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...]
Stuff B2B Marketing Needs to Break
I’ve been thinking about a few things that B2B marketing needs to break. Break the Personalization Assumption Marketers are all wrapped around the axle on personalization. But, in B2B, it’s not as much about knowing their shoe size as it is … [Read more...]
How Marketers Can Help Reps Use Sales Content Effectively
Most marketers treat content like a tactic, not a product offering. Content truly focused on what your buyers and customers need to know becomes integrated with your products—just represented by media that you create and publish. Valuable content can … [Read more...]
Never Assume B2B Buyers Know How to Buy
One of the assumptions that marketers and sales reps make when people show interest in your website, content, or booth at a virtual summit or trade show is that they’re buyers. There’s nothing inherently wrong in this with the exception that the … [Read more...]
