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Who Do You Trust? Industry Analysts Reign Supreme

The ROI Guy

A SiriusDecisions survey recently examined which b-to-b sources are trusted most by buyers during the buying lifecycle, and the results indicate not surprisingly that Industry Analysts and Peers are the most influential and trusted sources of information. of respondents) and peers (28.7%). Search engine results were cited by only 4.4%

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

The ROI Guy

Ever get a competitive comparison ofor a product when you don’t even know what the product does and why you care? Peer comparisons can be used to drive urgency, showing the prospect where they are falling behind competitors. 08, 2010 IDC Executive Tele Briefing on Sales & Marketing Strategies for 2010.

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Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Content Marketing

The ROI Guy

For example, automotive sites now provide more tools than ever to guide buyer’s decisions including customized configurators and pricing tools, competitive comparison tools, video brochures, and Facebook “fan” pages. Evidence of this shift can be found in IDC’s 2010 Customer Experience Survey.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B.

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. Latest Research. Let the Good Times Roll?

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Demand Generation In the Face of Frugalnomics and Internet Fueled Decisions

The ROI Guy

According to MarketingSherpa and IDG, “Social Media and blog content have the hype, but lag considerably in connecting with buyers, behind other more traditional marketing tools, particularly white papers, competitive comparisons and buying guides, and peer best practice / benchmarking tools.”

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Who Do B2B Buyers Trust?

The ROI Guy

This has led to a desire to have content that is more targeted, personalized and relevant – giving a rise in popularity to newer content formats such as videos, webcasts and interactive tools (such as diagnostic assessments, ROI calculators and TCO comparison tools).

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Agile Marketing: How to Achieve Business Agility During Uncertain Times

B2B Digital Marketer

Jim Ewel began his journey with Agile Marketing in 2010 and is one of the leading bloggers on the topic ( www.agilemarketing.net ). How many times have you run an ad and you think, you know, you do an AB comparison. And B I get surprised not all the time, but I’d say, you know, 30, 40% of the time I get surprised.