Posts Tagged ‘business-to-business marketing consultant’

Social media for B2B Marketers via Paul Gillin

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

A lot of what we read and hear about social media focuses on how businesses can use it to market to consumers (B2C).  Yet, as a business-to-business marketing consultant, I’m far more interested in its B2B applications.

This is perhaps the main reason I was looking forward to Paul Gillin’s breakfast seminar at the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council last week. The other reason is that Paul has an uncanny ability to connect the dots in ways that add new meaning to any topic that he addresses.

B2B Marketing differs from B2C marketing

Getting top dollar depends on first determining who values your solutions most

Monday, November 17th, 2008

As we discussed last week, a compelling value proposition is a clear, concise description of exactly how buyers will benefit from your solutions. Done well, it motivates action by speaking directly to the needs of those who need your services most and mitigates risk by addressing potential reservations.

Your value proposition must target your most promising prospects

Nevertheless, to be truly effective, your value proposition must target your most promising prospects. Willie Sutton robbed banks because that’s where the money was.