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12 Essential Benchmarks for Understanding The B2B Buyers’ Journey

KoMarketing Associates

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. The discovery phase of the buying cycle is when businesses realize they have a problem and begin looking for a solution.

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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. 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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What Mom Never Told You About How to Find B2B Customers

KoMarketing Associates

She may have gotten you to eat two more bites of your veggies before you moved on to dessert, but of course Mom never told you anything about your career in online marketing. Because online marketing isn’t really something that can be taught. Final Thoughts. That’s on you.

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You Paid for More Traffic to Your Website – Now What?

B2B Marketing Traction

If you’re a business owner, chances are you’ve spent a lot on online marketing. Then they either leave (called a “bounce” in online marketing speak), or they may do something. You need great content that they can download, comment on or share with friends or colleagues. Connections.

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3 Ways to Improve ROI for Your B2B SEO Strategy

KoMarketing Associates

B2B buying cycles can take up to 18 months , multiple touch points can occur, and on top of all of that, many businesses don’t have the right tools in place to measure marketing efforts. Is it the content marketer who wrote the whitepaper they downloaded? Who gets credit for a sale?

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How Reporting Can Improve B2B Blog Performance

KoMarketing Associates

At the end of each month here at KoMarketing, we provide in-depth online marketing reports to our clients that provide an overview of the program’s performance. While these reports are valuable to our clients, they’re also extremely valuable to myself and the rest of the content marketing team. Final Thoughts.

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