While 89% of B2B marketers have embraced content marketing, only 37% have a documented content marketing strategy, and only 22% say they are extremely successful with their overall approach to content marketing. Successful content marketing … [Read more...]
A Lack of Customer Advocacy Could Make B2B Buyers Walk Away
I was interviewing a client’s customer a few days ago for a persona project and something he said made me stop and think. What he said can be paraphrased as: If there is no buzz about your company online, I won’t consider your product as a viable … [Read more...]
A B2B Buyer Persona is Not an Island
If you know me, you know I’m all about creating and using B2B buyer personas to drive content marketing strategy. I’ve created more than 400 buyer personas over the last four or five years. When built with both qualitative and quantitative data they … [Read more...]
Why B2B Marketers Must Address Status Quo
When I do strategic planning workshops with my clients, we get into a lot of discussions about buying stages. Anyone who's followed me for a while or read my books knows that I always start very early in the process with the stage of Status … [Read more...]
B2B Purchase Decisions: Logic Driven by Emotion
When considering the differences between B2B and B2C marketing, it’s often said that a B2C purchase decision is more emotional, while a B2B purchase decision is logical. I disagree. If you look into the behind-the-scenes processes throughout … [Read more...]
