markempa

DECEMBER 17, 2012

That said, as this is the last blog before 2013, I was inspired by Mr. Kasem to do our own version of a year-end countdown. Five blog posts outlined the importance of understanding where customers are in the buying cycle, and responding appropriately. Contrast that with the number one hit in 1988: Walk Like an Egyptian.

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Tomorrow People

AUGUST 2, 2012

Inbound marketing plays the long game, providing a strategy that keeps the ball in play at each stage of the buying cycle. To find out more about how marketing is changing, download our eGuide, 'The End of Outbound Marketing as We Know It: Why You Will Be Able to Market Yourself in 2013'. An alternative to all this pain.

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SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Plus, marketers will have a clearer understanding of where leads are in the buying cycle and how to best encourage a move down the funnel. This post was originally published in December 2013 and was updated in November 2019.

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ViewPoint

APRIL 24, 2013

After completing his company''s 19th annual Sales Performance Optimization Study , Jim said it revealed that 94 percent of the companies surveyed increased their revenue target for 2013. Analysis of Buying Cycles and Stakeholders. He found this metric amazing because of the uncertain economy.

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markempa

APRIL 6, 2015

In this economy, prospects’ buying cycles are getting longer, making it even more important to start out slowly. Lead Generation: How one additional form field decreased conversions 11% [Lead Gen Summit 2013 live test] [MarketingSherpa case study]. Make sure you give them the highest-quality leads you have.

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ViewPoint

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

It looks at how to help salespeople intercept the buying cycle earlier so they have a competitive advantage. 2013: A Resurgence in Developing People for the New Sales Landscape. It talks about selling to the highly sophisticated, self-educated and risk-averse client and how the models and conversations have to change.

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NuSpark Consulting

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Understand your buyers and the questions they ask throughout the buying cycle. They discovered the average human’s attention span had shrunk from 12 seconds in 2000 to 8 seconds in 2013. If you do the upfront work to set the foundation, everything else will fall into place more easily. Start with your persona research.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 18, 2013

For B2B marketers in particular, this is especially important as you lead the customer through the buying cycle. Overall, there was a lot of solid information at ad:tech and excellent insights into the marketing trends of 2013 and beyond. For this reason, social advertising could become a much bigger player in the B2B space.

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Proteus B2B Marketing

MAY 7, 2014

The session centered on results from ON24’s Annual Webinar Benchmark Report 2013 , a pretty extensive study of webinar utilization and performance metrics. Director of Content Marketing at ON24, spoke at the hour-long interactive presentation that included quiz questions throughout the webinar to test attendees “webinar smarts.”

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NuSpark Consulting

JULY 13, 2016

Executives can no longer ignore these channels when their entire consumer base is actively using them for research and communication during the buying cycle. The importance of emotional connection was brought to light in a 2013 partnership between the Corporate Executive Board (CEB) and Google.

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Leading Results Rambings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

If you sell a very complex product with a long sales cycle, the initial conversion is likely not going to be a hot lead (unless they are converting specifically for a price quote). For less complex products or shorter sales cycles, the conversion may be closer to the end of the buying cycle.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 28, 2017

Understand your buyers and the questions they ask throughout the buying cycle , then fill your editorial calendar with topics they want to learn about. They discovered the average human’s attention span had shrunk from 12 seconds in 2000 to 8 seconds in 2013. Start with your persona research.

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KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 21, 2013

Think about what that means in B2B buying cycles, where multiple individuals are impacting the decision making process. This MarketingSherpa 2013 Marketing Analytics Benchmark Report chart outlines key social media metrics routinely tracked. If only two individuals are responsible, at least one is already annoyed.

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Valasys

JULY 2, 2019

The company, founded in the year 2013, is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN & specializes in credit management, A/R automation, B2B e-commerce & invoice financing. It is backed by some of the leading Fintech firms including TTV Capital & Allegis Capital. .

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LEADership

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

According to the Institute, 38% of B2B companies in 2012 created infographics; this percentage rose to 51% in 2013. The buying cycle – 43%. Note : The Content Marketing Institute has reported that there’s been a surge in using infographics. Also, B2B marketers tend to use 6 social media platforms. Company features – 55%.

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LEADership

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Eiji Toyoda (past president of Toyota Motor Corporation (1967-1982), and Toyota’s chairman and advisor until his passing on September 17, 2013) was a game-changer in many ways. OFFER THE RIGHT TOOLS TO MAKE BUYING DECISIONS EASIER. As is typical with larger organizations, the B2B buying cycle involves groups of decision makers.

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Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

It was acquired by IBM in November 2013. They use video at every stage of the buying cycle to engage, educate, qualify and convert business. .” Fiberlink, an IBM Company Fiberlink is a leading provider of mobile device management and enterprise mobility solutions.

Enterprise Management 50

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KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 15, 2013

Retargeting is an amazing asset for any company with a longer buying cycle. Be sure to go check out my SMX West 2013 coverage page featuring live blogs, session presentations and tools. That was a long post and I hope these takeaways from SMX are helpful. If you’ve stuck with me this far, thanks.

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Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

It was acquired by IBM in November 2013. They use video at every stage of the buying cycle to engage, educate, qualify and convert business. .” Fiberlink, an IBM Company Fiberlink is a leading provider of mobile device management and enterprise mobility solutions.

Enterprise Management 50

Enterprise Management Video Marketing Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 50

Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

It was acquired by IBM in November 2013. They use video at every stage of the buying cycle to engage, educate, qualify and convert business. Fiberlink, an IBM Company Fiberlink is a leading provider of mobile device management and enterprise mobility solutions.

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Enterprise Management Video Marketing Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 50

Valasys

AUGUST 29, 2019

Ever since Google updated its core Hummingbird algorithm on 26 th of September 2013, it has been rewarding the marketers for creating relevant pieces of content in terms of better rankings on SERPs. . The pieces of content being created should resonate with some particular questions that might follow the phrase “Hey Alexa…” .

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Valasys

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Not only, the newsletters being sent to the inboxes of the customers are being specifically designed according to the areas of interest of the customers but the brands are also articulating emails for the customers to resonate with their specific stages in the buying cycles. One can upgrade starting $8.69

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 12, 2013

So how do you achieve sales tool adoption in 2013? Most sales professionals will readily admit that buyers have taken control of the buying cycle, and are demanding a different more value-based sales approach.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Thus, during the 2013 Super Bowl, Coca-Cola live streamed two polar bears who were watching the game, with each one being a fan of each playing team. Coca-Cola has clearly invested time in understanding their audience, building an editorial calendar, and mapping content to the buying cycle. The Super Bowl Polar Bears Campaign.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 27, 2013

I’ll save you some (well, a lot of) time by cutting through the noise and covering the top-four most impactful changes of 2013. Enhanced Campaigns caused quite a stir and sucked up most of the time and attention -- but it was just one of thousands of big AdWords updates in 2013! I''m assuming you don''t want to make it your job.

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EMagine B2B Blog

JANUARY 29, 2013

2013 is a new year, and a year to focus on the three keys to success; namely content development, SEO, and social media. creating a search strategy that hits your prospects in each phrase of the buying cycle, and placing your content in all the places they search for the information. You say you did that in 2012? Did you really?

B2B Marketing 40

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Martech

MARCH 29, 2023

And now, 55% of B2B executives say their buying cycle time has increased over the previous year — anything that creates delays, confusion or uncertainty in the already complex B2B buying journey simply adds cost and risk to deals. “That was the primary use case.”

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 10, 2014

TL;DW Summary : During Content Marketing World 2013, Joe Pulizzi launched his new book, Epic Content Marketing. Other helpful buyer persona resources for B2B content marketers: Map Content to the 5 Phases of the B2B Buyer Persona Buying Cycle. B2B Content Marketing Trends 2013. 50 Awesome Content Marketing Stats.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2013

But first, marketers must identify what personalization really means in their business—and what it means to their objectives, target customers and buying cycles. Related posts: 10 Ecommerce Predictions for 2013 2013 just might be the year we see a real. It’s a complex concept that really can live up to its billing.

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LEADership

AUGUST 26, 2014

Right from the early stages of research, comparative analysis of available options and extensive information gathering, buyers are independently, self-navigating through the buying cycle. The one big advantage of this, reminds Sim, is that multichannel customers spend three to four times more compared to single-channel customers.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 2, 2015

77% of buyers say they are more likely to buy from a company whose CEO uses social media. 52% of marketers generated a lead from Facebook in 2013. 43% of marketers generated a customer from LinkedIn in 2013. In 2013, 38% of B2B marketers were using infographics, compared with 51% in 2014. Emarketer ). Diode Digital ).

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The Lead Agency

MARCH 27, 2018

As a B2B marketer you will deal with a longer buying cycle, so B2B recipients will not buy the instant you email them. Google’s voice recognition technology is now 95% accurate, improved nearly 20% since 2013. 72% of B2B buyers are most likely to share useful content via email.

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Go Beyond SEO

AUGUST 31, 2018

Your non-brand campaigns might be organized by conversion action type, stages of the buying cycle, product or service type, geographic targeting and more. Also consider where they may be in the buying cycle and then group these into themes, which will then become your ad groups. Structure the campaign based on your goals.

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Go Beyond SEO

AUGUST 31, 2018

Your non-brand campaigns might be organized by conversion action type, stages of the buying cycle, product or service type, geographic targeting and more. Also consider where they may be in the buying cycle and then group these into themes, which will then become your ad groups. Structure the campaign based on your goals.

PPC 60

PPC Cost Per Click Cost per Acquisition Advertisements 60

Go Beyond SEO

AUGUST 31, 2018

Your non-brand campaigns might be organized by conversion action type, stages of the buying cycle, product or service type, geographic targeting and more. Also consider where they may be in the buying cycle and then group these into themes, which will then become your ad groups. Structure the campaign based on your goals.

PPC 60

PPC Cost Per Click Cost per Acquisition Advertisements 60

SnapApp

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Compared to statistics from 2013, marketers now consider brand awareness to be more important than customer acquisition. B2B buying cycles are loooong , so focus on creating consistently useful and engaging content rather than chasing quick-win sales. . . #34. 64% of B2B marketers outsource writing. TopRankBlog. .

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Paid Content Top of Funnel Stats Marketing Budget 122

Valasys

AUGUST 9, 2019

The Hummingbird algorithm update on 22nd August 2013 (to do away with the retrogressive Black Hat SEO strategies of excessive keyword stuffing & buying of backlinks which led to the creation of low-quality content & took away the trust factor essential for domain optimization).

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