article thumbnail

The 2014 Content Marketing Imperative

Marketing Insider Group

Content marketing meets the needs of your buyers across ALL phases of the buying cycle: There is the largest number of potential buyers in the early stages. There are more potential buyers in the middle of the buying process than in the latest stages. The answer is easy: content marketing. Don’t believe me?

article thumbnail

BtoB Leading Edge: 10 Sharp Tips taken from the Cutting Edge Demand Generation Virtual Conference

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Yesterday’s BtoB Leading Edge, Demand Generation in the Digital Age was a great way to make sure your organization’s demand generation programs are best-in-class.      Offers need to be relevant AND appropriate for the prospect's place in the buying cycle.     5.     6.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

B2B Lead Generation: The Best of PowerViews

ViewPoint

Over the past few months I have had the pleasure of interviewing nineteen influential B2B sales and marketing leaders to discuss their views in areas like traditional and new media strategies, current and future trends, B2B lead generation, and sales lead management. Buying cycles are changing.

article thumbnail

The Role of B2B Marketing is Shifting from Lead Generation to.

Industrial Marketing Today

The recently released B2B Marketing Skills Survey jointly done by Genius and BtoB Magazine reveals some new trends and contradicts certain popular beliefs. However, the role of B2B marketers is changing and evolving more into revenue generation.

article thumbnail

Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enablement? IDC Says Absolutely!

The ROI Guy

Cost drivers of this continued misstep in strategy include: 1) More Leads to Make Same Sales : a poorly performing lead pipeline requiring 2,000 to 5,000+ contacts at the front of the pipeline to yield 1 closed deal over a 17 month average buying cycle.

article thumbnail

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Diametrically Opposed Forces: Selling.

The ROI Guy

Understanding how to facilitate this buying lifecycle, especially how to connect and engage todays economic-focused executive, is a key to sales success, and establishes a roadmap for sales enablement. The Bottom Line Buyers are clearly in control of the buying cycle and are more frugal than ever before.

ROI 40
article thumbnail

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload.

The ROI Guy

In this session we discussed some important value selling and content marketing research for technology marketers, much of which extends to other B2B segments, with trends and advice you need to excel in 2011. As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling.