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Integrate alters roadmap to adapt to changing B2B buying process

Martech

“I think the other dynamic is that you’ve got a new generation of buyers who don’t buy like previous generations — on the B2C or B2B level — and they have budget. We have to meet them where they are and how they want to show up in the buying process.” Why we care.

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Creating Relevant B2B Marketing Content: Walk the Talk

Industrial Marketing Today

The chart below from a research study done by Forrester illustrates this point very clearly. What marketing content you serve at each phase of the buying cycle also matters. FREE Marketing Guides Engineers Can Sell™ White Paper: Most people are skeptical about associating engineers with sales.

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5 Mistakes Companies Make When Automating Their Marketing

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A recent Forrester study showed that of 25 different tactics listed, B2B organizations are using on average 15 different tactics in their demand generation mix. A white paper is developed and marketing decides to launch a “campaign” around the white paper. Taking a tactical versus strategic approach.

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Industrial and B2B Customer Engagement Simplified

Industrial Marketing Today

Defining B2B Customer Engagement Forrester Research has proposed a definition of customer engagement that makes a lot of sense to me. I don’t mean to suggest that you should ignore other channels of customer engagement such as your email opens, click-throughs, landing page hits, webinar sign-ups and Contact Us forms.

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B2B Content Marketing - Less is the New More?

Ambal's Amusings

An additional consideration is the different needs among members of the buying committee—influencers. One or two pieces of educational content will not likely maintain a prospect’s interest across a longer term buying cycle. Your company decides to host a webinar with an industry expert.

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The End of Marketing as We Know It: Overcoming Buyer Challenges with Interactive Smart Content

The ROI Guy

The past decade has seen an exciting and dramatic increase in new digital marketing channels including Twitter, Facebook, e-mail, search engines, webinars, virtual trade shows and more. Prospect driven buying cycles mean that buyers research solutions on their own, and do their own due diligence, engaging sales much later in the sales cycle.

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Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Content Marketing

The ROI Guy

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. Two economic downturns over the past decade have made buyers more spendthrift, and more skeptical of vendor claims.