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The Rise of the Digital Buyer Persona

Tony Zambito

I have been evolving the buyer persona development process as well as have been writing about buyer personas for the last eight years now.     Most notably, the B2B buying process has undergone a significant transformation within the past three years.  Image by Intersection Consulting via Flickr.

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Marketing Automation Monday is Here!

The Effective Marketer

What is the hand-off process with sales? Buyer personas and content creation The interaction was great and the fact that we had people from both SMB and large companies was great, we could hear both sides of the story and how different size companies work with marketing automation. Join the LinkedIn group and attend the next event!

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5 Lessons Content Marketers Can Take Away from the 2014 World Cup

KoMarketing Associates

Relevance to World Cup: The World Cup features 32 teams, 31 of which earn a spot through a qualification process (the host country automatically qualifies). Qualification for the 2014 World Cup started in 2011, and after 820 matches, the process ended in November of 2013, when 32 countries were left standing. Credit: www.cbssports.com.

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Baseone Buyersphere 2011 Report and the Changing B2B Buyer Behavior

Tony Zambito

While this second report highlights the continuation of the changes noted in the 2010 report, there is definitely a “more of” aspect that is revealed and a few surprises.    Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Blogs, and other social media ranked near the bottom.    What was the King of Influence in this survey? 

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6 Content Marketing Tips That Drives Leads

Marketing Insider Group

But customers are looking for you to demonstrate an understanding of their needs before they are ready to engage in the sales process. Instead create personas of people that buy your solutions or products. Michael Brenner Jun 3 2010 Ryan, Thanks for your comments. Know your prospects pain points. Know them all. Great stuff here.

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Plan for the Social Buyer Before It’s Too Late

Tony Zambito

  Morgan Stanley (2010) recently reported in a study that there are now more social network users than email users.    Planning today should include a significant component devoted to understanding your social buyer persona and understanding the implications they may have on your business strategy and structure. 

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The Traditional Marketing Playbook Is Dead!

Marketing Insider Group

It found that on average customers are ready to speak to a sales person after they have completed 60% of the information gathering required for their purchasing process. I have been stating as often as I can that the customer is now fully in charge of the process. Additionally, the changes in this survey from 2010 to 2011 are profound.