Marketers say one of their biggest challenges is creating content that engages and compels their buyers. The future will not only depend on engagement, but on continuous, content-driven conversations that result in buying decisions in your … [Read more...]
The Relevance Maturity Matrix Helps B2B Marketers Close the Gap
A good customer experience must be relevant. According to Forrester Principal Analyst Mary Shea, “Your buyers want contextual interactions with both human and digital assets across a holistic, but non-linear journey.” As I stated in my book, … [Read more...]
Shift from More to Better for a Marketing-Driven Customer Journey
Content marketing isn’t about creating and publishing more content; it’s about creating relevant, lasting relationships that result in profitable outcomes for your company—from awareness to advocacy. But, as in many things in marketing, “more” has … [Read more...]
B2B Marketers Must Develop Conversational Competence
In this excerpt from my book, Digital Relevance, I discuss the need for marketers to re-discover the beauty of conversation and how it translates into more relevant online engagement with buyers and customers. Conversational competency is a content … [Read more...]
How Personas Keep B2B Marketers From Playing “Guess Who” with Content
Buyer personas, built well, take a concerted effort to produce. While only 44% of B2B marketers say they have buyer personas, 83% of these marketers say they are only slightly or somewhat effective at using them. What a colossal waste of time, … [Read more...]