Tony Zambito

MAY 13, 2011

.  The Basone Buyersphere Report surveys approximately 1,000 businesses, heavily comprised of UK and European firms and ranging from small to multi-national enterprises, on the steps they take in making purchases.    Reflecting on this report, a few things come to mind: Buyer’s appetite for information continues to grow. 

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 12, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Websites: To Publish Prices, Or Not To Publish…That Is The Question by Achinta Mitra on June 12, 2010 in Industrial Marketing Strategies , Sales Strategies , Website Design & Development Do you show prices on your B2B website? There is no secrecy.

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B2B Marketing Traction

JANUARY 19, 2010

Why should you consider Inbound Marketing in your 2010 marketing programs? Part 1 : Identify where and in what format(s) your prospects like to get information, then build outstanding and valuable content in those places and formats to attract your prospects. Instead of the sales cycle, Inbound Marketing recognizes the buy cycle.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 28, 2011

B2b buyers use social media tools throughout their buying processes, from problem-solving and how-to content in the initial research phase through product/vendor comparisons and customer experience validation. Bloggers provide much of this information, supplementing the reporting and commentary of trade publications and industry analysts.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

said it best when she wrote, “Passive reading of your content is not going to help online marketing initiatives shorten buying cycles or increase customer acquisition and revenues.” Your online content needs to play a much more active role in moving site visitors along in his/her buy decision.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Rule #1: Natural or organic search engine optimization (SEO) In the research phase of the industrial buying cycle , engineers and industrial buyers tend to use broad keywords and phrases that describe their current problem. The shelf life of your content is pretty short because new information is generated very quickly on the Internet.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Fueled by a wealth of on-line resources and social networks, buyers have seized control of the buying cycle, engaging with sales representatives later and later, and further elongating sales cycles. Two economic downturns over the past decade have made buyers more spendthrift, and more skeptical of vendor claims.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 5, 2010

With the Internet, B2B buyers have access to more information than ever. As a result, most buyers have taken charge of the buying cycle , engaging with sales representatives later and later. Unfortunately, most of today's buyers suffer from Information Overload as a result of current "carpet bombing" marketing strategies.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? At the same time, B2B buyers are taking advantage of the wealth of information available via the Internet and social media to become more empowered, taking charge of the buying cycle. The Death of a Salesman?

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Thursday, November 04, 2010 IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales Enablement Define Marketing for 2011 I just had the pleasure of presenting a webinar with Randy Perry, VP Business Value at IDC. As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Formally defined, Demand Generation is the use of targeted marketing programs to address four key objectives for B2B marketers: Building awareness of a company’s products and services; Establishing relevance to a prospective buyer/end user; Supporting validation for the purchase; and Mitigating customer concerns.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

As a result, buyers now suffer from Information Overload. The question any marketer needs to ask - Are your marketing efforts adding to the clutter, or driving a valuable dialogue and as a result, connecting meaningfully with prospects to advance the buying cycle? These three issues are having a measurable impact on marketing.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2011

To put the power of convergence into perspective, simply imagine all of your marketing activities on the web converging simultaneously on your prospects to inform and influence their perception of your brand. 2009 and 2010 became the years of analytics, where marketers began to realize the necessity of possessing activity intelligence.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Two successive downturns over the past decade have resulted in buyers more skeptical of sales pitches than ever, and a condition called Frugalnomics – where buyers demand quantifiable proof of bottom-line impact for each purchase decision.

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 25, 2010

Re-casting How We Think About B2B Marketing Automation I was analyzing results from our recent B2B Marketing University series , which Silverpop launched this past Fall, and the data seem to point to an eye-popping, potential ‘banner year’ for marketing automation in 2010. Is their definition the same as mine?

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Internet Fuels IT Buying Cycles According to a recent survey of 500 technology decision makers and influencers, Internet access to content is changing the way IT solutions are purchased, with buyers using on-line research to drive substantial portion of the decision making cycle on their own.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 15, 2011

Empowered Buyers: Fueled by the Internet, with access to a wealth of resources, research, discussions, product and pricing information, buyers are self-empowered to drive the buying cycle, inviting sales later and later into the decision making process, if at all. Commodity sales professionals are being disinter-mediated.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Help clients take their message to consumers directly, impacting purchase intent by providing truly helpful information at the right time in the buying cycle. Yesterday, I gave a presentation in Tempe, AZ to Agencyside , a conference of advertising and PR agency owners.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 3, 2011

Of all the buyer behaviors that can indicate a consumer’s position in the buying cycle , few are as obvious or compelling as an abandoned cart. According to a 2010 Marketing Experiments study, over half (56.2%) of all shopping carts are abandoned before the customer completes the checkout process.

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LeadSloth

JANUARY 12, 2010

In this post I want to focus on the trends in Marketing Automation for 2010. In 2010 you’ll start to hear about marketing methods. At Marketbright, we believe Agile Marketing will emerge as a popular methodology so marketing professionals can adapt and survive in 2010. Manticore Technology wishes you a full-funnel in 2010.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

As today’s buyers are empowered by the Internet to do their own research and drive their own purchasing due diligence – engaging sales later than ever, or not at all – easy to use versions of these diagnostic tools need to be on-line, readily available, interactive and personalized to empower self-service research.

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Online Marketing Institute

MAY 18, 2010

Longer sales cycles due to more complex products and services and business purchasing processes often require more information. Longer sales cycles due to more complex products and services and business purchasing processes often require more information. Guru J Great information and comments below.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

JUNE 9, 2010

9 Social Listening & Tracking Tools - Marketing Genius Blog , May 7, 2010 Here is a list of 9 social media tracking and monitoring tools. If you go to Facebook and look at your profile, your immediate reaction is going to be that it’s asking for too much information. Customers are less willing to give up information.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

APRIL 5, 2010

March 2010. Great stuff in the world of B2B Marketing for March 2010. We’ve hit a new low: The shittiest social media marketing plan ever - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , March 10, 2010 A local news and media company is getting into the social media consulting business. Best of B2B Marketing. You heard me right.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 1, 2010

There is a big difference between what B2B customers say they want and what really drives their purchasing decision. Buyers of technical products and services do look to vendors for providing relevant information for solving their problems. That was the key finding of a research study done by McKinsey & Co.

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Valasys

AUGUST 9, 2019

Early 2010 saw Google enforcing stringent algorithms to get rid of spam-based optimization – in particular, the link-buying Black Hat SEO strategies that had become dreary & deteriorative. With the start of mid-2010, SEO & content strategists started working in conjunction , to complement each other.

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Outgrow

AUGUST 18, 2022

Dr. Saksham Sharda is the Chief Information Officer at Outgrow.co. And so that’s the first thing is that marketing has to change our models and how we qualify, our impact, and how and when we activate our sales teams to engage in those accounts that are ready to enter the purchase, or the buying cycle itself.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 9, 2009

While B2C companies can reasonably expect to generate a purchase from a single site visit, the sales cycle for B2B companies is much longer. Understanding the B2B searcher and their position within the sales cycle (Evaluation, Consideration, Purchase) is essential for creating appropriate optimized content to meet their needs.

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The ROI Guy

JUNE 29, 2011

A common debate in B2B marketing is how to create and deliver the right content at the right time to help improve the connection and engagement with prospects and their buying decisions. However, since buyers have been impacted by successive downturns and forced to “do more with less”, they are more pressed for time than ever before.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Doug Levy contends that marketing has passed into its third major era—as we’ve moved from the primacy of product information through consumer persuasion to a new focus on sustainable relationships—and lays out five principles for success in this new realm. Big Ed’s Top 10 B2B Marketing Trends For 2010 by Marketing-Gimbal.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 24, 2010

by Achinta Mitra on August 24, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Websites , Website Design & Development Unless you’ve been on a very long sabbatical from industrial and manufacturing marketing, you very well know that your website should be the hub of your online marketing. You’d arm them with information about the marketplace.

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TrustRadius Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Lucidchart is based in Utah, and was founding in 2010. ADP Workforce Now equips users with the tools not just to track HR information, but to help manage a workforce and make data-driven decisions. Insights in the flow of work: Make decisions with confidence, informed by insights from a robust workforce database. LEARN MORE.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Do White Papers Still Engage? The good news is that todays buyer wants to be engaged, with 9 out of 10 actively relying on vendor provided information on their way to making a purchase decision. Worse, the information is often not customized for the buyer, and is viewed as irrelevant "noise".

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TrustRadius Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Lucidchart is based in Utah, and was founding in 2010. ADP Workforce Now equips users with the tools not just to track HR information, but to help manage a workforce and make data-driven decisions. Insights in the flow of work: Make decisions with confidence, informed by insights from a robust workforce database. LEARN MORE.

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TrustRadius Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Lucidchart is based in Utah, and was founding in 2010. ADP Workforce Now equips users with the tools not just to track HR information, but to help manage a workforce and make data-driven decisions. Insights in the flow of work: Make decisions with confidence, informed by insights from a robust workforce database. LEARN MORE.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Content Sharing Trends in 2010 [Infographic] by Pamorama Pam Dyer reports on data from AddThis showing the top methods for sharing information from more than 300 options. ” 60% of shared information contains links to published content (online publications, blogs, etc.); ” At least something is bipartisan.

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