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Forget Rewards: Why B2B Loyalty Marketing is Different

Biznology

Taking a page from consumer marketing, and their own experiences as buyers, some business marketers will look at loyalty programs—points, rewards, status and the like, on the assumption that this will be a way to further lock in their vendors and fend off competitors. Your vendors are already locked. But, I say, don’t bother.

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Demand Gen vs. Lead Gen: Which is ‘Best’ for Startups?

Zoominfo

If you don’t have a lot of differentiation, you’re just trying to ride the coattails of the category, capture demand, and create awareness for your brand within that category. The other side believes that lead-gen is a valuable strategy in its own right, and that failing to gate some assets is leaving money on the table.

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Marketers need a unified platform, not more standalone tools

Martech

” Doesn’t it also mean that it forces an Oracle customer to become, in effect, an “Oracle shop,” locking them into the Oracle suite rather than allowing “composability”? We’re not deploying any software on premise, so you’re not locked in. The message was nonetheless clear.

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Creating Differentiation with Simply Excellent Customer Service

Leading Results Rambings

We know these are very important so we keep every order under lock and key. I had to write this post about my recent experience with the folks at Southtree. I was introduced to this company through a groupon. But transferring video to digital is a painfully slow process. But transferring video to digital is a painfully slow process.

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Salesforce Deepens AI Integration, Targets Employee Productivity for Initial GTM Enhancements

ANNUITAS

But at its last month’s Dreamforce event in San Francisco, the company took the AI concept and ran with it — with AI being the central theme of this year’s conference. We can’t really get into all of the AI announcements across all of the clouds, and we certainly will dig into the go-to-market focused additions in a subsequent brief.

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Navigate 2024 Selling Conditions with a Seek to Serve Map

Mereo

Build your solution’s differentiated value proposition with this guide. Remember the difference between solution essentials and game-changing differentiators that can set you apart. If your organization does this well, you can lock down sustainable revenue performance. With B2B selling in 2024, things are trickier than ever.

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Marketing in 2021: The impact of blockchain on CX

ClickZ

There is scope for marketers to use blockchain to manage a secure network of loyalty programs designed to lock in new customers. The vast majority of companies want the contact details of their customers, which – even though intended to personalize offerings – is typically found invasive. billion to $4.1 billion over the last two years.