Successful international marketing requires more than cloning your domestic marketing efforts
If you think it’s time to break into new markets, don’t just plan to clone your domestic marketing efforts. The strategy and messages that may resonate with home-country audiences may not work in foreign business landscapes. Before you start your global expansion plans, check these five marketing tactics:
Topics: International Marketing
It’s not just a matter of sending your sales team.
Topics: DIY, Trade show, Staffing, Conferences
In the “change is the only constant” department, we’re seeing B2B marketing evolve in approach, philosophy, and focus - with new opportunities and technologies promising to impact businesses for the long-run. Some of these come from the increasing sway of B2C marketing, others from emerging technology, and still others from the pandemic. Whatever their provenance, these will keep B2B marketers on their feet so they can stay ahead of the competition.
Topics: Content, Marketing, Brand, Customer communications, B2B, Marketing qualified leads (MQL), Sales qualified leads (SQL), Sales funnel, Trends, Customer journey
Topics: Marketing, Persona, Brand, Customer communications, Audience, Sales, Planning, Marketing strategy, Tactics
Today’s B2B buyers and their buyer’s journeys have changed, and that’s why integrated marketing matters - a lot.
Topics: Marketing, Brand, Customer communications, Account-based marketing, Influencer, B2B, Customer journey, Integrated marketing, Influencer marketing
Marketing and selling to B2B customers used to be a lot easier, straightforward, and predictable. As marketers and salespeople, you were in charge.
Topics: Marketing, Sales, Client relations, B2B, Marketing strategy, Tactics, Buyer's journey, Sales funnel
How can marketers get smarter about marketing strategy? The answer is goal setting, and more specifically - SMART goals setting. SMART stands for: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound.
Topics: Content marketing, Content, Metrics, Social media, Persona, Inbound marketing, Messaging, Account-based marketing, Planning, Tactics, Buyer's journey, Integrated marketing, SMART Goals
Who’s in charge? Sales or Product? That’s one of the key factors in shaping your organization’s sales and marketing infrastructure.
Sales-led growth has been the “way it’s always been done.” The sales and marketing teams identify, nurture, engage, and convert potential customers into clients. Product-led growth focuses on having the product “sell itself.”
Imagine trying to write code without a computer.
Nearly impossible, right?
When it comes to software, we understand the needs of our developers. Enormous budgets and teams are dedicated to making sure developers have everything they need to create the best software possible, but all that is moot without anyone to sell it.
Topics: Sales, Sales qualified leads (SQL), Sales funnel, Sales enablement content
With the ever-increasing volume of generic marketing content thanks to AI tools, it’s critical that companies make greater efforts to stand out. That’s why sales enablement content is more important than ever.
By aligning content with the buyers’ journeys and providing the information they seek at every touchpoint, marketers elevate their brand's credibility, instill trust, and drive conversions.
Topics: Content marketing, Content, Sales, Sales qualified leads (SQL), Sales enablement content