Generating leads is a big deal. Acquiring new accounts and customers an even bigger deal. Getting both of these right is a very good deal. Getting them wrong – well – can be a very bad deal. Recently, I reviewed the interesting findings from the CSO Insights Lead Optimization Study. The study’s primary focus was to …
Lead Optimization Study: The Right Prospect, The Right Message, At The Right Time Read More »
Do you know what your buyers think about? How they explore options? What conversations are important for them to have with sales? What type of information needs they have? For both marketing and sales, getting answers to these questions is becoming critical just to get in the game. While these types of questions have existed throughout …
In today’s emerging digital age, understanding buying behaviors is becoming job one for many B2B organizations. Faced with relentless new demands from customers and buyers, B2B leaders must map out a course of transformation. This transformation involves being relevant in today’s complex marketplaces by an equally relentless focus on customers and buyers. End of Sustainable …
How Buyers Decide When They Don’t Care About Your Competitive Advantage Read More »
Getting in alignment with buyers today is no easy feat. Every time there is a quarterly review, a pipeline review, and just any kind of review – there is the lingering wish to know more about your buyers. Insight into buyers is harder to come by. The business world has been flipped upside down when …
10 Ways to Know Your B2B Buyers Deeply Using the Buyer Persona Canvas Read More »
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 …
4 Reasons Why Content Marketing Should Care About Audience Development Read More »
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? …
Depending on which reports you may read (Marketing Sherpa, Forrester, and etc.) approximately 60% or more of B2B businesses do not have a formalized lead nurturing program. Yet, these same reports benchmarking such effort tell us this: companies who perform lead nurturing enjoy a better than 25% higher return on their efforts than those who …
One Way to Know the Ideal Buying Scenarios for Lead Nurturing Read More »
