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The Promise and Perils of Focusing on "In-Market" Prospects

B2B Marketing Directions

Intent data and predictive analytics have been hot topics in B2B marketing circles for the past few years. Instead of a broad market of generic buyer personas, it enables you to find specific accounts that are active in your market." "The This sounds like marketing nirvana, right?

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Increase "Mental Availability" To Boost B2B Marketing Performance

B2B Marketing Directions

Earlier this month, I published an article discussing the importance of the 95:5 rule for B2B marketing. This rule states that up to 95% of business buyers are not in the market for many goods and services at any given time. See, for example, this study by WSJ Intelligence and B2B International.)

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What the 95:5 Rule Means for B2B Marketing

B2B Marketing Directions

In a 2021 paper published by The B2B Institute , Professor John Dawes, Associate Director at the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science , described what has come to be called the 95:5 rule. The rule states that up to 95% of business buyers aren't in the market for many goods and services at any one time.

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For ABM marketing, don’t get lost in technology

Martech

Account-based marketing (ABM) is a B2B strategy with evolving technology that helps marketers identify in-market prospects and craft digital experiences for buying groups and individual group members. In this way, B2B marketers will keep strategy a priority and not get lost in technology.

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More Evidence that Marketing to Out-of-Market Prospects Really Matters

B2B Marketing Directions

Source: WSJ Intelligence/B2B International Last September, I wrote a post discussing why B2B marketers shouldn't ignore "out-of-market" prospects. In a nutshell, my argument was as follows: At any time, most of a company's "good-fit" prospects are not engaged in an active buying process.

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Add a Personal Touch to B2B Sales with Artificial Intelligence

PureB2B

Competition is fierce in the B2B sales space, making it difficult for teams to connect and engage with potential buyers. However, by curating and delivering personalized content to target audiences, sales teams can, in fact, cut through the digital noise and gain the attention of in-market consumers. Delivering Personalized Content.

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Our Take on 3 B2B Marketing Predictions for the New Year

Anteriad

As B2B marketers, we like to be ahead of the curve and prepared for what’s to come. And, in that uncertainty, marketers will want to protect existing revenue streams. Include a step on your planning workflow to question your current assumptions about who is in the market for your solutions. What will gain traction?