Course Overview |
You’ll gain new skills in data acquisition and maintenance, offer development, and creative
strategy. You’ll also learn how to reach and persuade those hard-to-reach business associates,
whether they are the end-user, influencer, or decision-maker. |
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Course Content |
Recognize key differences between business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketing.
Identify essential sources of customer and prospect information needed for effective B-to-B
marketing and develop offers to motivate your busy business buyers to respond. |
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| How direct marketing plays in B2B |
- Database management, segmentation and analysis
- Lead generation, fulfillment and qualification
- E-commerce and mail order
- Customer retention and loyalty
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| Data issues in B2B |
- Data sources: Where business marketers get customer information
- Essential B2B data fields you should have in your database
- How B2B data is structured: the company comes first
- Data append: How to purchase the key data elements you need
- Data discovery: Filling in the holes in your customer records
- How to reach your prospects: Lists, coop databases and industry specialty sources
- The Internet as a new source of valuable business data
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| Data hygiene |
- The alarming decay rates of business data
- 3 steps to clean up and maintain your B2B data
- The benefits of clean data
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| Developing irresistible offers |
- The role of the offer in B2B marketing
- Why an offer is essential to your success
- 5 steps to offer development
- The best offer to motivate business buyers
- Checklist of proven B2B offers
- 7 ways to enhance your offer and lift response
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| Compelling B2B creative |
- The decision-making unit
- How to segment creative by buying role
- Checklist: the best B2B message platforms
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| 5 key principles of B2B creative |
- Get inside the mind of your target audience
- Stress benefits, versus features
- Drive the offer
- Design for clarity, over beauty
- Use a personal, me-to-you tone
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| Online Course Price Option - Pay as you go: |
| DMA Member |
$189/course |
| Non_Members |
$219/course |
| Certification & Testing Fees Included |
$250 value |
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| REGISTER FOR BY COURSE |
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