John Buten

Principal Analyst

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OK, AI, Buy Me Some Enterprise Software

John Buten July 8, 2024
If your buyers use generative AI to research your product and don’t put you on their shortlist, how would you even know? B2B buyers are rapidly adopting genAI, changing how they shop, so B2B companies need to start preparing for much smarter shoppers.
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Portfolio Marketing Must Act As A Compass Through Shifting Seas In 2023

John Buten August 30, 2022
By investing in audience-centric practices, portfolio marketers can help their organizations be more efficient and effective, despite economic uncertainty.
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Positioning For Fast Thinking: Priming Your Buyer To Gain Market Advantage

John Buten April 16, 2021
Why do so many new products fail? Our fast-thinking brains reject the novel in favor of the familiar. Good positioning capitalizes on fast thinking and making your offering feel familiar to buyers.