Moving your B2B leads through the buying process is like courting your true love!
Here's a lighthearted infographic that describes a serious process. If you scroll to the end of the infographic you'll get a bit more detail on how exactly you should approach it.
Here's some more detail on how that buying journey plays out for B2B marketers:
Since 78% of B2B buyers start their research with search, this is your first impression - and first impressions count!
Ask yourself:
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You have both educational and promotional pages on your website. Each page tends to serve one funnel stage more than the other.
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Your landing page is much like asking for your romantic interest's phone number. You have to show that it's going to be worth it and that it's not going to warrant an unwanted stream of pushy invitations to meet up again. It's not an easy feat. In fact, 57% of companies have problems finding the expertise to optimize the copy on their landing pages.
The main things that affect the willingness of a buyer to hand over their details are:
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The shorter you keep it, the better.
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MarketingSherpa reported that only 18% of marketers use emails triggered by website behaviour. This is shocking! Especially when businesses that use marketing automation to nurture prospects experience a 451% increase in qualified leads (The Annuitas Group), and 59% of B2B marketers say email is the most effective channel in generating revenue (BTOB Magazine).
There are 4 kinds of emails you should use in your lead nurturing strategy:
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There are five necessary types of content that you need to help prospects at each stage of their journey:
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At this point your prospect is ready to evaluate your offer along with some other vendors. Your goal is to get them to meet with sales.
Ask yourself:
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Provide bottom of funnel content to match that need, like social proof (case studies), product information, free trials, and coupons. If you have triggers set in place for lead scoring, then just sit back and wait for your marketing automation software to monitor your leads for you until they are sales ready. You should set up an alert for yourself and your sales people once they reach that threshold, and give your salespeople access to your prospect's history on your website so they're better equipped to close the deal.
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Keep in touch with your customers, lest they leave you for a competitor.
How often do you get feedback from your customers on your service? If it's good, you can turn it into a case study! If it's bad, at least you can do all you can to nip it in the bud.
You're going to create new content to match your customers' needs. Since they're customers, they need a different kind of information. For example, if you're a software provider, create content around how they can get the most out of your software.
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