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Is Your Organization Ready For Market Strategy In A Digital Economy?

The digitization of the global economy is resulting in a tidal wave of new business and operating models throughout the world.  Sparking rapid forms of innovations and turning existing markets upside down with new market rules and design.  Digital disruption means organizations must stay alert to how an existing market strategy may have to undergo …

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Rethinking Market Strategy In A Digital Economy

The primary course of conversation in the past few years for CMO’s and their marketing teams has centered around customer centricity, customer experience, and content marketing.  For good reasons too.  Customer behaviors have significantly shifted in the last decade impacting conventional thinking on the role of marketing and sales and their abilities to connect with …

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State Of Buyer Personas 2016: Strong Correlation Between Effectiveness And Goals

In 2016, we will mark the fifteenth year since buyer personas were first introduced.  The journey, however, continues towards professionals and organizations gaining a true understanding of what buyer persona development entails. What is clear is buyer personas are now entering the mainstream of dialogue when it comes to overall customer understanding.  Incorporating Survey Data …

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Goal-Directed Decision Making Drives B2B Buying And Selling

Business-to-Business thrives on the simple basic principle of buying and selling. With all the hoopla over the past few years regarding digital technologies and social media, it is easy to lose sight of this most basic principle, which has existed for centuries.  The impact of digital and social technologies on the nature of buying and …

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CMO 2014: Brand Experience Will Matter First Before Content Marketing

For many Chief Marketing Officers and marketing leaders, especially in B2B, there is a seismic shift taking place in how marketing is approached and done.  A staple in yearly strategic planning is the product or service as the central focus of marketing and sales plans year after year.  Product marketing is just as the name …

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7 B2B Buying Behavior Trends To Watch In 2014

Like a runaway train, B2B buyers continue to evolve and reshape their buying behaviors.  Adapting to new channels as well as technologies to solve critical problems, reach goals, and accomplish more.   My conversations with B2B marketing and sales leaders indicating it will be tougher for B2B Marketing and Sales to keep pace in both customer …

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Are You Prepared For B2B User Demand Generation?

Frustrated personnel.  Frustrated at not being able to do a better job.  Frustrated at not being able to help customers.  Frustrated at learning there are better ways but no plan in place to improve.  Feeling helpless to do anything about their frustrations.  Which is, until now. The enabling wave of digital technology and the democratization …

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