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Why B2B Marketers are Critical to Revenue Operations

Marketing Interactions

83% of a typical B2B purchase decision happens before a buyer engages with a vendor – therefore, marketing now owns impact across most of the buying process. Here are a few reasons why marketing deserves consideration, supported by research: 47% of CEOs say CMOs most critical role is to grow the business ( Boathouse CMO Insights ).

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The Importance of Humanness in B2B Content Experiences

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Today that’s like waving a red flag in front of a social media share button to rant about their poor experience and frustration, calling your brand out by name. And that’s one of the best returns on the investment you make in content available in a B2B complex purchase. I went through that last week.

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The Inside and Outside of B2B Buyer-Driven Experiences

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Dark social is in full play. Recent research from Gartner finds that 56% of organizations said they had a high degree of purchase regret over their largest tech-related purchase in the last two years. Buying committees are growing again adding more dynamics and a lack of visibility to where they are in the process.

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Why Buyer-Driven Qualification Beats BANT

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Recent research found that buyers are having increasing difficulty making purchasing decisions because budgets get put on hold (46%), reprioritization happens (43%), budgets get cut (36%), and decision criteria change (36%). Today, change is rampant which makes budgets a moving target. Think about product-led growth (PLG).

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Why You Need to Revisit B2B Buyer Personas and ICPs

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Dark social is limiting your visibility and insights that used to flow from trackable data. The number of interactions during a purchase is now up to 27—including sales interactions. I’m also talking about generational growth, pandemics, and changing customer preferences. All of these are causes for re-evaluation.

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B2B Brand Marketing & Demand Gen: Better Together

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In complex B2B purchases, quite often the buyer is not the user, project manager, or in charge of renewal. I’d argue that social media and search play a big role in fame, as do buyer-driven stories that fall more in the traditional realm of demand. Here are a few reasons why: New buyers exist at both ends of the spectrum.

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How Content Performance Informs Your Marketing Strategy

Marketing Interactions

Given the quantity of content it takes to drive a B2B purchase decision, we’ve got to evaluate our content marketing strategy based on much more than standalone views and popularity. Determine how well your content resonates based on: Buyers sharing the content with their peers via social networks.