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Is Account-Based Marketing the Holy Grail for Lead Generation Nirvana? [PowerOpinions Part 5]

ViewPoint

There are technologies that help us score not just "leads" but accounts, to prioritize focus and follow up in a way that really reflects complex b-to-b buying. That’s what it takes to be an efficient marketer today. This is the only way to drive sales and marketing alignment today. Complete ABM is not a black box at all.

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The End of Marketing as We Know It: Overcoming Buyer Challenges with Interactive Smart Content

The ROI Guy

The question any marketer needs to ask - Are your marketing efforts adding to the clutter, or driving a valuable dialogue and as a result, connecting meaningfully with prospects to advance the buying cycle? These three issues are having a measurable impact on marketing.

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Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Content Marketing

The ROI Guy

Fueled by a wealth of on-line resources and social networks, buyers have seized control of the buying cycle, engaging with sales representatives later and later, and further elongating sales cycles. Two economic downturns over the past decade have made buyers more spendthrift, and more skeptical of vendor claims.

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Here’s What 25 B2B Marketers Think Are the Key Trends in 2016

Paul Gillin

A buyer persona is not a zombie—but a profile based on your understanding of a real customer and their real needs.” – Ambal Balakrishnan. “It’s They’re adopting buyer personas, content targeting and matching content to stages of the buying cycle.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B.

The ROI Guy

At the same time, B2B buyers are taking advantage of the wealth of information available via the Internet and social media to become more empowered, taking charge of the buying cycle. These two market drivers will have important implications into 2011 and beyond for B2B sales enablement and marketing strategies and budgets.

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Paul Slack: B2B Digital Marketing Has Never Been Easier

B2B Digital Marketer

For more information on Paul’s background visit his LinkedIn profile – [link]. 15:15 – The B2B buying cycle. 15:15 – The B2B buying cycle. Nobody was focusing on, especially in the B to B space, the, the marketing side. Uh, and the tension that they’re trying to buy is here, take our demo.

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Who Do B2B Buyers Trust?

The ROI Guy

The shorter content forms, such as blog posts and slide decks, as well as the newer document formats such as eBooks and Infographics, appeal to earlier phases of the buying cycle – better connecting and engaging executive / economic-focused decision makers.