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Google Takes a Fresh Look at the Buying Process

B2B Marketing Directions

In fact, the earliest formal description of the buying process - Elmo Lewis' famous AIDA model - is now more than 100 years old. The objective of Google's research was to answer what is probably the most important and most perplexing question in marketing: How to people decide what they want to buy and who they want to buy it from?

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Seven Buyer and Sales Trends to Watch in 2011

Tony Zambito

As buyers demand more subject matter expertise to arrive at innovative solutions, this will place demands on B2B companies to increase the level of expertise on the part of sales functions. Problem-solving, assessment, and contextual solution creation relevant to buyer initiatives and triggers will become necessary requirements.

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Understanding the B2B Buyer Journey & How to Capitalize on it

NetLine

Unless you’re Beth Harmon from The Queen’s Gambit , navigating the B2B buyer journey can feel like you’re playing a multi-level chess game. What is the B2B buyer journey? We make this happen by understanding the stages of the B2B buyer journey and learning what our customers need at each stage.

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20 Ingenious Ideas to Transform Customer Experience (CX) in 2020

Martech Advisor

After three weeks of research, David Ogilvy proposed the iconic headline that simply read, “ At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in the new Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock. If you want to deliver a memorable CX, speak the language of your buyers. Simplify the buyer journey. Do What David Ogilvy Would.

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A Conversation on 7 Buyer and Sales Trends to Watch in 2011

Tony Zambito

.  By the time they get to sales folks, whether it is in person or on the phone, they already are armed with enough information to help make a decision.    More information and more expertise are what buyers are expecting.    To succeed you have to have a consultative relationship with the buyer

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The Organic Inbound Marketing Playbook for B2B

OutboundView

If your understanding of your target audience or ideal client profile needs work, then use these two powerful, simple tactics to master and understand your ICP: Make a list of your existing client base, enrich their data, and map their buyer journey. Account-Level Research. Buyer Research. Who’s your buyer?

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Dump the Sales Funnel in Favor of Lifecycle Marketing

Content Marketing Institute

The sales funnel doesn’t help predict anything about buyers: Not their mentality, not their movement through the buyer’s journey , and not when they might make a purchase. Modern buyers are too unpredictable. They have way, WAY more information at their fingertips influencing how they shop and buy. Click To Tweet.