Remove trust

Chris Koch

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There is no social media strategy, only marketing strategy

Chris Koch

It’s hard to imagine that kind of a complex, long-term, multi-person relationship ever happening entirely or even mostly in social media. What’s been proven to work in B2B is for marketers to reach out to prospects with smart, engaging, educational content that leads to trust.

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How social media will change lead generation in B2B

Chris Koch

The way we turn prospects into leads is to gain their trust. We gain their trust by reaching out to them with smart, engaging, educational content. The trust leads to a more personal relationship and hopefully, a purchase. But they may be open to building a relationship that could someday lead to a sale.

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How to establish a voice of authority in a blog

Chris Koch

The way that we establish trust and relationships with buyers is through authority. If your SME is a person who loves to collect information, then becoming an aggregator is a route to trust. A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about how to get others to blog. But it’s not enough just to support bloggers. Aggregator. Futurist.

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We need a chief marketing analytics officer

Chris Koch

We need to use analytics to quantify and manage how fast we move prospects through the buying process and to increase loyalty and trust after they’ve bought from us. Or if this person is going to be a technologist, he or she must have a serious grounding in analytics. B2C companies have these “wonks” today.

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Eight attributes of a thought leader

Chris Koch

Interesting research from Edelman shows that there has been a decline in trust in “people like myself” and “regular employees.” Meanwhile, trust in “credentialed experts” and “company technical specialists” is rising—we’re getting so desperate we even want to hear from the CEO. Relevant experience.

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The crisis of buyer information in B2B and how to fix it

Chris Koch

Rather than trading information for value or simply stealing it through invisible cookies, what if we actually did it the way people do in real life: through a personal relationship? It’s kind of no surprise—when we are transparent, people trust us and feel better about the experience. Buyers click more on pages with people.

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The crisis of buyer information in B2B and how to fix it

Chris Koch

Rather than trading information for value or simply stealing it through invisible cookies, what if we actually did it the way people do in real life: through a personal relationship? It’s kind of no surprise—when we are transparent, people trust us and feel better about the experience. Buyers click more on pages with people.

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