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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PureB2B

MARCH 31, 2022

Once a predominantly sales-directed process, today’s purchase path is far more customer-driven than ever before. Otherwise, B2B sales organizations risk losing sizeable audiences to other, more flexible vendors. Otherwise, B2B sales organizations risk losing sizeable audiences to other, more flexible vendors.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In a recent survey of buyers my MarketingCharts: 68% reported choosing a vendor because they understand their needs 62% because they produce higher-quality content And 59% because they demonstrate knowledge of the industry These are all either directly about content marketing or an impact of content marketing. Go in-depth with your personas.

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MarketJoy

JULY 27, 2018

The maturation of the internet has changed the B2B buying cycle forever. You could consider B2C “ low involvement ” and B2B “ high involvement “ A Longer Decision Making Process. Usually, you’ll have to get buy-in from every decision maker before a purchasing decision is made.

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Tiecas

APRIL 5, 2024

The hurdles in industrial marketing strategy for manufacturers can seem daunting because the long and complex sales cycles involve many stakeholders, from engineers to purchasing and executives. Each one has different content needs at different stages of their buying journey. See Content Preferences of Engineers and Industrial Buyers.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 19, 2022

Research shows that 99% of B2B buyers would both make a new purchase and complete a renewal in an end-to-end digital service model. It’s clear: Buyers want a self-service purchasing option. That doesn’t mean that salespeople are no longer a valuable part of the buying process. Understand The “Ready to Talk” Moment.

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ANNUITAS

JUNE 9, 2016

As consumers, if we are not in an active buying cycle, we are in a passive buying cycle. Like it or not, in the course of our daily lives we are exposed to and consume so much information and content that buying something or acquiring something including experiences, goods, food or resources is always on our mind.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 12, 2020

Today, the information that buyers need to make a purchase decision is just a click away. The power in the buying and selling process has shifted from the seller to the buyer. The buying process is transformed. And that means to keep up with today’s empowered buyer, the sales process needs to transform too.

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SalesIntel

APRIL 15, 2024

B2B buyers may spend months assessing an issue, researching solutions, and evaluating possible service providers before deciding on a vendor that fits their needs. Instead, B2B transactions often involve entire teams or groups, each member potentially influencing the purchase decision-making process.

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Enterprise Management Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Management Top of Funnel 52

Martech

MARCH 30, 2023

One thing that drives Adele Revella, founder of the Buyer Persona Institute, completely nuts is when people develop so-called buyer personas, having never spoken to an actual buyer. Perceived barriers : This is where the buyers tell you why they did not select certain products or vendors, including yours. Who helped them?

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DealSignal

APRIL 10, 2024

Due to the volume of content and online resources in nearly every industry, most people on your buying committees can perform their own research on their own time and are likely to make a decision before ever talking to your sales team. When you wait, you miss out on potential earned revenue from buyers who are ready to buy your solution now.

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Martech

MARCH 10, 2022

This focuses on targeting top potential customers and uses both marketing and sales initiatives to capture the prospect’s interest and nurture them through the buying journey. 63% of purchases have more than four people involved in the buying group (up from 47% in 2017). Here’s a guide on how to do that.

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PathFactory

APRIL 3, 2019

PathFactory and Heinz Marketing recently surveyed 204 marketing leaders – Senior Directors, VP/SVPs, and C-Suite – to dig deep into how they make important buying decisions. As marketing leaders, we’re constantly involved in one decision-making process or another. Knowledge is power. Why run the survey? “As I know I do. Elle Woulfe.

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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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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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Binary Demand

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

At the heart of it, two substantial forces come into play: The changing B2B buyer behavior An essential element of the contemporary buyer’s journey involves the increasing prevalence of buying groups and committees, encompassing multiple members from various departments within a business. 67% of the buyer journey happens on digital channels.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

It requires ongoing technical work, such as website optimization, as well as local SEO, which is the process of using a company’s geographical location to rank a business higher than its local competitors. Multiple buyers with different perspectives and biases are all part of this process and it is necessary to speak to all of them.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Case in point: 40% of CMO Council members agree that improving GTM processes are top priority. Believe it or not, this GTM motion is applicable either within or outside a customer base, especially within unengaged buying units in enterprise customers. Poorly executed ICPs result in buyers that are not fit to purchase your solution.

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Enterprise Management Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Analytics Tools Work Management 147

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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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 16, 2020

So, let’s dive into how Salesforce Sync helps enable sales reps by supporting the foundation of any sales process: Territory Management. You do your research, figure out relevant messaging for each of your buyer personas, and right before you go to execute the game plan, you realize you never checked Salesforce to check on ownership.

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SmartBug Media

MAY 30, 2023

This is where we hit you with the textbook definition of CRO: “Conversion rate optimization, or CRO, is the process of increasing the percentage of users or website visitors who complete a specific action to increase the number of leads you generate.” Speak to your buyer personas. What Is Conversion Rate Optimization?

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In channel sales, companies (here we’ll call them vendors) sell through intermediaries. They may have customers who prefer buying through a channel (for example, a third-party retail store), while other customers might prefer buying from the manufacturer. See how it works What is channel sales? Channel sales types Affiliates.

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Marketing Interactions

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

As the market shifts, much of what you thought was true about your buyer personas and ICPs may be different. A new role now has a major influence on buying decisions for what you sell. The person/role you used to primarily engage with is now removed from the evaluation process, only stepping in at decision time.

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Ideal Customer Profiles Buyer Personas Marketing Analytics Tools B2B 80

Content4Demand

JULY 7, 2021

As B2B buying trends evolve, it’s important that your content keeps up. According to the recently released 2021 B2B Buyers Survey Report from Demand Gen Report, here are a few of the top trends: Buying committees continue to become more prevalent, and committees are growing larger. Another 39% cite vendor websites.

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Martech

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The latest release of Madison Logic’s ABM-focused ML Platform includes ML Insights, a solution aimed at fueling the account triage process with relevant data signals. As the example above shows, ML Insights seeks not only to identify actively engaged accounts but also the personas in those accounts driving the engagement.

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B2B Marketing Directions

JUNE 27, 2021

For the past several years, industry analysts and other thought leaders have been urging marketing and sales professionals to shift from selling to helping buyers buy. The problem is, the helping buyers buy approach doesn't go quite far enough. That you want to help them buy your products, solutions, and services."

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Outreach

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

In the complex world of B2B Sales, the typical buying group for a B2B solution can involve 6 to 10 decision makers , according to Gartner. Finding all the key people who play a role in the company’s buying process is not as easy as it sounds, and bringing all of them into consensus will be even less so. 3 Buyer/Payer.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Crafting buyer personas for sales reps and treating them like customers by tailoring outreach, tools, and techniques to the needs of different teams will go a long way in improving their sales effectiveness. Map Content to the Buying Cycle. It is an ever-evolving process which marketers can continually improve to empower sellers.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Sales Funnel: a Metaphor for Finding and Winning Customers The sales funnel a visual metaphor for the process of gathering prospects and turning them into customers: start with a large group at the top, and winnow it into a smaller group as they reach the bottom and buy. Needless to say, while accounts buy, ultimately, people decide.

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Sales Management Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads Work Management 130

ClickDimensions

MARCH 14, 2023

The Benefits of Marketing Automation for Manufacturing Automated Lead Nurturing List Segmentation (Personalization) Lead Generation Follow ups Improved Internal Processes What is Marketing Automation? How can manufacturers use Marketing Automation?

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PureB2B

JUNE 23, 2022

While online B2B buying habits have changed dramatically in the past decade, today's B2B buyer journey looks a lot different than it did just a couple of years ago. To be successful in this new normal, B2B vendors must cater to the modern needs of their buyers to facilitate a journey that’s as smooth as possible. Read on to find out.

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PureB2B

APRIL 26, 2022

58% of businesses currently purchase technology from at least 7 different vendors. Businesses today have a multitude of requirements for B2B technology and are willing to purchase from multiple vendors to solve them. 47% of tech buyers spend 3-4 months researching a solution before even speaking to a vendor.

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DiscoverOrg

APRIL 20, 2017

When it comes measuring the health of our prospect data, we’re used to showing raw growth in the number of contacts and accounts, or a coverage percentage for target accounts or personas. And we’ve historically used these types of metrics to justify budget requests for investing in more data purchases. Improve sales productivity.

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Sana Commerce

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Personalization is great for the buyer because it improves the buying experience and overall convenience for your client. Simply put, personalized marketing uses customer interests and behavior to personalize the buying journey from start to finish. The benefits of personalized marketing are to everyone’s advantage.

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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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Buyer Personas Top of Funnel SEO Marketing & Strategy 196

DiscoverOrg

APRIL 17, 2019

Today, we’re talking through the buying journey and intent data – from the perspective of my true-life example of buying a sewing machine for my fiancée. I’m just trying to understand who the vendors are. Step 3: Vendor selection and elimination. That’s not what I got for my fiancée, sorry.).

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Intent Data Intent Top of Funnel Marketing & Strategy 120

KoMarketing Associates

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Target Buyers – roles and titles, experience level, purchasing decision-making ability. Gather Buyer Personas and Data. We recently partnered with a client that shared a wealth of buyer persona insights with us. Some of the buyer persona data shared included: Existing Buying Process. Decision Criteria.

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