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5 key trends we’re seeing in B2B marketing

Martech

Like just about everything in marketing, B2B marketing is changing — and fast. And smooth our selling process — their buying process — to its digital best. Could be that marketing will enjoy an increase in power and influence in B2B? Dig deeper: The B2B case for retention marketing — 7 key tactics 4. What’s going on?

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Why B2B marketing must adopt B2C tactics

Martech

They are bringing entirely new behavioral patterns into the B2B buying process, and experienced marketers and sellers ignore this at their peril. Call it “the consumerization of B2B.” Digital natives aren’t like the rest of us. The old adage still stands: “Business buyers are still people.” What new tools and tactics have emerged?

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Why B2B marketers get their signals crossed

Martech

Dig deeper: The false allure of B2B intent data Analyzing your own engagement data Here’s what you need to know about analyzing your own engagement data. They’re building a relationship based on interest, not jumping to selling a solution they have shown no real interest in pursuing.

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Effective Selling and the Art of B2B Competitive Displacement

Iannarino

There are some sales organizations that sell to companies that are seeking to change providers. In these cases, the B2B buyer has already decided to remove their existing provider and starts taking calls from different salespeople. These companies agree to meet with two or three sales reps to explore their options.

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B2B Pocket Playbook: End-to-End Guide to Sales Enablement

It’s all about equipping sales professionals with the tools they need to put their best-selling foot forward. And if sales teams want to continuously sell better -- and faster -- their sales enablement process must have a game-winning strategy. Get started today.

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Why buyer groups matter in B2B demand gen and how to target them

Martech

In B2B demand generation , buyer groups have become more important than individual buyers. Buyer groups include all key stakeholders in B2B purchase decisions, including people from roles you may not be actively targeting who nonetheless have a say in the final decision (examples here often include legal, IT, and/or compliance).

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Why B2B CMOs are frustrated with ABM platforms

Martech

Account-based marketing (ABM) platforms came with the promise of revolutionizing B2B marketing. This makes it easier to tie marketing activities to sales outcomes, providing transparency into the often murky world of B2B marketing attribution. Dig deeper: Maximizing your B2B spend: Is account-based marketing worth it?

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The 2019 Technographic Data Report for B2B Sales Organizations

The reason for this is simple—sales teams value technographic data because it makes essential selling activities easier and more efficient. In fact, the majority of respondents agree—with 72.3% reporting that technographic data is either somewhat important or very important to their organization. Download the report to learn more!

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Best Practices for Accelerating the Sales Process

Think about it: with outbound prospecting, requests from management, scheduled demos, and inbound calls, chaos can quickly work its way into your strategy, deeming a “speed wins” selling mentality downright ineffective. The bottom line is that, in B2B sales, speed is useless without control.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

This is where signal-based selling comes into play. As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals.