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28 Tweetable Moments from Sirius Decisions Summit #SDS12

Marketing Insider Group

The Battle for Customer Attention: the theme of the show was “growth through innovation” in response to the battle for customer attention that is consuming sales and marketing across the business-to-business landscape. Marketing planning should start with the buyer journey! Key question! BrennerMichael.

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The Economic-Focused Buyer Drives Need for New B2B Sales and Marketing Strategies for 2012

The ROI Guy

Frugalnomics makes it harder to connect, engage and sell without the right content and tools Alinean, the leading creator of interactive content marketing and diagnostic sales tools for business to business (B2B) solutions, today announced its annual sales and marketing predictions for 2012 with serious implications.

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4 Unexpected B2B Sales Techniques That Close the Deal [Infographic]

Oktopost

Of course, when you’re trying to close a huge and critical business-to-business sale, it’s not really helpful to reflect on anecdotes and movie quotes. If the buyer journey isn’t going in the direction you want, try reversing it. Sometimes, that’s exactly what the buyers need to feel engaged and committed.

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Revenue Growth by Choice and The Buyer Orbit

Tony Zambito

The higher stakes involved means buyers needs an organization that can relate to the high stakes and a relational bond is being formed. Making the wrong choice, for example, on a software platform designed to measure quality of manufactured parts could have drastic affects downstream with OEMs and distribution.