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Mastering B2B Pricing: Driving Profitability, Value, and Customer Trust

Episode #203: Barbara Toens, Global CMO at Gantrex, explores the often-overlooked impact of pricing on trust and long-term business value. She explains that strategic pricing, when aligned with how customers perceive value, often outperforms a sales volume–driven approach in driving profitability. Rather than relying on traditional cost-based models, Barbara advocates for starting with deep customer insights to set prices that reflect both market expectations and brand positioning.

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Episode #203: Barbara Toens, Global CMO at Gantrex, explores the often-overlooked impact of pricing on trust and long-term business value. She explains that strategic pricing, when aligned with how customers perceive value, often outperforms a sales volume–driven approach in driving profitability. Rather than relying on traditional cost-based models, Barbara advocates for starting with deep customer insights to set prices that reflect both market expectations and brand positioning.

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Unlocking Revenue Opportunities Through Win-Loss Analysis

Stu Perlmeter, founder of 1st Resource, with Practice Lead Janet Flesch and Interview Analyst and Expert Kelly Eisner, discuss the benefits of a qualitative approach to win-loss analysis and how it can provide deep insights into the buyer journey, decision process, and competitive landscape. They share how win-loss analysis has helped companies uncover pricing issues, streamline their sales process, inform product development, and improve marketing messaging.

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Stu Perlmeter, founder of 1st Resource, with Practice Lead Janet Flesch and Interview Analyst and Expert Kelly Eisner, discuss the benefits of a qualitative approach to win-loss analysis and how it can provide deep insights into the buyer journey, decision process, and competitive landscape. They share how win-loss analysis has helped companies uncover pricing issues, streamline their sales process, inform product development, and improve marketing messaging.

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How to Reframe the B2B Buyer Conversation for Success

James Krouse, CMO of Eastridge Staffing Solutions, emphasizes shifting B2B marketing from product focus to educating and supporting buyers. He demonstrates how his company has successfully challenged the narrative, emphasizing thought leadership, trust, and engagement. Krouse advocates for B2B marketers to adopt innovative approaches and storytelling to highlight their expertise and expedite the sales process.

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James Krouse, CMO of Eastridge Staffing Solutions, emphasizes shifting B2B marketing from product focus to educating and supporting buyers. He demonstrates how his company has successfully challenged the narrative, emphasizing thought leadership, trust, and engagement. Krouse advocates for B2B marketers to adopt innovative approaches and storytelling to highlight their expertise and expedite the sales process.

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The Most Under-Utilized Insight Gathering Strategy for CMOs

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Ron Carson, a CMO with 25 years of experience working with everything from Silicon Valley startups to multi-billion dollar companies, shares insights on the critical role of representing the voice of the customer and how to leverage the "just ask" approach to discover insights that shape marketing strategies, pipeline penetration, drive renewals, cross-sells, and upsells.

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How to Evaluate Your Next B2B CMO Company and Role

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Jill Ransome, a 2x B2B CMO, discusses alignment and strategic thinking when looking for a new CMO position. She talks about the high turnover rate of B2B CMOs and the need to interview companies as much as they interview you and ensure alignment with your beliefs on the true role of a CMO in adding value to the organization.

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CMOs: How to Steal Time From Your Buyers

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In today's competitive landscape, winning buyers' time is essential for success. Marketers need strategies to grab their attention, as buyers conduct 70% of their research before engaging with a company. Jessica Zall, CMO of Percent, draws on her 20+ years in B2B and B2C marketing to share invaluable insights on this topic.

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