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The IT Buyer's Path to Purchase s Grab your audience at every stage of the journey #SpicySmarts

The IT Buyer's Path to Purchase

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How do you become an IT buyer’s top choice for tech gear? With so many choices in front of IT pros, how do you stand out from the rest? Spiceworks not only gives the opportunity to reach 5 million IT pros, we’ve got a top-notch team ready to connect you with them. We can help you create smart media strategies to win the minds (and wallets) of IT buyers!

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The IT Buyer's Path to Purchase s Grab your audience at every stage of the journey

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Create ads IT Buyers LOVE! Made Ya Look! Webinar (Dec. 2013)

•  Be personal •  Drive engagement •  Solve problems, inspire •  Brand for consistent feeling

•  Buzzwords •  Marketing jargon •  Stuffy corporate

imagery •  Too much copy •  Hyperbole

Always Avoid

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Path to Purchase IT Decisions Maker’s (ITDM) buying process

Awareness

Scoping

Planning

Selecting

Implementing

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Awareness Identifying the Problem

Green Guy Patrick Rapid 7 (Security)

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Awareness Identifying the Problem

Green Guy Patrick Rapid 7 (Security)

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IT

Results Rapid 7’s awareness campaign rocked!

2.2x Ad Clicks

IT IT IT

IT

IT

IT IT IT IT

IT

IT +170%

Brand Mentions

3x Ad Clicks

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Scoping Researching the Solution

54K Monthly Views

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70% turn to videos for

research

Scoping (cont’d) Researching the Solution

Live Stream Show

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Planning Making the Vendor Short List

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Planning (cont’d) Nurturing the relationship

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Planning (cont’d) Nurturing the relationship

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Selecting Validation & Decision

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Selecting Validation & Decision

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Selecting Validation & Decision

6.58 hours

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IT Decision Maker & Green Guy on the SAME page with the product…

Selecting Validation and Decision

IT Fixer

IT Fixer

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… but now you gotta convince Mr. Money Bags

Selecting Validation and Decision

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Selecting Validation and Decision

176 cases

generated

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Path to Purchase IT Decisions Maker’s (ITDM) buying process

Awareness

Scoping

Planning

Selecting

Implementing

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Implementing Purchase and Installation

290K UPS devices managed

$140M Value of UPS

being managed

110K Companies

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Integrated Campaigns Walking side by side on IT buyer’s path to purchase

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Awareness

Scoping

Planning

Selecting

Implementing

Page 21: The IT Buyer's Path to Purchase

The IT Buyer's Path to Purchase s Grab your audience at every stage of the journey

#SpicySmarts