B2B
Utilizing marketplaces is one way for a seller to expand reach. But for some manufacturers and distributors, that increased reach is not worth the competitive threats that they may face on a marketplace.
When a B2B company is starting to build or assess its current marketplace strategy, understanding the different marketplace options is a first step. For our “B2B Marketplaces 2019” report, we analyzed the top three B2B marketplaces in the US—Amazon Business, Alibaba and Thomas—along with an overview of what makes their platforms work for both buyers and sellers.
In this Meet the Analyst webinar, eMarketer principal analyst Jillian Ryan explores insight and best practices for B2B marketers and sellers to create and share content with their audience across the entire life cycle; from the top of the funnel, through purchase and even as part of the renewal stage.
There's a lot of potential for programmatic advertising in account-based marketing, but a foundation must be put in place first.
In the latest episode of "Behind the Numbers," eMarketer's Jillian Ryan and Oscar Orozco break down estimates for B2B digital ad spending, and some of the market's key drivers.
Most US firms use digital content marketing. But adoption is slightly higher among business-to-business (B2B) companies, where content marketing is crucial for driving leads and awareness.
In some B2B businesses, only a small subset of the customer base actually drives the largest portion of their profitability. Bain & Company's Mark Kovac explains how B2Bs can realign their growth strategy to existing accounts with the most potential.
Irvin Gray, head of marketing at wireless charging provider Chargifi, discusses how loyalty strategy plays out as the company works to acquire customers and grow its business in the early stages.
Rewards-based programs are not just for consumer-facing companies anymore. McKinsey & Company's Jennifer Stanley believes B2B organizations can greatly benefit from adopting these programs to retain customer loyalty.
National Public Media's Gina Garrubbo and Bryan Moffet discuss why advertiser interest in NPR's podcasts keeps growing, and how it works with advertisers to create organic ads.
Twenty-year-old Chinese ecommerce giant The Alibaba Group is making moves to grow its US B2B business, allowing US-based small and medium-sized sellers to list goods on its B2B marketplace, Alibaba.com.
Most business-to-business (B2B) marketers do some sort of content marketing, but they often do not measure the payoff of their content efforts.
In this Meet the Analyst webinar, eMarketer senior analyst Jillian Ryan discusses how to deepen the business relationship and partnership with customers that companies already have. She'll provide an overview of how B2Bs should calculate customer value, and what teams need for a successful customer growth strategy.
B2Bs aren't traditionally big spenders on digital ads, but industry experts and our forecasts indicate that 2019 will be a year of growth.
Podcast ads are a rising format for B2Bs, and some are finding success by using podcasts as a driver of direct buyers.
Companies should have a rubric in place to evaluate and essentially score or rank their current customer set. Such a framework allows marketers and all customer-facing teams to align on how to best serve and grow each individual account in a profitable manner.
Jason Williams, community director for B2B software management system Ipswitch, discusses how he coordinates across internal teams to deploy a loyalty strategy that gets customers talking.
Kevin Williams, SVP of customer success at marketing automation platform Act-On, discusses why B2Bs need to be thinking about their loyalty strategy at every touch point in the customer life cycle.
In a survey of 250 US B2B sales and marketing professionals, about four in 10 respondents said they are novices or beginners when it comes to integrating data into their CRM systems.
Ian Dahlman, vice president of search and analytics at gyro, explains why B2Bs must continuously test their assumptions about who their audiences are and what they want.