Madison Logic

MARCH 1, 2023

2023 is poised to be a pivotal year for B2B marketing. Faced with increased competition and shrinking budgets, marketers must navigate larger buying committees and more complex buying cycles. And with 810 million global members, LinkedIn is a critical component of an effective account-based marketing (ABM) strategy.

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Sword and the Script | B2B

MARCH 26, 2024

Thought leadership benefits B2B marketing in so many ways – awareness, consideration and even customer retention – but it can have adverse effects when it’s under-resourced and turns out to be light on substance The social media platform LinkedIn and the PR firm Edelman routinely team up to conduct surveys.

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The Point

JULY 17, 2017

Demand Gen Report has published the results of this year’s “B2B Buyer’s Survey,” and the trends identified merit close attention for those marketers involved in B2B demand generation and content development. 72% of B2B Buyers quote timely response to inquiries as a key factor in vendor selection via @spearmktg. Click To Tweet.

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Binary Demand

JUNE 21, 2023

This is where B2B intent data comes into play, providing valuable insights into potential customers’ buying behavior and preferences. As businesses strive to stay ahead in a highly competitive market, harnessing the power of B2B intent data has become increasingly crucial. In this article What is B2B Intent Data?

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The Point

APRIL 26, 2018

In a world where demand generation , and marketing in general, is more data-driven than ever, one of the hottest topics in B2B circles is intent data. The lure of intent data is learning which companies are going to buy from you and when. B2B is much different, for a number of reasons: One, the buying cycle is longer in B2B.

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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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Top Rank Marketing

JUNE 29, 2023

Being able to attend LinkedIn’s first B2B Marketing conference, B2Believe was a real privilege and amazing experience. Hearing from the wealth and depth of B2B marketing and business expertise that exists within LinkedIn was equally informative and inspiring. I’ve heard Ty Heath also talk about this concept.

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Exo B2B

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The B2B marketing landscape is changing rapidly. In a world where buyers are more informed and demanding than ever before, B2B sales reps must evolve to offer a fluid, personalized buying experience based on trust. In this context, social selling, particularly via LinkedIn and Sales Navigator, has become an essential skill.

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NuSpark Consulting

JULY 23, 2017

As a fellow member of LinkedIn, you are able to see where their interests lie, what they’ve done in the past, and who their contacts are. people are involved in every B2B purchasing decision , and each has a different role to play. With it’s account-based marketing (ABM) focus the program is especially useful for B2B.

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KoMarketing Associates

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

B2B marketers get a bad rap. If you do a search for “B2B versus B2C marketing,” you’ll immediately see a bunch of articles about how B2B marketers “lag” behind B2C marketers. Then you’ll find more articles about how “B2B marketing is boring.” Or “what B2B marketers can learn from B2C marketers.”.

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Biznology

DECEMBER 2, 2019

So let me plunge ahead with 7 bets on likely new developments in the world of B2B marketing. My crystal ball is on back order,” as B2B database expert Bernice Grossman is fond of saying. Voice search takes hold in B2B buying, for real. My guess is that some types of B2B social media posts are ripe for automation.

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Madison Logic

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Resolution #2: Balance Personalization with Privacy Longer buying cycles and larger buying committees have increased buyer expectations around relevant and customized experiences. According to LinkedIn’s 95-5 Rule , at any given time only 5% of potential buyers are in-market for your solution right now.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 10, 2018

Every B2B marketer knows we are in a period of rapid change. But how can B2B marketers most effectively achieve those results? Here are half a dozen insights from 27 B2B marketing stats facts compiled from recent studies, plus one key conclusion no B2B marketer will want to miss. LinkedIn Pulse ). And measure them?

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

Even though her article is about the B2B buy cycle in general, it is a perfect follow up to my earlier post “Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle.” She has focused on identifying the problem and providing a 5-step solution to shorten the buy cycle. The steps are: 1.

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The Marketing Blender

JULY 19, 2022

How To Build A B2B Marketing Funnel. When you’re in the business of marketing B2B products or services, it’s crucial to create a B2B marketing funnel that will guide potential customers through the buying process. However, if you’re a B2B digital marketer, then you know that the customer journey is not always linear.

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KoMarketing Associates

AUGUST 6, 2019

The most significant challenge B2B marketers face is in effectively communicating with target audiences and prospective buyers. B2B buyer personas provide a foundation for accomplishing the research and development of effective online marketing campaigns designed to achieve strategic marketing objectives. What Are B2B Buyer Personas?

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Biznology

AUGUST 11, 2016

Recent studies show 87% of B2B sales and marketing leaders are using LinkedIn and other social media platforms, but less than 1 in 5 can clearly prove and demonstrate social media ROI. Xerox CMO John Kennedy mentioned that they are using LinkedIn to share content with their followers.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

The problem becomes more acute for the industrial sector because the industrial buy cycle can be a long and complex process that often involves multiple decision makers. The white paper has deconstructed the complex industrial buy cycle into four distinct stages that the buyer systematically goes through.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle by Achinta Mitra on September 3, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing These days it is popular to say “Content is marketing currency.”

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Engagio

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The world of B2B has been undergoing a significant evolution. B2B buyers are increasingly behaving like consumers, and vendors are struggling with delivering personalized experiences to those buyers. B2B brands will now have access to the industry’s best account identification and targeting capabilities at their fingertips.

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PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

61% of B2B marketers say that generating high-quality leads is one of their biggest challenges. In this article, I'm going to walk you through some of our favourite B2B prospecting strategies that will help you keep your pipeline full. Best Digital B2B Prospecting Strategies. Webinars are already popular with B2B brands.

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Sana Commerce

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Many B2B companies worry that turning to online sales will hurt their long-standing customer relationships. Personalized marketing in B2B e-commerce is a great way to maintain these business relationships by treating your buyers as individuals online — just as you would offline. So clearly expectations are not being met.

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Valasys

DECEMBER 5, 2019

With the proliferation of technology & the Internet of Things (IoT), the B2B marketing world has transformed & evolved. Marching to an ecosystem that is ever-transcendent & dynamic, the B2B marketers need to learn about the amazing B2B marketing trends for 2020. The Key B2B Digital Marketing Trends for 2020.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 15, 2010

Back in prehistoric times (before the Internet, that is), b2b buyers learned about products and services by reading (print) magazines and (printed) analyst reports. No wonder sales groups are among the heaviest corporate users of social media. This is not necessarily bad news for sales. Tweet This! Subscribe to the comments for this post?

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KoMarketing Associates

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Content is critical for B2B business to attract potential customers, capture leads, and guide those leads toward conversion. Different types of content, of course, play their unique parts in the buying cycle. However – the mantra “ quality over quantity ” is particularly important for B2B content marketers.

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KoMarketing Associates

MAY 4, 2017

As marketing technology and information access continues to evolve, B2B buying behavior changes as well. For example, recent research suggests that marketers may want to shift to shorter pieces of content to reel in B2B buyers. B2B buyer personas become critical in connecting the dots of this process.

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The Point

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

In fact, he went as far as to classify anything else (a simple LinkedIn campaign, for example) as merely a “shotgun” approach. Now, third-party intent data is a powerful tool , and, if you’re a B2B marketer, deserves to be a part of your demand generation planning. Effective demand generation. is a mix of hunting AND gathering.

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NuSpark Consulting

JULY 13, 2016

B2B marketers have always been more resistant to using social media than their B2C counterparts, which is in large part a mind-set issue. Only five years ago, almost half of B2B executives still thought social media was irrelevant to their company, and this attitude has definitely had an influence on slower adoption.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 18, 2020

Thought leadership makes a lot of sense in most B2B content marketing scenarios, typically because the buying cycle is longer and may require multiple approvals. Some additional thought leadership research: According to a thought leadership study by LinkedIn, 58%of buyers read one or more hours of thought leadership each week.

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PathFactory

MAY 3, 2022

You’ve likely seen the social commentary shared across LinkedIn. Everyone has a hot take on how the traditional B2B sales model has died, changed, morphed, or remains relevant – alive and kicking. The second is a direct response blog post, “ Traditional B2B Sales is Dead, Long Live the UCE? ” So, How did we get here?

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Valasys

JANUARY 13, 2020

The modern B2B landscape is majorly buyer-centric. Accordingly, the marketers need to strategize their B2B marketing strategies to optimize users’ experiences by delivering them with tailored pieces of content at each stage of their buying cycles. Learn more on 6 Top Marketing Podcasts for B2B Marketers In 2020.

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Valasys

JULY 21, 2020

Employing appropriate KPIs for B2B e-commerce marketplace helps marketers to qualitatively and quantitatively evaluate the progress of their marketing models and also assists them in making more informed, data-driven, less risky, and profitable business decisions. Read more on 5 Essentials of B2B Sales and Marketing Alignment.

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KoMarketing Associates

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

MarketingProfs research shows 71% of B2B marketers use content marketing to generate leads. Let’s take a look at a couple different strategies for how to find B2B customers through your content initiatives: Leverage (the Right) CTAs. According to WebDAM , B2B companies that blog generate 67% more leads than those that don’t.

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Valasys

MARCH 9, 2020

The modern – age B2B marketing is majorly about prioritizing the preferences of the customers. Scaling up personalization, to streamline sales helps customers sail quickly through the sales cycle, resulting in optimized the sales conversions. According to a report by Loyalty360.org

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The Point

APRIL 22, 2020

I posted recently on LinkedIn that, in the current climate, leads from content syndication and other CPL programs may be an ideal replacement for lost trade shows and other events, and indeed can be an effective way to stay engaged in the marketplace at a time when many buyers are laying low. Place leads immediately into nurture.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

For instance, according to Gartner, B2B buyers spend only 17% of the total purchase journey with sales reps. And 44% of millennials prefer no sales rep interaction at all in a B2B setting. What about the customer success manager who must ensure a flawless customer buying process? Where will they find your brand?

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Valasys

JANUARY 17, 2020

B2B marketers need to learn to prioritize Customer Experience Management (CEM) to stay close to their customers and to develop an all-inclusive marketing strategy that strikes a perfect balance between creative demands, budget limits & channel decisions of the marketers. B2B marketing has evolved.

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