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The B2B marketing ironies of our time

Biznology

Now my last example involves an irony that had an impact on me, personally and professionally. My rationale is that business buyers need information from suppliers to do their jobs, and they want to be up to speed in their fields. Ironic, isn’t it? The response was immediate, and it got nasty, fast.

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Craft a Compelling Offer for Paid Search Marketing

Biznology

Always a popular and productive offer in business markets, where buyers need detailed information as part of their purchase process. Examples include a free case study, research report, or white paper. A free mug or t-shirt, with no strings attached, for example. Qualifies beautifully. Let’s share ideas.

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SiriusDecisions Reveals Sales Content Research and Secrets to Success

The ROI Guy

The importance of sales content remains strong, with 79 % of b-to-b buyers reporting that the content provided by a rep is very to extremely influential in their selection of one vendor over another. Many lack the right content to help guide discovery and discuss challenges / needs. Clearly more-is-more doesn’t work.

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Why You Need to Ditch Marketing Campaigns in 2016

B2B Marketing Directions

Today, however, rising buyer expectations and changing buyer communications preferences require new kinds of marketing communications methods that don't fit the traditional campaign construct. For example, Forrester Consulting recently wrote: ".

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28 Tweetable Moments from Sirius Decisions Summit #SDS12

Marketing Insider Group

Half of companies have no social media training in place: I thought Sirius Decisions was presenting a completely basic social media overview but then we all saw why: Jonathan Block (@ jblock ) showed us that 88% of b-to-b organizations have no dedicated social staff. buyer journey is at the center of the new marketing ecosystem #sds12.

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The End of Marketing as We Know It: Overcoming Buyer Challenges with Interactive Smart Content

The ROI Guy

For example, the typical B2B prospect receives an average of 20.3 With marketers who seem more focused on gaming the channels themselves than in the value of the dialogue being created, buyers are now inundated with more product related and meaningless offers than ever.

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Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Content Marketing

The ROI Guy

For example, this could include methodologies, presentations, white papers and assessment tools to help sales professionals identify and illuminate buyer issues, benchmark buyers versus competitors and best practice leaders, and create / drive solution roadmaps to help resolve the most pressing customer issues.