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The B2B marketing ironies of our time

Biznology

Back in 2010, I was invited to become a contributor to Harvard Business Review ’s online publication. My rationale is that business buyers need information from suppliers to do their jobs, and they want to be up to speed in their fields. Ironic, isn’t it? What a thrill!

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The End of Marketing as We Know It: Overcoming Buyer Challenges with Interactive Smart Content

The ROI Guy

During these early phases, buyers are most looking for diagnostic advice and consultative ideas. In the middle stages of the buying lifecycle, prospects know they have an issue, and know that there are solutions, but need to get educated on which specific solutions would be best, and what these solutions can specifically deliver.

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Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Content Marketing

The ROI Guy

Evidence of this shift can be found in IDC’s 2010 Customer Experience Survey. When asked, over 200 B2B solution buyers now felt that the most important part of the overall purchase process was Vendor Content, with over 1/3rd of the buyers indicating this content as key to the purchase decision.

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Paul Slack: B2B Digital Marketing Has Never Been Easier

B2B Digital Marketer

Nobody was focusing on, especially in the B to B space, the, the marketing side. And so, uh, did that for 10 years, uh, had the opportunity to sell that agency, which was a B2B focused agency and, uh, 2010, and went to work for the company that bought our agency and really discovered while I was there, Jim, that I just loved B2B.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Do White Papers Still Engage? They do if.

The ROI Guy

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Do White Papers Still Engage?