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B2B marketplaces will be the next billion-dollar e-commerce startups

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Startups involved in B2B e-commerce such as Faire and Mirakl have burst out of the gates in 2020. The B2B e-commerce industry has broad reach, encompassing everything from commerce infrastructure and payments technology to procurement and supply-chain solutions. Even before the pandemic, B2B marketplaces were expected to generate $3.6

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Billion-dollar B2B: cloud-first enterprise tech behemoths have massive potential

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But now it’s time to update T2D3 to account for some of the tectonic changes shaping a broader universe of B2B tech — and pushing companies to grow at rates we’ve never seen before. One of the biggest factors driving billion-dollar B2Bs is a simple but important shift in how organizations buy enterprise technology today.

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Paystand banks $50M to make B2B payments cashless and with no fees

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This is why Paystand is surfing the next wave of fintech, driven by blockchain and decentralized finance, to transform the $125 trillion B2B payment industry by offering an autonomous, cashless and feeless payment network that will be an alternative to cards, Almond said. All B2B startups are in the payments business.

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Two of Africa’s largest B2B e-commerce platforms MaxAB and Wasoko in merger talks

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Egyptian B2B e-commerce startup MaxAB and Wasoko, a Kenya-based e-commerce player with operations in Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia, are in talks to merge operations, TechCrunch has exclusively learned from multiple sources. The merger talks come as B2B e-commerce companies in Africa […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Sales Effectiveness: The B2B Sales Leader's Guide

This guide is designed to help today’s B2B sales leaders ramp up their effectiveness in any economic environment. You’ll get a deep dive on: Proven methods for warming up cold calls Coaching points for responding to price pressure early and often Front-line examples of how to win the battle for customer retention

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Building a lean B2B startup growth stack

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Keith Putnam-Delaney Contributor Share on Twitter Keith Putnam-Delaney is the founder and CEO of Primer , a platform that offers hyperprecise targeting for B2B marketers. Growing a B2B business is becoming increasingly complex. CDPs (because there is no good B2B CDP). Task management and productivity tools.

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Olsam raises $165M to buy up and scale consumer and B2B Amazon Marketplace sellers

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Olsam , a roll-up play that is buying up both consumer and B2B merchants selling on Amazon by way of Amazon’s FBA fulfillment program , has closed $165 million — a combination of equity and debt that it will be using to fuel its M&A strategy, as well as continue building out its tech platform and to hire more talent.

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B2B Pocket Playbook: End-to-End Guide to Sales Enablement

It's time for you to start selling smarter - and hitting your sales number - with the best B2B database in the market. And if sales teams want to continuously sell better -- and faster -- their sales enablement process must have a game-winning strategy. Get started today.

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Buyer’s Checklist: How to Evaluate a B2B Contact Data Provider

Key tactics for assessing the completeness, coverage, and consistency of B2B data. After reading, you’ll gain insight into the following components: How to develop a framework for analyzing a vendor’s contact and account data. Critical integrations that fit directly into your sales processes and workflows.

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4 Data-Driven Steps To Drive Successful B2B Demand Generation

Fact: Good data lives at the core of every successful B2B demand generation strategy. Without quality data, it’s nearly impossible to identify and segment your target audience and create messaging that speaks to their values and interests.

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Why B2B Contact and Account Data Management Is Critical to Your ROI

Given data’s direct impact on marketing campaigns, reporting, and sales follow-up, maintaining an accurate and consistent database is a top priority for B2B organizations. However, investing in new technology isn’t always easy, and commonly, it’s difficult to show the ROI of data quality efforts.

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ABCs of Data Normalization for B2B Marketers

Data normalization. It’s not a far stretch to suggest that the topic isn’t exactly what gets marketers excited in their day-to-day workflow. However, if lead generation, reporting, and measuring ROI is important to your marketing team, then data normalization matters - a lot.

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The 2019 Technographic Data Report for B2B Sales Organizations

In this report, ZoomInfo substantiates the assertion that technographic data is a vital resource for sales teams. In fact, the majority of respondents agree—with 72.3% reporting that technographic data is either somewhat important or very important to their organization.

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Forrester Research Report: How Sales and Marketing Intelligence Drive Improved Business Outcomes

In 2019, DiscoverOrg commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate sales and marketing intelligence practices in the B2B space. Those implementing a B2B sales and marketing intelligence solution reported that they have realized 35% more leads in their pipeline and 45% higher-quality leads leading to higher revenue and growth.

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Pressure Points: How to Ensure Your B2B Pipeline Passes Inspection

This eBook highlights best practices for developing a pipeline management process that helps sales leaders and their team C.L.O.S.E you’ll see what we mean in this eBook) more revenue through data-driven prospecting, stage analysis, and subsequent sales enablement.