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When You’re Focused on Upstream, What do You Measure?

Vision Edge Marketing

Upstream is about creating Demand with a capital D – Marketing’s ability to create the desire among existing and potential customers for your business’s products and services that motivates them to purchase. In this example, you would identify mid-markets in these specific verticals along with your existing vertical.

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What Do You Sell, Who Do You Sell It To and Why Everyone Has to Have The Same Answer

ViewPoint

The options—which encompass very different lead definitions—were to focus on: 200,000 contacts (name and title) in the right vertical—but with no email addresses. Plans to make a purchase decision in six months or less. 100,000 companies with up to three executive contacts—but with no email addresses.

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Building Your B2B Marketing Database

Biznology

First, let’s look at the special characteristics of B2B databases, which differ from consumer information in several important ways: In consumer purchasing, the decision-maker and the buyer are usually the same person—a one-man (or, more likely, woman) show. SIC or NAICS. Purchase history. Purchase preferences.

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B2B Market Segmentation – Part 2: How to Approach Segmentation

Everything Technology Marketing

The biggest segmentation error that people make is to start with the "who" or "what" and segmenting the market using criteria such as industry verticals, company size or geography and other dimensions because this data is easy to gather. A better segmentation strategy is to start with why companies purchase a solution.

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How to Barrel Through the Latest SiriusDecisions Demand Waterfall

SWZD

SiriusDecisions organizes the Demand Unit Waterfall in multiple vertical stages (see image). Industry – Industry is typically classified through two related systems run by the US Office of Management and Budget, the SIC and NAICS. Or, ask us about List Purchase/Data Enrichment. Start off on the right foot!

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Do Psychographics work in B2B Marketing & Sales?

Online Marketing Institute

► April ( 5 ) Buying Cycle – Moving to Decision and Purchase Buying Cycle – Interest, Research & Consideration Buying Cycle – Sideline Goldmine The Buying Cycle Disconnect How do you define Customer Value? I see an over-reliance by B2B marketers on industry classifications (SIC, NAICS, NACE, etc.)

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List Buying: 6 tips for buying the most effective lead list

markempa

So, when you must purchase a list, I recommend that you do the following: 1. Industry vertical, including common keywords that identify the companies and Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) and North American Industrial Classification (NAICS). And, sometimes there simply isn’t enough time. Know whom you’re targeting.

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