The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Having the right content and tools to help fuel buyer’s decision making process is essential. Matter of Trust - although the research indicates that buyers truly rely on vendor content to help drive purchase decisions, with so much noise, buyers have become skeptical of vendor claims. 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

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? Now, in B2B, we have seen a similar dramatic shift towards prospects taking charge of the buying cycle, using on-line content marketing, resources and tools to drive research, comparisons and purchase decisions.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Friday, October 22, 2010 Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink Budgets for 2011 according to new Harte-Hanks research Technology marketers are challenged today with handling proliferating marketing channels to reach and engage more overloaded, skeptical and frugal buyers than ever before.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I imagine social media will go through the same process of moving from one executed campaign to a thoughtful, consistently measured line item investment. I imagine social media will go through the same process of moving from one executed campaign to a thoughtful, consistently measured line item investment.

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Content Standard

MAY 22, 2016

Seventy-seven percent of households purchased their first TV set during the decade. Brands, testing out new advertising methods, also conceptualized and created public personas—the Man in the Hathaway Suit and the Marlboro Man—to connect with audiences through relevance, authenticity, and aspiration.

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Content Standard

MAY 22, 2016

Seventy-seven percent of households purchased their first TV set during the decade. Brands, testing out new advertising methods, also conceptualized and created public personas—the Man in the Hathaway Suit and the Marlboro Man—to connect with audiences through relevance, authenticity, and aspiration.

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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. 100 Tips for Trade Show Lead Generation - B2B Lead Generation Blog , May 11, 2010 Lead generation remains the top reason most companies exhibit at events and tradeshows. Best of B2B Marketing.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Ten reasons to blog – even if nobody reads it - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , November 7, 2010 Building an engaged community through a business blog can be extremely difficult — sometimes impossible. The survey generated over 270 responses from B2B marketers - and the results are in! Why not use it? Maybe so, maybe not.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

JANUARY 4, 2011

Here it is - the very best posts and the hottest topics for 2010. 50 (of the) Best Twitter Guides, Stats, Tips and Tools of 2010 (So Far) - Webbiquity , October 5, 2010. Ten reasons to blog – even if nobody reads it - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , November 7, 2010. Marketing Genius Blog , May 25, 2010.

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Outgrow

OCTOBER 21, 2019

In layman terms, content marketing is simply the process of creating and distributing quality content to drive profitable customer action. Another way of nurturing your leads in using surveys to follow up on their experience. Here is an example of a feedback survey by Outgrow that it uses for feedback from its customers.

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EveryoneSocial

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Make no mistake: the more you involve your employees in the process and make clear the benefits to them, the more they will share, the bigger your program will become, and the more sustainable it will be over the long-term. 84% of B2B decision makers begin their buying process with a referral (Source: Sales Benchmark Index ).

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Take the ones that apply most to your business and then use them make smarter marketer decisions, like building or tweaking data-driven buyer personas , designing a new experiment for your website, or maybe even making the case to your boss to hire someone new. The following factors came out tops in terms of encouraging online purchases: 25.4%

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Big Ed’s Top 10 B2B Marketing Trends For 2010 by Marketing-Gimbal. Edward Brice pretty much nailed the significant b2b marketing developments for 2010 (e.g. 2010: Social Network Advertising and Marketing Outlook by Brian Solis. Re-Architecting the B2B Sales and Marketing Process for a New Decade by Reflexions. You decide.

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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. They do if they are Interactive! So, how do you make whitepapers more effective, more relevant, more ONE-TO-ONE?

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program Improve Your Business? Better competitive advantage was gained by helping the customer set the strategy and agenda, versus involvement later in decision process, such as responding to RFPs. White Papers are Influence Kings, But Need Persona. Latest Research.

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