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Marketers Need a Mindset Reset for B2B Personalization

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Personalization in B2B marketing has been on an upward intention trend for a while now. Despite marketers’ best intentions, nearly half say delivering personalized and relevant content is a top business challenge. Forrester Business Technographics® Marketing Survey, 2020). But it’s not working out very well.

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The Importance of Humanness in B2B Content Experiences

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What is it that puts the humanness in business experiences? If people felt like if it was human—either with really good AI or with a real person—then they felt like the organization was investing in the relationship.” Don’t Confuse Personalization for Humanness. Therefore, my perception may not be your perception.

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Current B2B Content Marketing Challenges to Beat

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SMEs are busy folks. Everyone is a writer in today’s business world. So here are some ideas about how to get the information you need from SMEs to either create content based on their knowledge and expertise, or to help them create bylined content that builds their personal brand along with your company’s. I understand this one.

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B2B Content Marketing > Going Bold or Fading to Beige?

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Granted, the report is based on responses from only 175 business decision makers. They’re afraid they’ll turn away business if they look limited in scope. The Power of Provocation Report finds that 75% of executives find the feeling of innovating or making progress the biggest motivation when making significant business decisions.

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Why You Need to Revisit B2B Buyer Personas and ICPs

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The person/role you used to primarily engage with is now removed from the evaluation process, only stepping in at decision time. Goals – how have your company’s business objectives shifted, and did they impact how you considered solving this problem? More buyers are now Millennials or Gen X more so than Boomers.

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B2B Tech Marketers Make the Shift From Funnels to Lifecycles

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This singular focus is a double-edged sword in recurring revenue and subscription business models. How easy is it to do business with you over time? Interactive content and personalization are two tactics that are high on marketers’ goals lists. Who are the new roles/people you need to engage?

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How Many B2B Buyer Personas Do You Need?

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Quite often, what you find is that this person—lower down the hierarchy—is entrusted with the selection and the “decision maker” is just blessing their recommendation based on the business case they presented. Who is doing the research and evaluation and recommending the solution to the decision maker?