B2B Marketing Directions

JULY 30, 2017

New research reveals what influences B2B buying decisions and explains why the B2B buying process is getting longer. The 2017 research was based on a survey of 283 C-level executives, VPs, and Directors across several B2B industries. Other findings explain why the buying cycle has gotten longer.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2018

In reviewing the latest research on account-based marketing (ABM) best practices, it struck me that they mirror what sales and marketing leaders have tried to follow for decades. They’re reaching out to target accounts early in the buying cycle before their competition grabs the advantage. They’re aligning sales and marketing.

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Martech

DECEMBER 8, 2021

“The buyer process is changing a lot and it’s not going back to the way it was. With the buying process not heavily digitized and with people working remotely on a range of devices, lines are blurring between B2C and B2B buying behaviors. They call the shots.” A challenging environment. ” Why we care.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

They’re customers’ verbal buying signals—the cues your sales agent homes in on when talking to a prospect. And they’re online buying signals—the data trail—that prospective buyers leave as they research solutions online. Additionally, teams that harness the buying cues benefit from more precise and efficient sales cycles.

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 8, 2021

They are more likely to research a problem (sometimes for weeks) before settling on a solution. And, they might not reach out to your company in person until they are ready to buy. The discovery phase of the buying cycle is when businesses realize they have a problem and begin looking for a solution. Discovery stage.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 19, 2023

B2B marketing targets buying groups within businesses. Companies that are looking for products or services with which to assist their own operations will typically have or assign a “product champion” to conduct research on solutions and manage the sales relationship.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Now, cloud computing is driving the creation of a network of connected machines that act as an intelligent network that can predict failures and trigger maintenance processes autonomously. As much as two-thirds of B2B deals are lost before a formal request for proposal (RFP) process even begins. Not a Campaign, But a Process.

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Inbox Insight

AUGUST 30, 2020

Where do they go to research solutions? Our latest research pulls together essential data about the way decision makers reach their outcomes, giving vendors and demand generation managers the inside track. It’s about solving customer pain points in the right phase of the cycle. Our data sheds light on the process.

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Biznology

APRIL 9, 2018

Most companies conduct various types of research to understand the needs of the market. These may include primary research, 3rd party research, brand wave studies, voice of the customer, and online surveys. Once there, they can engage with product and service content designed specifically for each point in the buying cycle.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 31, 2023

By Karla Sanders , Engagement Manager at Heinz Marketing In the fast-paced world of B2B marketing, businesses often face difficult times characterized by slowing win rates and longer buying cycles. These challenges can be particularly daunting, but they also present opportunities for growth and innovation.

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6sense

MAY 5, 2016

For years, HP has used internal data and competitive research to identify accounts with a high likelihood of making a purchasing decision. With data driving the next wave of innovation, HP began looking for a partner who could help them improve their ability to predict timing and identify prospects in active buying cycles.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 29, 2023

This often leads to larger buying committees, more avenues for approval, and elongated buying cycles. Vendr, a SaaS buying platform, recently found that sales cycles for software have settled at about 46 days, a 40% increase since 2020. Cross-Functional Alignment Your go-to-market strategy depends on alignment.

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Top Rank Marketing

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In B2B marketing, market segmentation is the process of separating your target audience into groups with common characteristics. Complex buying cycles and decision-making structures B2B buying cycles are uniquely intricate, and decision-making structures involve multiple stakeholders across functional teams.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 26, 2010

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. Without a clear understanding of the stages, it is difficult to align your marketing content with your customer’s decision-making process.

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Inbox Insight

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

According to our research, the typical timeline for all three phases of purchasing to be complete (research, buying cycle and implementation) is usually between 9 months and 3 years. Our unique content brings together the best content from vendors, brands and tech experts with research conducted by Inbox Insight.

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SalesIntel

JUNE 7, 2021

Data hygiene has become increasingly important to marketers, and the increasing volume of data has only made processing harder. When choosing one over the other, automating the data enrichment process has turned out as the clear winner. Why Choose Automated Data Enrichment Over Manual Process. Advanced Segmentation.

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B2B Marketing Directions

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The predominant view of B2B buying is that it involves expensive and/or complex products or services, large buying groups and long buying cycles. That's why marketing leaders should define relevant buying scenarios as part of their planning for 2022.

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Martech

MARCH 18, 2024

Through exposure to marketing, research into categories, conversations with peers and insights from sources of influence, a shortlist of vendors emerges. Some false positives come from human error in how we choose which signals to monitor, and some of them come from the sole fact that research isn’t a guaranteed sign of intent.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

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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The Point

JULY 17, 2017

This year’s report (download a copy here – registration required) is striking in the degree and pace of change reported, since only last year, in how B2B buyers describe their research and purchase processes. FINDING : 63% of respondents said they noticed ads from the solution provider they chose during the research phase.

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Influitive

AUGUST 3, 2015

In fact, the 2015 B2B Buyer’s Survey Report (sponsored by DemandBase and Demand Gen Report), found the top three resources that buyers rely on when researching potential vendors were: In addition, access to all of this information is making the buying cycle longer. The answer: social proof marketing. Perfectly timed references.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 3, 2023

By Win Salyards , Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing Developing an accurate and actionable understanding of the B2B buying committee and the buyer personas that make it can be challenging, especially when your buying cycle is complex. Action What are the steps they take during the buying process?

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NuSpark Consulting

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Despite that, you need e-books, webinars and other information designed to attract leads, walk them through the buying cycle and convert sales. When researching for solutions to business problems, they no longer have to invite salespeople into their cubicles or corner offices. Where they are in the buying cycle.

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The Point

APRIL 26, 2018

B2B is much different, for a number of reasons: One, the buying cycle is longer in B2B. This leads to a much longer decision-making process and more opportunity for B2B marketers to influence their buyers over time. You need to influence and nurture people in multiple departments who have a say in the buying process.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 4, 2018

More than 75 percent of prospects feel the sales professionals who contact them lack knowledge of their specific business, role and responsibilities at work, or even the issues they’re trying to resolve, according to research from Forrester. Map Content to the Buying Cycle. Nurture Your Sales Team like Customers.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 31, 2012

Tony Zambito is Founder and Principal of the buyer research and strategy firm Buyerology ?. He is also the originator of the buyer persona research and creation methodology as well as Business Buyergraphics ™ that are widely used to make informed decisions from buyer insights. and social technologies.

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NuSpark Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2017

This means a large portion of the research that influences their decision happens before they click on any website. Artificial intelligence makes it possible to identify these prospects, determine their level of interest and position in the buying cycle. Unless you have an “insider” on your payroll (just kidding!)

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Sword and the Script | B2B

JANUARY 23, 2024

All these years later, a new report by 6sense, penned largely by a former Forrester analyst, has come to the same conclusion: when buyers first contact a seller, they are “69% of the way through a buying cycle.” The report sums it up this way: “Sellers have little influence over” the buying process once they’ve been contacted.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 31, 2023

By Karla Sanders , Engagement Manager at Heinz Marketing In the fast-paced world of B2B marketing, businesses often face difficult times characterized by slowing win rates and longer buying cycles. These challenges can be particularly daunting, but they also present opportunities for growth and innovation.

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Zoominfo

JULY 5, 2023

In partnering with ZoomInfo, the company was aiming to align its sales and marketing teams around the same goals and metrics, and to target prospects early in the buying cycle to deliver the most tailored experience possible. BlueOcean is also using retrospective research to capitalize on new opportunities.

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Vision Edge Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Despite the continued emphasis and variety of approaches to accelerate the business-to-business (B2B) buying cycle, many organizations remain challenged. And like us, their research continues to find that only about a quarter of salespeople exceed their quota. In fact, 34% of salespeople admit that closing deals is really hard.

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xiQ

JANUARY 30, 2023

Buyers Shifting to Digital and Virtual B2B buyers are dedicating a significant portion of their sales research time, 27%, to independently researching online , leaving limited time, 5%, for interaction with suppliers. This has led to B2B buyers bringing similar expectations for personalization to their B2B experiences.

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Sword and the Script | B2B

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

58% spending more time researching products before making purchasing decisions; social media has become increasingly important in B2B marketing The consumerization of business technology is probably one of the biggest driving forces in the development of B2B software. This shouldn’t be a surprise. Social proof is one of those shortcuts.

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Martech

AUGUST 9, 2021

Consumer insights and market research platform Toluna announced the addition of new research-related tools, or methodologies, available within their Toluna Start suite. This process helped them identify a flaw in the wall mount that could be corrected at scale for their customers.

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Martech

JULY 14, 2022

Factors driving changes in ABM include shifts in buyer preferences and pre-purchase behavior, as well as the development of more sophisticated technology and data products that enable marketers to analyze behavior, identify in-market audiences, and craft experiences for a buying group or its individual members. Why we care.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Shorter sales cycles – Sales cycles are already long for B2B organizations, and automated emails serve as a virtual sales rep to nurture them. Automated emails encourage leads to move from the product research phase into the buying cycle. How Do You Set up Email Automation? Basic Steps.

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EveryoneSocial

JULY 31, 2018

In fact, being the most effective at your efforts requires your organization to focus heavily on content research. This most likely falls into the marketing departments laps, but sales teams should also have a part in helping with the content research process. What is Content Research? What is Content Research?

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