I read an interesting exchange on LinkedIn recently. The post asked about how sellers engage with prospects who don’t yet either know they have a problem or understand the problem or how they want to solve it. The sales folks who answered the … [Read more...]
B2B Brand Marketing & Demand Gen: Better Together
I just read a recommendation that B2B organizations should allocate 46% of budget to brand marketing and 54% to demand gen. The reasoning is based on an estimation that at any given time, only 5% to 10% of customers are in-market for a category. … [Read more...]
Misconceptions About B2B Buyer Personas
I’m really tired of seeing people dismiss B2B buyer personas as worthless. Although, I have to admit that many of the personas I review from prospective clients are little more than recipe cards for disconnected experiences. And shame on those who … [Read more...]
Revenue Teams Must Deconflict B2B Messaging
B2B messaging is a key component of doing business. All go-to-market and customer programs run on messaging. However, the different roles on revenue teams often create conflict with the messaging each of them chooses to use. It seems perfectly … [Read more...]
Put B2B Content in Context Across the Customer Lifecycle
Content marketing has been an ongoing practice for B2B marketers for more than a decade. Marketers are spending a boatload of money, time and effort producing and distributing content to their audiences. But for many buyers, the B2B content they … [Read more...]
