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How I Turned My Father’s 90s B2B Business into California’s Fastest Growing Online Succulent Seller

BigCommerce

My father still had his full-time B2B family business. In 2012, I decided it was time to turn that funky old website into something semi-usable. How did I go from an interesting, family side hustle to bring my father’s B2B business (which we still operate) to a consumer audience via the web? Sales were flat throughout the 2000s.

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You Are Doing Your Marketing Wrong (and I Have the Data to Prove It)

Kissmetrics

As for the industry, I talked to companies in the B2B space as well as the B2C space. Here is the average conversion rate per channel: When looking at the conversion data per channel, you’ll notice that I combined SEO and content marketing because they go hand in hand. Lesson #1: Get good at SEO. You have no choice!

Marketing 268
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Marketing Automation: What is it, Examples & Tools [2021]

Kissmetrics

Oracle’s B2B cross-channel marketing solution Oracle Eloqua lets marketers plan automated campaigns while simultaneously personalizing them. LeadSquared , founded in 2012, helps small and medium companies align their marketing and sales efforts. DataForSEO provides “comprehensive SEO data via API at a predictable price.”.

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I Wish I Never Built a Personal Brand

Kissmetrics

I created a blog that focused on the topic of SEO in hopes that it would generate leads and sales. By January 2011, Quick Sprout grew to over 67,038 visitors a month: And by November of 2012 I was generating 112,681 visitors a month: My traffic was growing nice and steady at the time although my personal brand wasn’t really taking off yet.

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HubSpot Alternatives (Nov 2020): Which are The Best Solutions

Ecommerce Platforms

Launching in 2012, this powerful tool comes with everything from SMS marketing tools to autoresponders to help you connect with your customers and build new opportunities. It’s all about B2B marketing automation, and it has features for advanced email analytics, lead nurturing, ROI reporting and more. HubSpot Alternatives: Sendinblue.

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Ecommerce Statistics

Ecommerce Platforms

Econsultancy, 2012). 57% of B2B marketers say conversion rate is the most useful metric for analyzing landing page performance. B2B ecommerce sales are expected to outgrow B2C sales, reaching 6.7 62% of B2B marketers said the increasing lead generation is the most important goal for landing pages. IBM, 2011). Think again!

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33 Ecommerce Strategies for Growth from 12 $1M+ Brands [18 Must Have Tools Included]

BigCommerce

How to Activate Millennial B2B Buyers. With more B2B sellers launching an online presence, digital competition took a fierce turn. Shopping apps are still relevant: Atlanta Light Bulbs worked with a BigCommerce partner, AppMixture , to build out a mobile app for their B2B buyers. This is how you do B2B mobile commerce.