Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Crafting an impeccable B2B sales journey isn’t straightforward. Many sales reps struggle with it, as if stumbling in the dark. Image credit: Mikael Blomkvist on Pexels On one hand, there’s a sales quota you need to fulfill within a short span of time. What is B2B Sales Experience? Guest post by Eduard Klein.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Those insights lead to one of the biggest trends in Content Marketing: we need to develop content for the every stage of the buyer journey. Content that hits across the customer life cycle creates more influence over buyer decisions. Content that hits across the customer life cycle creates more influence over buyer decisions.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 19, 2023

This blog post explores 10 key differences between B2B and B2C marketing, providing valuable insight into how each approach works and how marketers can leverage them to optimize their brand message. As such, B2B marketers must make sure that their campaigns seek to build trust rather than just focusing on the immediate sale.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Businesses have a wealth of options for promoting their solutions to boost sales. Content marketing directly improves sales in many ways, and typically costs much less and has higher returns than ads. B2B buyers are changing; they seek out more informational and educational content to solve problems. Quick Takeaways.

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 31, 2021

Tech buyers really hate B2B marketing tactics. And today’s buyers rely on five primary sources of information to make decisions. Now, a new TrustRadius study, How to Sell to Millennial B2B Buyers , expands on that research and adds many key new findings. The B2B Marketer-Buyer Disconnect.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

You’re familiar with the B2B buyer’s journey : moving prospects through the awareness, consideration, and decision stages of the buying process. Similarly, your business can benefit from understanding the age-old yet somehow underutilized buyer intent concept. What is B2B Buyer Intent Data? Source: G2. Engagement rates.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 15, 2023

If you’re a business owner, marketing professional, or digital enthusiast, you already know how important it is to perfect your B2B digital marketing strategy. In fact, 70% of marketing technology buyers look for content on vendor websites. How does it solve your customer’s problems? Purchase Decision Makers.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 19, 2022

Your sales prospects need assurance that your company is an established, reliable, and honest partner with whom they can establish a transparent relationship. You are aiming for honest, human interaction, as opposed to a hard sale. Make Your Testimonials Relatable. Yet buyers still value them and (generally) trust them.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Social proof is a powerful tool for marketers who know how to use it effectively. With social proof, prospective customers get an in-depth look at a product or service without wading through direct marketing or sales-focused copy. This type of social proof can emphasize how a product or service provided a solution to a common problem.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The way B2B technology buyers conduct research make buying decisions is changing. Marketers who understand how these behaviors are evolving can set up their companies for success in the coming decade. Nearly two-thirds of B2B tech buyers are now under age 40. B2B Buyers Are Getting Younger.

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Tony Zambito

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Over time, we can build assumptions about how things work. How things are supposed to be. Or how we expect people to behave. Are we relying on pre-pandemic assumptions about buyers to plan ahead? Will the assumptions we have about our buyers prevent recovery and rebound in 2021? And to improve sales to new buyers.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Product alone is not enough to engage and retain B2B buyers. But surprisingly, B2B businesses often overlook the importance of a great customer experience for their buyers, which is typically a top priority for B2C. B2B and B2C customers, despite their different needs, are still human decision-makers. How usable is your product?

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Word-of-mouth advertising has always played a powerful role in both consumer and B2B buying decisions. Buyers now rely less on information provided by suppliers and industry analysts , and more on what they find about your brand through reviews and other online sources. Image credit: Blake Wisz on Unsplash. Train your employees.

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Tiecas

APRIL 5, 2024

The hurdles in industrial marketing strategy for manufacturers can seem daunting because the long and complex sales cycles involve many stakeholders, from engineers to purchasing and executives. See How Manufacturers Can Use Content for Differentiation and Create a Competitive Edge. Why Document Your Industrial Marketing Strategy?

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Oktopost

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Hitting targets and meeting sales quotas has become harder for most sales teams over the past year. The impact of the economy has slowed down the pace of B2B sales, leaving sales teams wondering how to meet their KPIs. So, in order to efficiently guide prospects to closed-won, nurturing relationships is key.

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sagefrog

APRIL 16, 2024

The B2B buyer’s journey and buyer personas are critical aspects of this carefully constructed process. While almost any B2B marketer worth their salt will swear by the buyer’s journey, some marketers think that B2B buyer personas are a mixed bag. Why Are B2B Buyer Personas Important?

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Martech

JANUARY 26, 2024

Let’s look at exactly what an ICP is, how to create an effective one for B2B and common mistakes to avoid. ICP vs. buyer persona: Which is the way to go? The table below outlines the key differences between an ICP and a buyer persona. Scott is the VP of sales at a $50 million tech company. Low-level titles.

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SalesIntel

APRIL 15, 2024

The B2B buyer experience is more complex and time-consuming than that of B2C. B2B buyers may spend months assessing an issue, researching solutions, and evaluating possible service providers before deciding on a vendor that fits their needs. This article discusses how your team can assist potential clients at each buyer journey stage.

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Tiecas

APRIL 23, 2024

To thrive, these companies must consistently attract qualified leads to fuel their sales pipelines. However, this sales-driven environment presents unique challenges for industrial and manufacturing marketers. For more on these challenges, see my earlier blog post, “Industrial Lead Generation for Sales – It’s Complicated!”

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Only B2B

APRIL 24, 2024

In the demand generation, marketers use a mix of active strategies (webinars, email marketing, paid ads) and passive strategies (content marketing, SEO, podcasting, social media marketing) to capture prospects’ interest in making a purchase. Contribution to pipeline and sales impact. Must Read: How to Qualify Inbound Leads?

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NetLine

APRIL 23, 2024

Technology and data—specifically buyer-level intent data —take a lot of the guesswork out of sales prospecting, making it more precise. How can intent data help sales teams identify high-potential prospects more effectively? It tells you what buyers have been searching for, where they are searching, and why.

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B2B Digital Marketer

APRIL 25, 2024

B2B Digital Marketer What Are Digital Sales Rooms? As businesses seek more dynamic and engaging ways to connect with clients, digital sales rooms stand out as pivotal platforms for interaction, presentation, and collaboration. In this episode, you’ll learn: The definition and purpose of digital sales rooms.

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xiQ

JANUARY 30, 2023

Adapt or Perish: The Evolution of B2B Sales in the Digital Age “The only constant in life is change” Heraclitus Greek philosopher This is especially true in the world of B2B sales and marketing these days. In the last 2 years in the post-pandemic world, B2B sales and marketing have drastically changed.

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Tiecas

MARCH 11, 2024

A truly effective industrial website is a lead-generation engine, and your site’s strategic makeover must address the aesthetics and inner workings that drive potential buyers toward meaningful action. They need solutions, not sales pitches. This means prioritizing content that showcases your expertise and aids decision-making.

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Trade Press Services

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It starts with a keen understanding of B2B buyer behavior. Five Trends in B2B Buyer Behavior B2B audiences can differ vastly depending on their industry, area of expertise, role, demographics and preferred communication channels. Here are five buyer behaviors—backed by statistics—to consider when planning your B2B marketing content.

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Lead Forensics

APRIL 18, 2024

They can drive more website traffic, increase email activity, help lead generation , and ultimately produce more revenue; almost 80% of the B2B organizations who exceeded their revenue targets last year have buyer personas in action! A buyer persona is essentially your ideal buyer. How Do You Create a Buyer Persona?

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Lead Forensics

APRIL 18, 2024

They can drive more website traffic, increase email activity, help lead generation , and ultimately produce more revenue; almost 80% of the B2B organizations who exceeded their revenue targets last year have buyer personas in action! A buyer persona is essentially your ideal buyer. How Do You Create a Buyer Persona?

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The Marketing Blender

MARCH 22, 2024

Understanding B2B Digital Marketing Strategies Unlike B2C marketing, which focuses on reaching individual consumers who can often make an immediate decision, B2B marketing typically involves multiple decision makers, longer sales cycles, and higher price points. Focus on going where your buyers go.

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Sword and the Script | B2B

MARCH 26, 2024

Some of them are buyers, which the report refers to as “decision makers” and the others come from sellers, which the report calls “producers.” Importantly, 6% of the decision-makers hold C-suite titles, and the report segments some answers by this cohort. Yet buyers also use these materials to evaluate vendors.

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PathFactory

MARCH 21, 2024

Webinar Recap: Your B2B Buyers Make Their Purchase Decision While Anonymous It’s true: more buyers to your website are going to be anonymous—and that’s OK! Here are five things you can do to find real opportunities in the trove of data your anonymous buyers provide.

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Contently

APRIL 6, 2023

Love them or hate them, buyer personas are key to creating successful marketing strategies and effective content. But here’s the catch: Developing buyer personas requires research, analysis, and attention to detail. But here’s the catch: Developing buyer personas requires research, analysis, and attention to detail.

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Oktopost

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Sales teams across the globe are now cashing in on its success with the advent of social selling. Social selling isn’t just another sales tactic gaining some momentum – it’s the future of B2B sales. Underestimating this transformative sales strategy will leave you losing your deals to your competitors.

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xiQ

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In fact, it is reported that 84% of the deals are lost because sellers don’t communicate effectively with their prospective buyers. There are Kirks and Spocks Among Your Buyer Groups. Many B2B companies are beginning to realize how much revenue they’re losing because of the friction between sales and marketing.

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Trade Press Services

MARCH 4, 2024

Whether your goal is to acquire leads, boost sales, or increase conversions, content is vital to moving people through the buyer’s journey. Content serves as the primary vehicle for educating, engaging, and guiding potential customers at each stage of their journey to make a purchase.

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SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The traditional B2B buyer’s journey has been overtaken by “self-directed buyers.” B2B decision-makers have more content at their fingertips than ever before. They’re empowered with self-sourced information that ultimately makes them well-informed buyers. This is a fantastic step forward for B2B consumers.

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SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The traditional B2B buyer’s journey has been overtaken by “self-directed buyers.” B2B decision-makers have more content at their fingertips than ever before. They’re empowered with self-sourced information that ultimately makes them well-informed buyers. This is a fantastic step forward for B2B consumers.

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