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Meeting the Needs of the Self-Serve B2B Buyer

The Point

The TrustRadius report focuses primarily on how technology vendors should adapt their selling process to these new buying habits, but it’s also worth considering some of the key findings and their implication for the demand marketer. Key Finding 1: Buyers have all but replaced vendor-provided content.

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Five Reasons Why Sales Strategy Doesn’t Work for Many Small Businesses

Webbiquity

To survive in the long run, companies need to have a sound customer acquisition and service strategy. Thus, they fail to take maximum advantage of their unique strengths and maximize customer acquisition. They might need to do more research and compare prices from various vendors before they make a purchase. Giving up Too Early.

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5 Most Common Fails in B2B Search Campaigns

The Point

The key to determining at what point an expensive click becomes TOO expensive is understanding a few key data points: * Maximum Allowable Cost Per Lead (MACPL) * Customer Lifetime Value (LTV) * Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC). In B2B search campaigns, an effective lead nurturing.

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47% Leads Nurtured In CRM Will Convert. Adopt CRM Today!

Valasys

It is vital that CRM vendors develop full CRM capabilities which allow users to access CRM from their smartphones and tablets. Using chatbots, virtual customer support, social media management, data analysis, and predictions, CRM vendors will be able to use AI to provide optimized and personalized customer interactions by 2019.

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Future of Marketing Automation: Grow or Die

Customer Experience Matrix

The question answered by the paper is “What will marketing automation vendors do next?” The task is really the same as a sophisticated lead nurturing campaign: to monitor customer behavior and respond appropriately. To summarize the argument: marketing automation vendors must grow or die.

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Forrester: B2B Companies Score Low in Marketing Best Practices

The Point

The most significant is probably a shift toward the subscription economy, where vendors are driving revenue through service-based annuity revenues. That immediately shifts the focus from “net new” customer acquisition to customer retention. Several factors have contributed to this.

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Microsoft Buys Marketing Automation Vendor MarketingPilot: Start of Something Big?

Customer Experience Matrix

Microsoft today announced the acquisition of marketing management system vendor MarketingPilot , which will become part of its Dynamics CRM group. The acquisition is significant on several levels. B2B marketing automation systems are built for lead nurturing and provide a foundation adequate for that purpose.