Report
SOLVING THE PARADOX Eight shifts for successful B2B marketing in Asia
Ogilvy’s report outlines eight strategic shifts for effective B2B marketing in APAC, addressing three key paradoxes: rational vs. emotional, digital demand vs. digital noise, and self-serve vs. sales-served. It urges brands to balance branding and activation, tell human-centric stories, leverage employee advocacy, simplify buyer journeys, use data-driven personalization, and align digital with sales. Emphasizing a “Business-to-Human” approach, it showcases successful IBM case studies and highlights the importance of emotion, value clarity, and integrated sales-marketing strategies.