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

Biznology

The Internet has driven dramatic changes in business buying behavior. Just as no one buys a car anymore without first checking prices and features online, business buyers now research and educate themselves online, months—even years—before ever seeing a sales person. Image via Wikipedia. But there’s more.

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6 Steps to a Successful (B-to-B) Direct Marketing Campaign

MLT Creative

Whenever we launch a campaign that relies heavily on direct, I’m reminded that the rules in business-to-business direct marketing are really the same as they are in the consumer space. committee buying/decision-making in b2b vs. a solo decision in b2c), but when you strip it down, the similarities are crystal clear.

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Beyond the B2B Buying Funnel: Exciting New Research about How Companies Make Complex Purchases

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

There are entire industries devoted to researching consumer buying behavior, but until now there has been relatively little research into B2B buying behaviors. Also, I highly recommend you watch the on-demand archive if the sneak preview webinar, Beyond The B2B Buying Funnel. The Myth of Rationality in B2B Buying.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Marketing That Reaches Decision Makers In Big Companies

markempa

« Macs Tasty Recipe for Lead Generation Success | Main | Will Writing a Business Book Generate Sales Leads? » Marketing That Reaches Decision Makers In Big Companies I was quoted in an article on B-to-B marketing in Marketing News, a publication of the American Marketing Association. In 2005, 3.5 In 2005, 3.5

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6 thorny data problems that Vex B2B marketers, and how to solve them

Biznology

Business-to-business marketers are plagued by data problems. Business data is complex and fast-changing. B2B Marketing Social Media Marketing attribution B-to-B marketing B2B marketing CRM customer data data hygiene data matching database marketing de-duplication marketing database unstructured data'

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14 Brilliant B2B Marketing Strategy Guides

Webbiquity

He astutely notes that personas are often created as isolated individuals, with the connections between the different stakeholders who make up the B2B customer buying team left unexplored and unaddressed. Everything We Thought We Knew About B-to-B Marketing Is Wrong by Forbes.

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Five Tips For Better B2B Marketing Content

MLT Creative

By focusing on the buying characteristics of your top customers, you will see patterns that help divide them into logical groups. That’s the beauty of inbound marketing — your audience is looking to buy, and your vehicles and information are there waiting for them at the right time, in the right place.