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...]
Investing in B2B Marketers’ Digital Skills Development
What marketers are saying about their effectiveness and beliefs about what the future will hold are a huge indication of the work to be done. Companies must make it a strategic priority to ensure the relevance and value marketers are prepared to … [Read more...]
B2B Marketing in the Pre-Sales Process Must Back Up to the IDEA
B2B marketers have gotten a bit ahead of themselves. We start too late in the buying process to become the mentors and guides we need to be thought of to play an influential role. An example of this can be found in recent research conducted by the … [Read more...]
