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Google Takes a Fresh Look at the Buying Process

B2B Marketing Directions

In fact, the earliest formal description of the buying process - Elmo Lewis' famous AIDA model - is now more than 100 years old. The objective of Google's research was to answer what is probably the most important and most perplexing question in marketing: How to people decide what they want to buy and who they want to buy it from?

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Reinvent the B2B Buyer Experience to Grow Revenues

Tony Zambito

.  In our post-recession trajectory, buyer behaviors have changed dramatically and we are still attempting to sort out the characteristics of this change.   What we are learning is that with the advent of the new digital age, buyers may no longer take predictable progressive paths. 

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Creating Data-Driven Buyer’s Journeys

ActiveDEMAND

If you want to learn how to create meaty, data-driven buyer journeys , read on! Buyer Journey Definition. For the purpose of this article, we’re examining marketing’s impact on the buyer’s journey up to the point of sale.

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Seven Buyer and Sales Trends to Watch in 2011

Tony Zambito

As buyers demand more subject matter expertise to arrive at innovative solutions, this will place demands on B2B companies to increase the level of expertise on the part of sales functions. Problem-solving, assessment, and contextual solution creation relevant to buyer initiatives and triggers will become necessary requirements.

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Understanding the B2B Buyer Journey & How to Capitalize on it

NetLine

Unless you’re Beth Harmon from The Queen’s Gambit , navigating the B2B buyer journey can feel like you’re playing a multi-level chess game. What is the B2B buyer journey? We make this happen by understanding the stages of the B2B buyer journey and learning what our customers need at each stage.

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20 Ingenious Ideas to Transform Customer Experience (CX) in 2020

Martech Advisor

After three weeks of research, David Ogilvy proposed the iconic headline that simply read, “ At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in the new Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock. In this stage, the buyer identifies a problem/pain area, or are tired of following the status quo. Simplify the buyer journey.

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A Conversation on 7 Buyer and Sales Trends to Watch in 2011

Tony Zambito

Trend 4: New and better tools to enable the sales and buyer experience. Most of sales and buyer thinking over the last 100 years have revolved around the AIDA and BANT process. I truly believe that 2011 will be the year B2B businesses begin to devote time and resources to developing strategies that are focused on the buyer