B2B promoting is generally imagined of as buttoned up, uneventful, staid, and probably even a little monotonous. But it doesn’t have to be! In modern episode, Scott Trobaugh and Cliff Lewis join me to chat about generating B2B marketing weird—and what that actually usually means.
Cliff and Scott are MarketingProfs veterans, acquiring carried out at numerous of our B2B Forums.
You may discover I use the term “carried out,” not “introduced,” since their periods are real performances. Artfully established, correctly choreographed, and simply shipped, they incorporate costumes, puppets, audio consequences, and much more.
These guys unquestionably place on the most fun marketing presentations I have ever been a component of (I have been lucky adequate to play a bit function in a couple of of them).
And that’s where by the “strange” factor comes in. As Cliff tells us, “bizarre” will not necessarily mean what you assume it usually means. It truly is basically shorthand for divergent thinking.
Most of human thought can be both considered of as convergent considering (“shut” state of mind) or divergent thinking (“open” mentality). Approaching your viewers from a put of divergent contemplating creates a a lot more open atmosphere that prospects to communications that are conducive for even extra divergent considering.
In limited, presenting your viewers with something unusual and unpredicted isn’t going to just get their awareness, it primes the minds of your audience for alter.
Odd can be anything from applying puppets in your presentation to putting forth the (incredibly valid) proposition that Mr. Rogers is the patron saint of B2B, and almost everything in amongst. But remaining bizarre for the sake of currently being odd is not sufficient. As Scott places it, “If you want to get weird, you have to tie it again to the genuine.”
And that authenticity is what makes makes stand out. It really is the purchaser outreach. The chatting to shoppers and prospective clients. The searching for of opinions. It truly is about truly knowing who your consumers are, what they’re wanting for, and how they’re hurting.
I hope you appreciate listening to this episode as considerably as I enjoyed recording it!
Episode Audio Highlights (simply click to jump right to the estimate):
- Unusual is shorthand for divergent considering
- If you want to get bizarre, you have to tie it back again to the genuine
- Mr. Rogers listening and collecting qualitative exploration
- Empathy is your finest resource




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To catch Scott and Cliff’s presentation (puppets and all), Beautifully Bizarre Suggestions: How to Catch, Tame, and Train Them, check out the MarketingProfs B2B Discussion board on April 7-8, 2021.
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