Especially since the beginning of the pandemic, digital commerce is growing at lightning speed. Putting pressure on B2B Executives to transform their businesses. No longer can they wait with a long view. Commerce models that have been relied on for the past twenty to thirty years are giving way to a new robust era of …
Accelerated Digital Commerce Is Disrupting B2B Sellers And Buyers Read More »
As the concept of buyer personas has crept into the conscious of both B2C and B2B Marketing, so has misguided representations of buyer personas become prevalent. With many touted frameworks and processes being representative of buyer personas in name only. These misrepresentations have also led to a tendency to throw everything, including the kitchen sink, …
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 …
State Of Buyer Personas 2016: Strong Correlation Between Effectiveness And Goals Read More »
Engaging new buyers and repeat customers are the lifeline to achieving growth. While the context of these fundamental challenges has changed via digital technologies, they nevertheless are constant pressures. Recent surveys of CEOs by IBM, PWC, and KPMG all point to major concerns and priorities in expanding the lifeline to growth. Creating distinctive and engaging …
Mapping Buying Experiences: Creating Growth Through Aligning With Buyer Goals Read More »
Better, deeper, insightful, and well-rounded understanding of customers and buyers is on the top of the list for many CEOs and CMOs today. In recent studies by IBM and other research studies on CEO sentiments, customer insight and understanding are identified as a top focus for CEOs. A majority of surveys also find a growing concern …
The Emerging Importance Of B2B Ethnography To Buyer Personas Read More »
It is a generally accepted notion that listening is vital to having positive and healthy interpersonal relationships. Listening is an essential skill for leaders in business, politics, sports, and in many different aspects of culture and society. As a country, we have had many leaders rise to the occasion upon their ability to listen and …
What CMOs Need To Know About Listening To The Customer Read More »
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 »
Targets. Initiatives. Objectives. Analysis. Risks. Operations. Industry. Priorities. KPI. Success. Entry. Barriers. Products. Triggers. Requirements. Solutions. Markets. Criteria. Process. Profile. What do these words have in common? They are words you are most likely to see in corporate and company documents related to strategies or tactics of a corporation or private company. They are often …
Does Your Buyer Persona Sound Like A Corporate Talking Machine? Read More »
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 »
