ANNUITAS

AUGUST 4, 2015

We have white papers for every buying stage, but we just can’t get enough people to download them.”. From your insights into your buyers you should know for each stage of the buying cycle: Which personas are involved at each stage. At different stages of the buying cycle, buyers look to different sources for information.

Content Marketing 100

Content Marketing Buyer Personas Buying Cycle Demand Generation 100

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Overcomes Marketing Information Overload, Transforming Traditional White Papers into Dynamic, Personalized Engagement Tools Alinean, the leading creator of value-based interactive sales and marketing tools for B2B vendors, today launched a new demand generation tool for B2B marketers – Alinean Interactive White Papers.

Paper 40

Paper Enterprise Management Marketing Management Lead Scoring 40

Content4Demand

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Choose a format like an E-book or white paper to present your findings. Listicles are another great, interactive way to hit on buyers’ top priorities and pain points. Webinars make excellent platforms to present research findings in an interactive, conversational environment. We’ll look at this in more detail next.

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. Today, B2B buyers start with an anonymous Google search, which then leads to the consumption of white papers, webinars, videos, blogs, and so on. That interaction, however, must be approached differently.

Top of Funnel 120

Top of Funnel Process B2B Thought Leadership Work Management 120

Everything Technology Marketing

APRIL 8, 2010

By Holger Schulze Major shifts are taking place in B2B marketing that started a few years ago but have accelerated in recent months – in the marketplace as well as inside vendor organizations. This exercise will help you understand how your customers are progressing through the steps of the buying cycle.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services B2B Marketing Buying Cycle Lead Ranking 100

Sales Engine

OCTOBER 8, 2015

They develop white papers, email campaigns, go to trade shows, and —well, you know, execute on lots of projects. Today, B2B buyers start with an anonymous Google search, which then leads to the consumption of white papers, webinars, videos, blogs, and so on. That interaction, however, must be approached differently.

Top of Funnel 120

Top of Funnel Process B2B Thought Leadership Work Management 120

The Effective Marketer

MARCH 22, 2012

Buying cycle control (you need to facilitate the buying process and understand what is required of you as a result). The Customer Buying Cycle Framework. According to SiriusDecisions, buyers go through three stages and six steps during their buying process. Stage 3: Vendor Selection. You see less.

Demand Generation 100

Demand Generation Lead Ranking Demand Marketing Qualified Leads 100

MarketJoy

JULY 27, 2018

The maturation of the internet has changed the B2B buying cycle forever. This white paper will give you a road map for how to attract more customers and win more deals in a rapidly changing B2B landscape. Typically, businesses seek out long relationships with their vendors. B2B Buying Process.

Purchase 64

Purchase Peer-to-peer B2B Buyer Personas 64

Conversica

JULY 19, 2018

Once you understand the existing path, you can create a new path that directs prospects to content and interactions that will help them take the next steps toward conversion. The SDR team should follow processes that not only set demos, but also drive engaged prospects toward behaviors that move them along the buying path.

Sales Qualified Leads 91

Sales Qualified Leads Conversion Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 91

Sana Commerce

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

When content is personalized, people feel that they have a certain amount of control over what they’re interacting with. Key differences between B2C and B2B buying behavior B2C shoppers tend to buy mostly based on emotions, personal tastes and opinions. Making relevance an attractive trait in information.

Personalization 98

Personalization B2B Sales Qualified Leads Business 98

NuSpark Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2011

They do their own research online, and then contact vendors and service providers when they’re ready to talk price. Information is available free (or close to it) today that you couldn’t buy for any amount of money five years ago. In complex B2B sales, people still buy from people. attract prospects.

Social Media 100

Social Media Cold Calling Peer-to-peer Media 100

NuSpark Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2011

They do their own research online, and then contact vendors and service providers when they’re ready to talk price. Information is available free (or close to it) today that you couldn’t buy for any amount of money five years ago. In complex B2B sales, people still buy from people. attract prospects.

Social Media 100

Social Media Marketing Management Cold Calling Peer-to-peer 100

KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 8, 2015

A total of 86 percent of respondents from a study by Research+Data Insights found that word of mouth from peers was the most influential factor in narrowing their options for potential vendors. B2B buyers are exploring a number of different channels when conducting vendor. Content Marketing.

Marketing Budget Creation 120

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Budget Programs Enterprise Management 120

Webbiquity

MARCH 8, 2011

The pieces presented here range from an extensive list of marketing cliches to avoid and tips to shorten the B2B buying cycle to guidance on branding, presentation skills, freelancing, job hunting and more. 5 Steps To Shorten The B2B Buying Cycle by Search Engine Land. by Earnest about B2B.

Marketing Budget 100

Marketing Budget Resources Work Management B2B Marketing 100

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

The logic is that Web sites are increasingly the primary method of interaction between a company and its customers, and that Web analytics, testing and personalized treatments are better executed within the content management system rather than by external products. But this could change.) Products to do this already exist.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Marketing Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

MAY 20, 2009

Vendors who replace conventional decision rules with automated statistical methods may gain a key competitive advantage because the automated methods produce substantially and measurably better results. Summary: basic demand generation features are close to a commodity. The question this raises in my mind is where the industry goes from here.

Digital Asset Management 120

Digital Asset Management Work Management Marketing Management Rules 120

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

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. We call this the “Internet fueled buying cycle.&#

Work Management 40

Work Management ROI Marketing Management Marketing Budget 40

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 1, 2010

Buyers of technical products and services do look to vendors for providing relevant information for solving their problems. after they surveyed more than 1,200 purchasing decision makers in small, medium, and large companies throughout the United States and Western Europe who are responsible for buying high-tech products and services.

Marketing Automation Services 60

Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0 B2B Lead Ranking 60

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 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. The Death of a Salesman?

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management ROI Marketing Automation Services 40

Vidyard

APRIL 1, 2014

The only difference is that your content should map to your buying cycle and turn viewers into customers. Why you need a video content journey When comparing vendors, today’s B2B buyers have not only become more independent, but 65% of buyers download 4-7 pieces of content before they’ll shortlist your solution.

Top of Funnel 51

Top of Funnel Video Marketing Buying Cycle Buyer Intent 51

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Marketing automation systems—from vendors like Eloqua , Marketo , Genoo , Manticore and others—are great tools for moving prospective buyers along the path from interest to desire to action. Without a solid content strategy to support that movement through the marketing and sales cycle, all you’ve got is a nice email system.

Emarketing 100

Emarketing Marketing Automation Services Manticore Marketing Management 100

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Tech Media publishers have seen an exponential shift in buyer behaviour, recognizing that the B2B buying decisions these publications support are now Internet driven , and that buyers are in control of the buying cycle like never before - seeking trusted sources of diagnosis, advice and recommendations.

Interactive Marketing 40

Interactive Marketing Advertising Agencies BtoB Peer-to-peer 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? Rounding up the challenges, recent studies indicate that 9 out of 10 of buyers say that when they are ready to buy, they find you.

Interactive Marketing 40

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

ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Define Your Buyer Profiles & Buying Cycle. that has nothing to do with your business, your interests or where you are with regard to potentially buying a product or service. The only thing these kinds of communications do is tell me that the vendor has no clue who I am.

Lead Ranking 100

Lead Ranking De-duping Work Management Lead Qualification 100

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Rule #1: Natural or organic search engine optimization (SEO) In the research phase of the industrial buying cycle , engineers and industrial buyers tend to use broad keywords and phrases that describe their current problem. The same holds true for video white papers. To improve engagement, build interaction into your site.

Rules 60

Rules Marketing Websites Marketing Automation Services Web 2.0 60

LeanData

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Brinker’s compilation of 1,876 vendors across 43 categories in his 2015 Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic is an eye-catching representation of the expanding universe of MarTech companies. In the big picture, it’s really hard,” said Brinker, the chief technical officer at ion interactive and the blogger at chiefmartech.com. “We

Multi-Touch Attribution 56

Multi-Touch Attribution B2B Thought Leadership Budget Programs Sales Cycle 56

Biznology

DECEMBER 21, 2011

In the old days—just a few years ago—when business buyers had a problem, they’d call in their vendors for advice on how to solve it. Buyers don’t really want to talk to vendors until somewhere akin to 70% of the way down the road, at the stage of writing RFPs and getting quotes. These days, the sales person has lost control.

B to B 80

B to B Marketing Automation Services Wikipedia Ad Exchange 80

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

CFO Control Drives Frugalnomics Further This centralization of power to financial chiefs has important implications for the way the buying cycle is managed, and how B2B sales and marketing groups must navigate these more complex waters.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management Peer-to-peer Effectiveness 40

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 5, 2010

As a result, most buyers have taken charge of the buying cycle , engaging with sales representatives later and later. As a result, Internet fueled buying cycles have required B2B marketers to deliver more content and tools over more and more channels to actively engage ever more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyers.

Paid Search Agency 40

Paid Search Agency Companies Buying Cycle Budget Programs 40

The ROI Guy

MARCH 9, 2011

As the starting point for New Concept solutions, Alinean recommends a focus on the following value selling and marketing tools: • Interactive Assessment Tools: One of the best ways to diagnose issues is with an interactive assessment. Like a survey, the interactive assessment asks the prospect a series of probing questions.

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Management Demand Comparison 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 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.

ROI 40

ROI Marketing Budget Work Management Budget Programs 40

LeanData

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Brinker’s compilation of 1,876 vendors across 43 categories in his 2015 Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic is an eye-catching representation of the expanding universe of MarTech companies. In the big picture, it’s really hard,” said Brinker, the chief technical officer at ion interactive and the blogger at chiefmartec.com. “We

Multi-Touch Attribution 40

Multi-Touch Attribution B2B Thought Leadership Budget Programs Sales Cycle 40

LeanData

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Brinker’s compilation of 1,876 vendors across 43 categories in his 2015 Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic is an eye-catching representation of the expanding universe of MarTech companies. In the big picture, it’s really hard,” said Brinker, the chief technical officer at ion interactive and the blogger at chiefmartec.com. “We

Multi-Touch Attribution 40

Multi-Touch Attribution B2B Thought Leadership Budget Programs Sales Cycle 40

LeanData

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Brinker’s compilation of 1,876 vendors across 43 categories in his 2015 Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic is an eye-catching representation of the expanding universe of MarTech companies. In the big picture, it’s really hard,” said Brinker, the chief technical officer at ion interactive and the blogger at chiefmartec.com. “We

Multi-Touch Attribution 40

Multi-Touch Attribution B2B Thought Leadership Budget Programs Sales Cycle 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Successful demand generation programs are uniquely challenged today, and must address a changing landscape where: Economics are driving more decisions; The Internet is fueling a prospect driven buying cycle, and; Prospects are faced with information overload resulting in shorter attention spans than ever.

Demand Generation Agencies 40

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Peer-to-peer Demand 40

Madison Logic

MARCH 25, 2022

As ABM is usually synonymous with winning large enterprise-level accounts, a lead nurturing strategy is needed to engage multiple decision-makers across long and potentially complex buying cycles. They just need to choose the right vendor. In other words, talk about your solution’s benefits rather than features or technology.

Account Based Marketing 52

Account Based Marketing Lead Nurturing Top of Funnel Enterprise Management 52