CMO: … I get that we need to think of the buyer’s perspective when marketing. We have modeled the buyer’s journey today.
Us: Great. Do all the buyers buy the same way? What if we have different buyers with different problems? Do they follow the same path? Have the same understanding? Go to the same places? Is the buyer’s journey to help create a composite view of the buyer’s journey or to assist in understanding their differences? Continue reading “Typical Buyer Marketing CMO Conversation” »
We are finally getting to the heart of the matter in terms of why vendors are seeing increasingly difficulty in targeting buyers in the market. Almost embarrassing how simple a concept, but given how long it took for us to identify is probably how indicative of how difficult it is to actually execute, let alone do it systemically and predictably.
In short, buyers are entering a marketplace trying to solve a problem. Vendors are in the market looking to sell their solution. The language differences are on par with “Men Are From Mars and Women Are From Venus.” Or so my wife tells me. (Joking - I really read the book)
We owe you a mea culpa…. We’ve been seller driven, not buyer driven. We’ve focused on selling you what we think you need (what we sell) versus helping you make better decisions. We haven’t helped you make the business case for why this is a significant problem. We’ve automated our marketing systems to better reach you, but never asked if or what you’re interested in. We’ve treated you as a company, not as a group of individuals with different needs, perspectives, and roles. We don’t know what a “day in your life” looks like to give us context as to why you don’t have the time to sit through our “canned” presentation, educate us on your business, and sift through all of our market claims.
Continue reading “Recent Social Executive Council Post: Open Letter to Buyers” »
I have spent the last couple of years evangelizing social media and its various flavors; social business, social marketing, enterprise community, social CRM, etc. I can officially say that the “newness” is over, kaput, finished, and has officially kicked the bucket. If you haven’t “done” social media by now, don’t bother. In some markets, we are seeing so much content being generated, you might as well go back to pumping out press releases and spamming email lists as you will have better odds of getting someone to respond. Having a twitter, facebook, linkedin company, etc account does not buy you anything. Worse, if you spend a ton of money with your agency on these free accounts, you are throwing away good money.
Continue reading “Social Media is Dead, Long Live Target Marketing” »
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