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Elevate B2B Marketing News Weekly Roundup: Longer B2B Buying Cycles, AI Marketing Usage Study, & WhatsApp Gets Screen-Sharing

Top Rank Marketing

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Six Insights (And One Inspiring Conclusion) from 27 Beneficial B2B Marketing Stats and Facts

Webbiquity

Here are half a dozen insights from 27 B2B marketing stats facts compiled from recent studies, plus one key conclusion no B2B marketer will want to miss. Simplifying and personalizing the buying process is now the key differentiator. It’s not your imagination: B2B buying cycles are getting longer and more complex.

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12 Essential Benchmarks for Understanding The B2B Buyers’ Journey

KoMarketing Associates

And, they might not reach out to your company in person until they are ready to buy. Here are a few stats that highlight the differences in the B2B buyer’s cycle: The B2B buying cycle is six to twelve months, much longer than the few weeks most consumers take to make a purchase. Discovery stage.

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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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Do B2B Marketers Really Lag Behind B2C Marketers?

KoMarketing Associates

And while it’s common sense that selling to a group of people is harder than just selling to one person, there’s research that also bears this out: The B2B buying cycle is way longer than the B2C cycle. The average B2B buying cycle is 6 to twelve months.

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B2B Marketing Trends 2016-2020: Social Media Breakfast Wrap

Webbiquity

They’re adopting buyer personas , content targeting and matching content to stages of the buying cycle. Among the most noteworthy: If you’d like to clip any of the stats or insights, here’s the presentation on SlideShare: B2B Marketing Trends 2016 – Social Media Breakfast Minneapolis from Tom Pick.

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7 takeaways from a study on B2B thought leadership; why it works or doesn’t

Sword and the Script | B2B

Comment: A separate survey, which I covered recently, found that B2B prospects are “ 69% of the way through a buying cycle ” before they ever speak to a sales representative. Comment: It’s important to realize these stats could go either way. So, how can you get on a shortlist?