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Study: most B2B tech companies lose sales deals they didn’t even know existed

Sword and the Script | B2B

All these years later, a new report by 6sense, penned largely by a former Forrester analyst, has come to the same conclusion: when buyers first contact a seller, they are “69% of the way through a buying cycle.” Thought leadership influences the buying process Vendors have to influence the buying process sooner and further upstream.

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4 Fundamental Ways to Drive More Traffic to Your Firm’s Website

Circle Studio

Whether you call it a blog, article, insight or viewpoint, the point is to create long-form thought leadership content that is educational and speaks to the interests of your target audience. Case studies. Social media (and content marketing in general) is not about selling—it’s about sharing.

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The State of Demand Generation

The Effective Marketer

There are over 20 presentations available, ranging from Social CRM and Lead Generation, to Case Studies and Sales Enablement. Buying cycle control (you need to facilitate the buying process and understand what is required of you as a result). The Customer Buying Cycle Framework. Inbound marketer.

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Six Insights (And One Inspiring Conclusion) from 27 Beneficial B2B Marketing Stats and Facts

Webbiquity

Company leadership expects measurable results. Simplifying and personalizing the buying process is now the key differentiator. It’s not your imagination: B2B buying cycles are getting longer and more complex. And case studies are the type of content technical professionals value most. And measure them?

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How to Plan Your Video Marketing Strategy

Vidyard

Thought leadership interviews. Documentary-like case studies, and more. Learn how to map your video content to all parts of the funnel and drive viewer’s through the buying cycle with this handy post , or see some awesome B2B video examples for some inspiration. Some options include: Recorded webinars.

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How to Leverage Social Intent Data for Email Marketing

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

On Quora, you can look at which users are asking questions related to a specific product category. Every industry has movers and shakers who are prolific at creating educational and thought leadership content. Do you have case studies on customers who have switched from a competitor to your product?

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13 Types of Product Content Sales Needs to Close More Deals

Hubspot

Product marketers typically create that more bottom-of-the-funnel content that caters to prospects who are closer to the purchase stage in the buying cycle. We've divided our list into these two categories, but keep in mind that some of the product marketing content we list can also be used to enable your sales team -- and vice versa.