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B2B Brand Marketing: The Long-Term Play for Sustainable Growth

Move beyond short-term B2B marketing tactics. Learn how brand marketing creates sustainable growth in the tech industry. Includes Monday.com case study.
May 24, 2024
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5 min read

TL;DR

B2B tech marketing requires a long-term perspective. Instead of chasing leads, prioritize building a strong brand that fosters trust and credibility. You’ll have a better chance at capturing and maintaining the attention of future buyers and getting on their shortlist.

Key Takeaways

  • B2B buyers take their time: Most B2B tech buyers are not actively looking for a new solution at any given time.
  • Brand marketing is key: Invest in building a strong brand to stay top-of-mind and capture attention when buyers are ready.
  • Ditch the funnel: The linear funnel model is flawed. Focus on providing valuable content at every stage of the buyer’s journey.
  • Balance sales activation with brand marketing: Combine short-term lead generation efforts with long-term brand building for optimal results.
  • Think long-term: B2B marketing success takes time, patience, and consistency.

We’re all guilty of cutting corners and searching for the elusive “secret.” The reality is that achieving B2B market success rarely happens overnight. 

And while B2B and B2C marketing have more in common now than they did a decade ago, expecting B2C results in B2B is unrealistic. B2B marketing is still a marathon, not a sprint. There are no shortcuts or magic pills, no matter what the sales-led or product-led hype wants us to believe.

Jack Welsh quote about facing reality as it is.

Jack Welch’s message? Stop the wishful thinking.

Important: Before continuing, if you only care about pumping up your tech product so you can dump the company on the highest bidder in the shortest time, stop reading. This is not for you. Good luck with whatever you do. 

But if you’re genuinely interested in building a lasting tech solution like Slack, Hubspot, or Salesforce, put your expectations, opinions, and assumptions aside for a few minutes. 

The Fallacy of Instant Results: B2B Buyers Take Their Time

Many B2B tech companies, especially startups, think their products are so good they’ll sell themselves and attract loads of new leads. The reality is that the majority of B2B tech buyers simply aren’t ready to buy no matter how many times they look at our website. The solution they currently use is good enough (for now). 

“A lot of companies haven’t fully realized yet that most people are not in the market for any product at any given time. You need to target them with a long-term lens.”

- Jann Martin Schwarz, LinkedIn B2B Institute

Studies like the 95-5 rule show that only 5% of B2B buyers are actively in-market looking for a new solution. Yet our wishful thinking still makes us believe otherwise.

“Our surveys show that 95% of B2B marketers expect to see significant sales within the first two weeks of a campaign.”

Professor John Dawes, Ehrenberg-Bass Institute

Most B2B tech buyers, Professor Dawes points out, are on a much longer decision-making journey than we want to admit. 

Chart showing how infrequently buyers make purchases

Here’s a real-world dose of reality (there’s that word again) from a recent interview with a procurement leader, courtesy of Mark Stouse over at Proof:

“Risk has always been the biggest part of any B2B deal. Since 2022, that has increased exponentially. It’s why we have so many ‘no decision’ decisions. The vendors fail the test more than half the time.”

Decision-makers are risk-averse for good reason. Buying tech is harder than selling it. Choose the wrong solution and we end up with egg on our face, an expensive mistake, or worse, shown the door. 

The safest decision? No decision. 

Go Long: Brand Marketing As Your Game Plan

Brands aren’t born great. Market success in any business is a long-term investment. Ask any established tech brand, from Apple to Salesforce, to kill their brand and replace it with a sales-led or product-led approach, and they will tell you where to go. Brand equity trumps all. 

“B2B marketers shouldn’t be spending time and money convincing out-of-market buyers to consider a purchase but instead invest in making every buyer remember their brand next time they need its product.”

Peter Weinberg & Jon Lombardo

That sums up the problem with B2B marketing as we know it today. It’s flawed because it focuses only on short-term linear “funnel” outputs and metrics, sales-led and product-led thinking, leads and quotas, blah, blah, blah. You get the point. 

Think of brand building as farming. The seeds we sow today are not harvested in the same season or even in the same year. It takes time to generate demand, earn trust, establish authority, and create loyal fans. 

Warren Buffet quote on brand equity

The Funnel Fallacy: Why Linear Thinking Hurts B2B Marketing Strategy

B2B tech buying is not a neat, linear path—it’s not a funnel! Yet we still expect linear and immediate results.

Illustration showing how lead and demand generation scale
Credit: Vladimir Blagojevic

The majority of B2B tech companies think in terms of lead generation and pass off brand marketing (demand generation activities) as wasted effort that takes too long and is too hard to measure. 

It’s why B2B marketing is measured in linear stages (leads, sales, etc.). It’s also why B2B marketing teams scramble to justify their turf with linear metrics. 

We end up with the wrong results because we set the wrong expectations, create the wrong outcomes, and look at the wrong data.

B2B Marketing expectations don't match reality
Credit: Olena Bomko

Short-term thinking can also lead to schizophrenic stop-start marketing tactics that confuse the market, dilute our value, and kill any potential momentum that brand marketing produces. 

It’s better to provide helpful and current content at every stage at any given time because the reality is that we don’t know when someone is ready to buy, upgrade, or switch.

Supporting your sales activation (lead generation) activities with brand marketing (demand generation) gives you the best chance to stay top-of-mind and capture the attention of your future best-fit customers when they embark on their search. 

Monday.com: A Case Study in Long-Term B2B Market Success

Monday.com launched in 2014 to compete with the likes of Asana, Trello, and Wrike. Three years later (not three months), the project management SaaS solution began an explosive 6-year run. 

Line graph showing Monday.com's growth over 6 years

In 2023, Monday.com’s annual revenue was estimated at $702 million to $717 million but made over $729 million, an increase of 41% year-over-year. Forecasts for 2024 are expected to be between $926 million and $932 million. 

That’s impressive growth for a B2B tech brand that’s only 10 years old!

Monday.com has invested heavily in brand building with a tongue-in-cheek style that’s not typical for B2B. Their most recent Work Without Limits campaign (below) aired during the 2022 Super Bowl. Their previous Manage Your Team campaign ran for over three years with regionally targeted ads.

Final Thoughts

Take a page out of Monday.com’s playbook. Invest in a B2B marketing strategy that balances sales activation with brand marketing. That will lay the foundation for long-term growth, building trust with your audience. The rewards are well worth the effort.

“So follow the 95-5 Rule to grow: invest in lead-generation efforts targeting the 5% of people who are “in-market” today, but don’t forget to invest far more heavily in reaching the entire category with brand advertising that resonates with future buyers, and thus generates future cash flows.”

Ty Heath, LinkedIn B2B Institute

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Strategy

B2B & B2C Marketing Trends: How They’re Converging (and Still Different)

B2B and B2C marketing have more in common than ever yet still retain key differences. Learn the trends and strategies that are reshaping both domains.
May 17, 2024
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5 min read

TL;DR

Digital marketing has changed B2B over the past decade, making it more like B2C in some ways. However, there are still important differences—B2B buying decisions remain harder to make, and take longer. B2C companies aim for quick sales to move inventory and use marketing to support those sales. B2B companies, on the other hand, build partnerships with clients over time. More B2B brands are also balancing brand marketing with sales activation instead of prioritizing one over the other.

Key Takeaways

  • Digital transformation is driving convergence between B2B and B2C marketing strategies.
  • Shared trends include brand building, data-driven personalization, storytelling, and seamless customer experiences.
  • B2B prioritizes long-term relationships and balances brand marketing with sales activation.
  • B2C focuses on quick wins and sales activation, with brand marketing playing a supporting role.

There was a time when the “B” in B2B stood for “boring,” a stark contrast to the exciting world of B2C. I covered these differences in 2012 when there were about 350 martech solutions and B2B was still averse to social media. Digital transformation has blurred those lines and now there are boatloads more martech solutions competing for attention. 

Marketers from both camps are borrowing from each other by embracing brand, storytelling, emotion, entertainment, and humor to captivate their audience.

Converging Trends in B2B and B2C Marketing

The rise of digital platforms has driven a demand for personalized, engaging, and story-driven content in both B2B and B2C marketing. This is clear from the explosion of MarTech solutions, which went from a handful a decade ago to thousands today, as illustrated by Scott Brinker at ChiefMarTec

Shared Trends

  • Data Rules: using data and analytics to understand customer behavior, personalize messages, and track results.
  • Seamless Customer Experience: implementing a smooth customer journey across all channels (website, social media, email).
  • Content Still Reigns: creating educational, entertaining, and informative content to attract leads, build trust, and establish expertise.
  • Targeted Communication: tailoring messages and promotions to individual preferences through segmentation and targeted campaigns.

B2B Borrowing from B2C

  • Storytelling and Emotional Connection. Traditionally B2B marketing focused on product features and rational decision-making. However, B2C’s emphasis on brand-focused emotional connections and storytelling has inspired B2B marketers to create more engaging content that resonates with the human side of making buying decisions.
  • Social Media Engagement. Social media platforms were once seen as primarily B2C tools. Now, B2B marketers are actively leveraging social media for thought leadership, brand building, and lead generation. And as crazy as it sounds, in 2013, Maersk Line (yes, the container shipping company) was the first major B2B brand to pioneer B2B social media marketing

B2C Learning from B2B

  • Account-Based Marketing (ABM). The B2B practice of targeting high-value accounts with personalized outreach has influenced B2C marketers who are starting to segment their audiences and tailor messages to specific customer groups within key accounts.
  • Long-Term Customer Relationships. While B2C marketing often focuses on short-term sales, the B2B emphasis on building long-term relationships with customers has inspired B2C brands to prioritize customer retention strategies.

How B2B and B2C Marketing Remain Distinctly Different

While digital transformation has brought B2B and B2C marketing closer, fundamental differences persist. These differences stem from the distinct nature of their target audiences, decision-making processes, and sales cycles.

Decision-Making

B2B B2C
Complexity Complex, often involving multiple stakeholders with varying priorities and requiring consensus. Less complex, typically made by an individual or a small group (e.g., family).
Timeframe Longer, with a focus on building relationships and trust before a purchase decision is made. Shorter and often driven by immediate needs like inventory optimization.
Information Needs Requires in-depth, technical information, case studies, and demonstrations to address specific pain points and justify the investment. Relies on emotional appeals, brand reputation, social proof, and convenience.


Sales Cycles

B2B B2C
Length Longer, involving multiple touchpoints, negotiations, and approvals that can take months or years. Shorter, often completed in a single transaction or within a short period.
Key Activities Brand awareness, demand generation, lead nurturing, relationship building, proposal development, demos, contract negotiation. Brand awareness, advertising, promotions, impulse buying triggers, customer reviews.
Focus Building long-term relationships, providing ongoing support, and maximizing customer lifetime value. Driving immediate purchases, repeat business, and brand loyalty through personalized offers and engagement.


Different Approaches


While both B2B and B2C marketers aim to build brand awareness, trust, and loyalty, their approaches differ significantly.

B2B Marketing is still a marathon balancing brand marketing with sales activation:

1. Brand Marketing 2. Sales Activation
Creates lasting value and influences future buying decisions. Capitalizes on existing demand to reach potential in-market customers.
Generates organic demand through relevant and timely content marketing and social media. Creates quick wins through paid media and ABM.
Fuels sales through awareness and credibility. Drives short-term growth by boosting leads and sales.
Compounds results and strengthens over time. Requires brand marketing for long-term success.


B2C Marketing is still a sprint
often favoring sales activation for immediate results:

1. Sales Activation 2. Brand Marketing
Generates immediate sales through promotions and discounts. Builds strong emotional connection with consumers.
Captures impulse buys and seasonal demand. Drives brand awareness and loyalty through storytelling and engaging content.
Increases brand visibility and reach. Tailors messaging and experiences to deliver relevant and timely offers.
Drives short-term revenue growth. Creates community with user-generated content, influencers, and reviews.

Brand Marketing Tip: If traffic to your business is driven by local search, optimize your business listings on Google Maps and Apple Maps so they are always up to date and aligned with your brand touch points. This works for B2B and B2C.

B2B and B2C Brand Marketing: Two Examples That Use the Same Approach for Different Outcomes


B2B Marketing Example:

Brand monday.com
Campaign “Work Without Limits”
Why it works Showcases their ability to blend B2B and B2C marketing tactics effectively. They utilize storytelling, humor, and emotional appeals to connect with their audience, highlighting the challenges and frustrations of traditional work processes. Their ads often feature relatable characters and scenarios, making their project management software feel more approachable and user-friendly. By focusing on the human element of work, monday.com creates a sense of community and excitement around their product, resonating with both individuals and teams. Is it any wonder monday.com grew their ARR from $7M to $700M in six years?

B2C Marketing Example:

Brand Glossier
Campaign “Skin first. Makeup second.”
Why it works A philosophy and community-driven approach. Glossier has successfully cultivated a devoted online community that actively champions the brand. By prioritizing user-generated content, social media engagement, influencer marketing, and a focus on inclusivity, Glossier has created a loyal following that feels deeply connected to the brand. This has resulted in significant organic growth and an effective word-of-mouth marketing engine.

Final Thoughts

Digital transformation has created a more level playing field, where brand, data, and omnichannel strategies play key roles. But the B2B and B2C marketing games remain inherently different. Think ice hockey vs. field hockey, or tennis vs. pickleball. 

Great insight will always be the cornerstone of all great marketing, no matter the discipline. Knowing your best-fit customers, the nuances of their buying decisions, and showing up when they are ready to buy is critical for long-term growth. 

Which B2B or B2C marketing trend do you think will have the biggest impact in the next year or two?

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Insight

What B2B Marketing & Product Teams Can Learn From Peter Drucker

Don't fall for the “build it and they will come” trap. Learn from Peter Drucker’s timeless wisdom on marketing & innovation for B2B tech success.
May 10, 2024
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5 min read

TL;DR

Marketing and innovation are the cornerstones of B2B tech success. Don’t prioritize one over the other. Conduct customer research, integrate marketing early, craft a clear value proposition, and build long-term brand affinity. As Peter Drucker once said, marketing is a basic function of your entire business, so don’t treat it like a department, a tactic, or even a mere piece of revenue.

Key Takeaways

  • Don’t fall for the “build it and they will come” trap. Understand your market needs before innovating.
  • Marketing and innovation are partners, not rivals. Marketing fuels innovation by informing product development and vice versa.
  • Invest in marketing for long-term success. Marketing that is holistically focused on the entire business generates brand awareness, quality leads, and loyal customers.

We pour our hearts into our products. They’re our labour of love. Just like parents adore their children, we believe in our products wholeheartedly.

How many times have we heard, our product is so good it will sell itself?

But that’s like expecting a plant to grow without water or sunlight, or worse, expecting a child to raise itself. It’s unrealistic and irresponsible. It also sounds like Hollywood.

Hang on a sec... didn’t Peter Drucker say that? No. Not exactly. We’ll address this misinterpretation later.

Speaking of Drucker, he challenged such notions back in the 1950s.

Peter Drucker Marketing and Innovation quote

In 2008, I read Drucker’s book, The Practice of Management. Thinking I was behind the times (it was written in 1954), I was surprised by the number of business leaders who were unaware of Drucker’s immense contributions to modern management. Even those who knew of him hadn’t necessarily read his work, let alone understood his view on marketing. 

You can learn more about Peter Drucker at The Drucker Institute.

Innovation and Marketing: A Powerful Partnership

Drucker exposes a critical truth often overlooked in B2B tech: marketing and innovation aren’t rivals, but rather forces that propel business success together.

  • Marketing Fuels Innovation: Great marketing goes beyond promoting existing products. It actively informs future innovation. Through deep customer research and market trend analysis, companies can uncover new opportunities and develop products that address unmet needs and solve problems.
  • Innovation Needs a Launchpad: The most groundbreaking innovation is useless if no one knows about it. Marketing provides the platform to showcase the value proposition of innovative products, generate excitement, and attract potential customers. Without effective marketing, even the most revolutionary technology can vanish into obscurity.

The “Marketing is a Cost Center” Myth

Many B2B tech companies treat marketing as a cost, not an investment, blaming it for wasted resources.

They’re not wrong if their marketing lacks strategy, is only focused on pipeline, and appeases leadership by overpromising and underdelivering on generating leads.

That kind of marketing is NOT what Drucker was talking about.

That kind of marketing is what Dilbert was poking fun at (sadly still a common worldview).

Dilbert markting cartoon

Ironically, with all the new and better martech, digital tools, and analytics to track spending and results (far better than in Drucker’s time), we’re still having this conversation 70 years on.

I would wager Marketing is far more broken today. And that has nothing to do with the tools themselves. It has everything to do with mindset.

Business and Innovation paths are not straight lines. Expecting Marketing to be makes no sense.

Example: “Just create demand. Just get leads.”

To champion the change for this shift in thinking, Marketing needs to take responsibility.

Of all the things that need fixing in B2B tech marketing, I fundamentally believe that the most important first step is in changing the belief that marketing success is judged in terms of how much pipeline or revenue it contributes.

Liam Moroney, Storybook Marketing

The marketing mindset must change because ignoring marketing’s ability to impact long-term business growth is a mistake.

Drucker on Marketing’s Distinctive Role

Marketing is what sets your company and product apart from the competition. It’s the voice that connects your business and its offerings with your target audience, builds trust, and ultimately drives customer loyalty.

Drucker reinforces this concept by stating, “Marketing is the distinguishing, unique function of the business.” 

I highlighted business because that’s the piece everyone misses. It’s not just pipeline, or revenue, or pretty ads.

It’s how your best-fit customers experience your business in its entirety: the brand, the products and services, the people, the support, etc.

Brand marketing as an investment in long-term customer acquisition and retention.

The key here is “long-term” because markets react to marketing on their own time, not ours. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.

B2B Tech’s Innovation Trap: Why Marketing Matters More Than Ever

Innovation can be a seductive siren song for B2B tech companies. It’s easy to push marketing to the sidelines when we’re caught up in chasing our shiny new object.

Without doing our homework (customer and market research), we can, just as easily, end up developing the latest and greatest technology without knowing whether the market even needs it.

This blind faith leads to dismissing marketing early and then scrambling to get the word out, a decision with potentially disastrous consequences.

Build it and They Will NOT Come

We often misquote Peter Drucker, assuming a great product will sell itself. This thinking is dangerously wrong.

A fantastic product in a vacuum is just another engineering marvel no one knows about.

Countless B2B tech products fell victim to the “build it and they will come” mentality. Google+, Amazon Fire Phone, FaceBook Home, and even the Metaverse (cringe) are cautionary tales.

And although it’s a B2C example, who can forget Bic For Her? (the video is hysterical)

The Pitfalls of Limits & Neglect

The consequences of limiting and neglecting marketing go deeper than missed sales.

  • Wasted Resources: R&D and product development become a black hole if the target audience doesn’t understand the product’s value.
  • Brand Confusion: Without clear positioning and consistent messaging, B2B tech companies struggle to stand out and build brand recognition.
  • Blind Spots: Neglecting market research and audience analysis prevents companies from seeing customer needs and adapting their offerings.
  • Stalled Growth: Start & Stop marketing kills momentum and impacts the credibility of the conversations between the sales team and prospects.
  • Wrong Metrics: When marketing plays second fiddle to innovation and the entire business strategy, wrong expectations create wrong outcomes and that results in looking at the wrong data.

Marketing Is The Voice of the Customer

Drucker never said, “Make the product so good it’ll sell itself.” But he did stress understanding the customer:

The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.

Peter Drucker


That’s the quote that is often misquoted. Without marketing context, it misleads us into thinking all we have to do is build our Field of Dreams (did I mention Hollywood?).

In full context, however, it perfectly captures how and why marketing connects innovative solutions with our best-fit customers.

Prioritizing customer research, differentiated value, and long-term brand marketing ensures our innovative solutions don’t vanish into thin air.

Brand marketing becomes the bridge, connecting real-world problems with innovative solutions and the people behind them at every touch point of the business.

Think of Marketing as your customer’s champion, advocating for their needs. Innovation is your solution’s voice, the response to those needs.

Marketing and Innovation go hand in hand.

Two B2B Tech Brands Leading the Way

The good news is there are numerous B2B tech companies that excel at balancing innovation and marketing. Take Apple’s Think Different campaign, or Salesforce’s No Software campaign. Both are masters at combining these two forces and building lasting brand recognition.

But let’s look at two B2B tech examples:

Hubspot-logo

HubSpot, a leader in B2B marketing, sales, and customer service SaaS solutions, perfectly blends innovation and marketing.

  • Customer-Centric Innovation: HubSpot prioritizes understanding customer needs. Their blog, free marketing tools, and educational resources attract a massive user base. This goldmine of customer insights fuels their product development, ensuring their paid solutions directly solve B2B marketing teams’ problems.
  • Marketing Mastery: HubSpot isn’t just about software; they’re content marketing gurus. Their blog, brimming with insightful articles and guides on B2B marketing best practices, hooks potential customers and establishes them as industry thought leaders. They also rock social media, fostering a thriving brand community.

Hubspot brand marketing

Siemens Insights Hub (formerly MindSphere), an IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) platform, proves that innovation and marketing can flourish in the industrial tech space.

  • Industry-Specific Solutions: Insights Hub goes beyond just offering an IIoT platform; they cater to specific industry needs. They’ve developed solutions tailored to manufacturing, transportation, and utilities, ensuring their platform tackles the unique challenges of each sector.
  • Targeted Marketing for ROI-Focused Buyers: Siemens Insights Hub understands the complex buying process in industrial tech companies. Their marketing materials showcase real-world use cases and quantifiable results achieved by their customers. This targeted approach resonates with industrial decision-makers who prioritize a strong return on investment (ROI).

Siemens Insights Hub brand marketing

These are just a few examples; there are countless others.

The key? Understanding customer needs, developing solutions that address them, and creating brand marketing that consistently beats the drum to reach the target audience.

5 Ways to Implement Drucker’s Principles in B2B Tech

Peter Drucker’s wisdom on marketing and innovation remains relevant. B2B tech companies can achieve the perfect balance between these two crucial functions.

  1. Adopt a Companywide Marketing and Innovation Mindset: Make marketing and innovation everyone’s responsibility at every customer touch point. Invest in both equally and make both a priority. Set realistic business growth goals for both functions.
  2. Be Customer Obsessed
    Conduct in-depth customer research to truly grasp their needs, pain points, motivations, and decision criteria. Use interviews, surveys, and user testing to gather valuable insights that your product and marketing teams can use to build their strategies.
  3. Integrate Marketing Early and Often
    Involve marketing from the very beginning. Their expertise in understanding customer needs and market trends can ensure you develop innovative products that are not only technically sound but also address market demand.
  4. Craft a Clear Value Proposition
    Articulate what makes your B2B tech solution unique and how it directly benefits your target audience. This will be the foundation of your marketing messaging and will help you differentiate yourself from the competition.
  5. Leverage Branded Content to Educate and Inform
    Create valuable, informative, and branded content, such as blog posts, white papers, and case studies, to educate your target audience about industry trends, address their challenges, and showcase your expertise. Publish regularly and consistently. Ensure your sales tools, like pitch decks, sales slicks, and spec sheets speak your brand language consistently.

Embrace the Shift: Brand Marketing as a Long-Term Investment

Moving forward, remember that marketing isn’t a cost centre or a pipeline checkbox; it’s a long-term investment no different than innovation. By allocating resources towards brand marketing strategies that complement your entire business operations, everything gets better.

Marketing impacts the entire effectiveness and efficiency of the sales and marketing and customer success effort. More brand awareness in the market means everything gets better. Better perceptions of your product means everything gets better.

Liam Moroney, Storybook Marketing

Final Thoughts

Don’t be lured by innovation alone. Limiting and neglecting marketing is a recipe for disaster.

Similar to Apple and Salesforce, B2B tech companies like Hubspot and Siemens excel because they understand customer needs and craft compelling marketing messages, on top of their innovative products. Remember that Apple was virtually bankrupt when it launched Think Different in 1996 and Salesforce took on Siebel in an all-out David vs Goliath battle in 1999.

Focus on building the brand through customer research and integrated marketing across the entire organization, not just a piece of the pipeline. This ensures you create a lasting and memorable impression for your innovative solutions. Brand marketing bridges the gap between groundbreaking technology and real-world customer problems.

And listen to experts like Peter Drucker: marketing and innovation are the cornerstones of business success. A balanced approach is key to achieving long-term growth.

If you like this content, here are some more ways I can help:

  • Follow me on LinkedIn for bite-sized tips and freebies throughout the week.
  • Work with me. Schedule a call to see if we’re a fit. No obligation. No pressure.
  • Subscribe to this blog for ongoing insights and strategies (link below).

This article is also published on LinkedIn. Please chime in with any feedback. I would love to hear from you.

Cheers!

Strategy

Build Winning B2B Sales Teams: Audience Personas for Procurement Decisions

Learn how to create a winning B2B tech brand that drives better sales conversations. Free and ungated audience persona template included.
May 3, 2024
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5 min read

TL;DR

Buyer personas that focus solely on demographics miss the mark when connecting with B2B procurement teams. Personas focused on the “buying audience” provide added insight into understanding their motivations, pain points, and how and when they buy B2B tech. This article outlines how you can create “audience personas” that give your sales team a better chance at connecting with the procurement team.

Key Takeaways

  • Demographics Aren’t Enough: Demographics like age and income fail to capture the complexities of B2B procurement teams, leading to missed opportunities and ineffective sales strategies.
  • Psychographics Reveal Decision Criteria: Understanding the team’s psychology and motivations allows for targeted messaging that resonates with each member, fostering smoother internal buy-in and sales cycle.
  • Boost Lead Generation & ROI: Audience personas target everyone on the decision-making team. That enables you to create messaging for the entire team and tailor content for each team member.
  • Empower Champions & Close Deals Efficiently: Audience personas also provide the insight to tailor information for internal champions. They can clearly communicate your solution’s differentiated value, reducing friction, back-and-forth, and miscommunication.

Procurement decisions are complex and lengthy, involving a team with diverse and sometimes conflicting priorities.

In my experience, the traditional B2B sales approach is flawed because it focuses on a single person who isn’t always the decision-maker. Complex B2B purchases involve a series of decisions made by various team members. To win, companies must understand the “buying committee” and adapt their approach. Many procurement teams also have a champion who connects them with the vendor.

While individual buyer personas can be useful for certain marketing programs, they often miss the mark when it comes to understanding the dynamics of the procurement team as a whole.

Buyer personas that clarify how the audience (the buying team) makes purchase decisions provide a holistic view of the team’s psychology and can help you tailor your approach for maximum impact. Don’t rely solely on demographics—that’s a mistake.

Go Beyond Demographics to Win B2B Tech Sales

Unfortunately, most buyer personas are bullshit. They focus too heavily on demographics like age, title, income, gender, etc. They’re almost always aspirational and rarely tested.

And because they are focused on one person, they don’t capture the complexities of B2B procurement teams or help them navigate internal hurdles like budget approvals and risk management. Too often they are focused on the buyer, not the buying decision.

According to Adele Revella, likely THE authority on buyer personas, most B2B companies merely have snippets of buying intent information. Rarely do they truly know who will listen, what they want, and why they prefer the competition.

If we forget to pay attention to how our customer’s make their buying decision, we’re missing a huge piece of the puzzle.

Jeff Goldenberg, Abacus

Here’s why relying on demographics alone is a losing strategy:

  • Oversimplification: Demographics paint a broad brushstroke, failing to capture the nuances within a team. A “Procurement Manager” title doesn’t reveal if they prioritize cost-savings or data security.
  • Misses the Collective Mindset: Procurement teams operate as a unit with shared goals (think cost reduction, efficiency) and concerns (like mitigating risk). They make consensus and committee decisions. Understanding these shared motivations is key to crafting relevant messages.
  • Ignores Internal Dynamics: Different team members have varying priorities. A champion who sees the value of your solution might need data to convince the folks on their team who are budget-conscious, risk-averse, etc.

Demographics do not tell the full story

That said, when you couple demographics with the qualitative and quantitative insights of psychographics (including firmographics), you have a deeper understanding of a procurement team’s inner workings. You can tailor your message and content for each member, leading to better sales conversations.

Sales and marketing teams have to substantially improve their skills in guiding buying teams. The days of sophomoric ROI justifications are over. Purchases are not made based on a salesperson’s glib assertion of a rapid payback, and most salespeople today simply receive some orders. Precious few actually navigate these complexities to win them.

Ed Marsh, IntentData

Why Audience Personas Are Essential for B2B Sales

B2B marketing campaigns often fail to generate high-quality leads because they rely on assumptions instead of real-world customer insight. Sales and marketing end up missing the mark on the specific needs of B2B procurement teams.

Without deep and insightful conversations with your best-fit customers, you can't paint a full picture of how procurement teams find and purchase your solution.

Yes, demographics are helpful and I’m not suggesting to discount them. But you also need the qualitative and quantitative insight that psychographics provide (I’m including firmographics here).

Audience personas can help:

  • Identify key decision-makers and influencers within the procurement team.
  • Target the right people with the right message to attract high-quality leads genuinely interested in your solution.
  • Tailor content and messaging for each member of the procurement team.
  • Maximize the impact of your marketing spend and deliver a better return on marketing investment.
  • Equip internal champions with the information they need to clearly explain your solution’s value proposition and address any concerns from other team members.
  • Create smoother buy-in. 

Audience personas can help bridge the gap between your B2B tech solution and the complexities of procurement decisions. Understanding the motivations, challenges, and decision-making process, goes beyond demographic data and helps clarify your sales strategy. Instead of assuming your buyer is only interested in a feature list or product demo, your audience persona spells out what they want to see, who they will listen to, and whether or not they will shortlist you.

TIP: Don’t Boil the Ocean

Build your buyer persona with the buying audience in mind first. This way, you can see if the champion’s characteristics are already covered by the broader audience. Depending on the size of your business and product portfolio, you may only need one persona. As you grow your products and reach, you can scale the number of personas accordingly.

Audience and Buyer personas

Case Study

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Building Confidence Through Repositioning

Maximizer CRM, a well-established SaaS and OnPrem CRM player in the SMB space, faced a decline in market share due to a lack of differentiation in an ever-increasing crowded market.

Challenge

Regain market prominence and reclaim its value proposition for SMBs, particularly Financial Advisors and Wealth Managers.

Solution

Maximizer implemented a strategic repositioning campaign called “Grow With Confidence.” This campaign focused on:

  • Messaging Targeted to Specific Audience Persona: Developing messaging that resonated with SMBs, particularly within the Financial Services sector. Only one audience persona was needed since Financial Advisors and Wealth Managers shared virtually all the same features in Maximizer.
  • Simplified Product Offerings: Streamlining product features to ensure reliability, ease of use, and effectiveness.
  • Customer Success Focus: Shifting from a software provider to a growth partner, prioritizing customer success and operational efficiency.

Results

  • Increased Brand Awareness
    • 200% increase in total MQLs (Marketing Qualified Leads).
    • 160% increase in Net New MQLs.
    • Online reviews grew by over 400%, indicating positive customer reception.
    • Achieved leader status and ranked in the Top 50 Best Software for Sales on G2Crowd.
  • Enhanced Lead Generation
    • Month-over-month lead generation grew by a steady 20%.
    • Social media engagement skyrocketed from 1% to 8%.
  • Stronger Customer Relationships
    • Video testimonials emerged for the first time, showcasing customer satisfaction.
    • Fostered a loyal community around the brand.

Impact

The “Grow With Confidence” brand campaign not only revitalized Maximizer internally but also resonated deeply with customers, particularly in the Financial Services sector.  This resulted in:

  • Sustainable Growth: Increased lead generation and social proof positioned Maximizer for long-term success.
  • Core Philosophy: “Grow With Confidence” became a guiding principle for the company.
Maximizer continues to benefit from Achim’s contributions, market research, strategy, positioning, and messaging for our financial services product. It’s still going strong.

Vivek Thomas, President


Learn more about Maximizer’s success story.

How to Create Audience Personas for Procurement Teams

1. Gather Data

  • Conduct Interviews: Talk in-depth with each team member (decision-makers, and potential champions).
  • Distribute Surveys: Get broader insights from new procurement team members on their challenges, preferred information formats, and pain points.
  • Analyze Website Traffic Data: Understand what content resonates with procurement teams and identify areas of interest.

2. Pinpoint Shared Goals & Challenges

  • Leverage Industry Reports: Use industry reports and research (Gartner, Salesforce, G2, etc) to understand common challenges faced by B2B procurement teams.
  • Map the Buyer’s Journey: Plot the buyer’s journey for procurement teams in your target market. What are the key touchpoints and concerns they have throughout the evaluation process?

3. Map the Decision-Making Hierarchy

  • Identify the Hierarchy: During your interviews with key stakeholders, pinpoint the hierarchy within the procurement team. Who has final say? Who needs to be convinced?
  • Create and validate your Audience Persona: you can download a free Audience Persona Template here.

Download Audience Persona Template

Key elements to consider when building your audience persona:

  • Company Psychographics (incl. firmographics)
    • Understand the company culture: Is it risk-averse or an early adopter?
    • Analyze their risk tolerance and innovation appetite.
  • Shared Challenges & Pain Points
    • Identify common frustrations and hurdles faced by the procurement team.
    • Examples: streamlining processes, data security concerns, cost-saving measures.
  • Decision-Making Authority
    • Determine their level of influence on the final purchase decision.
    • Rank each member’s influence. Can someone kibosh the sale?
  • Information Consumption Habits
    • Understand how they prefer to receive information. 
    • Examples: white papers, webinars, live demos, case studies.

Tips for Building Effective Audience Personas

  • Focus on Quality, Not Quantity: Create detailed personas for a few key procurement team members, not generic profiles for every role. 9/10 times one audience persona will suffice.
  • Seek Alignment Across Departments: Collaborate with your sales and customer success teams to gain insights into procurement team dynamics.
  • Continuously Refine: As you gather more data and interact with procurement teams, update your personas to reflect evolving needs and priorities.

How to Integrate Audience Personas with Content Marketing

Your audience personas hold the key to crafting content marketing that resonates with each member of the procurement team. Don’t just use them for sales—leverage them to build targeted content that solves their problems. Below are 4 ways audience personas can help guide your content marketing.

1. Create Targeted Content

  • Analyze information consumption habits and tailor content formats accordingly.
  • Example: White papers and reports for budget-conscious CPOs and webinars for champions who educate others on the team.

2. Address Specific Pain Points

  • Identify shared challenges and frustrations within the procurement team through your personas.
  • Use this knowledge to create content that directly addresses their pain points and showcases how your solution offers a valuable remedy.
  • Example: If cost-savings are a major concern, highlight the ROI potential of your solution with case studies and data-driven content.

3. Build Credibility and Trust

  • Use personas to understand the team’s level of technical expertise and risk aversion.
  • Cater content complexity to their specific needs.
  • Provide in-depth white papers, reports and product specifications for highly technical members. Offer user guides and explainer videos for less technical team members. This shows you understand their needs and builds trust.

4. Personalize Where Possible

  • While complete personalization might not be feasible for every piece of content, use persona insights to personalize elements like email subject lines. Adding their logo to pitch decks and proposals can also make a big impression.

Guide each team member through informative and relevant content that addresses their specific needs and concerns. By doing this, you position your B2B tech solution as the answer they’ve been looking for.

Final Thoughts

Building buyer personas that are focused on decision criteria is the key to connecting with B2B procurement teams. Audience personas can give you a deeper understanding of the motivations, decision-making processes, and preferred communication styles.  

Your sales and marketing teams can also facilitate better sales conversations with targeted messaging and useful content that addresses the needs of each team member.

Remember that demographics alone won’t cut it. You need the qualitative and quantitative insights that psychographics provide.

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Execution

Stand Out in the Crowd: Building a B2B Tech Brand that Gets Noticed

Build a B2B tech brand that cuts through the noise. Learn to target ideal customers and craft a winning UVP. Content marketing tips included.
April 26, 2024
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5 min read

TL;DR

Are you lost in the sea of B2B tech companies? This article will help you focus on who you truly serve (your best-fit customers) and craft unique messages that speak directly to their needs. You can make your solution special with a clear value proposition that’s different from everyone else, create relevant content that positions your solution as the ideal choice in your niche market, and use strategic design to visually communicate your brand’s value. By taking these steps, you’ll be well on your way to building a B2B tech brand that cuts through the noise and gets noticed.

Key Takeaways

  • Focus on Your Best-Fit Customers: Develop a deep understanding of the specific needs of the customers who love you the most. You want more of them. 
  • Craft a Differentiated UVP: Define the unique value proposition that sets you apart and resonates with your best-fit customers.
  • Create Relevant Messaging & Content: Develop clear, concise messaging and create valuable content that positions you as a thought leader.
  • Execute With Killer Creative: Create design and copywriting that strategically align your solution with the needs of your best-fit customers. This reinforces your brand message and creates a memorable experience.

You’ve built a groundbreaking B2B tech solution. It’s innovative, solves a critical problem, and has the potential to disrupt the industry. But with new products launching daily, grabbing attention is brutal. Even worse, 95% of B2B buyers aren’t ready to buy yet.

B2B buying statistics

After 20+ years in the B2B tech marketing business, I’ve learned a thing or two about what to do and what not to do. I’ve helped countless B2B tech companies like yours stand out and achieve amazing growth. Some tripled their growth within 2-4 years, while others reached a staggering 10x increase.

A few were also acquired for impressive valuations, thanks in part to clear and differentiated value. Now, I’m not suggesting that marketing alone was the sole saviour. These companies also had amazing products and engaged leaders who championed change and balanced marketing and innovation. In short, they got out of their own way. 

You can learn about three of them here: B2B Tech Success Stories.

In this article, I’ll lean on my experience to show you what it takes to create a differentiation strategy and grow your B2B tech brand. We’ll explore why you should only focus on your best-fit customers, how to craft a compelling unique value proposition (UVP), and why developing relevant messaging and content captures attention and drives results. By the end, you’ll walk away with a clear roadmap to build a B2B tech brand that cuts through the noise and propels your company forward.

Finding Your Best-Fit Customer

Understanding your ideal customer is the bedrock of every unique B2B tech brand. It’s the base on which you’ll construct your entire brand strategy. When you pinpoint who you serve, their pressing needs, and their deepest anxieties, you can craft messages that strike a chord and position you as the obvious solution.

B2B Tech Marketing For Best-Fit Customers: Why It Matters

  • Targeted Messaging: Knowing your audience lets you tailor your messages directly to their specific needs and pain points. Crafting messages that resonate with those needs becomes memorable.
  • Brand Relevance: Understanding your ideal customer ensures your brand speaks directly to their challenges and aspirations, building a connection and a sense of relevance.
  • Content Strategy: By knowing your audience’s interests, how they consume information, and how they buy technology, you can create targeted content that educates, engages, and establishes your brand as a thought leader within their specific niche.
  • Effective Marketing Spend: When you know who to target (and who not to), you can allocate your marketing budget more effectively, maximizing your return on investment (ROI).

3 Practical Research Essentials

  1. Customer Research: Interview customers in-depth to understand their pain points, buying motivations, and decision-making criteria. Use customer research tools like Olena Bomko’s Customer Research Report and Ryan Paul Gibson’s Customer Interview Guide.
  2. Market Research: Gather data on industry trends, competitor offerings, demographics, and psychographics. Use industry reports, white papers, and surveys from resources like Gartner, G2, and census records (like the US Census).
  3. Audience Personas: Based on the findings from your research, map out a detailed profile of your best-fit customer. Look for patterns and common traits. These profiles should paint a vivid picture, including their challenges, goals, buying behaviour, and preferred communication channels. You can download a free Audience Persona template, loosely based on April Dunford’s book, Obviously Awesome

Unlike buyer personas, audience personas focus on audience psychographics rather than individual demographics. If you only focus on demographics, you can end up with similar results as illustrated below.

Demographics do not tell the full story

Differentiation Is Your Friend

B2B tech is bursting with innovation. It’s exciting for creators, but how do you stand out?  ChiefMarTec’s Martech Map showcased just 150 marketing tech solutions when it launched in 2011. Today, there are over 13,000. And if you consider all B2B software, there are over 103,000 solutions on the market today.

The size of the software industry

B2B buyers are savvier than ever. Armed with data and Google, they research thoroughly and prefer a “rep-free experience” (Gartner). A good product isn’t enough and casting a wide net with copycat tactics doesn’t help either.

Avoid these two traps at all costs:

  1. The Copycat Trap: Blending In Means Disappearing
    Fueled by the desire for quick wins, startups often replicate existing solutions. This “me-too” approach only gets you up and running. It does not scale and it does not make you stand out. In a crowded marketplace, B2B buyers see similar solutions everywhere. They crave unique solutions that address their specific needs and challenges. Even inferior products with unique positioning get noticed more than superior products with copycat branding (or none at all).
  2. The FOMO Trap: No Niche Means No Impact
    Another pitfall is trying to be everything to everyone. Driven by the Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO), companies stretch their brand messaging too thin, diluting their brand and weakening their solution. Great brands stand for one thing and one thing only. They carve out a distinct position within the market and become synonymous with a specific value proposition.  Think of Apple’s focus on user experience or Amazon’s commitment to convenience. These clearly defined positions resonate deeply with their target audiences and propel them to market leadership.

The Cost of Invisibility

When you fail to differentiate, you end up losing:

  • Lost in the Crowd: When your brand blends in with the competition, you become invisible to potential customers. They can’t distinguish you and move on.
  • Price Wars and Shrinking Margins: Companies lacking differentiation compete solely on price, leading to shrinking margins and hindering investment in innovation and growth.
  • Missed Opportunities: Failing to capture the attention of your best-fit customers means missing out on valuable sales opportunities.

Embrace Differentiation and Reap the Rewards

Focus on the benefits of standing out:

  • Increased Brand Awareness: A well-differentiated brand cuts through the clutter and grabs the attention of your target audience.
  • Premium Market Positioning: By establishing a unique value proposition, you can command a premium price point and solidify your position as a market leader.
  • Loyal Customer Base: When your brand resonates deeply with a specific audience, you foster customer loyalty and advocacy.
  • Attracting Top Talent: A differentiated brand identity attracts talented and like-minded individuals who share your mission and values.

Differentiation is the lifeblood of B2B tech success. It’s the key to unlocking sustainable growth, market leadership, and a loyal customer base.

Uncover Your Unique Value Proposition (UVP)

Your UVP is a short statement that captures your company’s difference and the specific value you deliver to your ideal customer. A compelling UVP attracts your best-fit customers and sets you apart from the competitive alternatives.

What is a UVP? Think of it as your brand’s elevator pitch. A clear and concise statement that communicates:

  • The problem you solve: Your UVP clearly defines the specific pain points and challenges your B2B tech solution addresses.
  • Your best-fit customer: Your UVP identifies who it’s for and who it’s not for. Your audience persona helps you tailor your UVP directly to their needs. Stay focused on your best-fit customers – they love you for a reason, and you want more of them. The outliers will eventually follow.
  • Your unique value: Your UVP spells out what sets you apart. It communicates your differentiated value and why someone should care about your solution.

Crafting a Compelling UVP for B2B Tech

Use the following framework to guide you in uncovering your UVP:

  • Dive Deep into Customer Needs: Revisit your audience persona and delve deeper into their specific needs and desires. What are their top priorities? What are their unmet expectations with existing solutions?
  • Analyze Your Competitors: Research your competitors thoroughly. Identify their strengths and weaknesses, and analyze their messaging. Understanding the competitive landscape helps you carve out a distinct position for your brand.
  • Identify Your Company Strengths: Analyze your company’s unique strengths and expertise (SWOT). What sets you apart from the competition in terms of technology, experience, or customer service?

Focus on Customer Benefits

A UVP goes beyond simply listing features.  It focuses on the tangible benefits your best-fit customer will experience by choosing your solution. Frame your UVP around solving their problems, achieving their goals, and ultimately, improving their bottom line.

Here are some strong UVP examples from successful B2B tech companies:

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  • UVP: Grow your business with HubSpot’s powerful CRM platform – marketing, sales, and service software on a single platform.
  • Why it works: focuses on problem-solving and all-in-one convenience
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  • UVP: Transform team communication with a collaboration hub that combines messaging, file sharing, and integrations.
  • Why it works: highlights improved communication and streamlined workflows
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  • UVP: Connect your teams and keep your business moving forward with frictionless video conferencing.
  • Why it works: emphasizes ease-of-use and remote work benefits

Your UVP should imbue the one thing your business does better than anyone else. Put it into action by weaving it into your marketing materials, website copy, and sales conversations. A clear and consistent UVP ensures your message resonates with your target audience and positions you as the go-to solution for their specific needs.

Create Relevant Messaging and Content

Relevant messaging and engaging content are the foundation of effective B2B tech marketing. They help you connect with your audience, educate them about your solution, and ultimately convert them.

Remember, your best-fit customers? The insight you glean from their interviews will shape your UVP and guide your messaging strategy. They will literally tell you what to say and to whom. Make your best-fit customer the hero of every message you create.

Tips for Clear, Concise Messaging

  • Clarity is Essential: Ditch technical jargon and complex language. Write clear, concise sentences that a broad B2B audience can understand.
  • Focus on Value: Go beyond features and functionalities. Highlight the tangible benefits your solution offers your ideal customer.
  • Speak Their Language: Address your audience’s needs and challenges directly. Use language they understand and that resonates with their pain points. This is where relevant, non-gratuitous jargon can be effective.
  • Compelling Calls to Action: Don’t leave your audience hanging. Tell them what to do next – visit your website, download a white paper, or contact your sales team.

Messaging & Content: A Winning Combination

Content marketing is a powerful tool for building brand awareness, establishing thought leadership, and generating leads and sales. According to Content Marketing Institute, B2B content marketing generates 3x more leads compared to traditional advertising methods

When your messaging and content are aligned and working together, you create a powerhouse of marketing potential unique to your solution. Your messaging delivers the core message, while your content amplifies it and delivers it to your target audience. This cohesion fosters trust, generates demand, drives leads, and positions you as an expert in your industry.

Start with Insight, Strengthen with Strategy, Slay with Creative Execution

Don’t jump straight to “the fun part”. Rushing into design before understanding your customers and market (insight) and building a clear plan (strategy) wastes effort and sparks pointless taste debates. It’s putting the cart before the horse.

Creative execution (design, copy, content, etc.) only thrives with a strong strategy. And your strategy can only be as good as your insights. The deeper you dig into your customer and market (research!), the stronger your strategy and execution become (and more fun).

That said, don’t underestimate the power of clear visuals. Great design amplifies your brand message and sets you apart, but only if it communicates value.  Designing purely for aesthetics (like personal preference) confuses potential customers.

Design That Communicates Speaks Volumes

Think of your brand’s visual identity as a language that supports your messaging. A well-crafted logo, website design, and marketing materials should all work together to emphasize your Unique Value Proposition (UVP) and brand personality.

Here’s how great design achieves this:

  • It Creates Memorable Experiences: A strong logo and consistent use of color schemes, fonts, and images build a memorable brand identity that stands out.
  • It Fosters Emotional Connections: Effective design can evoke feelings and create positive associations with your brand. For example, warm colors feel approachable, while cool colors might suggest expertise.
  • It Creates Clarity and Intuitive UX: Design plays a vital role in how easy your website is to use. Clear navigation and visuals ensure visitors find the information they need quickly.

Consistency Is Everything

Maintaining design consistency across all your brand touchpoints is what makes your solution stand out. Imagine a website with a modern, clean design, but marketing materials are scattered and sales pitches are traditional product demos. This inconsistency confuses people and weakens your brand. By unifying all the elements of your brand, you create a professional and unified experience.

In short, design isn’t just about aesthetics; it's a strategic balancing act between solving problems and offering your unique solution. Its sole purpose is to deliver your brand’s UVP effectively and leave a lasting impression on your target audience.

Final Thoughts

B2B tech is dynamic and ever-evolving but differentiation remains constant. It’s a crowded market with many similar products. A well-defined and uniquely-differentiated solution cuts through the noise, grabs attention, and stays top-of-mind.

Design rules to live by:

  • When in doubt, leave it out.
  • Less is more.
  • Communicate. Don’t decorate.

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