Content - How involved are Millennials in B2B purchasing decisions? What are the content preferences of these buyers?
Most B2B buyers have a positive view of B2B vendors but don't think salespeople generally exceed expectations. Check out the research for B2B buyers' views on vendors and salespeople.
Social media is becoming an increasingly popular B2B marketing tactic, with 84% of C-Level and VP-level buyers influenced by social media...
Content - Nearly all B2B organizations (94%) tend to curate and circulate relevant vendor-related content internally before purchasing products and services, according to a recent report from The CMO Council and NetLine.
B2B buyers are highly influenced by online content sourcing, with 54% reporting that it keeps them current on new technologies and 40% claiming that it helps them identify potential suppliers, partners and solution providers, according to a newly-released report [download page] from the CMO Council and NetLine. The study identifies the critical factors behind decision-makers’… Read More »
Sales - What are the challenges B2B marketers face in the sales cycle? And, most important, how are they rising to meet those challenges?
There are a lot of differences between b2b and b2c buyers that affect how marketers should do their jobs. Learn the differences and what they mean for you.
84% of procurement professionals said they prefer to work with local vendors. How can you use digital marketing to get more business from local B2B buyers?
New B2B buying behaviors require sales leaders to better understand how customers make purchases and what sales can do to influence the decision-making process.
Be Quick or Be Dead — What B2B Buyers Expect When They Submit Your Contact Forms. Speed is key in capitalizing on web leads from B2B Buyers.
The effects of Digital have perhaps been most strongly felt in the B2B world. B2B buyers have been forced to evolve more than most...
The B2B buyer at many organizations is the manager and director in charge of purchasing, but an executive who also often interacts with other managers and departments within their organization to research and buy products online, according to new data and analysis from B2BecNews.
As spheres of influence in B2B purchases continue to grow, sales pros must account for these factors at each stage of the buying journey.
A guest post from PathFactory that shares 3 ways teams can build more trust with their B2B buyers and find new ways to better understand them.
B2B organizations encounter plenty of competition, and how they can stand out from this competition can be tricky business. A global survey of more than 500 B2B buyers and sellers from RAIN Group shows that for 7 in 10 (71% of) B2B buyers, leading a thorough discovery of their concerns, wants and needs will have… Read More »
Do you manage a B2B sales team and wonder what buyers really want? You may be surprised by some of the results of what B2B buyers really want.
What should B2B companies call their buyers? We asked 30+ experts if they use "clients," "customers," "users" ... or something completely different.
Some results in a recent B2B web usability report were surprising. Find out why 55 percent of potential B2B buyers might not trust your website content.
Half of B2B buyers have incomplete, unclear or poorly defined criteria when considering new vendors and most will blame the vendor for stalled sales.
Millennials are playing a bigger and more prominent role in B2B buying decisions than ever before. As a millennial myself, I thought I would share some helpful ways you can capture the attention of…
As followers of this blog know, we believe that B2B Buying is really, really hard. In theory, it shouldn’t be. There is more competition. Access to information is easier. And products continue to get better. But buying is hard due to challenges of consensus and confusion. When Gartner explores buying with people involved in the …