B2B demand generation is a must for SaaS and tech companies

by Andy Alagappan B2B demand generation is a must for SaaS and tech companies. Strategies and tactics to draw in potential clients and convert them must keep up with the ever-changing tech world. To get started, you must understand your target audience. Identify their issues and show how your service or product is the answer. Research and analyze the competition to get the most out of your product placement. Build a strong online presence. Utilize digital marketing channels like content marketing, SEO, social media, and email campaigns. Educate and entertain prospects with your content - this will create trust and credibility. Lead nurturing strategies are key…

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Three Social Media PR Tips for Driving B2B Brand Visibility

by Austin Andrukaitis by MarketingProfs Social Media has changed, and still is changing, public relations. Some companies might overlook social media's importance and use it as an afterthought, but fully 77% of customers will choose a brand over its competitor after having a positive experience on social media, Sprout Social found. That considered, you need to take advantage of social media to create awareness and generate buzz for your company. Here are some social media PR tips to help you boost your brand's visibility. 1. Use influencer marketing The right influencers can help boost your brand's visibility and awareness. But how do you find the…

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Simplifying B2B GTM: Learnings From My Trip to the Market

by Gloria Markova, originally posted on LinkedIn Launching a new product or service in the B2B tech industry brings with it both excitement and challenges. To ensure a successful market entry and unlock maximum growth potential, having a Go-to-Market (GTM) playbook is key. When I first faced the task of developing a GTM strategy, I found myself searching for resources to wrap my head around what GTM tangibly meant. I came to realize that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to GTM, and each playbook will be uniquely tailored to the product, industry, and market. However, I discovered a basic framework…

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The B2B Buying Process Visualized

by Jim Everhart for MarketingProfs Marketers, by now, are well-versed in the customer journey. And for good reason: being aware of the twists and turns a customer takes on the way to a sale is incredibly instructive—not to mention sobering, even humbling. Awareness of the customer journey is a constant reminder that all those prospects out there aren't waiting with bated breath for your next great announcement. Every message, social media post, product release, email, and ad is fighting for your audience's attention. But knowing the other side of the story, the buying process, is equally important for good content marketing. But wait—Isn't…

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A Practical Inbound Marketing Strategy for B2B Companies

By Michael Brenner for Marketing Insider Group The web and social media have forever changed the tactics of marketing. Sending more promotional messages through traditional push-based tactics doesn’t work any more. So leading businesses are using inbound marketing (or “Pull Marketing”) to more effectively attract new leads. However, attracting leads is a daunting task for any company. Figuring out which way to go about attracting leads is half the battle. Inbound marketing might be your best bet for marketing your B2B company. Today’s consumers want to learn. They can sense whether marketing is spin and self interest or truth and…

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The AI Conundrum: Should B2B Communicators Embrace ChatGPT?

by Judith Ingleton-Beer for MarketingProfs ChatGPT made history as the fastest-growing online platform; and, as of this writing, it has just 0.03% paid visitor traffic. It has left B2B marketers and PR professionals scratching their heads and questioning just what the AI development means for their future business, sales, and marketing strategies. The AI debate has set the scene for polarizing discussions in B2B communications. At the beginning of 2023, online polls asking how communications pros intended to use ChatGPT received divided results. Many said they would let the generative AI tool write press releases or provide customer service responses, but others…

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How B2B Marketers Can Shift to Buying Groups in Three Months or Less

by Nikki Candito for MarketingProfs Last year, my team ran a series of tests to see whether we could reach multiple people at an organization with coordinated messages. The result was a strong YES. Creating marketing messages for a specific group was not only a possibility but also a better approach because we could have more control over our ABM campaigns. I'm now in charge of orchestrating a transition from individual lead-driven marketing to buying-group marketing, and I've given myself and my team three months to do it. Why Switch to Buying Groups? First and foremost, marketers need buy-in from their…

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PEELING BACK THE LAYERS: THE ONION APPROACH TO B2B CONTENT

by MessageUp The onion is a simple, yet powerful ingredient found in countless cuisines worldwide. It is also a very popular metaphor for just about anything that has layers—like your B2B content strategy, for example. In the content analogy, each layer of the onion reveals a different perspective, a different story, and a different opportunity to connect with your target audience. If coming up with B2B content topics is making you cry, this model could be for you! Let's examine this content onion together and see what we can cook up. Contrary to many onion metaphors, I’m going to assume…

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How to win your first 10 B2B customers

by LENNY RACHITSKY for Lenny's Newsletter How to win your first 10 B2B customers Part four of my seven-part series on kickstarting and scaling a B2B business LENNY RACHITSKY SEP 5, 2023 28 Share 👋 Hey, I’m Lenny and welcome to a 🔒 subscriber-only edition 🔒 of my weekly newsletter. Each week I tackle reader questions about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career.Subscribe Welcome to part four of our series on how to kickstart and scale a B2B business: Part 1: How to come up with a great B2B startup idea Part 2: How to validate your idea Part 3: How to identify…

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The B2B generative AI design shootout: Part 2

by Brian Terry for Velocity Generative AI is having its moment in the sun — and it’s casting a menacing shadow over the creative industries while it does it. The trouble is, too much of the conversation focuses on whether generative AI will replace creatives entirely (by generating images, copy and code from scratch). We think a better question to ask is: How could generative AI make creatives better? Generative AI may one day be able to take on a fully-fledged designer — or it could fall flat on its originality-deficient face. But spotlighting the ways AI fails to totally…

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