Traditionally the difference between B2C and B2B SaaS and mobile software businesses have been pretty stark. The B2C business has been characterized by low price points, a focus on ease-of-use, low cost and marketing-oriented customer acquisition models. Meanwhile, the typical B2B software business focused on higher price points, rich feature sets (often at the cost […]
Lead Nurturing Programs for Tech Businesses
So you’ve put up a website, sent out a few press releases, done some social media marketing, maybe some email marketing, PPC, SEO, etc. Most likely accelerated by the fast-emerging AI tools of today. If your software or hardware company is more mature, you’ve done a LOT of these and probably a lot more in […]
Software Product/Market Fit
Finding the right Product/Market fit is probably the most important differentiator between success and failure of a new software company or product. Yet even though this software product/market fit should be obvious, it is often glossed over in the excitement of a new enterprise. Why is this? In some cases, people don’t really want to […]
Extending ROI With Spin Off Technology Products
If a basic technology has a horizontal appeal, it can be quite profitable to spend a modest amount of additional effort to spin off technology of this type to other adjacent markets that the company is currently not serving. However, many software and hardware businesses, particularly smaller ones, are religiously focused on a specific vertical […]
The Shelf Life of the Tech Company CMO
This is a topic that probably isn’t debated all that much. Except for among software and hardware company CMOs & VPs of Marketing! But I think it’s an important management topic nonetheless. How long – and more importantly, how effective- the top marketing executive of your company is will tell a lot about the overall […]
