While teaching in Hong Kong for the semester, I’ve had the chance to meet some very interesting people. A standout in the B2B marketing field is David Ketchum, CEO of…
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Analyze your target’s buying process, for greater marketing efficiency
B2B selling is a complicated affair, but you can simplify your marketing strategies dramatically with buying process analysis. This means that you lay out your prospect’s buying process, stage by…
Read MoreHow to select the perfect B2B data vendor
Most B2B marketers rely on customer data from third party suppliers. But how do you choose among the myriad data providers out there? Just use this handy checklist of criteria, organized in…
Read MoreWhat’s the killer app in B2B marketing? Face-to-face events
I was teaching B2B digital marketing in Buenos Aires this month, and found some of my students to be dismayed by one data point that came up again and again…
Read MoreMake the most of your social media fans
Most brands and companies today have some sort of social media presence. Even in industrial and technical sectors, Twitter and Facebook have proved themselves to be lively venues for engagement,…
Read MoreHow to appeal to business buyers: 11 proven copy strategies
To motivate business buyers—especially in digital channels, where you have just a few seconds to catch their interest—it helps to base your message on a powerful, proven copy platform. A…
Read MoreNew York’s happiest B2B database marketer
Speaking at a BMA conference in New York recently, I posed a question to the audience: “Are any of you happy with your marketing data?” To my surprise, two hands…
Read MoreProspecting data accuracy
Good news: B2B prospecting data is more accurate than you may think. Business marketers are always complaining about their customer data. “It’s pretty bad,” they’ll say. “It’s a mess.” Over…
Read MoreHow to select the right lead generation media mix
Most B2B lead generation campaigns involve multiple touches via multiple media channels. But how do you decide which media are optimal, and more to the point, how they work together…
Read MoreAttention, hamsters! Get off the content treadwheel
Content is king, to be sure. But how did we end up on this crazy treadwheel, cranking out B2B content for content’s sake? Daily blog posts. Three tweets a day….
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