Tony Zambito

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Baseone Buyersphere 2011 Report and the Changing B2B Buyer Behavior

Tony Zambito

.  Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Blogs, and other social media ranked near the bottom.    Blogs, WOM, Twitter, and Direct Mail were all ahead of Facebook in terms of influence.  In terms of sharing content – okay I get it! Influence : This is where the report gets a little interesting. 

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Social Buyerology: Understanding Buyers in the Social Age

Tony Zambito

  We are seeing the births of new technologies and processes, such as content marketing, inbound marketing, marketing automation, and social media technologies attempting to address the voids created as B2B businesses shift their own buying processes and cycles.    Obviously, content marketing comes to mind here. 

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The New Social Buyer Ecosystem

Tony Zambito

" Content Marketing: “The term, content marketing, I am seeing here and there.      Most recently, Michael Brito offered a great perspective via the use of circles on why content still matters and how the social customer is filtering relevant content.   Not sure I get it. 

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Are Sales Pitches Dead in the New Buyer Experience Economy?

Tony Zambito

  I think using the word social networking is actually too limiting and refers to just a few digital platforms such as LinkedIn and Twitter.  .  However the digital age has opened up networking to a new level of accessibility for peers, colleagues, and influencers to communicate. 

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How Social Media is Transforming the B2B Buying Experience

Tony Zambito

  Online Education : we are hearing much these days about content marketing, content curation, content creation, and the likes.  .  Social media has created a widespread availability for buyers to listen in on what is new, what others are saying, and for good sound advice without having to reveal who they are. 

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Social Buyerology: Listening to the Social Buyer

Tony Zambito

  Areas such as peer-to-peer social networking, community memberships, subscribing to blogs, and following on Twitter or Facebook are loaded with differentiating perceptions, attitudes, beliefs, aspirations, goals, and one’s own self-determination.    Social Buyer Persona Listening.