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10 Keys to Spotting a Bad B2B Marketing Agency

10 Keys to Spotting a Bad B2B Marketing Agency

June 17, 2020/in B2B Marketing Blog, Blog Posts, Marketing Strategy /by Ava Anderson
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If you’re a B2B marketer who needs agency support, finding the right partner can be frustrating. B2B marketing and B2B tech both require significant expertise. B2B marketing agency partnerships are often high-stakes and high-cost, with little margin for error. It’s impractical to grill every candidate on the ins and outs of your space, and worse to chance a disastrous initial collaboration. How can you be confident you’re landing an agency that can get the job done?

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12 B2B Sales Enablement Tips for Hard Times

Stormy Days Playlist: 12 B2B Sales Enablement Tips

June 3, 2020/in B2B Marketing Blog, Blog Posts, Sales Enablement Marketing, Win/Loss Analysis /by Sean Campbell
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The COVID-19 pandemic has created massive heartache and loss across the globe. It has also led to the start of a worldwide recession. In stormy times such as this, how should B2B sellers adapt their tactics and strategies? Read on for sales enablement best practices for hard times.

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B2B Branding

B2B Branding: What’s Your Brand Story? (Yes, It Matters)

May 22, 2020/in B2B Marketing Blog, Blog Posts, Marketing Strategy /by Ava Anderson
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It’s tempting to assume that emotional marketing elements like your brand story don’t matter in B2B. But research shows that’s not the case. Marketers lose a key opportunity to gain a competitive edge when they ignore the emotional elements of B2B branding, like brand storytelling.

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COVID-19: The End of the Beginning | Cascade Insights

COVID-19: The End of the Beginning

April 21, 2020/in B2B Market Research Blog, B2B Marketing Blog, Blog Posts /by Philippe Boutros
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Dark clouds remain, with some increase in business activity.

We first fielded a survey on the business impact of COVID-19 on March 18-20. The same week that San Francisco issued a shelter-in-place order.

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brand research

5 Clues It’s Time for Brand Research

April 16, 2020/in B2B Market Research Blog, B2B Marketing Blog, Blog Posts, Brand Research, Marketing Enablement /by Ava Anderson
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What do customers just not get about your brand? Well-designed brand research can reveal how customers’ misperceptions are affecting your bottom-line. Read more

No company size or industry is immune to disruption from COVID-19.

Nearly 80% of Business Activity Is Disrupted By Coronavirus

March 25, 2020/in B2B Market Opportunity Research, B2B Market Research Blog, B2B Marketing Blog, Blog Posts /by Philippe Boutros
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A new study on coronavirus business disruption shows that while every industry has been gravely impacted, some, like tech, are faring better than others.

Cascade Insights’ survey reveals how the crisis is affecting business operations across company sizes, sectors, and job roles. (Hint: no business type, size, or function is immune.)
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A solid B2B marketing strategy requires differentiators that actually stand out.

B2B Marketing Strategy: What’s a Real Differentiator?

February 13, 2020/in B2B Market Research Blog, B2B Marketing Blog, B2B Messaging, Blog Posts, Marketing Strategy, Message Testing Research /by Sean Campbell
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A solid B2B marketing strategy requires differentiators that actually stand out. This seems obvious. But unfortunately, in B2B tech, great differentiators are hard to come by.

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B2B Buyer Personas

B2B Buyer Personas: Delete the Fluff

February 3, 2020/in B2B Buyer Persona Research, B2B Customer Experience Research, B2B Market Research Blog, B2B Marketing Blog, Blog Posts, Marketing Enablement /by Sean Campbell
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The industry standard for B2B buyer personas is wanting. I frequently see buyer personas built by other vendors that read more like a dating profile than an exceptional piece of analysis and insight.

In these poorly amalgamated personas, significant time is spent on demographic details and personality traits of a buyer when other topics are far more critical.

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B2B Messaging Framework

People-Pleasing Is Not a Good Messaging Strategy

November 19, 2019/in B2B Marketing Blog, B2B Messaging, Blog Posts, Content Marketing, Marketing Strategy /by Sean Campbell
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To develop a solid B2B messaging framework, you need to make some tough decisions. You also need to disappoint some people while delighting others. Sadly, too few companies do this. In all cases, this inability to commit leads to poor messaging and poor marketing. 

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B2B Content Strategy

“I Have No Idea What Your Product Does”: A Cautionary Tale of Marketing Buzzwords

November 19, 2019/in B2B Market Research Blog, B2B Marketing Blog, B2B Messaging, Blog Posts, Content Marketing, Message Testing Research /by Isabel Gautschi
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Yes, yes, I see that your solution will enhance my ROI and accelerate something or other while also optimizing and transforming my business. But, um, what does it do?  If your B2B content strategy doesn’t include the prohibition of buzzwords, you may want to rethink your messaging. Read more

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