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The Problem With Not Knowing Your Buyers

Tony Zambito

Lack of insights about buyers creates an inability to solve problems. Over the last twenty years, since founding the concept of buyer personas, I have worked with many leaders. Leaders that are responsible for their overall business, marketing, or sales functions. Rather than not knowing enough about their buyers.

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8 B2B Buyer Persona Tips: A Cheat Sheet For Persona Development

Strategic-IC

What are buyer persona profiles? How should you define the personas for your inbound campaign? We list eight cheat sheet considerations for persona development. Nearly every organisation knows if they're marketing to executives or middle managers. Do you tend to engage with marketing managers or directors?

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How Insights Into The B2B Lifecycle Can Prevent A Blind Spot In 2020

Tony Zambito

When I first pioneered the concept of buyer insights research and developing buyer personas seventeen plus years ago, the “sales funnel” was something you could count on not changing that drastically over a few years. Especially those organizations who have seen their market business models uprooted by digital transformation.

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5 Considerations for Personalization in B2B

ANNUITAS

During an increasingly competitive time in the digital marketing landscape, it can be easy to get lost in the ever-changing trends and customer needs in the B2B space. In other words, generating personalized content for future buyers is no longer a differentiating factor, but a minimum expectation to meet. Are they a decision maker?

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B2B Lead Generation Form Tactics for High-Quality Leads

The Lead Agency

This information becomes the bedrock upon which successful marketing strategies are built. It has to be clear, compelling, and convey a sense of urgency or benefit. Our Top Tip: Use action-oriented language, such as “Download Your Free Guide Now and Start Transforming Your Marketing Strategy Today.”

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How To Use the Hero’s Journey for Content Marketing: A Good Story Goes A Long Way

Marketing Insider Group

The AI-fueled transformation of content marketing is both exhilarating and distressing. OpenAI and an avalanche of new content tools and best practices are overwhelming many content marketers. Sometimes you can find the threads of a story (aka a narrative) in the messaging your product marketing team developed.

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Building Buyer Confidence More Important Due To COVID-19

Tony Zambito

B2B marketers and sellers will need to recognize that both sides of the demand coin are affected. Attentiveness by B2B marketers and sellers must now be given to building collective confidence. Buyer decision-making has changed significantly by way of processes, the number of stakeholders, and digital technology. We know that.