The B2B technology space presents a unique set of opportunities and challenges. Complex offerings, many possible audiences and a rapid pace of change are accompanied by a customer firmly in the driving seat of a complex, collective decision making process. Together, these factors contribute to a significant challenge in building and sustaining an effective B2B go to market. Some themes recur consistently, with most B2B firms struggling to consistently address these foundational requirements:
Why should this be? The short answer is because these challenges are foundational and most B2B go to market motions have foundations that evolved in an ad hoc fashion – they were never designed to agreed principles using proven practices. This is compounded by the fact that Sales, Marketing and Product teams think, talk and operate very differently and do not usually share a common understanding. Together, these factors compromise the organisation’s ability to deliver a consistently effective go to market
Identifying, defining and articulating value is vital to every aspect of your go to market.
Identify and prioritize the market segments that offer the most value to your business
Define and describe your value for a given
audience on their terms in an engaging fashion
Out-position the competition
by offering greater value
Enable Sales, Marketing and Product
teams to work together effectively