Topic results for "Sales"
Making the sales team irrelevant
Roger Warner, online PR maestro, sent us a link to this Doug Richard video. It’s a two-minute extract from one of his start-up seminars, this one on the relationship…
Five mistakes to avoid in the B2B selling process
The buying process is long and complex in B2B tech markets. Here are 5 mistakes to avoid when planning and executing your B2B sales.Choose your patients carefully
The most respected surgeons in the world have the best survival rates. But they don't have the best survival rates because they're better surgeons. They have the best survival rates because they choose their patients very, very carefully. Here's why B2B marketers should do the same thing...The 4 steps to a B2B sale: rational meets irrational
My old boss Steve Trygg (a great copywriter) used to talk about the role of marketing in business decision-making by breaking down every purchase decision into four steps -- the four things buyers do before they buy...New Velocity B2B Marketing Newsletter Available!
The latest edition of our semi-regular newsletter update is now available. It's packed with goodness inside, including our star new white pager, Marketing, Meet Sales, which offers eleven ways to make your marketing activity really drive new sales...Fighting Inertia: the toughest competitor of them all.
Most B2B technology companies have a clear set of competitors they're battling. But for some (usually early stage) tech companies, there are no other companies to fight: they're inventing a market. The only competitor is the inertia of the target audience. At first glance, it sounds like a great position to be in. Never facing a head-to-head competitor. Being free from the never-ending features arms race. But in reality, these can be the toughest marketing challenges of them all...Champions and the Siren Effect: how early wins can mislead
Early stage tech companies would do anything for those first few big wins -- especially from blue-chip companies. But we've seen more than a few companies who were steered off course by these early wins. The early 'champions' were dream customers. They bought into the vision. They loved the product. They 'got it'. How can that be bad?Recent papers
The B2B Content Marketing Tutorial
A roll-up-your-sleeves guide for marketers
If you’ve read the B2B Marketing Manifesto or the Content Marketing Workbook, you’re already hip to the power of B2B content marketing.
But you need a bit of practical help on the process side of content…
The B2B Marketing Manifesto: Five Imperatives and Six Staples for Winning the Battle for Attention
There’s never been a more exciting – or a scarier– time to be a B2B marketer.
It’s not about social media, the web, or email. It’s about a completely new mindset, new buyer behaviours and a shiny new set of tools to address it all.
The B2B Content Marketing Workbook
Content Marketing is probably the single most important weapon in the B2B marketing arsenal. This eBook takes you through velocity’s approach to the art. Download it and see what you think…
A B2B Social Media Checklist
You’ve just published a great piece of content. Don’t just stick it on your website. Use social media to drive people to it (and vice versa). Here’s a one-page checklist to help you socialize your content, driving traffic and downloads…
