Only B2B

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Demand generation is important for every business. When you start, your target buyer does not know you exist and you need to work on generating awareness for your product/services. Let’s analyze 15 demand generation statistics that every demand marketer should know. What are their pain points?

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KoMarketing Associates

MAY 4, 2017

For example, recent research suggests that marketers may want to shift to shorter pieces of content to reel in B2B buyers. DemandGen’s “ 2017 Content Preferences Survey Report ” discovered that 46 percent of B2B buyers have moved towards shorter formats of content in the past year. What Are Buyer Personas?

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Inbox Insight

OCTOBER 6, 2020

But when it comes to looking at data, it’s vital to learn more than just who your buyers are and where they are from. One of the most frequently-referenced reasons for using intent data in demand generation is creating and developing effective buyer personas , according to the 200 senior marketers we surveyed.

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Inbox Insight

DECEMBER 1, 2020

In order to do this successfully, data needs to be at the heart of every demand generation campaign. If you want to take your demand gen and lead gen efforts to the next level with intent signal s , it’s vital to use data in the right way. Here are 5 common mistakes to avoid if you want to have campaign success.

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Tony Zambito

MARCH 20, 2011

.  The deeper the understanding, the more targeted and relevant content can be for buyers.    Buyer persona development is a methodology for informing strategy.    Knowing what buyers are researching for determines what should be produced. . 

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Tony Zambito

APRIL 17, 2011

These strategy areas include content strategy, social marketing, marketing automation, social selling, demand generation, and buyer experience marketing.    Obtaining contextual understanding of the new social buyer persona will be a key element of formulating strategies that are successful and embraced by buyers.

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Tony Zambito

APRIL 10, 2011

  Here is a key issue facing organizations today: each time a new social technology is introduced, it ultimately alters the buying behaviors of the new social buyer persona.  This issue and the surrounding complexities call into question, for organizations today, their readiness for adapting to the new social buyer persona. 

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The ABM Agency

APRIL 21, 2023

We’ll start by discussing the importance of understanding your buyer personas and defining your ideal customer profile. Next, you’ll learn how to develop a target account list that aligns with your objectives. Table of Contents: Understand Your Buyer Personas A. Conclusion 1.

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Tony Zambito

JULY 10, 2011

In part 1 of this reflection on the future of buyer personas, I focused on how it is important to leave some of the major misconceptions about buyer personas behind in order to peer into the future.    Without a doubt, we are seeing the most dramatic change in buyer behaviors since post World War II. 

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Cintell

APRIL 30, 2019

Data processing centers can be established to identify and segment distinctive buyer personas, provide intelligence on their behaviors, pinpoint relevant content and target optimal channels for optimal customer engagement. Monitoring those behaviors in future cycles can provide an additional dimension to prioritize accounts.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 25, 2020

Use Account-Based Marketing to Target High-Value Customers. For high-end B2B sales, this ability – called account-based marketing – can be a veritable gold mine. Use Buyer Personas to Drive Strategy. One of the best ways to do that is with buyer personas. Image courtesy of Moz.com.

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Tony Zambito

JANUARY 5, 2011

.  This lead-to-revenue management (L2RM as coined by Forrester) model in many ways heightens the importance of buyer personas in developing end-to-end revenue management strategies and processes.    A cornerstone principle for buyer personas is that they are created from qualitative interviewing of buyers. 

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Recent digital transformation has shifted the B2B landscape by ushering in the era of buyer empowerment. With more access to user reviews, analyst opinion, and industry research, decision makers are more informed than ever while navigating what is now known as the “ buyer’s journey.” Who are they? Why do they buy?

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ANNUITAS

JULY 28, 2015

It sounds pretty basic…getting to know your buyer before you build a Demand Generation program seems like common sense. ANNUITAS recently published the first B2B Enterprise Demand Generation Study to understand what drives this unique group of marketers. Include the Buyers.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 27, 2015

It sounds pretty basic…getting to know your buyer before you build a Demand Generation program seems like common sense. ANNUITAS recently published the first B2B Enterprise Demand Generation Study to understand what drives this unique group of marketers. Include the Buyers.

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Tony Zambito

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

.  Well documented over the past two years is how buyers are typically 70% into their buying processes before encountering direct sales interaction.  External : the global marketplace as well as the global economy is proving to be a disruptive force in buyer decision models.    The Future. . 

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KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 5, 2019

Whenever you read a marketing piece or go to a conference, you will hear that the B2B buyer journey is getting longer and more complex. This is especially true for the B2B space, because the person researching often does not have decision-making power. Align Offers to the Stage of Buyer Journey and Advertising Platform.

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ANNUITAS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

And, speaking of babies, even though no one likes to hear that theirs is ugly, unlike babies, those personas aren’t going to get any cuter with age. It’s hard to argue with the concept of trying to understand your customers and prospects to produce demand generation that drives revenue. To know what motivates a buyer, ask one.

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Biznology

JULY 26, 2017

David Rowe , SVP marketing and business development at Enli Health Intelligence , spoke at the BrandHIT marketing conference in Las Vegas last month, and candidly shared some of his firm’s experiences in migrating from traditional B2B demand generation to an ABM strategy. It’s been a long, but productive, journey.

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Inbox Insight

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The use of intent data, while relatively new and often complex in nature, brings unbelievable value when it comes to demand generation and nurturing leads through the funnel. Source – Inside Intent Data: Unlocking Demand Generation Results. Third Party Intent Data: Which is Best for Demand Generation?

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ANNUITAS

JULY 31, 2014

ANNUITAS recently launched a survey that focused on the Demand Generation function within large B2B enterprise organizations. While the research is still ongoing there have been some key findings in the area of content marketing that are quite revealing. Demand Generation Marketers Don’t Really Know Their Buyers- .

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 8, 2016

And, speaking of babies, even though no one likes to hear that theirs is ugly, unlike babies, those personas aren’t going to get any cuter with age. It’s hard to argue with the concept of trying to understand your customers and prospects to produce demand generation that drives revenue. To know what motivates a buyer, ask one.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 21, 2016

B2B marketers need to understand how to approach demand generation strategically, and the first step is identifying the aspects of your demand generation efforts that aren’t delivering meaningful business outcomes. 2: Tactical marketers aren’t operating off a strong foundation of buyer insight.

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Strategic-IC

JUNE 19, 2019

While each company was naturally different with distinct solutions, technologies, growth stages and target markets, there were a number of common threads that united all the conversations we had with SaaS leaders on how they could achieve their growth objectives. SaaStr Europa 2019 - Key Growth Takeaways.

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Only B2B

MARCH 15, 2018

15+ Demand Generation Statistics that Every Business Should Know. Demand generation is important for every business. When you start, your target buyer does not know you exist and you need to work on generating awareness for your product/services. See Also: 3 Demand Generation Trends in 2018.

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Valasys

MAY 3, 2019

Clearly, organizations need to focus more on buying intent and engagement of their buyer persona rather than being concerned about the size of their ideal buyer persona. 2) Tracking the journey of a buyer persona: Not all who research a website are potential buyers.

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Akoonu

MARCH 30, 2018

Yet spray and pray, numbers games and overly templatized outreach is rampant in account-based selling. With a targeted account list and complex buying groups, you can’t afford to have sales reps waste opportunities annoying potential leads with out-of-touch emails. Buyer personas. The post No Research?

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DealSignal

MAY 15, 2022

Intent data shows what a buyer is interested in and what they are likely to do or buy next Imagine targeting a buyer before they even start their buyer journey. Intent data is a dataset that proactively identifies potential buyers searching online for similar products and services that your company is selling.

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Tony Zambito

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

.  Without investing in informing buyer insight, executives will be in the dark on how to craft buyer experiences that makes them part of an organization’s buying strategies. Buyer Personas. Buyer Personas, archetypal representations of real buyers, have enjoyed increasing attention over the past few years. 

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Tony Zambito

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

.  Without investing in informing buyer insights, executives will be in the dark on how to craft buyer experiences that makes them part of an organization’s buying strategies. Buyer Personas. Buyer Personas, archetypal representations of real buyers, have enjoyed increasing attention over the past few years. 

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Tony Zambito

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

.  Lack of Integrated Thinking : A tough assignment for a B2B organization is to find the means to integrate buyer interactions, marketing processes, and sales processes with that of the buyer experience journey.    This is of critical importance since various studies sampling B2B buyers (i.e. . 

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Metadata

JULY 21, 2022

Account-based marketing may (or may not) be what your company needs — here’s why. If you’re a B2B marketer, you’ve probably heard of account-based marketing. When you focus your efforts on a small group of highly targeted accounts instead of going after a large, broad audience. billion by 2027.

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Cintell

JANUARY 27, 2016

You Built Personas, Now What? Creating buyer personas is only half the battle. If your personas are wasting away at the bottom of a desk drawer, gathering dust up on the wall of your office, or sitting ignored on the company intranet, it’s time to reimagine their potential. For Demand Generation Marketers.

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The ABM Agency

APRIL 10, 2023

Conclusion The Fundamentals of Account-Based Marketing Discover the basics of account-based marketing (ABM) , a highly targeted approach to B2B sales and marketing that uses personalized communication to win new business from specific companies.

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Tony Zambito

APRIL 19, 2012

Target (Photo credit: Wikipedia). Hitting the target within the strike zone with a variety of different pitches is what separates Cy Young award winners from ordinary pitchers. Lead generation today is becoming the art and science of targeting. Getting On Target.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 19, 2013

If Si Robertson , one of the the “Duck Commanders” on A&E’s hit show “Duck Dynasty” , were to assess today’s B2B Marketer on how well they know their buyer, I can imagine he’s sum it up by saying, “Hey! You don’t know the buyer JACK”! This indicates that marketers have not dug deep enough to understand their buyer.

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Tony Zambito

DECEMBER 2, 2011

.  Thirdly, there are in-house attempts as well as B2B marketing consultants who offer misguided knowledge of buyer personas as targeted profiles.    This very notion embeds push messaging into plans that are created on the premise of content mapping to buyer personas. 

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