed Windows software to automate scripts and more, and turned this into a powerhouse for automating complex functions integrating Cloud and on-prem. Even ten years on, in 2015, it still had just 10 full-time employees.

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Tom Tunguz

APRIL 2, 2021

Open source software marries the decentralized community of the Internet with the ambition to build great things. Databases, application servers, streaming technologies, application deployment, and container management - many modern tools were born open source. But the clouds are rolling in for open source companies (pun intended). Today, open source software faces an identity crisis: what does it mean to be an open source company in the cloud?

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The Daily Egg

MARCH 28, 2021

What happens after your marketing efforts generate a lead? It is estimated that 80% of leads generated through marketing are never pursued. And that’s a lot of revenue lost. As sales or business leaders, knowing what to measure and why even before a sale is made is a critical part of the job. With technology […]. The post Best Lead Management Software appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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Predictable Revenue

APRIL 1, 2021

Kevin Gilman has one thing to say: cold calling will always be one of the most effective ways to book a meeting. The post Cold Calling is Back, Baby! appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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SaaStr

APRIL 2, 2021

We’ve hit some of these points before, but what are the Top 10 things I’d tell myself to do better, if I could go back in time? My top list: Slow down big decisions — when you aren’t sure. You have to move fast and break things, but if the pit in your stomach says “maybe don’t do that” — slow that decision down. My biggest mistakes have been where I quickly said “roll the dice”, but my gut wasn’t sure the downside risk was worth it.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 2, 2021

The NFT Canon is a go-to resource for artists and creators, developers, corporations and institutions, communities and other organizations seeking to understand or do more with non-fungible tokens. It’s a curated list of readings and resources on all things NFTs … The post NFT Canon appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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The Daily Egg

MARCH 29, 2021

Do you ever wonder how your website is performing? How many people visit your website? What the conversion rates are? What your bounce rate is? You and millions of other people. That is why Google Analytics exists. Knowing your website’s stats is important. If you’re running a business, analytics is something you need to know. […]. The post 7 Easy Steps to Install Google Analytics in WordPress appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 1, 2021

Social media for e-commerce has become a critical element in sales growth for many businesses. Using social media to boost your marketing offers many benefits to help build your business, so don’t wait to explore these valuable channels. Sprout Social reports that after following a brand on social media, consumers continue to engage in other ways. Ninety-one percent check out the brand’s website or app, 89 percent make a purchase, and 85 percent recommend the brand to someone they know.

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SaaStr

MARCH 27, 2021

There can be nothing more frustrating in the middle-early days than when sales closes some great deal for say $125,000 a year … but you “knew” they could have gotten $200,000 if they just held the line on discounting. You’d talked to that customer yourself, they were basically already sold (in your mind, at least), they were gonna buy without a doubt … why the heck did we leave $75k on the table?

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 29, 2021

Conventional wisdom holds that passive trading is the rational investing strategy. Active traders are often portrayed as gambling rubes or lucky opportunists who will (eventually) be handily beaten by index funds. But the steady growth of platforms like eToro and … The post “Buy and Hold” No More: The Resurgence of Active Trading appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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The Daily Egg

APRIL 1, 2021

If you’ve been looking into an extra income stream, an ecommerce website is always a reliable option. Some experts estimate that 95-percent of all purchases by 2040 will happen online. While this statistic may seem overly optimistic, consider that 93.5-percent of internet users have made an online purchase at least once. The best part is […].

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Neil Patel

MARCH 30, 2021

I was reading an article from my buddy the other day and he had an interesting trend. 14.1% of all searches on Google are in the form of a question. Here’s the breakdown within the United States: How – 8.07% What – 3.4% Where – 88% Why – 82% Who – 6% Which – 33%. Because we have over a billion keywords globally in Ubersuggest and we already have a questions section, I thought it would be fun to see what it would look like worldwide.

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SaaStr

MARCH 29, 2021

Salesforce’s biggest source of new revenue isn’t CRM or even support. It’s partners and platform. And it has been since 2017 or so! Wow. But that took time. It took more than a decade after Salesforce was founded: Shopify’s partner ecosystem is also huge, comprising 20% of its revenue in 2020. But it was only 8% in 2018.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 27, 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS. This episode is all about NFTs. It seems like nothing has caught on and spread into mainstream interest like NFTs, where one hears everything … The post a16z Podcast: All about NFTs appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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The Daily Egg

MARCH 30, 2021

Web hosting is the first step required to get any site published on the web. Some of you might have started organizing your content in a CMS platform, but your site won’t be live until you get the hosting figured out. For beginners, the concept of web hosting can be a bit overwhelming. With so […]. The post 5 Easy Steps to Host a Website appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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ClinicSense is a SaaS platform that supports over 7,000 massage therapists who use it for appointment management, payments, scheduling, marketing activities and more. Despite having a relatively low payment failure rate, the company discovered that the failures disrupted the customer experience. This often led to churn as customers decided to cancel or abandon their account, preventing ClinicSense from realizing the full lifetime value (LTV) of its users.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 29, 2021

Tired of hearing “content is king?” It’s a phrase that makes most marketers roll their eyes. Does it still ring true? If so, why is content still so important? Where Did the Phrase ‘Content is King’ Come From? In 1996, Bill Gates wrote an essay that changed the course of digital marketing. Titled “Content is King,” he suggested most of the money generated on the internet would come from content, much like broadcasting.

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SaaStr

MARCH 30, 2021

A very high close rate sounds great. But really, it means you aren't doing any effective marketing. — Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) March 25, 2021. Few things will demotivate your sales team more than a very low win rate. Especially one getting even lower. Going into battle every day, and almost always losing … few things are tougher.

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Unbounce

MARCH 28, 2021

You’ve probably heard this more than a few times on your favorite marketing podcast: “Add some social proof.”. There’s a good reason it’s repeated so often: When you use compelling social proof on your landing pages, you can more than double your conversion rate. You may be wondering, “What the heck is social proof and how can I get in on these juicy conversions?”.

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The Daily Egg

MARCH 31, 2021

Paying for website hosting is unavoidable. If you’re running a website, it’s going to cost you money—plain and simple. With that said, website hosting prices vary significantly based on server resources, hosting type, web hosting provider, and other factors. To get the best deal on web hosting, there are certain things you need to keep […]. The post The Beginner’s Guide to Website Hosting Costs appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 29, 2021

We’ve discussed how you can build authority in your industry through blogging. Today, we are going to look at exactly how you can get guest blogging opportunities and make the most out of them. Determine Your Guest Blogging Goals. Before we begin, your first task is to decide what your goal for guest blogging is. Knowing this goal ahead of time is key in determining the right kind of blogs to submit guest posts to.

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SaaStr

MARCH 28, 2021

A lot of rules are just that — guidelines. You can blaze your own path. 1 founder, 5 founders. Bootstrapped, overfunded. There are many ways to get there. But here’s my list of things I don’t think you should do, almost always, in SaaS/B2B: Committing for less than 24 months to get to product-market fit. Less is almost never enough in SaaS. You’ll run out of money, time, commitment and more, if all the founders don’t commit to 24 months to get to product-market fit. 12 or 18 aren’t enough.

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Unbounce

MARCH 30, 2021

Yep, the rumors are true. Paid advertising is about to change in a big way. With Apple’s latest iOS update, iPhone users will be able to opt-out of behavioral and demographic tracking on apps. (Heck, they’re invited to opt out.) Assuming that most folks will choose to keep their data private, these people will essentially become ghosts when it comes to PPC campaigns on platforms like Facebook and Instagram.

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