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B2B vs B2C Marketing: 10 Key Differences Every Marketer Should Know

Webbiquity

Business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) marketing are two distinct types of marketing strategies with different focuses. B2B is focused on developing relationships between businesses, while B2C is focused on connecting directly with end consumers. Contributed post.

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Shortening the Industrial Buy Cycle in 5 Simple Steps

Industrial Marketing Today

Even though her article is about the B2B buy cycle in general, it is a perfect follow up to my earlier post “Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle.” She has focused on identifying the problem and providing a 5-step solution to shorten the buy cycle. How can you accomplish all that?

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Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

The problem becomes more acute for the industrial sector because the industrial buy cycle can be a long and complex process that often involves multiple decision makers. The white paper has deconstructed the complex industrial buy cycle into four distinct stages that the buyer systematically goes through.

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Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle

Industrial Marketing Today

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Content Auditing and Mapping it to the Industrial Buy Cycle by Achinta Mitra on September 3, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Integrated Industrial Marketing These days it is popular to say “Content is marketing currency.”

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Search Engine Optimization Won’t Grow Your Business

NuSpark Consulting

Alone, SEO can’t grow your business because visitors do nothing for you unless they turn into customers. And if you’re selling a complex, business-to-business product, you need leads that you can nurture until they transform into customers. So once you have the web visitors, it’s all about capturing leads with gated content.

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What is a content marketing strategy? Your checklist to secure content success

Tomorrow People

Content also has a big part to play in business. This can be business-to-consumer (connecting with people through positives like pleasure) or business-to-business (helping people to resolve their problems). Creating content in a powerful content marketing strategy is not about focusing on your selling cycle.

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How B2B CMOs Can Achieve Customer-Centric Marketing With Buyer Personas

Tony Zambito

B2B CMOs can ensure that a buyer’s journey perspective incorporates how to help buyers achieve their goals throughout the buying cycle as well as the entire customer lifecycle. Buyer personas are not as easy as putting a picture on paper, requires in-depth research, knowledge of goal-directed behaviors, and require investments.