B2B Excellence - The biggest opportunity or threat to business growth?

B2B Excellence - The biggest opportunity or threat to business growth?

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Main POV - The biggest opportunity or threat to business growth?

Summary

 51% say that B2B sellers don’t understand the friction points in the online buying experience.

Half of your customers are anticipating a bad experience with you.

Why not surprise and delight them?

Limit the friction and iterations of online buying with ease and fluidity.

Is this one of the biggest opportunities to fuel growth?

This couldn’t be more important when 40% of buyers have said they have changed suppliers this year alone.

3 of the top 10 reasons buyers switch suppliers is linked to UX and logistics.

But the pain continues, 45% of buyers think buying online vs offline is more complicated.

Wunderman Thompson has released their latest shopper guide, and it’s jam-packed with insight. Download it now.

Key Insight

  • You will lose customers if your competitors have a better experience than you. The investment in online buying is predicted to grow to 57% in 5 years
  • 67% of buyers start their journey online
  • 66% are more likely to buy from a brand that inspires them
  • Price remains the most important factor when buying online
  • Top ten reasons for switching suppliers

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Conversations or articles I liked this week

Top ten marketing tips for small businesses - Mark Ritson

B2B marketing lessons from Ryan Reynolds

The top of funnel is about getting your ICP to understand the problem you can solve for them

A Series A B2B SaaS brand goes from 2 marketing sourced opportunities per month to 25 per month

Demand creation and capture. Their roles

How to win employed and influence people


Archive Content (oldies but goodies)


Google's newest competitor isn’t a search engine

The real marketing funnel

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Paul Slack

Executing B2B demand & lead generation campaigns to grow pipeline and generate revenue l HubSpot Partner focused on ABM

1y

The company that makes it easier for the buyer to say 'yes,' it the company that will win the biz.

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Selena Cameron

Global CEO @ WPP's SJR | Content Marketing Association Board Member | HBR Advisory Council Member

1y

Thanks for the mention, Chris! 💡

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Cosmo Shield

Founder, humanworks | A content marketing agency doing B2B differently | B2B Content | Strategy | Communications | Ex: BBC Journalist For 17 Years |

1y

Thanks Chris. Really useful stuff, will save for later!

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