15. Have unrelenting demands on their
time
Spend most of their day in meetings
Hate being pitched
Need to sell decisions internally
Trust their peers and inner circle
Are very quick studies
Understand why executives are different
16. Return on time invested
Outcomes-based content and
conversation
Prescriptive value and case-based
discussions
Peer input and relationships
Connection to experts and high-value
thinking
And what executives value
18. Awareness (TOP)
Prospect knows there’s a problem
that needs to be solved
Consideration (MIDDLE)
Prospect recognizes a need for a
solution like yours
Purchase (BOTTOM)
Prospect seeks solution to their
need; ready to buy
VAGUE NOTION
OF ‘POSSIBLE’
SOLUTION
INTERESTED IN
A SOLUTION
RESEARCHING
VENDORS
EVALUATING
PRODUCTS
NARROWING
FIELD
REFERENCE
CHECK
NEGOTIATING
PURCHASE
SUBSCRIBE
OPEN
VIEW
SHARE
FOLLOW
DOWNLOAD
PARTICIPATE
INQUIRE
ENGAGE
PIPELINE STAGE
BUYER’SOBJECTIVE
KEY OUTCOMES
23. Schedule your content a little bit at a
time…
Content Progression Schedule Outcome
Email industry trend report Day 1 Open, Share, Download
Publish industry trend report messages to Twitter, Facebook Pages, and
LinkedIn Groups
Day 1, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15,
21, 22, 23, 24, & 25
Share , Download
Send weekly e-newsletter Day 7 Open , Share
Send weekly e-newsletter Day 14 Open, Share
Send personal invitation to attend industry trend webinar Day 20 Attend
Publish industry trend webinar messages to Twitter, Facebook Pages, and
LinkedIn Groups
Day 20, 22, 24, 26, 27,
28, 29, & 30
Share, Attend
Send weekly e-newsletter Day 23 Open
Send link to recorded industry trend webinar Day 30 View
Publish industry trend webinar recording messages to Twitter, Facebook Pages,
and LinkedIn Groups
Day 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, &
40
Share, Listen
Send weekly e-newsletter Day 30 Open
Personal invitation to attend product demo webinar Day 60 Attend, Convert
36. ?
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or approval, sponsorship, or endorsement by any of the individual companies.
42. Channel #2:
LinkedIn
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in no way implies an association or partnership with any of the individual companies,
or approval, sponsorship, or endorsement by any of the individual companies.
43.
44.
45. LinkedIn is a must
for B2B marketers.
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in no way implies an association or partnership with any of the individual companies,
or approval, sponsorship, or endorsement by any of the individual companies.
50. Facebook is an effective
B2B marketing tool. It’s
just not as good as
some of the others
(yet!).Disclaimer: Use of social media company icons is for instructional purposes only and
in no way implies an association or partnership with any of the individual companies,
or approval, sponsorship, or endorsement by any of the individual companies.
51. Channel #4:
Twitter
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in no way implies an association or partnership with any of the individual companies,
or approval, sponsorship, or endorsement by any of the individual companies.
58. Paid search is a
great way to get
your content found
fast.
Organic is still best long term!
59. Channel #6, 7 & 8:
Google+
Pinterest
InstagramDisclaimer: Use of social media company icons is for instructional purposes only and
in no way implies an association or partnership with any of the individual companies,
or approval, sponsorship, or endorsement by any of the individual companies.
60. Keep score and measure
everything!
8
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61. If you cannot measure it,
You cannot improve it.
- Lord Kelvin
63. 8 Measure Everything
7 Publish and Socialize
6 Optimize Your
Content
Create an Editorial
Calendar
4
Map Your Content3
Understand Your Buyer1
2 Outline Your Buying
Cycle
Create Amazing Content5
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Source: Marketo Report “The Ultimate Revenue Engine” That means they are “starting” the buying process with very clear understanding of; PROBLEMS they want to solve, ANSWERS available to them to solve those problems, COSTS required to solve those problems.
Slide Notes: Getting found means that when your prospects do research on Google, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Technorati, or elsewhere in the blogosphere, they find you. Whether they are looking for information, advice, thought leadership, analysis, predictions, tools, data or conversation, they find your content, your people, your brand, your products, and your company.Quote Source: http://www.wpp.com/NR/rdonlyres/33EEFF99-FD84-4F00-83DC-E75A3E18B9CF/2129/JWT_PressRelease_JWTReDefinesRole_jan05_guidbc1224.pdf?pageContent_PressRelease
Images: purchased from istockphoto.comBuyers are busy, but know what they want. Good marketers understand their target customers. But, great marketers convert this understanding into relevant, engaging and search-optimized content that demonstrates leadership, earns trust, and fills their funnel.
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Images: purchased from istockphoto.comThere’s a big difference between suspects, prospects, leads and buyers. But they do have one thing in common -- they’re all on a journey. The world’s best marketers develop a deep understanding of this end-to-end journey.
General ConceptSource: Eloqua and Jess3 http://blog.eloqua.com/the-content-grid-v2/
The best marketers create content that speaks specifically to every phase of the buying journey. When properly tailored to your specific buying journey, content helps to nurture opportunity from the “top of the funnel” to the “bottom of the funnel”.
General ConceptSource: Eloqua and Jess3 http://blog.eloqua.com/the-content-grid-v2/It can be a trend report, a Q&A eBook, a step-by-step eBook, a demo video, a price guide checklist. That is largely dependent on what your target buyer has told you they want at that stage in the buying process. In your persona interviews, you need to ask them, "What kind of content are you consuming? Is it different as it moves through the buying cycle? Are there different requirements?" I've shared our persona interview templates with a number of you and I'm more than happy to share it again after this webinar. We've added a content preferences survey to it as well. My email will be at the end of the webinar as well.
Image: purchased from istockphoto.com http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-4548417-deadline.phpContent marketing is a marathon, not a sprint. Success requires dedication, stamina and sticking to a regimen. With consistency, your content is guaranteed to be fresh. Google will pay close attention. Your target buyers will be drawn to you.
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Get to the point. Buyers are busy. Get to value quickly! Extract key points and relevant highlights. Offer ideas and make recommendations.
Buyers are looking for answers. Focus on topics they actually care about. Challenges. Opportunities. Successes. Failures.http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juhu_1944.jpg
Buyers are drawn to experts who tell authentic, intriguing, surprising and useful stories.
Buyers seek intriguing, surprising and useful ideas! Present them with a provocative vision of future possibilities.
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Hubspot: State of Inbound Marketing Report 2011
Hubspot: State of Inbound Marketing Report 2011 And again, these are B2B data points.
Hubspot: State of Inbound Marketing Report 2011
Image: from Microsoft clipart + YMKM Agency LLC illustrationA blog is mandatory. It’s your top, most important channel. And the best advice I can give you is blog, and blog often. And it should be original, unique content. Don’t copy, don’t paste. Make it your own stuff. Every business day should have a new piece of content.
Image: courtesy Social Icon Studio http://www.socialiconstudio.com/2010/11/high-detail-3d-social-icon-set.htmlNext step, LinkedIn. So, is LinkedIn a channel that you need to participate in? The answer is yes!
Hubspot: State of Inbound Marketing Report 2011 And it drives by far the most referrals to B2B sites today.
Hubspot: State of Inbound Marketing Report 2011 It generates considerably more leads than any other channel, including your company blog.
Image: courtesy Social Icon Studio http://www.socialiconstudio.com/2010/11/high-detail-3d-social-icon-set.htmlLinkedIn is a must-have. You need to participate on a basic level by posting content. However, you should also participate actively in groups and in question-and-answer sessions. At a minimum, you need to share original, unique content.
Image: courtesyIconFinder http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/58857/128/facebook_iconI get more questions about Facebook than any other channel today. And the reason for that is the sheer reach of Facebook.
Source: COMSOURCE, FEBRUARY , 2011 One of every eight minutes spent online is spent on Facebook today. It is just a behemoth.
Hubspot: State of Inbound Marketing Report 2011 You need to know that it is largely a B2C channel today. It doesn’t mean that B2Bs can’t use it. It just means that it’s a better channel today for B2C companies.
Hubspot: State of Inbound Marketing Report 2011 And that’svery consistent with more lead conversions for B2C, etc.
Image: courtesyIconFinder http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/58857/128/facebook_iconFacebook is a very effective tool, it’s just not as good as the other ones yet. Emphasis on “yet.” Facebook announced recently that their new advertising platform is going to be 100% content-based. You’re going to have to have content, not just advertising for your company.Ask your buyer, “Are you using Facebook today to consume business content? Are you using it for work-related things?” And you’re going to get mixed answers for that. So just remember that it’s a channel only as long as your buyers are participating in it.
Image: courtesy IconArchive http://www.iconarchive.com/show/vector-twitter-icons-by-iconshock/twitter-3d-icon.htmlSo next step, Twitter. Is Twitter a good channel for you to use? What you need to understand is who actually participates in Twitter.
Source: EMARKETER, April 2011 The Twitter users today are young, smart, affluent and tech-savvy. In short, they’re influencers.
Hubspot: State of Inbound Marketing Report 2011 And they are very active in driving B2Bpurchase decisions. They are the people who write the blogs that your readers are reading today. These are the type of people who are participating in Twitter.
Hubspot: State of Inbound Marketing Report 2011 And so it is a very good channel for B2B, if you understand how to use it. In fact, it’s better for B2B than B2C.
Hubspot: State of Inbound Marketing Report 2011 People who participate in Twitter see twice the lead generation. It varies by company size, but it is a good B2B channel.
Image: courtesy IconArchive http://www.iconarchive.com/show/vector-twitter-icons-by-iconshock/twitter-3d-icon.htmlPeople whoparticipate in Twitter are the folks that are creating the content that your buyers are consuming today. The trick here is that you want to create really good stuff that they find interesting so that they’re going to talk about it on their blogs. And that they’re going to share with their audience today. So Twitter is mandatory for us. Remember that it is an influence channel. As you start building out the people you follow on Twitter, you need make sure to find people who are influencers in your market and follow them. Feed them good stuff - feed them stuff that you want them to share because that’s what they’re going to do for you.
Image source - Purchased from iStockphoto (http://www.istockphoto.com/license) On to paid search. So you might be scratching your head, asking, “Paid search? Is that a promotion channel?” Remember 25% of the click-throughs on search results are from paid search.
Image source - Purchased from iStockphoto (http://www.istockphoto.com/license) There are a bunch of other channels. We’ve been getting a lot of questions about Pinterest and Google+. Pinterest is probably the most interesting one to date because it’s growing fast. But is it the right channel for you? You need to ask your buyer. Pinterest today is largely not a B2B channel. However, it’s growing so fast that you need to keep an eye on it.Google+ is an interesting channel. Unfortunately, Google gives Google+ content more authority than it deserves and as a result, you most likely will have to participate in it and post content.There are also the social news sites - Reddit, Digg, StumbledUpon. You need to ask your buyer if they’re participating in those channels and then participate accordingly.
Successful marketers are competitive beings. They keep score and play to win. They constantly test new ideas and know exactly what content resonates (and what doesn’t) with target buyers in each unique phase of the sales cycle.
Source: Hubspot, Conversion Centered Design – Essential Elements of High Converting Landing Pages Segmentation of channels allowed you measure the effectiveness of each channel and isolate a weak inbound source. Either remove/reduce spending on this channel or A/B test to improve it.