The ROI Guy

JULY 11, 2017

So how can you best address these changing buyer trends and add more value to each and every prospect engagement? All of these tools are designed to help advise buyers about their challenges, how they compare to other customers, what solutions would help them most, and how they can derive the most value from proposed solutions.

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Aberdeen

JULY 12, 2019

One of the biggest advantages of using intent data to improve win-rate percentage is that you get visibility into individual buyer journeys. Understanding the activity of target accounts and contacts at each step of the buyer’s journey will help you send the right marketing/sales messages at the right time.

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Tony Zambito

DECEMBER 8, 2011

.  Product centricity causes selling organizations to not only focus on the merits of their product but also to have prescribed views of existing customer and prospective buyer needs.    Products, in general, are designed and produced to fulfill needs.    But be sure – they are there. 

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Strategic-IC

DECEMBER 4, 2017

This information will influence everything from the direction of the content you create, to the platforms you engage on, even to aspects such as the way you design your site. Remember, to be successful, persona research should be backed by data - never base a campaign on assumption! Related: 2. Be placed in clear position.

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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. And that means to keep up with today’s empowered buyer, the sales process needs to transform too. Define your buyer's journey.

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Aberdeen

OCTOBER 19, 2022

He shared several statistics that align with Aberdeen’s research on adoption of AI and automation capabilities for unattended service, but it was also important that he acknowledged that this new era doesn’t mean the end of agents. He also noted that CX fluency doesn’t mean blindly prioritizing customer needs.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 16, 2014

To be successful, you need to have the right conversation and deliver the right content depending on the buyer journey stage, in order to help buyer’s overcome their fears and motivate a more timely and positive purchase decision. The key question the buyer needs answered: “ Why Now? ”. Why You?'

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Need might be the most immediate buyer motive. There are a few ways to capitalize on your buyer's needs, and they generally hinge upon how aware they are of the full spectrum of potential issues that can stem from their situation. A rationally motivated purchase is made, first and foremost, based on need and utility.

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Valasys

AUGUST 19, 2019

Furthermore, the personas are also segmented based on their demographics, technographics, firmographic, psychographic, ‘fit-data’ as well as the methodologies opted by them for researching about their buying preferences and based on their past buying habits. Tools such as Google Keyword Planner, KeywordTool.io. &

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Sana Commerce

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Our latest research tells us that when it comes to B2B buyer behavior, e-commerce is buyers’ preferred avenue for completing purchases. But the purchasing process today has its hurdles — and these hiccups are forcing buyers to look offline for help. New data: An overview of B2B buyer behavior. Information search.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 15, 2020

Understanding how a B2B buyer’s journey naturally progresses is key to designing a digital marketing program that works in any economic climate. Fortunately, there’s quite a lot of research available to help us see how B2B buyers are navigating their purchase process. Many things have changed in the last few years.

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Content4Demand

JUNE 7, 2019

Marisa Kopec, VP, Innovation and Product Management; and Ross Graber, Senior Research Director, Marketing Operations Strategies, introduced the model in a Sirius Summit 2017 presentation. All three indicate that you’re not making a connection with your buyers – a necessary connection to win their attention and their business.

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Seismic

MAY 24, 2019

A recent study of B2B buyers found that 95% of buyers chose a solution provider that “provided them with ample content to help navigate through each stage of the buying process.”. Marketing must agree to move beyond demand generation content and build content designed to be used in the sales process. Sound familiar?

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Tony Zambito

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Making the wrong choice, for example, on a software platform designed to measure quality of manufactured parts could have drastic affects downstream with OEMs and distribution. The higher stakes involved means buyers needs an organization that can relate to the high stakes and a relational bond is being formed.

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Content Standard

OCTOBER 2, 2020

” — Peter Drucker “The buyer journey is nothing more than a series of questions that must be answered.” In focusing on the transaction over the relationship, marketers can lose sight of the actual consumer the funnel was designed to reach.” ” — Tony Zambito “Think like a customer.”

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Convert

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Thorough qualitative research to first position your product Then, use qualitative and quantitative data to fix broken elements (Rich Page’s LinkedIn post below does a deeper dive) Optimize what is working and find solutions to on-page problems that stall transactions. We like to give you all the tools you need to win.

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ANNUITAS

JUNE 1, 2015

Citing sources from their own research and that of Forrester and Corporate Executive Board (CEB ) that show how the majority of B2B buying cycles are self-driven, digital endeavors, Sirius then showed additional research that said these research backed statements – including their own – may not be completely accurate.

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Content4Demand

MARCH 9, 2021

Strategic marketers develop content that addresses their buyers’ needs as they evolve from initial awareness to a final purchasing decision. Content goals by buyer stage. To attract buyers, they first need to know that you exist. For real success with content marketing, it’s not enough to have a library of content.

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Convert

AUGUST 15, 2022

Another SEO experiment idea: Add relevant terms from your keyword research in the alt text and monitor performance on Google Search Console or other SEO tools you use. This can increase average order value and isn’t so intrusive as it actually correlates with their buyer journey. Mine reviews and/or conduct customer research.

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