10 WAYS TO NURTURE THE BUYER’S JOURNEY

Your buyers have a long road to travel, beginning with awareness of their own need and ending with the acquisition of a product or service to address that need. For the B2B buyer, this journey has always been painfully slow, typically lasting from three months to a year. Now the cycle lasts even longer, with much more time spent upfront for consideration and raising awareness. But it's also an opportunity for the savvy marketer to connect early and make a deeper, more meaningful relationship with prospects – through lead nurturing. Download this comprehensive eBook to learn 10 tactics to build a successful lead nurturing campaign in today’s inbound, multichannel, custom-tailored B2B marketing world.

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IRSDirect Ltd

IRSDirect is the leading IT and Telecoms demand generation specialist across EMEA. Our services include lead generation, inbound marketing, event support, marketing data, partner acquisition and digital. Based in North Oxfordshire, we have been supplying demand generation services to the world’s leading technology companies for over 20 years. During this time we have gained demonstrable experience across a wide range of solutions and have grown consistently and profitably, with an average 12% compound annual growth rate over the last 9 years. We take a strategic approach to demand generation, taking the time to understand your business and how we can support your long-term targets. Each activity we undertake is carefully planned so that we can ensure its results make a worthwhile contribution towards your goals and demonstrate a Return on Marketing Investment.

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IRSDirect Ltd

IRSDirect is the leading IT and Telecoms demand generation specialist across EMEA. Our services include lead generation, inbound marketing, event support, marketing data, partner acquisition and digital. Based in North Oxfordshire, we have been supplying demand generation services to the world’s leading technology companies for over 20 years. During this time we have gained demonstrable experience across a wide range of solutions and have grown consistently and profitably, with an average 12% compound annual growth rate over the last 9 years. We take a strategic approach to demand generation, taking the time to understand your business and how we can support your long-term targets. Each activity we undertake is carefully planned so that we can ensure its results make a worthwhile contribution towards your goals and demonstrate a Return on Marketing Investment.

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