Salesforce Marketing Cloud

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

But do they really want to buy, or are they just window shopping? Here’s the hard truth: “You don’t know if they’re ready to buy until they tell you they’re ready to buy, and you can’t believe it until you get a signed contract,” said Richard Harris , sales coach and founder of The Harris Consulting Group.

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Exo B2B

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Did you know that 72% of marketing professionals use B2B personas to guide their marketing content? In this world where every purchasing decision can involve multiple stakeholders and take months of deliberation, understanding the nuances of B2B personas and the complex journey of the B2B buyer is not only useful, it’s essential.

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FunnelEnvy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In 1985, a software designer named Alan Cooper invented a user persona named Kathy to add human context to the development process. Over the years, marketers built on that idea to develop buyer personas – profiles of fictional people that embody several ideal client characteristics. How do they make purchasing decisions?

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 30, 2024

Effective content strategies require well-developed personas that go beyond basic templates, incorporating deep audience insights to guide content creation. Adapting content strategy to align with the buyer’s decision-making process is essential for effective marketing and sales alignment. Beliefs are a primary decision driver.

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SmartBug Media

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Creating marketing personas is an important part of marketing strategy in any industry. Personas help you craft spot-on messages that resonate with your audience and elicit an action or response. In this blog post, we’ll discuss what marketing personas are, why they’re important, and how you can create them.

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SmartBug Media

APRIL 6, 2023

If you're a marketing professional, you've probably heard the term "buyer persona" more times than you can count. Buyer personas are an essential part of a successful marketing strategy because not only do they define precisely whom you’re trying to reach, but they also inform so many aspects of your business.

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Cintell

JULY 3, 2018

The 2018 B2B Buying Disconnect Report highlights the difference between how B2B technology buyers and vendors view the purchase process. It is understandable that buyers want to feel very confident in their purchase decision, given the money they are spending. Survey participant in the B2B Buying Disconnect Report.

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Circle Studio

MARCH 12, 2020

Creating buyer personas helps you visually picture your buyers and understand them on a deeper level. Buyer personas defined. While the term “buyer personas” is fairly common vernacular in modern marketing, the definition is sometimes misunderstood. Personas put a human face to your buyers.

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Anteriad

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In B2B today, there is rarely a unilateral buying decision. Because your focus shouldn’t be on just one buyer—but a buying group. While individual targeting is not entirely lost, you’ll get farther faster by identifying and marketing to the entire buying group. What is a buying group?

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Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Mapping a B2B buying committee is no easy feat. I’ll tell you a little story about a buying committee I was tasked with identifying this past month…. I was faced with a new situation, one where a tech company wanted our guidance on how to penetrate state governments’ buying committees. The Real-Life Example.

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Leadspace

AUGUST 16, 2023

A persona refers to a representation of a user or buyer segment that is created to better understand and design for the needs, behaviors, and preferences of that group. Persona creation is common in fields like marketing, user experience (UX) design, and customer service. Who does have the purchasing decision power at the company?

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Marketing Interactions

AUGUST 15, 2022

With 8 to 15 buyers involved in a complex B2B purchase, ensuring a no-regret deal can be as difficult as herding cats. By gathering and applying in-depth buyer intelligence with buyer personas, you can mitigate non-consensus due to differing objectives that stall deals and escalate regret. I think of them as Organizational Personas.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 15, 2022

Convincing them to take the next step (and ultimately, to buy from you) can be challenging, however. You Know the Steps of the B2B Purchasing Process. An effective B2B CRO strategy begins with understanding the purchasing process. CRO requires the right strategy. You Use the Right Tools.

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KoMarketing Associates

AUGUST 6, 2019

B2B buyer personas provide a foundation for accomplishing the research and development of effective online marketing campaigns designed to achieve strategic marketing objectives. What Are B2B Buyer Personas? For online marketers, buyer personas can provide direction in the channel-specific campaign development.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 7, 2018

More customers are turning to the internet to research, test, and purchase products and services. In today’s blog post we explain why buyer personas are a critical—but often missing—element of your SEO strategy. What is a buyer persona? Why must SEOs pay attention to buyer personas? Let’s get into it!

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ClearVoice

MAY 29, 2023

They’re called marketing personas. In this post, we’ll talk about marketing personas, why they’re important, and the best practices for creating one in 2023. What is a marketing persona? Marketing personas are sometimes also called buyer personas. Buyer personas can inform a wide range of marketing activities.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

So something that worked a year ago (*cough* your current sales process *cough*), probably isn’t as effective presently. Sales process optimization isn’t a one and done activity. Even the most evergreen processes need some upkeep once in a while. And today, we’re telling you to give your sales process a little TLC.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 30, 2019

While your team may have all types of strategies in place to carry out marketing messages, without B2B buyer personas, you could be missing the mark when it comes to getting your efforts consumed by target audiences. While all of the above may sound great in theory, the truth is, there is an art to creating effective B2B buyer personas.

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Content4Demand

AUGUST 11, 2020

With the shift to more account-based marketing (ABM) and targeting buying groups rather than individual personas, it’s time to also turn some of our ideas about personas on their heads in our content marketing strategy. Because it focuses on the entire buying committee, it fits nicely into the SiriusDecisions buying group model.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

So something that worked a year ago (*cough* your current sales process *cough*), probably isn’t as effective presently. Sales process optimization isn’t a one and done activity. Even the most evergreen processes need some upkeep once in a while. And today, we’re telling you to give your sales process a little TLC.

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Hubspot

MAY 26, 2021

All of this information helps you place her in a category in your mind — but none of that information tells you why she buys your product. Buyer personas typically include descriptions like Elizabeth's, along with other demographics and personality information. Standard Buyer Personas Aren't Enough.

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Tony Zambito

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Now, buying behavioral trends have been lit with lighter fluid as the coronavirus pandemic shocks business commerce. Insights Into Three Buying Behaviors Impacted By COVID-19. The coronavirus pandemic is impacting three buying behaviors. Speeding Up Of Buying Processes. It is possible this has moved to 80% To 85%.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Content has more legs than engaging buyers before they purchase. There’s even more value to communicate after they buy. The buying committee is getting larger. Having this thought process lets you transform. It could be informational, transactional, commercial, and task-oriented. It should be your buyers.

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Tony Zambito

MARCH 20, 2011

  To inform a content strategy, it strikes me that there are five key areas to evaluate: Buyer understanding :  gaining an understanding of how buyers intend to consume, utilize, and act upon content are the bedrock of a content strategy.    Buyer persona development is a methodology for informing strategy. 

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Tony Zambito

AUGUST 14, 2016

Information Overload by Jenny Chisnell. As the concept of buyer personas has crept into the conscious of both B2C and B2B Marketing, so has misguided representations of buyer personas become prevalent. With many touted frameworks and processes being representative of buyer personas in name only. Data Overload.

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 28, 2023

Rather, it is the ongoing process involved in maintaining clean data that is complete and error-free. all of the ongoing processes involved in guaranteeing data is clean … and error-free.” This allows you to move forward with only correct customer information, such as names and addresses. Create data-management processes.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 19, 2023

B2B marketing targets buying groups within businesses. Decision Making The decision-making process for B2B and B2C marketing differs greatly, primarily due to the type of customer each is targeting. Purchasing Habits Customer purchasing habits differ significantly between B2B and B2C environments.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 15, 2023

This can include many strategies you’ve likely already heard of, like: Email marketing Search engine optimization (SEO) Content marketing Live events Social media Image Source: 99 Firms Simply put, digital marketing utilizes various online tactics to reach and engage with other businesses, ultimately convincing them to buy your products or services.

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Business Brainz

JULY 19, 2021

B2B revenue leaders and marketers are spending a lot of their time focusing on understanding buyer personas. One of the best ways to dive deep into your prospective customers is by building a buyer persona insight. What is a Buyer Persona? Buyer personas are one of the most important fraction of any marketing strategy.

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Marketing Interactions

JANUARY 27, 2020

In a lot of the conversations I have with B2B marketers, many are overwhelmed when confronted with how to build truly actionable buyer personas. Building actionable personas takes a fair bit of time and effort. It’s also because buying committees are expanding. And along with that, so is your persona project.

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Top Rank Marketing

MARCH 25, 2024

The information B2B buyers seek out in making decisions, and the ways they search for it, remain very different from the standard B2C purchase. The approach is guided by personas, which often span verticals, functions, or buying committee roles. This, in turn, will set up lower-funnel content to be more effective. #2.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 22, 2021

In the world of B2B and SaaS, this usually refers to anyone with buying capabilities at an organization. Enter, your target market — a group of potential customers within your TAM who, through market research, interviews, and more, are deemed most likely to purchase your product/service. Identify The Value(s) Your Product Provides.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

Demand generation is the process of building awareness and interest in a brand’s products and services. Rather, successful demand generation connects a brand’s value proposition to potential customers from the beginning of the buyer’s journey when they first start looking for your product, to the point of purchase and beyond.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

You’re familiar with the B2B buyer’s journey : moving prospects through the awareness, consideration, and decision stages of the buying process. With a holistic perception of buyer intent in your business, your marketing and sales teams can improve the lead-qualification process and enhance sales conversions. Source: G2.

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Tony Zambito

MAY 11, 2011

  This may have been just fine – that is – until buyers have become fairly self-directed in the buying process as well as enabled by the Internet and social technologies.    Here is where buyer persona development can be of help.    Here is where buyer persona development can be of help. 

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 27, 2015

There’s plenty of fervor around the need for buyer personas; so why do some fail to deliver real value? Today, you can find over 500,000 search results on the topic, most supporting the need for buyer personas as a foundational component of effective marketing. This gap is what the next phase of buyer persona maturity is all about.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 23, 2024

This includes advertising; developing email marketing campaigns with specific targeting; buying, renting, and building email lists; email marketing tools ; and other essential marketing components. Make them brief, captivating, and relevant to the information within. Here are some templates you can take a look at for inspiration.

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