The type of content B2B buyers say helps vendors win deals [study]
B2B buyers say they want quality content that demonstrates you understand their industry, and their company and helps them to build a business case to buy your tech product One of the reasons content marketing is so important to B2B...Read More
How SaaS companies are using case studies to drive results [benchmarks]
SaaS companies have an average of 38 active cases studies that are between 500-1,000 words in both HTML and PDF format; here’s how they incentives customers, sales and customer success to solicit new case studies Case studies are a...Read More
5 ways for B2B marketing to align with finance on brand building
Brand building is increasingly important as B2B prospects come to a decision before ever talking to sales, yet a new report finds 69% of CFOs view brand marketing as a cost center Most searches are zero-click searches. Tracking capabilities of...Read More
19 B2B marketing statistics to help plan for the remainder of 2023
There’s been no shortage of surveys and stats in B2B marketing; here’s a look at some of the more interesting ones from the first six months of 2023 Apart from this blog, I produce a separate monthly email newsletter that...Read More
5 SDR statistics that can help B2B marketing improve performance
A survey by the sales consultancy The Bridge Group found SDRs in B2B average 104 outreach activities leading to 3.6 “quality conversations” per day; prospects require on average 11.3 attempts in the SDR sequence If you’ve ever filled out a...Read More
6 key traits of a RevOps professional [guest post]
In this guest post, my friend Alun Swift notes revenue operations is in a unique position to break down the silos between sales, marketing, customer success and finance Revenue operations (RevOps) is one of the hottest new career fields in...Read More
How B2B marketing can influence the sales team to use its content according to behavioral science
Your sales team is more likely to use the content B2B marketing products when it is presented by a high-performing peer in sales – rather than a sales leader or a product marketer. If you’ve worked in B2B marketing for...Read More
B2B Marketing Statistics and Notes from 7 Recent Reports
Buyers of B2B software want published pricing: according to a study by McKinsey, 68% want prices published online without negotiation (and other useful B2B marketing statistics) Regular readers know I frequently dive into surveys and studies about B2B marketing, sales...Read More
The Top Complaints B2B Sales and Marketing Have about Each Other
Both sales and marketing cite a “lack of willingness to collaborate” and say “communication” is the top barrier to correcting the problem A big part of problem-solving is clearly identifying the issue. A survey of 329 B2B sales and marketing...Read More
B2B Sales Cycles Require 27 Interactions both Digital and Human [Study]
Deals in B2B are increasingly complicated and more likely to be scrutinized by top executives and the finance department “Buyers now exercise more due diligence than ever before, conducting more research and engaging in more conversations with vendors and third...Read More
