Customer centricity mostly misses the mark in B2B. Strangely, B2B companies use it to foster an inside-out perspective. The concept seems to be more about talking the talk than walking the walk. We can say we’re customer centric all we want, but for … [Read more...]
Use Questions as Your Framework for B2B Buyer Enablement
I love questions. Questions are how you learn things. Questions create curiosity. But, for marketers, questions are one key to B2B buyer enablement. The process of Q&A drives momentum based on addressing how context shifts with each new intake of … [Read more...]
Help Your B2B Buyers Do Their Own Discovery
Discovery is most often considered a function performed by sales reps. But in this context, it’s more about discovery FOR the sales rep, NOT B2B buyers. One of the problems marketing and sales have as B2B buyers' roles shift is that they start too … [Read more...]
Rethink B2B Content for Buyer Enablement
Buyers need to complete specific jobs before consensus can be reached for a buying decision. They need information that helps them understand what to ask, do, understand, and evaluate. And they benefit from B2B content that shows them how to do those … [Read more...]
Closing the Gap Between B2B Buying and Selling
“Sellers use their sales process to place solutions.” “Buyers use their buying decision process to figure out how to resolve their problem with the least disruption.” This is how Sharon Drew Morgen explains it. She’s been working to expose and … [Read more...]
