Startups selling larger sized deals don’t generally concern themselves very much with managing a pipeline of leads at the beginning. Most of the BtoB focused companies I know have started with 1 or 2 sales folks managing their own pipeline of leads which have come from them mining their own list of contacts along with [...]
I was at Interop/Web 2.0 for meetings this week. I also walked the expo floor talking to startups and attendees. It struck me how broken the whole “conference” thing is. Vendors want leads but tradeshows are a notoriously poor source of qualified leads. At every company I have worked at, when we actually tracked leads [...]
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Industry Analysts: Can You Buy Coverage?
Industry analyst firms like Forrester and Gartner Group won’t write about you just because you pay them. You should be happy they don’t.
Pitching to Bloggers (and Journalists) – Tips for Startups
Most startups don’t have an agency helping them get coverage in blogs and publications. Here are some tips based on my experience.
Industry Analysts: Can You Buy Coverage?
Industry analyst firms like Forrester and Gartner Group won’t write about you just because you pay them. You should be happy they don’t.
Infographics – The Lindsay Lohan of Content?
Somewhere along the way Infographics have become the web version of shouting “Hey look a rainbow!!” and we look, even though we know most of the time it’s a trick and there isn’t a rainbow there at all.