Just like a building needs a solid foundation, B2B marketing and sales need buyer insights. A house with a weak foundation might stand temporarily but will eventually crumble. Buyer personas are the foundation of effective marketing and are essential to your business. The business case for buyer personas is grounded in delivering a customer experience […] Read more
I recently interviewed Ingrid Archer, Director of Clients Strategy & Success at SPOTONVISION, to gather her thoughts on why buyer personas are crucial for developing high-performing campaigns. Ingrid’s work includes developing buyer persona profiles and journeys, in fact, during the 17 years of SPOTONVISION, she has interviewed more than 500 professional buyers! To start, can […] Read more
Back in 2017, the B2B marketing community was buzzing about “account-based marketing” (ABM). This came after a period dominated by “inbound marketing”. However, the emergence of a new method doesn’t mean we abandon the old ones! ABM and buyer personas are a power duo. Understanding inbound marketing and the role of buyer personas Inbound marketing is […] Read more
B2B Predictions 2023: The Customer One of our predictions for 2023 is that we will put customers’ interests first even more. Customer insight, customer engagement and customer experience will be hot topics and we are ready to invest in them. What does this mean for Marketing and Sales? And how do we respond to this […] Read more
A buyer persona offers you insights in your buyer and the buyer’s journey. These insights form the basis of successful marketing campaigns. […] Read more
Recently, SPOTONVISION co-founder and B2B marketing guru Ingrid Archer presented a content clinic at Beeckestijn Business School. She shared the latest trends in B2B with the 300+ participants and discussed ways to collect insights about buyers, and their B2B buyer journey, as well as how to create content that converts. A recap of the most […] Read more
We’ve looked at research from main leaders in marketing and consolidated their findings to see what we need to include in our B2B marketing plans for 2022. And above all to find out what the potential pitfalls foreseen by Forrester and McKinsey may be. Research by the Content Marketing Institute highlights ‘More Budget, More Work, […] Read more
Fifteen years ago, on the 23rd of August 2006, Ingrid Archer and Shimon Ben Ayoun founded B2B marketing agency SPOTONVISION. These two seasoned marketing and sales professionals initiated a true transformation among B2B marketers. SPOTONVISION was – and still is – a pioneer in the field of B2B marketing in Europe. No other marketing agency focused on the business-to-business market in those early days. Apart from offering marketing services to […] Read more
When I took an ABM course myself, I noticed that it was mostly about stakeholder management. When rolling out an ABM plan that creates impact, two things stood out to me: Bringing stakeholders together is of great importance and you can achieve this better if you take a turnover target as your starting point. Start small and test your […] Read more
Personalized content experiences and increasing conversion rates Needle sharp focus on the right accounts to target and address, is the key for a successful account-based marketing strategy. Marije Gould, VP Demand Generation and Field Marketing at Unit4 explains their journey in rolling out true account-based marketing, ABM at scale. Unit4 sells ERP, Financial Planning and […] Read more
