The Point

MAY 17, 2021

Whatever demand gen channels you use to generate marketing leads, there’s value in always promoting a mix of content and other offers that span the entire buying cycle: early-stage, mid-stage, and late-stage.

Marketing Management 207

Marketing Management Paid Search Agency Buying Cycle Demand Generation Agencies 207

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

An Interactive White Paper dynamically customizes the content of a white paper for prospects based on the prospect’s registration profile (if available), and inputs to a few profile questions.

Paper 40

Paper Co-Registration Buying Cycle Comparison 40

Biznology

APRIL 14, 2017

If you look at your marketing and sales process you do a mixture of activities like run-advertising and marketing campaigns to build awareness, send out email marketing, create sales brochures, white papers, case studies, and constantly crank out blog posts and new website content.

Top of Funnel 139

Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Video Marketing Lead Scoring 139

NuSpark Consulting

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Despite that, you need e-books, webinars and other information designed to attract leads, walk them through the buying cycle and convert sales. But how can you create white papers, videos and blog posts that your target audience will seek out and devour? Where they are in the buying cycle.

Buyer Intent 211

Buyer Intent Intent ROI Buying Cycle 211

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

NetLine

APRIL 14, 2022

of all registrations), B2B Marketers promoted 20% more White Papers than eBooks. eBooks Were Requested 484% More Than White Papers. more likely to be downloaded in 2021 compared to White Papers—Marketers were smitten by White Papers once again, promoting 20% more White Papers.

Intent 97

Intent Webinar Metrics Peer-to-peer Intent Data 97

The Point

JULY 17, 2017

IMPACT : Ensure that your content library includes relevant late stage content that proves demonstrable ROI (ex: ROI calculators, ROI white papers, case studies). IMPACT : It may feel self-serving or even disingenuous to create content that explicitly provides a business case for buying your product.

Paid Search Agency 241

Paid Search Agency Demand Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer 241

Webbiquity

JANUARY 19, 2023

This is typically done through content marketing such as white papers, webinars, and long-form articles that will educate potential buyers about the product or service they offer. Buying Cycle In B2C marketing, the purchase decision is often made quickly by an individual looking to satisfy a specific need or desire.

Work Management 217

Work Management Marketing Management B2B Marketing B2B 217

The Point

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Engaging earlier in the buying cycle also puts you in a position to build brand credibility, inform buying criteria, and educate the buyer before he/she even decides to start looking for solutions. Effective demand generation. is a mix of hunting AND gathering. No, they won’t.

Intent Data 149

Intent Data Demand Generation Agencies Intent Paid Social Agency 149

Act-On

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

SEO Funnel and Bottom-of-Funnel Keywords Certainly, keywords at all stages of the buying cycle are important — from top funnel keywords to lower funnel keywords. Seeking out lower funnel keywords takes a little more effort, but it’s worth the reward. Does an asset support awareness, consideration, or decision?

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Keywords Marketing Automation Services 130

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Internet Fuels IT Buying Cycles According to a recent survey of 500 technology decision makers and influencers, Internet access to content is changing the way IT solutions are purchased, with buyers using on-line research to drive substantial portion of the decision making cycle on their own. Content that Matters Most?

Paper 40

Paper Personalization Buying Cycle Ideal Customer Profiles 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Interactive White Papers are designed to quickly personalize white paper content for relevancy. This occurs automatically on program launch, and means the user does not have to retype important profile information.

Paper 40

Paper Ideal Customer Profiles Profiling Peer-to-peer 40

Martech

MARCH 11, 2024

In reality, B2B buying committees have grown in size and different members will be at different stages of the buying cycle. If they’re in a buying cycle at all. Evangelizing the product For folks in a buying cycle, we must talk about the product quite a bit. There’s a big difference.

Efficiency 84

Efficiency Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Brand Identity 84

ClearVoice

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Rather, understand where each customer stands in the buying cycle and reach out to them with the right type of content. You can tell a lot from a prospect’s purchase readiness by looking at the resources they access: webinars, white papers, newsletters, or landing pages.

Account Based Marketing 95

Account Based Marketing ABM Tactics Top of Funnel 95

The Point

APRIL 22, 2020

However, as much as it has a reputation as a way to generate “guaranteed” leads, content syndication is not a cure-all, and indeed, more than most demand generation channels, is likely to generate sales leads that gravitate towards the early stages of the buying cycle. A Nurture Strategy for Content Syndication Leads Click To Tweet.

Lead Scoring 162

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking CPL Cost per Lead 162

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

Even though her article is about the B2B buy cycle in general, it is a perfect follow up to my earlier post “Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle.” She has focused on identifying the problem and providing a 5-step solution to shorten the buy cycle. How can you accomplish all that?

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Work Management Marketing Management 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

The problem becomes more acute for the industrial sector because the industrial buy cycle can be a long and complex process that often involves multiple decision makers. The white paper has deconstructed the complex industrial buy cycle into four distinct stages that the buyer systematically goes through.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Web 2.0 Allocation 60

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle by Achinta Mitra on September 3, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing These days it is popular to say “Content is marketing currency.”

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Marketing Budget Web 2.0 60

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Typically for an Interactive White Paper , as a rule of thumb, you don’t want more than 4 or 5 profile questions. Second, buyers expect that an interactive white paper will be customized to match their relevancy needs. Second, buyers expect that an interactive white paper will be customized to match their relevancy needs.

Ideal Customer Profiles 40

Ideal Customer Profiles Paper Order Profiling 40

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Often, based on the user’s role and stage in the buying lifecycle, the call to action within the Interactive White Paper can be custom configured to provide proper / better guidance.

Paper 40

Paper Ideal Customer Profiles Buying Cycle Profiling 40

Webbiquity

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Marketing can use these insights to develop content in the form of a FAQ page, manuals, white papers, blog posts, or other content you can easily share to advance deals. Map Content to the Buying Cycle. Sales reps are in constant touch with prospects and know what they want.

Sales Management 218

Sales Management Top of Funnel B2B Sales Tactics 218

Industrial Marketer

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It starts with a scenario where we are asked to provide our name, email, and perhaps another piece of information in order to read a white paper, Read more » The post 5 Things You Can Do to Prepare for Account Based Marketing appeared first on Industrial Marketer.

Account Based Marketing 98

Account Based Marketing Paper Lead Generation Order 98

Stevens & Tate

JANUARY 31, 2022

Every consumer will go through different steps of consideration and purchase throughout the life cycle of a brand or service. In the past, the consumer buying cycle was explained by four stages: awareness, interest, evaluation, and purchase. As such, consumer journey mapping is a vital part of your marketing strategy.

Buying Cycle 115

Buying Cycle Touchpoints Custom Publishing Education 115

Biznology

OCTOBER 11, 2017

It’s the kind of real-life, forward-looking content that buyers in the consideration phase of the buying cycle are eager to consume. The same is true for articles like research reports and white papers. Video can bring it alive and generate new returns on the considerable intellectual capital invested in the blog.

Top of Funnel 112

Top of Funnel Work Management Video Marketing Marketing Management 112

Circle Studio

AUGUST 23, 2018

Research reports and white papers. Firms with highly technical expertise have a great opportunity to publish research reports, technical briefings, white papers and other long-form content that speaks to a particular subject matter. Perform sitewide AND on-page search engine optimization (SEO).

Traffic 99

Traffic Marketing Websites Case Studies Case Study 99

ANNUITAS

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Your papers and brochures may do a fantastic job of describing the benefits of your solutions, but if you have not established that you are a trusted advisor that understands the buyer they may be hesitant to invite you to the table.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Content Marketing Advertising Agencies Content 100

ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Your papers and brochures may do a fantastic job of describing the benefits of your solutions, but if you have not established that you are a trusted advisor that understands the buyer they may be hesitant to invite you to the table. Stock photos won’t get noticed, unless you make your way onto this site – which you don’t want.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Content Marketing Buying Cycle Advertising Agencies 100

Martech

AUGUST 10, 2021

I didn’t explore the vendor’s website, download a white paper, or put on a t-shirt saying “Intent!”. Marketers know that in many cases digital transformation has shortened the buy cycle. That’s all. That one Google search generated a steady stream of ads for the vendor — but on my personal social media. Read more here.

Work Management 112

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Analytics Tools Digital Marketing Funnels 112

Trade Press Services

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Content such as blogs, articles, webinars , videos and white papers serve as valuable resources for demonstrating expertise and success. Decision #5: About the time to buy. Buyers want to know if the time is right to make a purchase and are influenced by industry trends, market conditions and their own buying cycles.

Lead Ranking 52

Lead Ranking Buying Cycle B2B Sales Pricing 52

DealSignal

APRIL 27, 2023

Bombora’s intent is based on activity such as keyword searches, article views, and white paper downloads. Boosting the buying cycle The use of downstream intent data can accelerate the buying cycle by enabling brands to score, segment, and prioritize accounts based on recent behavior.

Ideal Customer Profiles 52

Ideal Customer Profiles Account Based Marketing ABM Intent 52

ANNUITAS

AUGUST 19, 2014

What we’ve done is we’ve said every white paper is going to be 25 points. If I download and consume a white paper in my late stage nurture, shouldn’t that be more valuable than something I downloaded prior to white paper, perhaps in my Engagement content? That’s number one.”.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 100

Vision Edge Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

and marketing content (white papers, customer testimonials, thought leadership articles). Like the first-touch model, this approach does not reflect how and what the customer consumes and uses as they make their buying decision. marketing touches (demo, phone calls, online chats, email, etc.), Looking for more on this topic?

Marketing Attribution 153

Marketing Attribution Multi-Touch Attribution Multi-Channel Allocation 153

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2020

A long-term relationship that allows you to build trust: In a B2B environment, t he act of buying itself does not usually take long, but the process that leads to it can take months or even years depending on your offer and the complexity of your buying cycle. A first strategy consists of analysing your content production.

Marketing Automation Services 129

Marketing Automation Services Multi-Touch Attribution Marketing Automation Relevance 129

Launch Marketing

JUNE 23, 2021

times more likely to have an easy purchase experience when they are delivered information that helps them advance in the buying cycle. Download the B2B Content Marketing White Paper for insights on using personas, content and personalization to boost CX. Prospects are 2.8 Looking to elevate your customer experience?

Tips 93

Tips Marketing Analytics Tools Buying Cycle B2B Sales 93

Madison Logic

AUGUST 9, 2023

For example, when targeting top-of-funnel accounts, they can leverage thought leadership pieces and white papers to those buyers. T-Mobile for Business’s multi-channel approach with ABM Content Syndication and ABM Display Advertising allows their content to be where buyers need it.

Account Based Marketing 52

Account Based Marketing ABM Top of Funnel Enterprise Management 52

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Second, let visitors fill out forms to access white papers or eBooks. And added insight on customer behavior will allow you to quickly respond with targeted messages that guide customers through the buying cycle. There are a few tactics you can put in place to capture leads. Sales and Marketing Partnership is Key.

Lead Generation 174

Lead Generation Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Scoring 174

NuSpark Consulting

MARCH 9, 2014

Gated” means web visitors who want to read your e-books, white papers, and more fill in a form with their contact information as payment for downloading it. And if it’s a webinar for prospects deeper into the buying cycle, ask for some contact information. Not so fast. Create a mix of gated and un-gated content.

Optimization 100

Optimization Lock-In Business Buying Cycle 100