𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟲 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗽-𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 #𝗕𝟮𝗕 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗗𝗼 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 I suspect you may be surprised by the list below, published by Considered Content. Why? B2B marketers know we should be doing all these things, but recent research shows many are clearly not practicing what works best. 𝟭. 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 Research your customers, research the people who make up the buying committees and create ideal customer profiles (ICP) or customer personas. Sounds like 101, but the data indicates only 18% of B2B marketers create ICPs or research-based personas. 𝟮. 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲-𝘁𝗼-𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 Jason Ball writes that "true differentiation makes you more successful across every category" and has the data to prove it. He says: "if you focus on just one thing, it should be differentiation." 𝟯. 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 Having a marketing strategy that takes its lead from your core business strategy is not only important, it's also another way to elevate your marketing performance across every area. 𝟰. 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 One of the standout results in the data is that what's popular and what's effective are often two quite different things. 𝟱. 𝗕𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗶𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 The data in this report reflects that women are far more likely than men to use #ABM and #influencermarketing, while men (more than women) are significantly more likely to use nurture programs, PPC and programmatic advertising. 𝟲. 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 What's the alternative? Focusing on lead gen to drive leads. The data shows that those who focus narrowly on lead gen are LESS effective at driving leads than those that focus on demand gen to drive leads. It's actually those who have a primary objective of increasing demand who are more effective at lead generation. 𝘒𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘴 𝘵𝘰 MarketingProfs, 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦; 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘵:
Insightful as always!
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7moTony Mohr, you've nailed it! The gap between knowing and doing is often wider than we'd like to admit. I particularly agree with the point about differentiation.