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How Do You Market Something That’s Worthless?

Chris Koch

It becomes extremely difficult for a publisher to sell a Web site subscription when so much is available for free. But what happens, asks Rifkin, when you cross the line from the virtual to the physical? are immune to this kind of disintermediation? are immune to this kind of disintermediation? Not so, says Rifkin.

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Marketers as Social Evangelists

Biznology

IBM, although a leader in e-business, struggled with this decision and initially decided not to sell their computers online over concerns about disintermediating existing suppliers. When it became apparent that Dell was using direct buying to its advantage and was rapidly gaining share in the PC market, IBM had to change its strategy.

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I have seen the future of B2B marketing. It’s on Forbes.

Chris Koch

I agree (journalism’s future will be determined by its ability to create a business model that pays better than the current one: giving away content for free and charging way too little for ads), but I think he missed the more important disruptive power that platforms like BrandVoice really do have: to disintermediate traditional marketing.

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Gartner Names Versium a “Cool Vendor” in Retail 2016

Versium

REDMOND, WA–(Marketwired – May 11, 2016) – Versium , a leading data technology company that delivers automated data technology solutions to marketing agencies and enterprises, today announced it has been selected as a “Cool Vendor” in the Cool Vendors in Retail, 2016 report by Gartner, Inc., CONTACT INFORMATION.

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Versium Announces Major Corporate Milestones and New Hires

Versium

Maker of automated predictive marketing solutions bolsters executive team with new VP of Sales and VP of Engineering, expects to double employee headcount by end of year. Sherman was previously the chief marketing officer at Point Inside and headed Amazon’s highly successful “Selling on Amazon” third party retailer program.

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4 ways to address B2B disconnects and drive customer relationships and revenue

Martech

The growing impact of B2B internal disconnects is limiting our customer relationships, affecting our revenue results and hamstringing our go-to-market (GTM) teams’ productivity. Disconnect 1: Fragmented marketing, sales and customer tactics versus unified GTM strategies. The market segments you prioritize.

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Prophets of Profit: 25 ABM Experts Give 2017 Predictions & Advice

Engagio

Account Based Marketing continued to take off like a rocket, Account Based Sales and Sales Development joined the party, and Account Based Everything picked up traction. According to the SiruisDecisions 2016 State of ABM study, 70% of all B2B companies focused on driving account based marketing programs. Here’s what they had to say.