Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Blogs Influence On Buyers When asked “what is your likelihood to purchase a brand, product or service from these information sources?&# 42% reported that blogs influence their purchase behavior. Or from consumer to consumer to relay needed information on products and services. Overall great article.

Marketing Mix 76

Marketing Mix Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing 76

Litmus

JULY 20, 2022

Brands understand the importance of building relationships with their customers. Creating and expanding those connections, however, relies on gathering actionable data to develop personalized email strategies that engage customers. . What elevates one product over another? Want to shine a light on your most purchased products?

Shoppers 83

Shoppers Transform Retail CRM 83

Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

No matter what you sell, you probably have customers who: Truly care about your company, products or services and content. Find your products valuable and also see your business as an extension of themselves. Most businesses don’t really think about their customers (let alone their superfans) as a marketing channel.

Branding 134

Branding Marketing Marketers Communications 134

Hubspot Marketing

JUNE 13, 2022

Data security has become a critical component for long-term customer retention and loyalty. But many marketers have relied on third-party data for years, so the phaseout of Google's third-party cookie in 2023 will likely cause some concern. How Marketers are Preparing for Google's Third-Party Cookie Phaseout.

Price 114

Price Marketing Marketers Customer loyalty 114

Faraday

APRIL 21, 2021

In this article, we’ll break down some of the most interesting findings and identify key marketing tactics you should be using this year. Improve acquisition by predicting customer conversions Fig. While we often harp on the equal importance of customer retention, there’s good reason for this focus on acquisition.

Customer Acquisition 52

Customer Acquisition Direct Mail Marketing Marketers 52

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Create Content that Addresses Your Customer Journey. Acquire Digital Marketing and Technology Competencies. Have a Formal Marketing Plan. In a significant and encouraging shift from the data released in our B2B Marketing Mix Report , more B2B teams are using formal plans to guide their branding and marketing.

Marketing Strategy 143

Marketing Strategy Finance Marketing Marketers 143

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

And what role do marketers play in cultivating the brand and maintaining some level of consistency in our brand image? Well, we know that customers will pay a premium for brands they trust or simply will be more willing to spend their hard-earned money with a strong brand. They want a product that exemplifies a need.

Branding 75

Branding Telemarketing Marketing Mix Customer loyalty 75

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

The reason I believe marketers are so confused about social media is because of this paradox. This misses the point, of course, since social media is about customer relationships and not really about the technology at all. They are: Customers: something that is missing from many social media plans is the focus on customers.

Whitepaper 76

Whitepaper Telemarketing Customer loyalty Social Media Marketing 76

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 3, 2010

Too often we grab the latest product brochure, sales presentation or case study and post it online. But customers are looking for you to demonstrate an understanding of their needs before they are ready to engage in the sales process. Instead create personas of people that buy your solutions or products. Know them all.

Content Marketing 77

Content Marketing Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 77

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Think about the entire lifecycle from new product ideas all the way to customer retention. Another huge mistake I see marketers make in planning is to put it off because “I don’t have my budget&# or “I haven’t been told what our goals are for next year.&# So why shouldn’t your marketing?

Marketing Plan 75

Marketing Plan Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 75

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

And I have already described how organizations need to integrate social media engagement into the marketing mix as well as into the DNA of our organizations. All this got me to wondering about the future of social media marketing roles. It has to be integrated into the existing editorial process and production process.

Telemarketing 78

Telemarketing Marketing Mix Customer loyalty User-Generated 78

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

And I have already described how organizations need to integrate social media engagement into the marketing mix as well as into the DNA of our organizations. All this got me to wondering about the future of social media marketing roles. It has to be integrated into the existing editorial process and production process.

Telemarketing 78

Telemarketing Marketing Mix Customer loyalty User-Generated 78

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 5, 2010

But trust me, aside from those examples, I am 100% with you on showing results and making sure EVERY marketing program has a sound business case or ROI. I started in sales, then moved into product management with P&L responsibility. Then ran marketing for 2 firms. So…Demand Generation cannot stop at the sale.

New Markets 75

New Markets Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty 75

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The curious and cautious B2B buyers B2B buyers are curious about how a product can make life easier and business better; however, they are also more cautious when making purchases because a mistake can be costly both for the company and their career. Each B2B customer will be thinking about products in the context of his or her own position.

Telemarketing 75

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing User-Generated 75

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The curious and cautious B2B buyers B2B buyers are curious about how a product can make life easier and business better; however, they are also more cautious when making purchases because a mistake can be costly both for the company and their career. Each B2B customer will be thinking about products in the context of his or her own position.

Telemarketing 74

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing User-Generated 74

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

And after 13 quarters, the growth curve of the amazing triumvirate of the iPod, iPhone and iPad is still nearly vertical and continues to far outpace any new product introduction ever. Commerce: Mary talks about how the rate of product improvement is unprecedented. Mobile: 3G users have grown 37% year over year.

Telemarketing 74

Telemarketing Customer loyalty User-Generated Inbound Marketing 74

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 18, 2010

All this is starting to create massive and revolutionary changes in the way businesses in general and marketers in particular interact with customers. Customer lists provide a tremendous opportunity for selling additional solutions and services or upgrades. But social media has opened up a channel. Absolutely not.

Telemarketing 75

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty B2C 75

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The result of all this was redundancy like B2B marketing has never seen before. Opt-outs increased and our brand image suffered — all because we were spamming our customers. But unfortunately too much of our marketing is done based on gut feel. What we need is Insight-driven marketing that starts with the customer.

Transform 77

Transform Whitepaper Telemarketing Customer loyalty 77

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

Having started my career and spent 9 years in a B2B company serving some of the world’s top brands in the consumer space, I have often rejected the B2B label because too often, B2B marketers forget to focus on consumers. But B2B Marketing is complex with a need to appeal to both emotion and intellect. And the truth is far from it.

Inbound Marketing 72

Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Telemarketing Marketing 72

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2010

“As user-generated content becomes a greater part of professional workflow, it is important for B2B marketers to understand not only where their customers are interacting, but also their motivations when they are consuming or participating in these communities.

Whitepaper 78

Whitepaper Telemarketing Customer loyalty Inbound Marketing 78

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Time Line Close The Time Line close is effective when a product or service will impact a prospect’s project plan, especially if the purchasing decision is a prerequisite to other activities in the project plan. is a great closing tool with a product that has many clear benefits. I am sure it will help many of our agents.

Telemarketing 80

Telemarketing Customer loyalty B2C Inbound Marketing 80

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 24, 2010

These chats can also allow a brand/product to create significant social capital. Would you incorporate tweet chats into your marketing campaigns? Author: Brian Rice Related Posts: Integrate Social Media Into Your Marketing Mix The 4 Cs of Social Media Why Do You Tweet? Share your thoughts, post a comment.

Telemarketing 69

Telemarketing Marketing Mix B2C Inbound Marketing 69

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

Having started my career and spent 9 years in a B2B company serving some of the world’s top brands in the consumer space, I have often rejected the B2B label because too often, B2B marketers forget to focus on consumers. But B2B Marketing is complex with a need to appeal to both emotion and intellect. And the truth is far from it.

Inbound Marketing 67

Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Telemarketing Marketing 67

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 18, 2010

To help out my fellow B2B marketers, here is a list of 7 common mistakes that B2B marketers make when jumping feet first into social media marketing. Using social media as a direct response vehicle - The reason for much of the success from B2C marketers is that the majority of their products are impulse purchases (i.e.

Social Media Marketing 76

Social Media Marketing B2C Telemarketing Whitepaper 76

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 30, 2019

In this post, you’ll find out how B2B marketers are planning, executing and budgeting their marketing programs, so you can be sure your strategy falls in line with or zooms ahead of your competition in 2019. Have a Formal Marketing Plan. Spend 10% of Revenue on Marketing. Use Retainer vs. Project Contracts.

Marketing Strategy 40

Marketing Strategy Marketing Marketers Whitepaper 40

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 19, 2010

One responder can lead us to several opportunities within the company if the discussion we have is centered around the needs and pains of the company and not only one product or service. The representative needs to have many assets at the ready, as people like to view products or services in various ways.

Telemarketing 76

Telemarketing Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Whitepaper 76

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

As I stated before in Why am I in Marketing? our job is to support sales in their goal to acquire more customers and to keep our customers. Our marketing processes should support and even expect this natural shift by our sales colleagues. So when our “customers&# in sales ask for more leads, give them more.

Telemarketing 77

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Marketing Marketers 77

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

Social media is hot mainly because it is new news to lots of folks in marketing and across our organizations that “the customer is indeed in charge”. Customers decide when and how to engage with us in the buying journey. Ask your current customers. Related Posts: How To Focus On Your Marketing Plan Need to Drive Leads?

Telemarketing 75

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Social Media Marketing Inbound Marketing 75

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 10, 2010

You know that Social Media is Not a Strategy where the author comments: it’s not that companies tweet or post photos to flickr that is behind their success; it’s the fact that these efforts further their overall strategy of content creation, customer acquisition, and product positioning.

Marketing Strategy 71

Marketing Strategy Telemarketing Customer loyalty Transform 71

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Simplicity Of Programs These programs are notoriously simple to create as you only need to provide a list of target companies and a product, solution or service you want to sell. Most good demand gen executives will agree that it’s all about marketing mix. That is so true! There is a place for both services.

Telemarketing 76

Telemarketing Customer loyalty Marketing Mix Social Media Marketing 76

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 10, 2010

You know that Social Media is Not a Strategy where the author comments: it’s not that companies tweet or post photos to flickr that is behind their success; it’s the fact that these efforts further their overall strategy of content creation, customer acquisition, and product positioning.

Marketing Strategy 62

Marketing Strategy Telemarketing Customer loyalty Transform 62

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 17, 2010

This is a unifying principle for both marketing and sales teams and should act as the starting point for all of our discussions. In B2B marketing organizations, the single most important way to keep customers is to build satisfaction and loyalty. So, how do we build customer satisfaction and loyalty?

Customer loyalty 72

Customer loyalty Customer Telemarketing Inbound Marketing 72

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 17, 2010

This is a unifying principle for both marketing and sales teams and should act as the starting point for all of our discussions. In B2B marketing organizations, the single most important way to keep customers is to build satisfaction and loyalty. So, how do we build customer satisfaction and loyalty?

Customer loyalty 66

Customer loyalty Customer Telemarketing Inbound Marketing 66

Litmus

AUGUST 3, 2021

But in that same report, more than 40% of marketers also said they were under-resourced when it came to email. To carry this load, it’s logical to expect that our marketing budgets would be as hefty as our responsibilities. Get a Customer Data Platform (CDP) and collect first-party data.

Marketing Mix 93

Marketing Mix Customer Acquisition Customer loyalty CMO 93

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 30, 2019

In this post, you’ll find out how B2B marketers are planning, executing and budgeting their marketing programs, so you can be sure your strategy falls in line with or zooms ahead of your competition in 2019. Have a Formal Marketing Plan. Spend 10% of Revenue on Marketing. Use Retainer vs. Project Contracts.

Marketing Strategy 8

Marketing Strategy Marketing Marketers Whitepaper 8

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

While some have predicted the consolidation of Twitter and Facebook or the demise of Foursquare, I am sticking to the practical topics most B2B Marketers I know are talking about: Marketing automation and automated lead nurturing will become a foundational B2B marketing activity as we are expected to accelerate deals through our funnels.

Inbound Marketing 81

Inbound Marketing Customer loyalty Telemarketing Marketing 81

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 10, 2010

In many ways, Social Media is simply another proof point of the power of customer-driven, inbound marketing. Push vs. Pull The battle has raged within B2B Marketing departments since the dawn of the web: push vs. pull, traditional direct marketing vs. newer inbound techniques like search.

Inbound Marketing 70

Inbound Marketing Telemarketing Transform Customer loyalty 70