How B2B Marketing Differs from B2C Marketing
If you market your products or services to other businesses (B2B marketing), you need a different approach to marketing than if you target consumers.
To be a successful B2B marketer you should focus your time and marketing budget on establishing and managing a range of relationships. That’s because most business-to-business buying decisions are influenced by a group of people within your prospect’s company. Purchases are often based on research, detailed specifications, and are much more considered.
For a successful sale to a business, particularly a big company, you may have to convince individuals with some of these roles that they need to buy your product (although one person may cover several of these roles):
Gatekeeper > Initiator > Influencer > Decider > Financier > Buyer > User
In summary, B2B marketing is:
- Relationship driven so you must develop those relationships.
- Smaller, more focused target markets than B2C markets.
- Multi-step buying process with a longer sales cycle than B2C.
- How your brand is seen is based on personal relationship.
- Educational and awareness building activities are essential, using content marketing and seminars, for example.
- Rational buying decision based on business value using a specification (or brief).
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76% of B2B buyers search for content that is relevant to help them make an informed decision before buying. It’s therefore crucial that your business is positioned as a thought leader in your market.
That’s why content marketing is booming amongst leading B2B marketers, generating 3 x more leads than traditional outbound marketing at a fraction of the cost.
Video marketing is also booming in the B2B world – not only is it a fast way to communicate complex messages to your viewers, but it gives you the chance to engage with them too. About 78% of B2B marketers use video.
And email marketing, done well to a good opted-in list, can often deliver a high ROI for B2B.
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