The B2B buyers' journey can be a long one, with plenty of winding turns. When a company is looking for critical equipment or an enterprise software solution, the purchasing process can take many months and involve multiple decision-makers within the organization. This journey poses challenges for sales and marketing teams. It doesn't do much good to serve up content that shows off your product's best features. Why? Because that buyer is already familiar with your product's best features and is...
When B2B buyers research their purchasing options, they always have specific questions to address. They're looking for detailed, useful information – and they're going to spend more time engaging with sellers who can provide it to them. Content marketing is the umbrella term that captures all of the processes for creating and distributing this information. The individual responsible for shaping it all into an effective strategy is the content marketing manager. Almost two-thirds of successful B2B organizations have a defined...
How do B2B businesses find clients? They have marketing and sales teams, of course. But if you reverse the question, the response is not so obvious: Your B2B marketing and sales teams find clients, but how do clients find you? 41% of B2B buyers read three to five content pieces before engaging with a sales representative. In response, B2B businesses are making their brand and expertise more visible by producing the valuable educational content buyers are actively looking for. And...
B2B marketing is not for the faint of heart, even if you have an incomparable product. First, winning over skeptical buyers burned in the past by slick marketing campaigns and overblown promises is an uphill battle. Then, before buyers step into your sales funnel, they spend a long time in the dark funnel doing independent research without engaging directly with brands. This results in ever-lengthening sales cycles, making it challenging to figure out the best ways to market to them....
Buyers call the shots in the highly competitive world of online B2B sales. The best way for B2B sellers to hold their attention is to show them that you really, truly get them. That means understanding their big-picture pain points and feature wish list, of course, but also who the people behind the company are, how they like to make their purchasing decisions, and where they're at in their buyer journey. To reach buyers at this level, you need an...
So far we’ve explored the importance and methods for measuring MarTech ROI and Uplift. Now, we’d like to dive deeper on how to maximize conversion rates of target accounts visiting your site into pipeline opportunities. Like many things in life and in marketing, the theory is simple enough, but it's all about the execution. The theory has 3 parts: Segmentation, Identification and Activation. Each of those sections can make or break the effectiveness of the entire process. Segmentation - Breakdown...
As we’ve discussed in our previous post on measuring MarTech ROI , evaluating the impact of tech on business is hard. In this edition of the journey we’ll zoom in on one key component required for this evaluation - uplift. We will show how here at Trendemon we analyze it and reveal some interesting benchmarks and correlations around this topic. A recent survey by DemandGen Report states that only 10% of B2B marketers think they have an excellent ability to measure and analyze marketing performance and impact. 54% of B2B...
The B2B buyer's journey involves many interactions with the company that eventually gets the sale. Succeeding in today's competitive, multi-channel selling environment requires orchestrating the buyer journey, anticipating the turns, and providing relevant information to guide the buyer toward the right solution. Effective journey orchestration requires ongoing tracking of your leads at the account and individual levels. It also demands a deep analysis of their behaviors and interactions to generate insights into their journey’s progress and their purchasing intentions. With...
In this edition of ‘The Journey’ we’ll discuss how to measure Martech’s true ROI and share our own brand-developed ROI Calculator. Simply plug in your numbers and get a clear view of ROI multiples and payback period for your MarTech solution or vendor of choice. ROI Measurement The ability to measure ROI is amongst the top 3 factors marketers cite as the most important when choosing a Marketing Technology solution replacement and had the largest change across the years according...
B2B marketing is changing. Diving into the hard sell no longer cuts the mustard. Buyers want to feel empowered to make the journey themselves. 60% of prospects search for a brand before buying, so businesses need to create informative content that guides stakeholders along the path to purchase—and down the sales funnel. Top-of-funnel (TOFU) marketing helps you grab the attention of buyers unfamiliar with your brand, product, or service. You can generate leads by appealing to a wide audience across...
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