Martech

JANUARY 11, 2022

It can come from product reviews, message boards, blog comments, case studies, general news articles and more. Here are three ways marketers can better understand and leverage this valuable intent data to improve the customer buying cycle. Review your brand’s customer buying cycle. Source: Hussam AlMukhtar.

Buying Cycle 113

Buying Cycle Intent Buy Intent Signal 113

Martech

AUGUST 22, 2023

B2B buying has changed dramatically in the last decade, and marketers need to change with it. And they are continuing to expand their production capabilities. Industrial buying behavior has changed dramatically with the rise of countless online platforms in recent decades. Finish Thompson has plenty of room for future growth.

Case Studies 83

Case Studies Case Study Studies Buy 83

Launch Marketing

AUGUST 25, 2021

A B2B product launch relies heavily on marketing to generate awareness and interest in the new product. When compared to articles, eBooks, white papers and other long-form written content, blogs are typically the shortest in length, making them helpful for releasing tidbits of information about a new product.

Product 133

Product B2B FAQ Verticals 133

Only B2B

APRIL 3, 2024

Intent data transcends basic website visits, offering profound insights into a prospect’s purchase intent. It analyzes diverse online behaviors, including content downloads, registrations for white papers, visits to solution-related webpages, and even interactions with competitor content.

Sales Qualified Leads 71

Sales Qualified Leads Intent Data Lead Ranking High Quality Lead 71

Act-On

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Imagine a known prospect visiting your product page but not performing the desired action. Here’s a few ideas: Segmented product recommendations. Use customer data to segment your audience based on their buying history and current behavior. Then send targeted content to them based on the data, to encourage related purchases.

Lead Nurturing 191

Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Top of Funnel 191

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 5, 2023

Here’s just a few examples of the mistakes marketers make when defining inquiries as leads : Every person who signs up for your newsletter, downloads a white paper, or registers for your webcast is not a lead. Someone who clicks on your product / solution pages is not a lead. If they have the ability to buy something.

Lead Ranking 268

Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Leads 268

Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 5, 2010

Do you know your white paper audience? Are those concerns being addressed in your white papers? We asked white paper experts " How should a white paper that is addressed to a Technical Decision Maker be different from a white paper that is addressed to a Business Decision Maker?

Paper 100

Paper Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 100

Act-On

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

An example of top-of-the-funnel keywords she might search include “How to improve marketing productivity” or “How to scale a marketing department.” At this point, she might search for lower funnel keywords such as “How to buy a marketing automation solution” or “What to look for in a marketing automation demo.” So, where do you start?

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Keywords Marketing Automation Services 130

Webbiquity

MARCH 31, 2022

People won’t buy what they don’t understand. An enterprise customer who needs to purchase a new piece of equipment or software, evaluating similar offerings, will (most often) go with the vendor who can prove they’re the best. What makes your product or service more valuable than your competitors?

Marketing Budget 291

Marketing Budget Enterprise Management Sales Management Work Management 291

Martech

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Increasingly, B2B customers depend on self-guided research on digital channels to find out more about business products and services and reach buying decisions. As mentioned earlier, B2B customers make buying decisions in teams. B2B marketers need to know the kinds of businesses that purchase their product or service.

Marketing AI 131

Marketing AI B2B Marketing B2B Thought Leadership Content Marketing 131

The Point

MAY 17, 2021

Whatever demand gen channels you use to generate marketing leads, there’s value in always promoting a mix of content and other offers that span the entire buying cycle: early-stage, mid-stage, and late-stage. However, it’s critical to align search offers (and not just ad copy) with ad groups tailored to a particular buying stage.

Marketing Management 207

Marketing Management Paid Search Agency Buying Cycle Demand Generation Agencies 207

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2020

If you read marketing publications as much as I do, you’ve seen your fair share of blog posts, white papers, and videos that reference it. That same McKinsey study reported that in 2010, the percentage of online CPG purchases was already at six percent. Certainly, millennials will become a driving force in tomorrow’s workplace.

Marketing AI 549

Marketing AI Stats Planning Case Studies 549

WriteSpark

APRIL 18, 2018

Yet it was interesting to see how quickly they reached consensus on which document had the most appeal, especially for motivating a purchase decision. The document with the greatest amount of product details, even though it was in a very text-heavy, table layout with a small font and footnotes. The group's choice?

Case Study 120

Case Study Case Studies Paper Purchase 120

WriteSpark

APRIL 18, 2018

Yet it was interesting to see how quickly they reached consensus on which document had the most appeal, especially for motivating a purchase decision. The document with the greatest amount of product details, even though it was in a very text-heavy, table layout with a small font and footnotes. The group's choice?

Case Study 120

Case Study Case Studies Paper Purchase 120

Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

How do you concisely convey the information you want to present in your white paper? How long should a white paper be to convey information and yet hold readers interest from start to end? We have invited White Paper Experts to shed light on the following question: "What is the ideal length of a white paper?"

Paper 100

Paper Enterprise Management Marketing Management Case Studies 100

The Point

JULY 17, 2017

This year’s report (download a copy here – registration required) is striking in the degree and pace of change reported, since only last year, in how B2B buyers describe their research and purchase processes. IMPACT : Use ABM strategies to deliver personalized, relevant content to specific buying roles within large accounts.

Paid Search Agency 241

Paid Search Agency Demand Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer 241

MarketJoy

JULY 27, 2018

The maturation of the internet has changed the B2B buying cycle forever. This white paper will give you a road map for how to attract more customers and win more deals in a rapidly changing B2B landscape. Usually, you’ll have to get buy-in from every decision maker before a purchasing decision is made.

Purchase 64

Purchase Peer-to-peer B2B Buyer Personas 64

Martech

DECEMBER 8, 2021

” Colby Cavanaugh, VP of Product Marketing at Integrate, was reflecting on the rapidly changing B2B marketing environment. The product roadmap. With the buying process not heavily digitized and with people working remotely on a range of devices, lines are blurring between B2C and B2B buying behaviors.

Account Based Marketing 76

Account Based Marketing Buy Process Marketing Automation Services 76

Biznology

APRIL 14, 2017

If you look at your marketing and sales process you do a mixture of activities like run-advertising and marketing campaigns to build awareness, send out email marketing, create sales brochures, white papers, case studies, and constantly crank out blog posts and new website content.

Top of Funnel 139

Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Video Marketing Lead Scoring 139

Only B2B

APRIL 10, 2024

Usually, MQLs are the leads that have shown interest in various ways, like downloading content like ebooks, white paper, signing up for a company newsletter attending a webinar or online event. It means missing out on important buying signals, wasting money on generating leads, and ultimately losing out on potential sales.

Marketing Qualified Leads 71

Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads High Quality Lead 71

ClearVoice

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

To do this, you must create content that aligns with every stage of the buyer’s journey —from awareness to purchase. If your content does not provide the information they are looking for in their stage of the buying process, you may get overlooked for another company that has provided the content that aligns with their current needs.

Buy 59

Buy Process Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 59

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Whether we realize it or not, we want to buy from people we can trust. Propel them further down the sales funnel with white papers and webinars. For example, home builders will want to know about timber production and tariffs, because that will affect home building costs. The Final Message: People Buy from People.

Business 227

Business B2B Thought Leadership Top of Funnel Conference 227

KoMarketing Associates

JULY 9, 2019

Although B2B marketers are focused on creating marketing collateral, such as white papers and ebooks, new research suggests that these forms of content are not the most trusted among B2B buyers. In terms of trustworthiness, B2B customers ranked their own prior experience with a product (more than 3.5) in terms of trust.

Marketing Report 121

Marketing Report B2B Marketing B2B Purchase Intent 121

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Your digital-savvy B2B prospect is researching the product they think they need. The B2B sales funnel depicts how prospective customers move through the buying process in stages. Salespeople interact with the prospects at each stage, persuading them to make a purchase. A sales rep walks them through a product demo.

Top of Funnel 179

Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Sales Ad Building 179

Trade Press Services Newsletter

JANUARY 4, 2024

Do you want to increase visibility, establish thought leadership, enter a new marketplace, or launch a new product or service? Whether it’s bylined articles, white papers, how-to guides or videos, new content is the best way to drive new leads and engage with your customers. Go full steam ahead with content creation.

Marketing AI 130

Marketing AI Course B2B Thought Leadership Planning 130

Binary Demand

MARCH 26, 2024

The reason is that businesses recognize a fundamental truth that purchasing decisions aren’t solely made by companies. By analyzing potential customers’ online behavior, businesses can pinpoint research interests, website visits, and buying signals, effectively identifying warm leads. This rapid growth, especially the 1,365.5%

Intent 52

Intent Intent Data Paid Search Agency Webinar Metrics 52

ClearVoice

JANUARY 26, 2024

They want to be informed and educated about brands, products, and services. They want to discover solutions and make purchase decisions without being marketed or advertised. Content can provide deeper insights and helpful information that encourages someone to purchase or request more information.

Paid Content 92

Paid Content Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management 92

Hinge Marketing

JUNE 14, 2021

The second use of premium content is as a paid product offering. Advertisements in the free version encourage the purchase of the full-length or full-featured premium version. Research and survey reports are widely used in both content marketing and premium product applications. White Papers/Executive Guides .

Paid Content 145

Paid Content Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership 145

Trade Press Services

MARCH 4, 2024

From bylined articles to informational videos, content helps prospects learn about brands and gather information about their products and services. Content serves as the primary vehicle for educating, engaging, and guiding potential customers at each stage of their journey to make a purchase.

Top of Funnel 78

Top of Funnel Trends B2B Thought Leadership Buyer Personas 78

Lead Forensics

APRIL 2, 2024

Explain how your product or service will save them money in the long run, increase efficiency, or generate new revenue streams. Demonstrate how your product solves a critical problem that will free up resources in other areas. “I can get a cheaper version of your product elsewhere.” Objections: Price & Budget 1.

Effectiveness 52

Effectiveness Work Management RFP Case Studies 52

SmartBug Media

APRIL 3, 2023

But the question is where to start, especially if your product or service targets multiple buyers. Whether someone is searching the web for a solution to a problem or ready to buy, we can offer different content based on their stage. This is the stage of the buying journey when they are most likely comparing and weighing their options.

Sales Qualified Leads 98

Sales Qualified Leads Top of Funnel Personalization Generation 98

Biznology

APRIL 23, 2015

Another long time friend, Bob Bly, was the first who wrote extensively about content marketing in his 2005 White Paper Marketing Handbook, which is still available on Amazon. In logical order they are: Alignment to the buying stage and buyer’s needs. Agreement of the buying team to select one vendor. But I digress.

Work Management 80

Work Management Buy Marketing Management Process 80

Only B2B

APRIL 30, 2024

Whether you are launching a product or updating an existing go-to-market strategy, your organization needs a solid GTM strategy to reach the right audience, drive revenue, and sustain economic challenges. By aligning your product or services with value matrices based on key features and benefits, showcase how you stand out.

Marketing Analytics Tools 71

Marketing Analytics Tools B2B Marketing Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy 71

Only B2B

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It goes beyond traditional lead generation methods, capturing online behavior signals that reveal a company’s buying intent. Wondering why people buy? By analyzing intent data signals, you can gauge buying readiness. However, drawing the right signal amidst complex data patterns is challenging.

Intent Data 71

Intent Data Intent Intent Signal Sales Qualified Leads 71

Navigate the Channel

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This doesn’t mean that you should hound potential customers with “Buy It Now” pop-ups, but your site should offer a convenient method for customers to act on the information they find—even if only by taking advantage of strategically placed contact forms or opt-ins for special event information, social updates, and discounts.

Opt-out 65

Opt-out Blast Campaigns Opt-in Trade Show 65

The Mx Group

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

In a business world obsessed with all things digital and moving at what feels like the speed of light, marketing an industrial, rugged or obscure B2B product or service can be tough! Buyers may need your products, but they don’t necessarily get excited about them. Product selectors and configurators. More like a conversation.

Product 76

Product Tools Top of Funnel Digital Marketing Funnels 76

Only B2B

MARCH 20, 2024

They’ve downloaded content, attended webinars, or visited product pages, indicating potential customer status. MQL qualification criteria vary by industry and target audience, but common factors include: Downloading white papers or ebooks. Visiting specific product pages on your website.

High Quality Lead 62

High Quality Lead Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads MQL 62