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50+ Marketing Tactics Validated by 1.5 Years of Cybersecurity Buyer Research

Jan 4, 2024
01:05:31

Today is part three of this season’s 3-part kickoff series where Dani Woolf gives you all the lessons learned from a year and a half’s work doing deep qualitative customer research. In this episode, Dani and Clark Barron, Founder and Host of Demand Gen Therapy, explore the practical applications of customer insight in cybersecurity marketing.

They emphasize the need for marketers to understand the language and needs of their audience, as well as the importance of building genuine connections and relationships with customers.

They also discuss the challenges of the buyer's journey, the evaluation process, and the decision criteria, and provide recommendations for addressing these challenges as marketers who are faced with aggressive growth goals.

Key Takeaways:

  • Marketers should demonstrate that they care about the cybersecurity industry and understand the language and needs of their audience.
  • Gamification, dynamic experiences, and real stories can help fuel the motivation of cybersecurity practitioners.
  • Marketers should simplify complex security topics and provide clear and concise information to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Playbooks, toolkits, and quick decision-making guides can help address challenges related to tech complexity and regulatory changes.
  • Marketers should focus on building genuine connections and relationships with customers and providing transparent and clear communication throughout the evaluation process.

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