Tony Zambito

JANUARY 3, 2016

In 2016, we will mark the fifteenth year since buyer personas were first introduced. The journey, however, continues towards professionals and organizations gaining a true understanding of what buyer persona development entails. by Scott Lewis.

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Tony Zambito

MARCH 12, 2017

B2B companies are faced with the most transformative era in business history. On a greater scale than that of the first Industrial Revolution over a century ago, we are witnessing a technological and digital revolution that will disrupt business-to-business profoundly in the next 10 years.

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Tony Zambito

MAY 23, 2017

Many executives, particularly Chief Marketing Officers, are in constant pursuit of understanding changing buyer behaviors and markets. In the past ten plus years, we have seen a tumultuous upheaval in both the world of buyers and how marketing is adapting.

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Tony Zambito

MARCH 6, 2017

Approximately forty years ago, 83% of the market value of the S&P 500 were tied to tangible assets – physical products. Intangible assets, such as copyrights, patents, training, procedures, data, digital innovations, and intellectual property, now comprise 84% of the market value of the S&P 500.

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Tony Zambito

MARCH 6, 2016

There is a big problem when it comes to B2B customer research. And, most B2B executives may be unable to see or recognize the problem. In my years since launching Buyer Persona Research , the most successful companies utilizing buyer personas have made it about the latter – not the former.

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Tony Zambito

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

In business-to-business and consumer industries, the influence of goal-directed behaviors can be significant determinants of how choices and buying decisions are made. Buyer’s Journey Is A Pursuit. When customer experience concepts burst on the scene 15-20 years ago, it was called customer journey mapping.

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Launch Marketing

AUGUST 28, 2019

When you think of “B2B” marketing, you naturally think “Business to Business,” not “Business to Customer.” But insufficient focus on the customer experience or customer marketing is a crucial mistake that many B2B companies inadvertently make. The Goal of Customer Marketing.

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Tony Zambito

MAY 31, 2017

Every couple of years, a new acronym or buzzword takes a foothold in the world of marketing. ABM, the acronym for Account-Based Marketing, is the latest rage. The evolution of the Internet and digital technologies now means marketing plays a greater role in building awareness and opportunities. Illustration by Gregor Cresnar.

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Tony Zambito

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Funnels, stages, paths, journeys, and more labels that suggest some form of a linear line of thinking has dominated marketing and sales for decades. As forward-thinking marketing and sales leaders prepare for 2020 and continuous digital disruption, it is time to alter this line of thinking. Buyers Are On A Quest.

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Tony Zambito

JULY 17, 2016

Primarily, it helps with making sense of the tasks and activities buyers perform. This is also an important principle behind buyer insights research and buyer persona development. The many articles, books, and promotional material written about buyer personas, in general, are missing this key point.

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Tony Zambito

JANUARY 29, 2017

In my article Rethinking Buyer Personas In An Era Of Digital Transformation , I presented four trends impacting the state of buyer persona development. Whereby, rethinking buyer persona development and insight gathering in a digital-centric world becomes a necessity. And, why it necessitates a rethinking.

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Digital Transformation Buyer Personas Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Thought Leadership 100

Tony Zambito

OCTOBER 4, 2015

As digital interactions and media become more intertwined into everyday life, marketers need to respond. Various studies have shown buyers continue to find as much as 60-to-75% of content to be non-relevant. In one study, SiriusDecisions found 60-to-70% of B2B content produced goes unused. Goals Matter To Buyers.

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Tony Zambito

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

When it comes to the state of B2B content marketing and engagement, this proverb is on the mark. According to a recent study by Track Maven , one among a few on this topic, shows both B2B and B2C marketers have increased their publishing of content in 2015 by as much as 35 to 40%. by Juan Pablo Bravo.

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Tony Zambito

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Building A Tribe Of Buyers ©All Rights Reserved Kenny Madden. Many B2B Marketers today are faced with the daunting tasks of connecting with buyers in new ways and using new mediums that are still in infancy. These missteps resulting in significant loss of marketing dollars and waste of valuable yet limited resources.

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Tony Zambito

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Segmentation has been a staple of business marketing and sales for several decades. The concept of breaking down a potential market or industry into smaller target segments is a standard technique taught in business schools and used by many organizations. Marketing since has turned to buyer profiling to do so.

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Tony Zambito

DECEMBER 13, 2015

When marketing and sales leaders often think about how buyers make decisions, they are viewed through a prism of buyers making rational and process-driven decisions. Leading to many strategies and tactics devoted to attempts to market or sell to the rationale behind decisions and buying processes. by Gregor Črešnar.

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Outreach

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

What is B2B Sales? Business-to-business (B2B) describes a relationship, situation, or marketplace between one business entity and another. A B2B company is one whose target customers are other businesses. market research) + companies that use such services to support their business goals.

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Tony Zambito

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

Including experience mapping, journey mapping, ethnographic research, design thinking, and customer co-design. While in B2B marketplaces, these approaches may represent first-time efforts brought on by rapid changes in digital technologies and buying behaviors. Understanding Buyer Interactions Matter. Related articles.

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Tony Zambito

JANUARY 25, 2012

B2B Buying Process Today © All rights reserved by Kenny Madden. In the business-to-business world, the quest to connect with decision-makers has been and most likely will continue to be the main challenge confronting B2B leaders. Where is the void in today’s fast and furious changing B2B landscape?

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Tony Zambito

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Meaning marketers today must account for how to adapt to behavioral shifts caused by the omnipresence of digital and online information. The digital transformation is causing many CMOs today to reevaluate exactly what content marketing may mean to their overall marketing strategy. Marketing Campaigns: A Thing Of The Past.

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Tony Zambito

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

At the same time, the ability of marketing to influence and support the entire customer lifecycle continues to expand. Such pressing concerns have CMOs seeking better ways to understand the entire buying cycle, as opposed to marketing’s traditional concern with building awareness. Fundamental Flaw. Related articles.

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Tony Zambito

OCTOBER 4, 2010

B2B market CEO’s must feel a little like the great explorer’s of our time.    Embracing buyer experience strategies and experience design in the B2B world is like discovering a new frontier.    Here’s the bad news for B2B CEO’s.    Here’s the bad news for B2B CEO’s. 

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Buyer Personas Marketing Automation Services Buying Cycle Lead Ranking 100

Tony Zambito

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

Utilizing the first critical element of research and insights for persona creation, personas can help guide the organization towards a common shared focus on helping customers to achieve their goals. Organizations should strive to develop buyer personas , user personas, and customer personas.

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Tony Zambito

APRIL 6, 2012

This is part 5 and final article of a series on the challenge of targeting SMB markets and how the use of buyer-based modeling and buyer-based marketing help organizations to grow their SMB customer base. Model Buyergraphics : stopping at buyer personas today is a grave mistake. Not so fast.

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Tony Zambito

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The digitization of the global economy is resulting in a tidal wave of new business and operating models throughout the world. Sparking rapid forms of innovations and turning existing markets upside down with new market rules and design. Digital disruption can affect both consumer and business markets simultaneously.

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Organization Enterprise Management Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy 100

Tony Zambito

JANUARY 24, 2016

At the start of every year, CMOs and their teams can be besieged by proclamations of the three, four, five, or six things that they must do to succeed in marketing. One thing that is clear is the dynamics of markets, customers, and sellers continue to unfold in new ways. What Should Guide Marketing? by Anton Scherbik.

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Planning Buyer Personas Paid Search Agency Marketing & Strategy 100

Tony Zambito

MARCH 26, 2012

This is part 3 of a series on the challenge of targeting SMB markets and how the use of buyer-based modeling and buyer-based marketing help organizations to grow their SMB customer base. . Buyer Persona © All Rights Reserved Cristian Cardenas. In what SMB sub-market segments are our best customers?

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Tony Zambito

APRIL 29, 2012

Depending on which reports you may read when it comes to lead nurturing, approximately 60% or more of B2B businesses do not have a formalized lead nurturing program. Buyer Scenario Modeling. This is more so than any mapping to buying stages or journey. Changing B2B with Predictive Buyer Modeling.

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Tony Zambito

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Depending on which statistics you read, the common thread in the past few years has been that content marketing effectiveness has been declining. To me, that is what content marketing can become for some organizations. To me, that is what content marketing can become for some organizations. Why An Illusion.

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Tony Zambito

MAY 20, 2012

This June marks ten years since the first buyer persona development methodology was pioneered and launched by the firm Goal Centric now called Buyerology. Over the past ten years it has been quite a journey. The adoption of research-based modeling of buyers that leads to buyer personas has been mixed.

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ClearVoice

APRIL 10, 2023

Looking down the barrel of a business-to-business (B2B) content marketing plan can be stressful. But when you get it right, B2B content marketing can have a huge impact on the success of your organization. Millennials make 73% of all B2B buying decisions.

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Tony Zambito

MARCH 18, 2012

This is part 1 of a series on the challenge of targeting SMB markets and how the use of target buyer modeling and buyer-based marketing help organizations to grow their SMB customer base. . Buyer behaviors continue to change rapidly and these new behaviors are associated with largely buyer-driven changes.

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The Marketing Blender

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Creating Success with Your B2B Branding Strategy. A B2B branding strategy begins by figuring out what your company stands for and the single most important value that you represent, as an organization, to the world. Nail this value down and capture it in your B2B Mission and Vision. Why does the sales cycle take so long for B2B?

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Tony Zambito

MARCH 30, 2012

This is part 4 of a series on the challenge of targeting SMB markets and how the use of buyer-based modeling and buyer-based marketing help organizations to grow their SMB customer base. . When it comes to the SMB segment and the multiple sub-markets, it is just a plain fact that you cannot be everywhere.

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Tony Zambito

OCTOBER 9, 2015

The annual Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs B2B Content Marketing Benchmark Study 2016 is quite startling. Perhaps not as drastic as the Dow falling by 8%, but to see the percentage of marketers who believe their content marketing was effective drop to 30% from 38% in one year is a revelation.

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Markempa

AUGUST 12, 2021

Marketing can take you on a long hike. The one thing I can guarantee you about the journey is that getting more leads is not better if you don’t know how to nurture them. The goal of lead nurturing is to help potential customers on their buying journey. Marketing can take you on a long hike. That means 98% of leads fail.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

MARCH 12, 2024

Imagine you’re in the market for a new washing machine. The benefits of organic traffic for ecommerce Cost-effective growth: Almost half (49%) of marketers believe organic search is the most profitable channel they use. Create detailed buyer personas to better understand their needs, preferences, and behaviors.

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