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...
For most B2B buyers, the ideal purchasing experience is not full of surprises. They'd really like to go on the internet and see the solutions they need manifesting effortlessly before them. B2B sellers can come pretty close to providing an experience like this, but not by blasting leads with every piece of marketing content that might be relevant. The way to create a purchasing experience that drives sales is to anticipate and meet your customer's expectations at every point in...
Personalization is no longer optional—it’s a must for both B2B and B2C companies. But here’s the thing: while both sectors rely on personalization to engage customers, their approaches are worlds apart. In B2B marketing, personalization revolves around long-term relationships and tailoring content for specific decision-makers. Meanwhile, in B2C marketing, it’s all about creating instant gratification for individuals.Understanding these differences in B2B vs. B2C personalization is crucial for driving conversions and maximizing marketing impact. And that’s exactly what we’ll dive into...
In this edition of The Journey newsletter, we’re about to shine a light on the dark buyer journey. More specifically, we’ll share data about how many touch points, sessions and page reads do buyers actually go through before sharing their real contact information. Flying Blind A 2022 Gartner CMO survey found that 67% find that orchestrating buyer journeys today is significantly more complex and difficult than just a few years ago. It’s a bit puzzling considering that marketers today have...
Many successful B2B companies are embracing the idea of working smarter, not harder. It's become clear that there must be a better solution than casting a wide net with your marketing efforts to herd leads into your funnel and hoping that one or two will emerge as customers at the other end. Now, sellers are adopting Account-Based Marketing (ABM) as their strategy of choice. Seven out of ten marketers use ABM, and 87% say that it outperforms their other marketing...
For many years, marketers had a dependable solution to serve online content to their audience: web-based Content Management Systems (CMS). Now, marketers are finding that CMS is a product of its time. CMS was built around the assumption that most people were browsing their internet on desktop PCs and laptops, doggedly plugging in search keywords and reading static web content. Unfortunately for CMS users, legacy web pages built with legacy systems are not driving conversions in 2022. The user experience...
In this edition of The Journey, we decided to take a closer look at the levels of interaction a typical B2B buyer has on your website. More specifically, how many touchpoints on average does it require to convert visitors into Sales Qualified Leads (SQL) or any other bottom of funnel goal. See our analysis below to uncover how many pageviews, reads and sessions do these journeys usually require. But before we dive in, why is it even a question we...
In a world where most marketers put more effort into video campaigns, webinars, and identifying new opportunities to reach their clients, it's fair to ask, "Is email still a good marketing strategy?" Surprisingly, the answer is still yes, it is. The oldest online messaging channel is still the most effective. Need proof? There are about 4 billion people who use email daily and it will reach 4.6 billion by 2025. The email marketing market continues to grow and is expected...
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