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Beyond Beige: Ardath Albee’s Blueprint for Buyer-Driven B2B Strategies

Content Standard

As business buyers have become more self-reliant, their needs and expectations have evolved and, sadly, we’re not doing enough to keep up. According to Forrester, a whopping 85% of marketers say their content doesn’t deliver business value. The result is generic, uninspiring marketing that fails to resonate with buyers.

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B2B Marketing & Sales Insights from Lori Wizdo of Forrester Research

ViewPoint

I had the great the opportunity to interview Lori Wizdo , B2B marketing analyst at Forrester Research. In our discussion, Lori shared key insights into the B2B buyer's journey as well as marketing and sales alignment. Buyers need to talk to people to get information. You need that human qualification.

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Leveraging Data to Personalize Your Account-Based Approach for Maximum Impact

Madison Logic

B2B buyers need more attention and information to make a purchase decision, ideally, a personalized buying experience. Why Personalization Matters Today’s buyers no longer want a personalized experience; they demand it. That’s where account-based marketing (ABM) comes in. And it works.

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Holistic revenue performance series III: Solution management

Mereo

you have nothing of which to serve your buyer. And over time, your buyersneeds you first set out to alleviate change. Internal Validation Only. From market analysis, to competitive analysis, to future forecasts, and specific customer needs and feedback , a lot can successfully inform your solution decisions.

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3 Key Ingredients for Marketers to Provide Content that Sales Reps Love

Scoop.it

Because many organizations don’t understand why sales reps need content and what types of content to provide them to help them win more deals. Why Do Salespeople Need Content? According to Forrester , 62% of buyers prefer to finalize their list of vendors or even decide on a solution based solely on digital content they consume.

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Value Selling and the Buyer’s Journey: 3 Conversations to Get "Do Nothing" to "Yes"

The ROI Guy

Exploration and Evaluation In the middle stages of the buyer’s journey, your prospects are starting the search to see if solutions are available that can solve their most pressing challenges. The key question the buyer needs answered: “ Why Now? ”.

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Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Content Marketing

The ROI Guy

For example, automotive sites now provide more tools than ever to guide buyer’s decisions including customized configurators and pricing tools, competitive comparison tools, video brochures, and Facebook “fan” pages.