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13 January 2017 by Ishan Bhattacharya - BBN India

How B2B Marketers Can Achieve Audacious Goals by Going Social

There is a common perception in the B2B marketing space that social media campaigns do not resonate well with enterprise customers. Some ten years back it would have been true, but now, especially with the rising number of internet savvy decision makers, it’s absolutely untrue.

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11 January 2017 by Rory Vieyra

Instinct vs. Data

Gut-feeling and empirical evidence are the two methods by which people make decisions. But which is better?

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02 December 2016 by Jeff Young - BBN USA

Consumer Transparency in B2B Marketing

While B2C marketing has always made consumer transparency a priority, it’s now imperative that B2B marketers adopt this way of thinking, too; it’s the new prerequisite for success. End users (consumers) expect the same quality, precision, and honesty every step of the way – from manufacturers and suppliers all the way down to retailers.

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30 November 2016 by Richard Parsons

Fishing, Pulling and Statistics

Continued from my previous post

All this talk of creativity, the big idea and long-term thinking doesn’t meanI’m against measuring stuff. As I’ve already said, the point is that metrics should inform us, not dictate to us.

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29 November 2016 by Richard Parsons

So Here’s the Strategy…Look, Kittens!

One of my criticisms of B2B marketing is that it is still too dominated by old-school, US-style thinking – product-driven and financially obsessed. The corporate culture is all about the quarterly report – the numbers – and that leads to a reductive, short-term approach. It’s like we’ve all got attention deficit disorder.

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