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Well to be honest, we’re excited about all of them.

Following our release of the 2017 State of Marketing Automation report, we were approached by The Telegraph UK and invited to take part in their digital transformation campaign alongside titans such as VISA, IBM and EMC. Humbled and honored we accepted the invite, jumped on a plane to royal London, and gave them our 2 cents on how to create the perfect B2B campaign. 

Introduction

Demos are really one of my favorite parts of the sales process. Something about them reminds me of staying home sick from school and watching reruns of old The Price is Right episodes. Suddenly, I’m walking out in a sparkly dress showing off a prized car with all of its top-of-the-line features and gadgets. The audience (perhaps by command of the applaud box), ooh’s and ah’s over the car, as they all envision themselves driving it down an empty highway into the sunset.

In an age where all the information of the world fits in the palm of everyone’s hands (even baby hands, can you imagine that), people are more inclined to start their own business, than ever before. Everything they need to know about running a start-up is at their disposal, a lot of which is free to consume and only a few clicks away.

You have an idea for a startup, you’ve put together a team and now you want to find an investment. Your idea is important but your potential investors will probably be even more interested in figuring out whether or not you’re aware of who exactly your competition is. An investor under the impression that you don’t understand who your competition is, or worse – aware of a competitor that you’re not aware of, won’t take you seriously.

Recently I took part in a think tank for a SaaS product group that was struggling with pricing issues. The issue at hand was that the product team was having a hard time getting users to opt for what they identified as the best offering out of three possible package tiers for their users. 

The product’s standard tier package was originally priced at a fixed cost of $10/mo plus additional usage based costs. Further on down the road, they added a lower tier with limited features. The usage..

Facebook just introduced a new video watching service and considering the direction the internet has been taking in the past couple of years, it shouldn't come as a big surprise to anyone. Before we dig into why I think it's a logical step forward for Facebook, let's first take a look at what this new feature actually is and how it operates.

Raising money for your SaaS product is a minefield. Regardless of whether you are crowdsourcing, at the seed stage or beyond, it is imperative that you have a defined strategy for your product. Who is your target audience? What is your USP? Why should they fund your product? How are you going to present your product to potential investors and to customers? What is your price point and what are your projections in terms of sales and ROI?

Introduction - email marketing

When people talk about content marketing, others usually assume they’re referring to blogging, or are confusing it with social media marketing. This makes me cup my face in my hands and shake my head from side-to-side. What about email marketing? It’s used to engage contacts by created personalized and valuable content along with relevant and engaging calls-to-action, to move them through the buyer’s journey. If that’s not content marketing, I don’t know what..