An essential part of developing a human-centered approach to modern marketing is hearing and observing your customers and buyers. The aim is to reach a level of deep understanding, which helps us to make more informed strategic business decisions. CMO’s and their C-Suite peers are collecting a tremendous amount of information. Whether it is big …
Buyer Personas Provide Human Face To Human-Centered Marketing Read More »
The concept of human-centered modern marketing begins with empathy for your customers and buyers. It is rooted in the approach of understanding the goals and motivations of our customers and buyers. Despite the ever-increasing influence of digital technology in our everyday lives, both business and personal, the need for human understanding in the context of …
3 Phases Of Human-Centered Marketing That Make Your Customers H.U.M. Read More »
An emerging truth about the world of digital transformation is the greater the increase in technology, the greater the need to understand humans. Knowing how technologies and digital transformation are affecting how we work, conduct business, and go about our daily lives will be an imperative businesses cannot ignore. In essence, it will take human …
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In the mid-to-late ‘90’s, as the first roots of the Internet began to take hold, Don Tapscott coined the phrase The Digital Economy. Tapscott’s landmark book is entitled The Digital Economy: Promise And Peril In The Age Of Networked Intelligence. At the time, it was filled with tremendous foresight. Much of the perspectives Tapscott offered …
The edge. When you have it, it is powerful. It is what many B2B organizations are seeking today. What is sought is an edge over competitors, which translates into more wins. How to get the edge is what perplexes many marketing and sales leaders today in B2B organizations. Gaining an edge usually involves uncovering a …
Facts vs. Insights: How To Know You Have Truly Profound Customer Insights Read More »
We have a problem. We are being inundated with facts, data, reports, and charts. In the digital age, instead of reams of paper piled high on a desk, we have megabytes being stored on a hard drive or in the cloud. The hope is these deeply stored megabytes will give us the analyses and insights …
To get the most out of anything worthwhile takes persistence, perseverance, hard work, intuitiveness, and grit. It is advice we offer to our friends, family, and children. Often in helpful conversations with marketing and sales leaders, I usually am posed the question of how to get the most out of buyer personas. A common theme …
D.I.V.E. Deeper: Getting The Most Out Of Your Buyer Personas Read More »
CEO’s and their C-Suite teams are mired in quantitative data analysis. Trying to make sense out of dollars and cents. Uncertainty reigns on how to shape future company strategic direction. Frustration exists with research consisting of surveys and data analytics only providing a snapshot of customer and market realities. Recent customer profiling efforts only telling …
How The C-Suite Can Discover Rich Buyer Insights Through Buyer Stories Read More »
Many marketing and sales executives agree the need to understand buyers today is greater than ever. Markets and industries in B2B are still trying to figure out the impact of changing buying behaviors. There is heightened attention in customer acquisition – mainly because it has become a guessing game. What many executives are discovering is …
Why The Differences Between Buyer Profiling and Buyer Personas Matters Read More »
It began, as history can best record, as a proverb of the Native American Cherokee tribe. Which said, “do not judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes.” This proverb had been rephrased, reshaped, and reworded many times as a way to communicate. What matters though, is the truth of this …
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