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B2B Customer Experience: Balancing the Human Factor with Technology

Vision Edge Marketing

From chatbots to self-service platforms, technology is reshaping customer interactions, enhancing efficiency, improving EBITA, and steering decisions with data. Gartner’s survey reveals a whopping 75% of B2B buyers prefer self-service, versus interacting with sales representatives, during the initial stages of the buying process.

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Report: B2B Marketers Faced with Rising Customer Service Expectations

KoMarketing Associates

As B2B marketers look for new ways to resonate with their customers and prospects, new research suggests that they may find success by focusing on providing positive experiences. Furthermore, 76% stated that after having a great experience, it increases their expectations for customer service across other industries.

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Top Customer Retention Strategies for B2B Marketers in 2023

Marketing Insider Group

With 2023 on the horizon, the chatter of a recession, and a marked increase in reports of poor client retention , it’s more important than ever that B2B marketers focus on retaining reliable clients. No one likes losing customers, but it does happen. Here are key customer retention strategies your business should consider for 2023.

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11 Customer Journey Mapping Tools for B2B Marketers

Marketing Insider Group

Odds are you already know how important it is to attract and retain customers. But do you know how direct the relationship is between understanding your customers’ needs and maximizing the results of your marketing efforts? Why Use Customer Journey Mapping Tools? So, how do you map the customer journey?

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Sales & Marketing Alignment: How to Synergize for Success

Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Exhaust, Author, International Keynote & TEDx Speaker

Recent research shows that only 50% of B2B organizations state that they have good alignment between their marketing and sales teams. This lack of alignment tremendously impacts the ability to meet business goals, and is a limiting factor for building and maintaining customer relationships.

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B2B Marketers Still Prioritizing Customer Experience & Engagement

KoMarketing Associates

As B2B marketers continue to target multiple key objectives, new research indicates that customer engagement and experience remain at the top of the list. In terms of the digital customer experience, social media (57%) appears to have the most impact on overall strategic success, according to B2B marketers.

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Report: B2B Marketers to Leverage Martech to Improve the Customer Experience

KoMarketing Associates

As B2B marketers continue to invest in new marketing technology (martech) , research indicates that they intend to use it to improve the customer experience in the coming months. Generally speaking, most respondents (48%) will make delivering a better customer experience one of their strategic priorities within the next 18 months.

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Why Marketers Must Shift Conversations from Replacing Customers to Retaining Customers

Speaker: Ardath Albee, B2B Marketing Strategist and CEO, Marketing Interactions

More and more companies are offering a subscription-based model or shortened contracts, which means marketers and product managers need to change how we think about our relationship to the customer. We'll cover: 5 changes to shift the conversation from replacing churned customers to retaining more customers.

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Loyalty Auctions: The Next Reward For B2B Markets

Looking for ways to boost engagement in a B2B loyalty program? Auction techniques remain an inexpensive, highly interactive, fun and under-utilized method to recognize and reward your best customers while keeping them engaged. Fewer bidders mean a greater chance of winning! Analyzing the auction results is faster and less burdensome.

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Developing a Conversational Approach

Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, CEO & Founder of VisumCx

B2B buyers are more sophisticated than ever before, from the customers’ initial discovery, to the moment they commit to buy. With information at their fingertips, the chances are that potential customers have already met you, judged you and have a firm impression on your company and products. The importance of early engagement.

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Empathy: Your Lead Generation Superpower

Speaker: Brian Carroll, CEO & Founder of markempa

The single biggest issue for B2B growth is effective lead generation: increasing lead quality and quantity. There has never been more marketing channels to reach potential customers. That's why we need to go beyond rational-logic based marketing to understand how our customers feel.

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How to Improve Demand Generation with Empathy

Speaker: Brian Carroll, CEO & Founder of markempa

The highest priority for B2B marketers is effective demand generation (increasing lead quality and quantity). Here’s the thing: we have more channels, content, and technology to reach potential customers. B2B sales are way more emotional than B2C because people’s careers are on the line.

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Marketing and Sales Alignment for A Supercharged LinkedIn Strategy

Speaker: Candyce Edelen, CEO, PropelGrowth

Used properly, LinkedIn is the ultimate prospecting tool for B2B sales. It feeds a customer-centric sales process and enables a human-to-human interaction with very low cost compared to other prospecting methods. This webinar shows how B2B Marketing and Sales can collaborate to generate new qualified sales opportunities.

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Rebooting your Strategic Content and Communications: A Formula for an Evolved Enterprise

Speaker: Mat Zucker, Partner, Prophet

Content is a B2B brand’s currency to demonstrate relevance and, with emerging channels and interfaces like chat and voice, it’s bringing brands closer to their customers. But to succeed, company-driven content needs a more strategic approach that rebuilds a brand’s foundational and experiential elements.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks.