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Using Buying Groups to Accelerate Your Sales Process

InsightSquared

According to SiriusDecisions , “B-to-b purchase decisions are rarely made by one person – multiple individuals are involved in a variety of buying scenarios that can exist within an organization. Key personas in a buying group have different buyer roles and may participate at different stages of the buying decision process.

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Five Ways B-to-B Marketers Need to Change Their Game

Biznology

So a sales person was in a nifty position to educate—and influence—the buyer from the earliest stages of the process. Business buying processes are getting longer, and—most important—involving more parties than ever before. Business buying processes are getting longer, and—most important—involving more parties than ever before.

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The Need for a Demand Center

eTrigue

The concept of a “demand center” has emerged at the core of successful marketing organizations as a hub for shared marketing services, infrastructure and process to enable organizations to bring programs to market that leverage key corporate assets and best practices. What’s Driving this Change? Schedule a meeting with Kristin Carey.

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5 Simple Steps to Ruin Marketing Automation

ANNUITAS

According to the SiriusDecisions B-to-B Marketing Automation Study from 2014, there are nearly 11 times more B2B organizations using marketing automation now than in 2011. It takes a lot more work and dedication to make your marketing automation flourish than it does to destroy it.

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Lights, camera, action: Video helps you stay in touch with customers

Biznology

One problem that plagues B-to-B sales and marketing is coming up with relevant, timely messages for nurturing customer relationships. The relentless challenge of creating new content is one of the most common impediments to long-term communications success for B-to-B marketers. Image via Wikipedia. How about you?

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Exciting new tools for B2B prospecting

Biznology

Leadspace’s process begins with constructing an ideal buyer persona by analyzing the marketer’s best customers, which can be executed by uploading a few hundred records of names, company names, and email addresses. B2B Marketing Internet Marketing B-to-B marketing B2B B2B marketing data sources lead generation prospecting data'

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How the CEO Can Enhance Sales, Marketing, and the Executive Branch

ViewPoint

Is 60-70% of the buying process over before prospects want to engage with a salesperson? Is 60-70% of the buying process over before prospects want to engage with a salesperson? From Julie Schwartz, ITSMA, January, 2016: "It’s widely believed that 60-70% of the buying process is over before prospects want to engage with a salesperson.