Now that you have survived the pandemic, it’s time to grow!
B2B technology companies have seen through some of the most challenging months of their lives. Read on if you want to make up for lost time and build a sustainable growth plan for the new normal.
We understand that the challenges and, therefore, the marketing strategies would have to be different for different kinds of technology companies.
Even over these months, we have worked with several technology companies, tried various strategies – some have worked, and others failed. This is a distillation of that learning.
Choose your category
Are you a partner of Oracle, ServiceNow, SAP, IBM, Google, Microsoft, Atlassian, etc.?
Are you a company with niche offering in emerging areas like Blockchain, AI, IoT, etc.?
Are you a company with an innovative product ready to launch and impress the right audience?
Are you a company in competitive spaces like development, testing, test automation, etc.?
Are you a partner of Oracle, ServiceNow, SAP, IBM, Google, Microsoft, Atlassian, etc.?
What has changed post COVID-19 and its implications on your sales and marketing
- Large events have been cancelled (Such as Knowledge’20 of ServiceNow, Oracle OpenWorld, Atlassian Summit, and others)
- The Principal companies are looking for co-marketing opportunities with partners (for example, inviting partner as a speaker for a webinar, providing funds for marketing, promoting partner content, etc.)
- The association of you, as a partner, with the Principal companies is not as visible
- Your single largest source of new prospects has vanished
- The buyers don’t have any obvious means to know about the latest solutions by you or your offerings
Rescue recipe
- Demonstrate expertise through high-quality, thought leadership content like whitepapers or eBooks
- Create content that strongly associates you with the Principal. For example: Blogs on prominent industry use cases, views of latest product updates,
- Include regular thread from product Principal content in your social media updates
- Leverage the network and visibility of your CXOs to offer strategic support to the direction taken by the product Principal
Likely impact
- Your company will be able to benefit from the strength and the visibility of Principal’s brand
- Your company will be closely associated with the Principal’s brand
- The leads that the product Principal is sending your way will see you as expert
- Your CXOs will build cement their relationship with the Principal
- CXOs demonstrating their expertise and thought leadership will get invited as speakers at the Principal events
The Midas Touch
- 10 years of experience of helping the partners of SAP, Atlassian, IBM, ServiceNow, Oracle, and all the other giants of the tech world
- Get started immediately
- Independent operation with minimal time commitment from your end
- One-stop-option for all your digital marketing needs (blogs, whitepapers, B2B social media, LinkedIn marketing, CXO personal branding, etc.)
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Are you a company with niche offering in emerging areas like Blockchain, AI, IoT, etc.?
What has changed post COVID-19 and its implications on your sales and marketing
- It has become harder to become visible to the highly specific target audience
- Your face-to-face meetings with the exact stakeholders are not possible
- It is more difficult to demonstrate the real value to the business decision makers
- You know business is out there, but you are missing on those opportunities
Rescue recipe
- Create regular content that demonstrates your expertise in the niche area
- Create content about tech trends and industry news with your unique viewpoints
- Create highly focused landing pages for specific industry verticals or functional areas
- Use social media channels to be seen as a trusted source of information in your niche
- Create case studies and testimonials to demonstrate your expertise and impact
- Leverage the your CXOs social channels to amplify the messaging of the company through authoritative, strong opinions or even contrarian stands
Likely impact
- Increased visibility in the niche
- You can occupy the high ground in your niche
- Your target audience will become more aware of potential use cases and your ability to address those
- You will be able to create greater confidence in the minds of your prospects about your expertise (which could lead to quicker conversions)
The Midas Touch
- 10 years of experience of helping the partners of SAP, Atlassian, IBM, ServiceNow, Oracle, and all the other giants of the tech world
- Get started immediately
- Independent operation with minimal time commitment from your end
- One-stop-option for all your digital marketing needs (blogs, whitepapers, B2B social media, LinkedIn marketing, CXO personal branding, etc.)
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Are you a company with an innovative product ready to launch and impress the right audience?
What has changed post COVID-19 and its implications on your sales and marketing
- It has become harder to become visible to target audience
- Hosting launch events are not possible
- You cannot participate in industry events to demonstrate your product
- It is harder to do concept selling
- Gathering product feedback is important but harder
Rescue recipe
- Create regular content that focuses on challenges of your target customers
- Create use cases of how your product addresses key problems in your industry
- Create content for concept-selling
- Create highly focused landing pages with optimized keywords for specific industry verticals and how your product addresses the challenges of that industry
- Create whitepapers and use those for your launch email campaigns
- Use social media channels to start associating with the trends and challenges of the industries of your target customers
- Leverage the your CXOs social channels to attract attention through authoritative, strong opinions or even contrarian stands.
Likely impact
- Increased visibility for your product
- Your target audience will become more aware of potential use cases and your product’s ability to address them
- You will be able to create greater confidence in the minds of your prospects about the solidity and reliability of your corporate brand
- You will be able to get in the eyeline of potential partners and VCs
The Midas Touch
- 10 years of experience of helping the partners of SAP, Atlassian, IBM, ServiceNow, Oracle, and all the other giants of the tech world
- Get started immediately
- Independent operation with minimal time commitment from your end
- One-stop-option for all your digital marketing needs (blogs, whitepapers, B2B social media, LinkedIn marketing, CXO personal branding, etc.)
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“We’re Living Through the Boring Apocalypse,” reads a headline from a 2021 New York Times opinion piece by the famous
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Are you a company in competitive spaces like development, testing, test automation, etc.?
What has changed post COVID-19 and its implications on your sales and marketing
- Sales travel, which was one of the primary modes of business development, is constrained
- Event participation for networking is not possible
- There is more competition for constrained budgets
- You see a sharply lesser response to outbound campaigns
Rescue recipe
- Create regular content that focuses on “#NewNormal” challenges of your target customers
- Create case studies and testimonials for showcasing your expertise and impact
- Create whitepapers about specific solution areas and use that as gated content / lead magnets
- Create highly focused landing pages with optimized keywords for specific industry verticals and you can help address those challenges
- Use social media channels to start associating with the trends and challenges of the industries of your target customers
- Leverage the your CXOs social channels to attract attention through authoritative, strong opinions or even contrarian stands.
Likely impact
- Increased visibility for your company
- You will be able to stand apart from your competition
- You will be able to create greater confidence in the minds of your prospects about the solidity and reliability of your corporate brand
The Midas Touch
- 10 years of experience of helping the partners of SAP, Atlassian, IBM, ServiceNow, Oracle, and all the other giants of the tech world
- Get started immediately
- Independent operation with minimal time commitment from your end
- One-stop-option for all your digital marketing needs (blogs, whitepapers, B2B social media, LinkedIn marketing, CXO personal branding, etc.)
You might also like
Can AI Write B2B How-To Guides? Findings from Our Experiment Suggest Otherwise
There seems to be a stark divide in the content community in response to the soaring success of ChatGPT. Some
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“We’re Living Through the Boring Apocalypse,” reads a headline from a 2021 New York Times opinion piece by the famous
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Google Is Freaking Out About ChatGPT (The Verge, Jan 2023) The ChatGPT AI Hype Cycle Is Peaking, but Even Tech
Are you a partner of Oracle, ServiceNow, SAP, IBM, Google, Microsoft, Atlassian, etc.?
What has changed post COVID-19 and its implications on your sales and marketing
- Large events have been cancelled (Such as Knowledge’20 of ServiceNow, Oracle OpenWorld, Atlassian Summit, and others)
- The Principal companies are looking for co-marketing opportunities with partners (for example, inviting partner as a speaker for a webinar, providing funds for marketing, promoting partner content, etc.)
- The association of you, as a partner, with the Principal companies is not as visible
- Your single largest source of new prospects has vanished
- The buyers don’t have any obvious means to know about the latest solutions by you or your offerings
Rescue recipe
- Demonstrate expertise through high-quality, thought leadership content like whitepapers or eBooks
- Create content that strongly associates you with the Principal. For example: Blogs on prominent industry use cases, views of latest product updates,
- Include regular thread from product Principal content in your social media updates
- Leverage the network and visibility of your CXOs to offer strategic support to the direction taken by the product Principal
Likely impact
- Your company will be able to benefit from the strength and the visibility of Principal’s brand
- Your company will be closely associated with the Principal’s brand
- The leads that the product Principal is sending your way will see you as expert
- Your CXOs will build cement their relationship with the Principal
- CXOs demonstrating their expertise and thought leadership will get invited as speakers at the Principal events
The Midas Touch
- 10 years of experience of helping the partners of SAP, Atlassian, IBM, ServiceNow, Oracle, and all the other giants of the tech world
- Get started immediately
- Independent operation with minimal time commitment from your end
- One-stop-option for all your digital marketing needs (blogs, whitepapers, B2B social media, LinkedIn marketing, CXO personal branding, etc.)
You might also like
Can AI Write B2B How-To Guides? Findings from Our Experiment Suggest Otherwise
There seems to be a stark divide in the content community in response to the soaring success of ChatGPT. Some
Extracting the “Thoughts” From Thought Leadership: How AI Writers Approach This Space
“We’re Living Through the Boring Apocalypse,” reads a headline from a 2021 New York Times opinion piece by the famous
Beyond the Hype: 4 Areas Where AI Writers Fall Short for B2B Tech Content Writing
Google Is Freaking Out About ChatGPT (The Verge, Jan 2023) The ChatGPT AI Hype Cycle Is Peaking, but Even Tech
Are you a company with niche offering in emerging areas like Blockchain, AI, IoT, etc.?
What has changed post COVID-19 and its implications on your sales and marketing
- It has become harder to become visible to the highly specific target audience
- Your face-to-face meetings with the exact stakeholders are not possible
- It is more difficult to demonstrate the real value to the business decision makers
- You know business is out there, but you are missing on those opportunities
Rescue recipe
- Create regular content that demonstrates your expertise in the niche area
- Create content about tech trends and industry news with your unique viewpoints
- Create highly focused landing pages for specific industry verticals or functional areas
- Use social media channels to be seen as a trusted source of information in your niche
- Create case studies and testimonials to demonstrate your expertise and impact
- Leverage the your CXOs social channels to amplify the messaging of the company through authoritative, strong opinions or even contrarian stands
Likely impact
- Increased visibility in the niche
- You can occupy the high ground in your niche
- Your target audience will become more aware of potential use cases and your ability to address those
- You will be able to create greater confidence in the minds of your prospects about your expertise (which could lead to quicker conversions)
The Midas Touch
- 10 years of experience of helping the partners of SAP, Atlassian, IBM, ServiceNow, Oracle, and all the other giants of the tech world
- Get started immediately
- Independent operation with minimal time commitment from your end
- One-stop-option for all your digital marketing needs (blogs, whitepapers, B2B social media, LinkedIn marketing, CXO personal branding, etc.)
You might also like
Can AI Write B2B How-To Guides? Findings from Our Experiment Suggest Otherwise
There seems to be a stark divide in the content community in response to the soaring success of ChatGPT. Some
Extracting the “Thoughts” From Thought Leadership: How AI Writers Approach This Space
“We’re Living Through the Boring Apocalypse,” reads a headline from a 2021 New York Times opinion piece by the famous
Beyond the Hype: 4 Areas Where AI Writers Fall Short for B2B Tech Content Writing
Google Is Freaking Out About ChatGPT (The Verge, Jan 2023) The ChatGPT AI Hype Cycle Is Peaking, but Even Tech
Are you a company with an innovative product ready to launch and impress the right audience?
What has changed post COVID-19 and its implications on your sales and marketing
- It has become harder to become visible to target audience
- Hosting launch events are not possible
- You cannot participate in industry events to demonstrate your product
- It is harder to do concept selling
- Gathering product feedback is important but harder
Rescue recipe
- Create regular content that focuses on challenges of your target customers
- Create use cases of how your product addresses key problems in your industry
- Create content for concept-selling
- Create highly focused landing pages with optimized keywords for specific industry verticals and how your product addresses the challenges of that industry
- Create whitepapers and use those for your launch email campaigns
- Use social media channels to start associating with the trends and challenges of the industries of your target customers
- Leverage the your CXOs social channels to attract attention through authoritative, strong opinions or even contrarian stands.
Likely impact
- Increased visibility for your product
- Your target audience will become more aware of potential use cases and your product’s ability to address them
- You will be able to create greater confidence in the minds of your prospects about the solidity and reliability of your corporate brand
- You will be able to get in the eyeline of potential partners and VCs
The Midas Touch
- 10 years of experience of helping the partners of SAP, Atlassian, IBM, ServiceNow, Oracle, and all the other giants of the tech world
- Get started immediately
- Independent operation with minimal time commitment from your end
- One-stop-option for all your digital marketing needs (blogs, whitepapers, B2B social media, LinkedIn marketing, CXO personal branding, etc.)
You might also like
Can AI Write B2B How-To Guides? Findings from Our Experiment Suggest Otherwise
There seems to be a stark divide in the content community in response to the soaring success of ChatGPT. Some
Extracting the “Thoughts” From Thought Leadership: How AI Writers Approach This Space
“We’re Living Through the Boring Apocalypse,” reads a headline from a 2021 New York Times opinion piece by the famous
Beyond the Hype: 4 Areas Where AI Writers Fall Short for B2B Tech Content Writing
Google Is Freaking Out About ChatGPT (The Verge, Jan 2023) The ChatGPT AI Hype Cycle Is Peaking, but Even Tech
Are you a company in competitive spaces like development, testing, test automation, etc.?
What has changed post COVID-19 and its implications on your sales and marketing
- Sales travel, which was one of the primary modes of business development, is constrained
- Event participation for networking is not possible
- There is more competition for constrained budgets
- You see a sharply lesser response to outbound campaigns
Rescue recipe
- Create regular content that focuses on “#NewNormal” challenges of your target customers
- Create case studies and testimonials for showcasing your expertise and impact
- Create whitepapers about specific solution areas and use that as gated content / lead magnets
- Create highly focused landing pages with optimized keywords for specific industry verticals and you can help address those challenges
- Use social media channels to start associating with the trends and challenges of the industries of your target customers
- Leverage the your CXOs social channels to attract attention through authoritative, strong opinions or even contrarian stands.
Likely impact
- Increased visibility for your company
- You will be able to stand apart from your competition
- You will be able to create greater confidence in the minds of your prospects about the solidity and reliability of your corporate brand
The Midas Touch
- 10 years of experience of helping the partners of SAP, Atlassian, IBM, ServiceNow, Oracle, and all the other giants of the tech world
- Get started immediately
- Independent operation with minimal time commitment from your end
- One-stop-option for all your digital marketing needs (blogs, whitepapers, B2B social media, LinkedIn marketing, CXO personal branding, etc.)
You might also like
Can AI Write B2B How-To Guides? Findings from Our Experiment Suggest Otherwise
There seems to be a stark divide in the content community in response to the soaring success of ChatGPT. Some
Extracting the “Thoughts” From Thought Leadership: How AI Writers Approach This Space
“We’re Living Through the Boring Apocalypse,” reads a headline from a 2021 New York Times opinion piece by the famous
Beyond the Hype: 4 Areas Where AI Writers Fall Short for B2B Tech Content Writing
Google Is Freaking Out About ChatGPT (The Verge, Jan 2023) The ChatGPT AI Hype Cycle Is Peaking, but Even Tech