Ambal's Amusings

MAY 27, 2010

Is less better than more when it comes to content? Instead of bombarding prospects with "too much content" should companies carefully chose 1 or 2 pieces of important content that will educate prospects? What kind of content is most useful in each phase of the B2B marketing cycle? Content has a job to do.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Content Marketing B2B Planning 100

KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Nearly 45 percent of B2B marketers, surveyed by Annuitas, indicated that they are not using buyer personas in demand generation programs and almost half are failing to align content to their buyer’s pain points. Content Marketing. B2B buyers are exploring a number of different channels when conducting vendor.

Marketing Budget Creation 120

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Budget Programs Enterprise Management 120

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Today’s buyers face several unique challenges that make content marketing ever more important to the successful vendor. Buyers are: More frugal, reeling from two economic downturns in the past decade, and forced to “do more with less”. But how can you get started on the journey to a successful content marketing program?

Marketing Management 40

Marketing Management Peer-to-peer Content Marketing Buying Cycle 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Two economic downturns over the past decade have made buyers more spendthrift, and more skeptical of vendor claims. Fueled by a wealth of on-line resources and social networks, buyers have seized control of the buying cycle, engaging with sales representatives later and later, and further elongating sales cycles.

Peer-to-peer 40

Peer-to-peer Marketing Automation Services Spending Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The question any marketer needs to ask - Are your marketing efforts adding to the clutter, or driving a valuable dialogue and as a result, connecting meaningfully with prospects to advance the buying cycle? These three issues are having a measurable impact on marketing.

Interactive Marketing 40

Interactive Marketing Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer Buying Cycle 40

6sense

JANUARY 14, 2016

Like with any client, marketing will spend time working to understand the pain points, skill sets and business needs of their sales team. This will in turn create better qualified leads that are ready to connect with the sales team you have, not the sales team you’ve read about in white papers.

Top of Funnel 48

Top of Funnel B2B Sales B2B Marketing Lead Ranking 48

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Without a solid content strategy to support that movement through the marketing and sales cycle, all you’ve got is a nice email system. Divided into six sections, as an appetizer the book starts off with eMarketing Essentials , the “why&# of using content marketing for complex sales.

Emarketing 100

Emarketing Marketing Automation Services Manticore Marketing Management 100

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

Work Management 40

Work Management ROI Marketing Management Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. White Papers are Influence Kings, But Need Persona.

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management ROI 40

The ROI Guy

MARCH 15, 2011

Empowered Buyers: Fueled by the Internet, with access to a wealth of resources, research, discussions, product and pricing information, buyers are self-empowered to drive the buying cycle, inviting sales later and later into the decision making process, if at all.

Forrester 40

Forrester Lead Ranking Cross-Selling Peer-to-peer 40

ANNUITAS

AUGUST 4, 2015

“We have a lot of great content, and we generate a ton of leads but sales accepts only a few as sales-ready.”. “We We have white papers for every buying stage, but we just can’t get enough people to download them.”. If one or more of those struck a chord with you, it might be time for a Content Map. Information Needs.

Content Marketing 100

Content Marketing Buyer Personas Buying Cycle Demand Generation 100

NetLine

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

But with the volume of content online continuing to increase, how exactly should B2B marketers highlight the right content for sales teams to use at the right time? A B2B sales astronaut celebrates as they’ve closed a deal, all thanks to the intent-led content provided by marketing. Created using DALLE via ChatGPT.

B2B Sales 52

B2B Sales Intent B2B Marketing Digital Asset Management 52

Sales Engine

APRIL 20, 2016

That was what we used to do before the emergence of a content-heavy internet, and it worked because sales people were the gatekeepers of information about products and services within a company. We may not have wanted to talk to sales reps, but that’s how we got the information we needed. They need help getting in the door.

Lead Ranking 218

Lead Ranking Lead Gen Lead Scoring Leads 218

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 3, 2012

I n 2011 you worked hard to produce new value-focused tools, empowering your sales team to meet the growing challenges of today’s more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyer. And you are not alone, as SiriusDecisions reports that the average company now spends a whopping $43K on marketing content and sales tools per salesperson per year.

Tools 40

Tools Paid Search Agency Buying Cycle Work Management 40

Content4Demand

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

We have to make sure our new insights and assumptions align with what our buyers are doing. And we need to create lots of content fast! Taking the Buyer's Pulse. How do we know where are buyers are headed? Now, how can you make best use of these buyer insights? Extend Your Content Library.

Research 90

Research Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy B2B Thought Leadership 90

Sales Engine

AUGUST 23, 2016

They develop white papers, email campaigns, go to trade shows, and —well, you know, execute on lots of projects. But before making the decision to shift more of your resources towards content marketing and lead generation , you need to understand some harsh truths. The buyer has WAY more control than they used to.

Top of Funnel 120

Top of Funnel Process B2B Thought Leadership Work Management 120

Sales Engine

OCTOBER 8, 2015

They develop white papers, email campaigns, go to trade shows, and —well, you know, execute on lots of projects. But before making the decision to shift more of your resources towards content marketing and lead generation , you need to understand some harsh truths. The buyer has WAY more control than they used to.

Top of Funnel 120

Top of Funnel Process B2B Thought Leadership Work Management 120

KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 9, 2015

Google Analytics and other reporting tools can tell you a great deal about what buyers do once they get to your website – which pages they click, the flow from one page to another, conversions, etc. But B2B marketers also need to know what buyers actually want from a vendor website. Content Marketing Disconnect.

B2B 120

B2B Buyer's Journey Vendors Landing Pages 120

Inbox Insight

JULY 31, 2020

In the midst of transformation, vendors have an opportunity to capture the attention of HR tech buyers with great content, and turn cold prospects into hot leads. Understanding when and how HR technology buyers plan their budget is key when it comes to building your content strategy. How much are buyers spending?

Work Management 89

Work Management Marketing Management Research Top of Funnel 89

Delivra

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Buyer personas are a critical component of a successful B2B marketing automation campaign. Throughout every phase, you need to keep your focus on buyer personas. Meet potential buyers’ needs, desires, and expectations. All of your content should reflect that you understand your prospect’s challenges.

Marketing Automation Services 45

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Automation B2B Marketing 45

B2B Digital Marketer

OCTOBER 5, 2020

15:15 – The B2B buying cycle. What’s great today that we didn’t necessarily have so much in the past is how we can get the awareness that we need for all of our content marketing.”. Buying awareness for B2B and super-targeted awareness has never been easier than it is right now.”. Timestamps/Outline.

Sales Management 52

Sales Management B2B Marketing Top of Funnel Planning 52

Webbiquity

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The next largest expense is usually content production: website copy, blog posts, marketing collateral, white papers, ebooks, video, infographics, social media posts, etc. That means the business buyer needs to justify the need (why is this better than the way we do things now?) Group Decisions.

Enterprise Management 233

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management B2B Marketing 233

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Do White Papers Still Engage?

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Paper Work Management Marketing Budget 40