Ariad Partners’ B2B blog content.
Once you launched your business, you realized that being an entrepreneur takes considerable time and effort. From the start, you wore many hats – from sales and marketing to finance and customer support. You were virtually a one-person show focused on survival. The time has come to take the next steps and grow your business, […]
As you begin to fill your CRM with leads and opportunities, the need for a solid lead-nurturing strategy becomes more apparent. Allowing “bad timing” or “not-ready” leads to fall by the wayside could result in the loss of future revenue for your business. In this article, we’ll discuss lead nurturing best practices to keep your […]
The most successful B2B companies use relationship selling to increase sales — focusing on client relationships and providing value. Relationship selling is a “customer-centric” sales mentality, where the sales rep develops a relationship with the prospect providing value and assistance throughout each stage of their buying journey. Unlike the traditional transactional sale, where the product […]
As described by Investopedia, value is the monetary, material, or assessed worth of an asset, good, or service. In the business-to-business (B2B) world, it’s what everyone desires. Think about it… let’s assume that your software-as-a-service (SaaS) business provides companies with customer relationship management (CRM) software. To gain and keep a competitive edge, you need a […]
The past few years have been unlike any other, in recent history, and if you’re like many other small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) you’re looking for ways to give your revenue a boost without breaking the bank. Look no further… in this article, we’ll discuss how SMBs can benefit from inbound marketing. While it’s not […]
Customization is trending right now in marketing, and it’s not just for B2C. B2B marketers, too, are tossing out “one-size-fits-all” marketing approaches in favor of something a little more personal. One approach that takes the target into consideration, rather than applying the same strategies for every lead, is account-based marketing (ABM). Let’s look at what it is […]
Customer service management isn’t just about fixing something for a client when things go wrong. Customer service management is about everything your client encounters, from beginning—when they are just a lead—to end. Basically that means that when your customers first start paying attention to you, your customer service journey starts. And the more attention you […]
Once you launch a small business, you may quickly become complacent about generating new business as you deal with the day-to-day responsibilities you’re faced with on top of client work. And then one day, you look up from your work and realize you really want (or need) to get serious about growing your company. But […]
With 5.72 million B2B businesses in America, it goes without saying that running a B2B company is challenging in such a highly competitive environment. And yet, not that many firms are doing a great job at the sales process: recent research shows that only 52% of B2B buyers were satisfied with their last buying experience. […]
Throughout the past couple of years in my consulting practice, I’ve seen the market for marketing automation appear, develop, and completely change the face of marketing agencies. According to the Aberdeen Group, back in 2014 nearly 70% of businesses were using a marketing automation platform or are currently implementing one. That percentage has only grown in the […]
