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Report: 46% of B2B Buyers Turn to Colleagues/Peers to Research Purchases

KoMarketing Associates

B2B buyers continue to do their own research before making a purchase decision, and new research shows that colleagues and peers are playing a more important role in the process. This is followed by user reviews (35 percent) and third-party/analyst reports (32 percent). Marketing and the Timing of Outreach.

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The Impact of Peer Engagement on The Customer Buying Journey

Vision Edge Marketing

Most business leaders and Marketing and Sales professionals today understand the impact that peer reviews and stories make on the customer bying journey, including the B2B purchase journey. 84% of B2B buyers are now starting the purchasing process with a referral, and peer recommendations influence more than 90% of all B2B buying decisions.

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Sana Commerce placed in the Aspiring quadrant in the Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Digital Commerce 2024

Sana Commerce

NEW YORK, New York – February 29, 2024 – Sana Commerce , a ready-to-use commerce platform engineered for B2B, announced today that ninety-five percent of Sana customers on Gartner® Peer Insights would recommend Sana Commerce for digital commerce as of February 2024. 49 Ratings) out of 5 as of February 2024. and/or its affiliates in the U.S.

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An Essential Guide to B2B Marketing Metrics That Matter

Marketing Insider Group

Leaders are looking beyond engagement numbers and qualified leads. They are now looking for quantifiable answers to these questions: What, or when, is the return of investment (ROI)? How much is marketing contributing to revenue? As a CMO or director of digital marketing, you can use a handful of B2B marketing metrics to answer them.

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Ensure Your Innovation Hits It Out of the Park

Vision Edge Marketing

While price is often mentioned, we have found that 10 obstacles surface as the most common reasons why people reject change and won’t try or buy a new solution, idea, or process. Don’t see their peer group doing it or their peers are doing something different. Customer acquisition and retention often depend on new solutions.

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4 Practical Tips to Avoid Confirmation Bias with AI

Vision Edge Marketing

Market and Customer Research: Danger Zones for Confirmation Bias Companies rely on customer research to develop new offerings, establish pricing models, and anticipate which customers are likely to purchase and which are likely to defect. Most of us take comfort in the familiar. This cognitive tendency is known as confirmation bias.

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Quick Ways To Double Your B2B Sales Conversions In 2021

Webbiquity

At some point, you will start attracting more of the leads that don’t intend to buy from you right away. Though this is normal, it leads to depreciating conversions and longer sales cycles, if not dealt with effectively. The pandemic of 2020 amplified this phenomenon. Image credit: Yelp. What is Conversion Optimization? Develop strong positioning.

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