B2B Marketing Traction

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B2B Marketers Must Be Transparent to Build Trust

B2B Marketing Traction

Doing business today requires transparency, which builds trust with your customers and partners. I think the one most important to marketers today is number 6 – Trust is required for doing business today, and consumers and business people demand transparency. Trust is paramount and consumers demand transparency.

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Transparency is the Best Policy for B2B Marketing

B2B Marketing Traction

If you’re not being honest and open about the products and services you are selling or how you manufacture or provide them, people aren’t going to buy. Susan pointed out that any facts you use today to market your products or services are less powerful today because they are so readily available, but stories bring facts to life.

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Transparency is the Best Policy for B2B Marketing

B2B Marketing Traction

If you’re not being honest and open about the products and services you are selling or how you manufacture or provide them, people aren’t going to buy. Susan pointed out that any facts you use today to market your products or services are less powerful today because they are so readily available, but stories bring facts to life.

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Why B2B Marketers Must Pull Up From Boring Product Marketing

B2B Marketing Traction

For too long, B2B marketers have put products and services first, believing that all they had to do was “build it and they will come.” ” Buyers want more than a boring product or service. Transparency. Going beyond the boring product pages online? Don’t hold back your story.

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Why We Need to Reverse-Pimp Our Products Like McDonalds

B2B Marketing Traction

McDonald’s Canada released an online video ad that showed the truth about how they market their products. They want transparency – no more smoke and mirrors, especially if there is some controversy about your industry. Many years ago when I lived in San Francisco, one of my friends was a food photographer. million views.

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How Burger King Turned World Peace Day into a Cheesy Marketing Ploy

B2B Marketing Traction

A recent marketing stunt by Burger King reinforced what works in marketing today: value-add and transparent content, NOT opportunistic gimmicks. I don’t have anything against Burger King or for McDonalds (although I did blog about a great, transparent campaign by McDonald’s in Canada).

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3 Big Reasons B2B Marketing Content is Key

B2B Marketing Traction

Why is content relevant to your industry and the products and services you provide so important? Good content is transparent, helpful and valuable to your prospects. Create and post valuable content on your website and on social networks so that you will get found by qualified prospects.