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... Not
Just For B2C Anymore
Search engines play a dominant role in B2B
purchases. When business people need solutions to problems, they use
search engines for answers. When your website appears on the search
engine results page, you gain perceived status and mind share.
A number of recent surveys suggest the Web, and search, plays a major
role in every stage of the B2B buying cycle, from early product research
to final vendor selection. Even decisions as to whom to send a Request
For Proposal are often triggered by research that took place online
proving that search plays a dominant role in driving B2B business.
When Search Engine Marketing first materialized as a marketing
technique, giant B2C retailers like Amazon.com, Overstock.com, and
Bluefly.com, happily embraced it.
Unlike B2C search marketing, where sales are made in a click, B2B
search marketing conversion takes longer. In a typical B2C purchase,
it takes a person minutes to make a decision to buy. For a B2B sale,
many people are involved in a decision that could take months.
Even though the B2B sales cycle is longer, search engine marketing
is a valuable tool for a company to brand itself via the search engines
and gain new qualified leads.
Decision makers’ buying habits as consumers, compared with their
buying habits as business decision makers, may not be as different
as people think.
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