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How Google is Beating Apple with Buyer Foresight (What B2B Marketing Can Learn)

At the recent Google I/O 2013 Keynote, Google announced a laundry list of new enhancements and services.  Solidifying its’ game plan of playing offense rather than defense with innovation.  Which, at this writing, is putting the challenge on Apple to respond. My thoughts shared here are heavily influenced by a brilliant article from Mike Myatt …

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3 Ways to Be a Market Leader with Buyer Foresight

Every company has aspirations to become the market leader in their space.  Leading your market has built-in advantages over your competition.  Market leadership helps to ensure a level of stability and longevity. Getting there and staying there is the hard part. The demands of the market and the buyers within them can set the bar …

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4 Reasons Why Content Marketing Should Care About Audience Development

Over the past year, questions about content marketing effectiveness are beginning to surface.  The Content Marketing Institute as well as a survey sponsored by eConsultancy, indicated belief in effectiveness was under 40%.  Most recently, SiriusDecisions made this statement: “Fully 60 to 70 percent of content churned out by b-to-b marketing departments today sits unused. This …

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5 Buyer Behaviors Reshaping B2B Marketing

One thing we can count on is by the time you have finished reading this buying behavior may have been altered one again.  Changes in buyer behaviors continue unabated.  This is making it difficult for marketing and sales leaders to plan the right mix of strategies and tactics resulting in a winning formula. 5 Buyer Behaviors …

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7 Big Questions for B2B Marketers in 2013

The more change occurring  the more questions arise.  This year is no exception.  B2B Marketers are experiencing on evolving as well as new challenges as we start to hit stride in 2013.   What are the big future questions for B2B Marketers?  Let’s look at a few: How do we generate more leads and keep them? …

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4 New Values Affecting How Buyers Perceive You

A key component of understanding buying decisions is gaining a reality check on how buyers perceive you and whether you match to their criteria.  How well organizations are perceived will serve as one of the primary influences shaping buying behaviors and purchase decisions. Buyer research can reveal many aspects of what comprises buyer perception.  Buyer experience is now becoming …

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5 Buying Behaviors of the Persona Buying Cycle

“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ― Ernest Hemmingway The concept of buyer personas, as a means for understanding buyers, has been around now for over a decade.  It is an understatement to say many things have changed in the world …

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