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Spark New Results from Your B2B Marketing at Mid-Year

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Maybe one demographic is no longer the buyer of your product or service and a new generation is coming in. We launched the product and were the first to offer remote data entry in the early 1990s. There are always new studies coming out about new buying behavior, how we think and how attitudes are changing. Any new players?

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3 Key Factors to Choosing the Right B2B Marketing Consultant

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The insights should challenge you to change your strategies, tactics and/or attitudes. ( I just heard in a presentation by Business Development Consultant Brad Grob that trusted advisors who challenge their clients perform better than advisors who merely deliver their product and maintain the relationship.).

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What is Marketing? Better Yet, What is it NOT?

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Done well, marketing can impact not only new customer sales, but also existing customer sales, wallet share (the amount of revenue you get from each customer) and employee attitude and retention rate.

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3 Companies that Failed to Listen

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Seena wrote “ Playing the Blame Game ,” about leaders and companies who ignored market and customer signals and blamed external factors for their product or business problems. Lululemon’s attempt to blame overweight women for product problems may be poor judgment on the part of its founder.

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Why CMOs and CIOs Are Different and How to Bridge the Gap

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CIOs have been IT heroes, recognized for control and company productivity. The biggest factor for their mutual success is a clear organization strategy that both can work toward, as well as increased communication and respect for the different attitudes that result from coming from very different backgrounds.

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Marketers: Are You Going to Accept B2B Boring?

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or merely psychographics (attitudes, behaviors) here. The number one key to un-boring B2B campaigns is thoroughly understanding the target audience. Who are your customers? I’m not talking demographics (age, income, education, etc.) You need to know your customers’ persona(s). What is their story? What really floats their boat?

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3 of My Favorite Strategic Marketing Models

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I wrote about them in my answer to one of ten top questions business owners have about marketing in the marketing chapter of The Book on Business from A to Z – “ What’s the best strategy for marketing my product or service?” ” My favorite tools help provide three must-have pieces of information: 1.

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