Act-On

APRIL 26, 2024

Blog Learn More Know your persona First things first: make sure your sales, marketing, and other relevant teams (like product) are in agreement on what your ideal customer looks like. This means having well-documented and up-to-date ideal customer profiles (ICP) and buyer personas, which will be essential in step five.

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SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

For any B2B organization aiming to create an effective marketing strategy, the first step is defining its ideal client profile. Accurately defining your ideal client profile is the cornerstone of your go-to-market strategy and forms the basis for identifying the right personas at your target accounts.

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SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

For any B2B organization aiming to create an effective marketing strategy, the first step is defining its ideal client profile. Accurately defining your ideal client profile is the cornerstone of your go-to-market strategy and forms the basis for identifying the right personas at your target accounts.

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Rollworks

MARCH 20, 2019

If you want to build an account-based strategy that helps you win big, developing a strong ideal customer profile (ICP) is critical. Ultimately, if you don’t invest enough in your ICP, you could end up with a false list of target accounts—leading to wasted sales and marketing dollars.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Amid an overly-optimistic marketplace outlook for AI, growth leaders — across marketing, sales and customer success — are increasingly turning to AI and/or AI-enhanced technology tools. Are you ready to just let AI loose on your customer targeting and dialogue without significant human intervention?

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sagefrog

APRIL 16, 2024

What’s the Difference Between Ideal Customer Profiles & Buyer Personas? The B2B buyer’s journey is the process potential customers go through before purchasing. Providing the right information and support at each stage can guide potential customers toward purchasing and ultimately improve your sales success.

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Unbounce

MAY 1, 2021

The profile kinda helps you understand your audience, but how the heck would somebody have 1.5 But they don’t always cover the diversity of your customers and their true identities. It’ll take more work, but you’ll get tons of benefits from truly knowing your customers. Let’s start with demographic segmentation.

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Tony Zambito

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Compounding the issue today is the prevalent use of the term buyer persona to describe customer segmentation and buyer profiling efforts. The issue I am referring to is the confusion that can surround distinguishing between customer segmentation, buyer profiling, and buyer personas today. Demographics.

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PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

Successful marketing in the B2B space relies on segmenting and defining your business’s total addressable market. Buyer Persona vs Market Persona There are two levels of marketing segmentation. Successful marketing segmentation requires you to develop both buyer personas and market personas.

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Everything Technology Marketing

JANUARY 17, 2010

One of the biggest mistakes companies can make is to try and be all things to all people, going after all possible customers out of fear to miss out on revenue opportunities. Among all possible prospects, some companies are a better fit for a vendor's solution and have more to gain by purchasing it than other customers. Check it out.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

MARCH 7, 2024

That’s where email segmentation comes in. But what exactly is segmentation in practice, and how do you make sure you’re doing it correctly? What you’ll learn What is email segmentation? Why is email segmentation important? What are the primary types of email segmentation? Why is email segmentation important?

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Rev

JANUARY 11, 2023

When most B2B companies set out to find new customers and increase sales, they rely on an outdated ideal customer profile, use one-size-fits-all marketing tactics and hope for the best. What if you could focus your marketing efforts and target potential customers with the highest likelihood of buying from you?

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 30, 2024

We’re talking about reaching out to different kinds of customers with content that’s all about marketing and selling. Plus, it’s a big win for staying ahead of the competition and making customers happy. When our clients get this right, they see what they’ve been missing in their content strategy.

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Engagio

JANUARY 19, 2021

Think about how you go about prioritizing and segmenting accounts. Then there’s also demographic data, which identifies details about the people within our target markets, things like age ranges, income level, education, and gender to name a few. Technographic data to refine the Ideal Customer Profile.

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Inbox Insight

AUGUST 16, 2021

This short article identifies key shifts in gear when it comes to segmenting and targeting B2B audiences. Read on to discover how B2B marketing segmentation continues to evolve to deliver better results and return on investment. Why do many marketers scoff at the notion of mass marketing and macro segmentation?

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ClickDimensions

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Market segmentation is a powerful tool to help businesses target specific groups. By dividing customers into smaller groups, businesses can create more personalized marketing campaigns. This leads to higher conversion rates and customer loyalty. The benefits of market segmentation are numerous.

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Inbox Insight

APRIL 14, 2023

However, our data shows that a combined ABM approach (also used by 35% of marketers) is just as popular, likely due to the ability to target a wider array of potential customers. This in turn represents the type of customer you want to focus on, giving you direction when building your TAL.

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Binary Demand

JULY 26, 2023

It empowers you in B2B customer segmentation that your sales team can effectively utilize to expand your lead pipeline. Better understand client needs: Utilize data to create a comprehensive profile of your clients, gaining deep insights into their requirements and preferences, enabling you to tailor your sales pitch accordingly.

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Oktopost

MARCH 4, 2024

In this highly competitive and saturated market, SaaS companies must continuously meet their KPIs, drive customers down the B2B funnel, and ensure they stand out from their competition. This complexity makes marketing efforts even more crucial, as you must engage with your prospects throughout their customer journey.

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Brandwatch Marketing

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The purpose of undertaking customer analysis as part of a business plan is to examine the consumers most likely to purchase your product or service in-depth. Brands can establish different groups of customers and the needs of those customers. Customer analysis should move through three different stages.

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Brandwatch Marketing

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The purpose of undertaking customer analysis as part of a business plan is to examine the consumers most likely to purchase your product or service in-depth. Brands can establish different groups of customers and the needs of those customers. Customer analysis should move through three different stages.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Q: So who are your customers? Those are the demographic of accounts that we found are really looking to deliver an English ESL or a Spanish-to-English program. Q: What kinds of segmentation do you do? A: We segment by size. Dig deeper: It’s time to prioritize customer experience in B2B Q: How do you work with marketing?

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Madison Logic

MARCH 6, 2024

Account-based marketing (ABM) takes a more strategic approach to audience targeting that uses data to move away from a generalized dream list of ideal clients to instead focus on the accounts ready to buy or engage. This data-informed list is your target account list—and it’s foundational to your ABM strategy’s success.

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NetLine

MARCH 6, 2024

Pinpointing perfect target accounts with the help of intent data When navigating through the multitude of potential customers, intent data can help you narrow down your target accounts—those accounts that are going to benefit from what you have to offer and bring the most value for your efforts. But how do you do this?

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SalesIntel

MARCH 22, 2023

Every marketer and sales manager wants to use market segmentation to paint a more realistic image of their customer base. However, one of the top concerns of B2B companies is identifying and profiling the characteristics and behaviors of consumers through the process of data segmentation. The answer: Data.

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Inbox Insight

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

This article takes a deeper dive into how taking a more granular approach to segmenting your audience is crucial. Read on to uncover how B2B marketing segmentation is advanced by B2B buyer insights…. In our recent blog The Evolution of B2B Marketing Segmentation we explored both macro and micro segmentation strategies.

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Engagio

MARCH 29, 2021

Based on feedback from customers and countless experiences created by our customers, we’ve identified a few best practices to optimize your website personalization experience. First: Segment your accounts by demographics, intent, journey stage, and more. And that sounds like a win-win for you and your prospects.

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Inbox Insight

JANUARY 15, 2024

This type of data is part of a broader technology market segmentation, which also includes demographics and firmographics. This information can guide them in their account targeting , sales intelligence, and customer acquisition strategies.

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Martech

APRIL 22, 2024

Define your target audience: Start by identifying your ideal customer profile within the telecommunications industry. Consider factors such as company size, industry segment, job titles, and pain points. Segmentation: Divide your email list into smaller segments based on demographics, interests, or behavior.

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SalesGrape

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

While there are various marketing strategies available, telemarketing remains a powerful tool to connect with potential customers directly. It’s essential to have a clear understanding of your ideal customer profile and create a targeted list based on demographics, industry, location, or other relevant criteria.

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SalesIntel

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The question remains: How can you build a database tailored to the specific client profiles you serve? Determining your business’s ideal sales lead database becomes essential, as it directly influences the relevance and accuracy of the B2B data you obtain. How to Invest in the Right Business Lead Database 1.

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SalesIntel

APRIL 6, 2023

Most sales teams waste a lot of time and resources pursuing accounts that don’t fit their ideal customer profile (ICP). To overcome this challenge, you need to have a clear understanding of your ICP. Once you define your ICP, you can use account-based marketing (ABM) to target accounts that fit your ICP.

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MarketJoy

APRIL 7, 2022

A buyer persona is a hypothetical customer that serves as a model of the buyer you want to target. Personas are based on an ideal customer profile (ICP), which is a set of metrics that guide your overall sales strategy. Understanding Your Ideal Customer Profile. Why do they buy?

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The ABM Agency

APRIL 21, 2023

We’ll start by discussing the importance of understanding your buyer personas and defining your ideal customer profile. Collaborate with Sales & Customer Success Teams Define Your Ideal Customer Profile A. Research Existing Customers & Prospects C. Developing Buyer Personas C.

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Top Rank Marketing

APRIL 22, 2024

How generative AI unlocks the potential of marketing data Marketers have no shortage of customer data on hand — quite the opposite. Text, images, and behavioral markers can all be a quantifiable part of your customer data set. Here’s the current state of generative AI for marketing data, and how it looks to evolve in the near future.

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Leadspace

MARCH 29, 2023

With competition at an all time high, B2B sales and marketing teams need a way to automate this process, and replace guesswork with data-driven insights to reach their customers before their competitors do. This is where a Customer Data Platform (CDP) with AI-scoring models comes into play.

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PureB2B

JUNE 9, 2022

Knowing basic but key information about your target audience enables you to customize campaigns, resulting in potentially higher conversion rates and, ultimately, more revenue. In this post, we’ll look at the importance of developing and launching personalized campaigns using demographics to achieve your marketing goals.

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