This is the second installment in our marketing fundamentals for startups. In the prior installment, we talked about how to develop an MVM (minimum viable marketing) approach to work hand-in-hand with an MVP in the lean startup model. In this installment, we begin addressing the most visible forms of marketing for a startup: the website […]
Marketing is as essential for tech startups as it is for companies with thousands of paying customers. But tech startups — even well-funded ones — tend to have a much smaller marketing budget than their larger counterparts, and that makes deciding how to fund it especially challenging. Since the lean startup model encourages startups to […]
Why business software CEOs have a love-hate relationship with marketing Companies that offer business software solutions — SaaS, custom software and off-the-shelf — all share a similar challenge: Longer sales lead times, intense competition and relatively slow technology refresh rates. Translation? There are more competitors vying for a smaller number of sales opportunities. It also […]
Drip marketing refers to the stream of marketing communications a company sends to its list of prospects and customers to stimulate future sales. In the case of B2B technology companies, it usually takes the form of email communications through a marketing automation platform. Many B2B tech companies face long sales cycles, which is why drip […]
Even though there will be plenty of vacationers hitting beaches, hiking trails and theme parks this summer, it doesn’t mean your content marketing should take a vacation too. After all, content marketing serves multiple purposes for a business, which means it should be consistently maintained throughout the year. Failing to do that could lead to […]
Deep summer in B2B tech marketing brings to mind those classic seafaring movies about whaling schooners and man-of-wars that suddenly hit a long patch of hot weather. Perhaps your own company’s summer sales doldrums feels the same way? Like a once-animated ship now sitting listless in a dark blue ocean, white sails hanging lifeless, an […]
A well-run blog provides continuous opportunities to establish your brand’s credibility as an industry expert in the eyes of customers and prospects. It also plays a key role in many B2B companies’ multi-channel marketing strategy aimed at supporting the customer journey from visitor to lead to closed sale. That’s because blogs can be an ever-changing […]