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Don’t Put B2B Marketing Tactics before Strategic Analysis

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You’re not going to get where you’re going without the analysis at some point. Next, create a marketing persona for each type of person who will buy your product. Marketing Research and Analysis analysis b2b marketing research' Here’s what you need to do first. the buyer persona for each type of buyer.

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1-Page SWOT Analysis with Action Items

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A SWOT Analysis may have a simple presentation, but the analysis is the hard part. My clients have really appreciated this 1-page SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) Analysis with Action items. So what about the hard part – the analysis? How can you maximize strengths and opportunities?

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4 Skills Your B2B Marketing Team Must Have

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This doesn’t mean that one marketing person has to have them all, but the person leading the team needs to understand and know the importance of each. In the article, author Chris Kuenne states that strategy, analysis, creative program design and technology are the skills that make marketing successful today.

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Another Big Reason B2B Marketing Fails: Failure to Engage

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You’ve redone your website and analysis shows your brand is recognized and remembered. Here’s how: By telling stories about how your product has not only helped your customer’s businesses but also their personal lives. You don’t want to annoy your target audience of business people with fluffy marketing, right?

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Improve Service with a Customer Touch Point Map

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Buyers deal with a great sales person, but delivery is slow, installation sloppy, customer service doesn’t solve problems and/or accounting doesn’t understand what the customer is trying to communicate. Make sure you provide an excellent customer eperience by doing a customer touch point analysis. “What’s that?

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Why Focus Groups Are a Waste of Money for B2B Marketers

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My firm New Incite offers marketing research and analysis services. The New York Times article also provides some words of caution – that neuroscience doesn’t have all the answers. According to Dr. Robert T. What do you think? Are you a B2B marketer or researcher who has gotten great results from focus groups?

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Pros and Cons of Outsourcing Your Marketing

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Senior-level marketing expertise – make sure your outsource marketing person has experience to bring to the table. Save money – if you are getting a senior level marketer on an outsource basis, having that person part-time is more cost effective than hiring full-time. ( Outsource Marketing – Cons.

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