Many executives, particularly Chief Marketing Officers, are in constant pursuit of understanding changing buyer behaviors and markets. Which, for the most part, remains an elusive and challenging endeavor. In the past ten plus years, we have seen a tumultuous upheaval in both the world of buyers and how marketing is adapting. As business leaders and …
In the 15 years since originating the concept of buyer personas in 2001, there has been one issue that continues to plague fully understanding exactly where, how, and why buyer personas can be beneficial. Compounding the issue today is the prevalent use of the term buyer persona to describe customer segmentation and buyer profiling efforts. …
Confusing Customer Segmentation, Buyer Profiling, and Buyer Personas Harms Marketing Read More »
When it comes to buyer personas, the expression “if it were only that simple” certainly applies. There has been an abundance of advice on how to create buyer personas – simply. In the past two years alone, there have been numerous articles, postings, books, and templates on how to create buyer personas. Many professed buyer …
How CMOs Can Achieve Better Marketing With Goal-Directed Buyer Personas Read More »
Customer loyalty continues to be a top-of-mind concern for CEOs, as studies and surveys from the likes of IBM and others have shown. During the past decade or more, we have seen the use of customer satisfaction surveys, Net Promoter Score, and the rise in customer experience as means for gauging customer loyalty. The central …
Staying Relevant In An Era Of Disruption And Elusive Customer Loyalty Read More »
As we have all experienced, our hyper-connected world is becoming more chaotic with more mediums vying for our attention. Advanced digital technologies have meant more channels to hear, see, and search for information. For many consumers as well as business buyers, the overwhelming availability of choices can create anxiety-laden confusion. Causing a seemingly straightforward effort …
Gaining The Attention Of Buyers In A Hyper-Connected World Read More »
One of my favorite visits as a young person was to the House Of Mirrors at the amusement park. It fascinated me how the mirrors distorted the way we looked and how they reshaped our faces. Having fun with facial and body gestures to make myself look even more different. Companies today, if not intent …
Looking At The World Through The Eyes Of Your Buyers Read More »
Market behavior, in its most simplistic form, is about buying and selling. As simplistic as it may appear, market behaviors are filled with complex goal-directed behaviors, activities, and choices that ultimately drive buying and selling. Thus, the imperative for marketers today becomes getting a handle on how buyers do three related things: How do buyers …
The calendar is usually full. Exercise coming from jogging from one meeting to the next. Engrossed in the daily demands for time and being in the moment of now. The now being a crisis or a looming project deadline. The gnawing feeling of something being missed about customers and buyers never going away. The world …
3 CMO Signals For Sensing Shifts In Buyer Decision Behaviors Read More »
The complexities of the evolving and robust global digital economy are introducing new sets of goals and problems for B2B organizations. Long-tenured B2B companies are seeking ways to adapt and to remain sustainable. While nimble and digital technology savvy firms are either grabbing larger chunks of market share at a faster rate or are creating …
The 3 Types Of Buying Scenarios Every B2B CMO Must Know Read More »
For most of the past few decades, leading up to the advent of the Internet and digital technologies in the 21st century, there has been an accepted paradigm regarding B2B buying decisions. This paradigm consisted of an unquestioned notion that B2B buying decisions were disciplined, rigorous, process-based, and rational. In essence, a prevailing belief B2B …
The Role Of Emotions And Goals In B2B Buying Decisions Read More »
