Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Leaders are looking beyond engagement numbers and qualified leads. They are now looking for quantifiable answers to these questions: What, or when, is the return of investment (ROI)? How much is marketing contributing to revenue? As a CMO or director of digital marketing, you can use a handful of B2B marketing metrics to answer them.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

And, of course, offering a great B2B sales experience helps you increase your profits by improving conversion rate, retention rates, and Customer Lifetime Value (CLV). Customers want to feel understood, not to be just another name on a list. Offering a stellar B2B sales experience comes with its own share of challenges in 2023.

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InsightSquared

MAY 7, 2019

For these reasons, accurately tracking key sales metrics and benchmarking your performance against peers and market leaders is critical to getting the most out of your sales resources. At the highest level, SaaS companies look at sales expense, headcount, sales productivity and SaaS metrics like: The cost of new customer acquisition (CAC).

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Martech

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Pricing hasn’t yet been announced. more likely to know about products and trends before their peers. This has the potential to help lower customer acquisition costs for small and medium-sized businesses. SMBs faced rising customer acquisition costs from 2021 to 2022, with over a third witnessing an increase of 20% or more.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 19, 2021

You check flight prices for your preferred dates, and they're just expensive enough to make you think twice, so you decide to sleep on it. The next day, you look again — only to see that those borderline-too-much prices aren't so borderline anymore. They've surged out of your price range as the flight filled up.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

That’s why it’s important for companies to understand the needs of their younger buyers to avoid costly customer discontent. That’s why it’s important for companies to understand the needs of their younger buyers to avoid costly customer discontent. Modern GTM Index Modernize your go-to-market strategy with custom recommendations.

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SmartBug Media

JUNE 1, 2022

Both as a customer and as a marketer, putting your customers first sounds like a no-brainer, particularly when considering that customer-centric companies are 60 percent more profitable than companies that aren't. You need to understand and demonstrate the true impact of prioritizing customer-centric experiences.

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Martech

MARCH 30, 2022

Buyers use TrustRadius to explore software categories, compare features and pricing and read customer reviews. Marketers and sales representatives may remember a similar integration launched last year between Demandbase and G2, the peer-to-peer software review site. Read next: A fresh look at the tech review space.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Examining your industry peers will help you better understand your customers’ needs and brand perception. If you want to succeed as a business, you need to keep an eye on your industry through competitor analysis. It’s like preparing for a championship game. Competitor mapping is the cornerstone of competitive analysis.

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PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

In recent years, there’s been an increasing shift in focus towards customer experience (CX) as companies have begun to realize the value of customer-centric approaches. When it comes CX, however, the B2B market is falling behind while their B2C peers continue to consistently deliver outstanding experiences. Customer Knowledge.

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Litmus

JUNE 24, 2022

Email designers, developers, and marketers: Want to elevate your skill set (and add “Litmus Certified” to your credentials)? Now’s your chance! Back by popular demand, we’re kicking off Litmus Certified again: hands-on workshops to elevate your email skillset using Litmus. In this article, we’ll cover: What is Litmus Certified?

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Sword and the Script | B2B

AUGUST 15, 2023

38% are conducting a more detailed ROI analysis; 31% are spending more time researching purchase decisions ; 24% are altering decision timelines based on changing business needs/priorities; 24% are spending more time using social media to research vendors ; and 23% are relying more on peer recommendations or review sites.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In my last article , we looked at how to best use data during the purchase stage of the customer journey and how effective use of data can enhance outcomes for both the customer and the brand. This is the third stage of the customer journey, where we work to retain and engage our existing customers over time.

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PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

This honor, which classifies Leadiro as a “high performer” in the lead intelligence category, recognizes B2B data intelligence providers for high customer satisfaction ratings. The award mirrors Leadiro’s high user rating on G2 Crowd, the world’s top website for peer-to-peer business solution reviews. “ About G2 Crowd.

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Martech

DECEMBER 15, 2022

If your customer is a business, there can be multiple decision-makers and influencers within an organization to engage. They also might be researching your competitors or reading reviews posted by industry peers. They also might be researching your competitors or reading reviews posted by industry peers. Account (one-to-many).

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Content4Demand

JULY 2, 2021

Demand Gen Report (DGR) is now accepting nominations for the fifth annual B2B Innovator Awards , which recognizes some of the most progressive marketing and sales practitioners who are creatively and effectively engaging prospective customers and meeting buyers’ needs. Register before July 17th to save $300 with early-bird pricing.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 16, 2023

Marketing Insider Group’s team of experts asked Open Ai’s ChatGPT to identify the biggest marketing challenges of 2023, and we’re ready to tackle them. Is your business ready to have its most productive year yet? Here’s what we learned about the industry’s biggest challenges and our expertise on how you can battle them, too. Quick Takeaways.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Eighty-four percent of B2B buyers start the purchasing process with a referral, and peer recommendations influence more than 90% of all B2B buying decisions. Price and product are only two of many operational GTM levers. We live in a peer-bound world,” says Chandar Pattabhiram, CMO for business spend management platform Coupa.

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Contently

OCTOBER 21, 2020

I guarantee you looked at two things—first the price, then the reviews. Chances are, the reviews carried significantly more weight than the price in your decision-making. Thanks to sites like G2 Crowd, Captera, and Gartner Peer Insights, social proof has made its way to the B2B tech industry. That’s quickly changing.

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Stevens & Tate

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Customer experience (CX), involves these three key elements: people, process and technology to understand, anticipate and deliver exceptional personalized experiences. The simple truth is that the core driver of consumer behavior isn’t product features or price, it’s perception. Always be thinking of the customer.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 6, 2022

How your social media marketing budget stacks up to your peers and competitors? You can probably guess the top two social networks for B2B marketing pretty easily, but do you know which platform is #3? What the biggest missed opportunity is for B2B marketers? Affiliate sales support independent publishing.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

CROs work to connect different revenue-related functions, from marketing to sales, customer success, pricing, and revenue operations ( RevOps ). They spend a lot of their time getting everyone to row in the same direction, from their peers in the C-suite to teams across the company. That’s … everything. Plan for the future.

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Peer-to-peer Enterprise Management Cross-Selling Work Management 59

Contently

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Their interest, following, engagement, and (hopefully) conversion to a customer. CMOs are falling behind their peers when it comes to tech adoption and data-driven strategy. So why don’t we know as much about them as we do Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operations Officer, or Chief Technology Officer? The reward?

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Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 8, 2023

How Do B2B SaaS Companies Determine Pricing? Report] 43 percent of software as a service (SaaS) leaders have said that they use competitive analysis for pricing research, with 34 percent turning to feedback from existing customers, while 14 percent utilize previous market research, according to newly-published B2B survey data.

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Optinmonster

JANUARY 24, 2024

That’s why it’s vital to learn how to ask for a testimonial from your customers and clients. Consumers look to their peers to decide whether they should purchase a product or service. They want to know that existing customers are happy with your product. Ask When the Customer is Most Excited 3.

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Demand Gen recently conducted the “2018 B2B Buyers Survey” and found that the first one-to-three months of the buying process are critical to getting customers’ attention. About 46 percent have already evaluated which solutions would fit well with existing partners, and 42 percent have collected information on pricing/costs.

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Hubspot

MAY 10, 2023

Send the blocker an email or schedule a call to "discuss your pricing concerns." The more people involved in a buying decision, the less likely you are to close. As you’ve probably seen first-hand, there’s normally at least one blocker in every company — and they can do a lot to sabotage your sales efforts. Do some digging online as well.

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Hinge Marketing

MARCH 14, 2023

In the figure below, we see that High Growth consulting firms grew four times faster than their Average Growth peers. Key Advantage 1: Technology This year’s data revealed that High Growth firms adopt and use business development and marketing software at a greater rate than their slower growing peers.

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LeanData

MARCH 14, 2023

If an organization creates the right type of valued content and custom, personalized experiences, site visitors — and, in time, prospective customers — flock to them. These professionals have grown up to varying extents with search engines, peer review sites and ever-present social media.

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Lead Ranking Marketing Management Peer-to-peer Marketing Analytics Tools 52

Martech

MAY 10, 2022

It was evident to me that we needed a better customer reviews program,” said Tonkin. “At Buyers are guiding themselves down the funnel, gathering information and turning to peers before engaging with vendors. “I Tonkin knew the buying dynamic of his customers, mainly mid-market organizations, tended to be very research intensive.

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Influitive

AUGUST 3, 2015

With the wide array of technology options available, and the ability to easily get opinions from peers online, buyers have a lot of choice and information at their disposal. Having customers advocate on your brand’s behalf on forums, review websites and social media can help your product make the initial cut.

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6sense

JANUARY 31, 2022

Editor’s Note: CMO Coffee Talk is an open space for more than 1,300 CMOs to come together weekly with their peers and discuss timely, crowd-sourced topics. Creating An Experience Customers Crave . Peer reviews over analyst recommendations . Transparency and simplicity in pricing . Boomers? Self-service research

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The Point

JULY 17, 2017

FINDING : 80% of buyers ranked deployment/ease of use as very important; compared to 75% who said the same of pricing. FINDING : 80% of buyers ranked deployment/ease of use as very important; compared to 75% who said the same of pricing. But that’s exactly the kind of information buyers want. Click To Tweet.

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Content Standard

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Price and trust. When you boil it down, these are the two levers brands have for winning over customers. For me, trust outweighs price every time. Here’s why: It’s true that price is the number one attribute customers weigh when deciding which brands to purchase from. But who do our customers trust?

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Peer-to-peer SME Content Trust Marketing 98

ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

We were seeing this even before COVID: customers had gotten less and less likely to approve travel budget. Our sellers aren’t out visiting customers—everyone is doing inside sales. Now more than ever, trust is important in the buying process as prospects continue to carefully consider purchases. That was already getting tough in 2019.

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Work Management Marketing Management Ad Building Sales Qualified Leads 246

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

There is no more powerful form of marketing than word of mouth: happy customers singing your praises to friends, family, and peers. Your customers expect you to respond when they mention your brand on social media. And your prospective customers are watching for your response time as well. Here are five reasons why.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2019

But, regardless of the products you sell or the space you sell into, nothing sways a person’s buying decisions quite like a recommendation from their trusted peers. If you’re ready to establish a referral marketing program and win new business with the help of your customers, you’ve come to the right place. What Is Referral Marketing?

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Peer-to-peer Work Management Churn Rate Word of Mouth 130