In 2017, 92% of global B2B marketing decision makers said that improving the ROI of marketing or effectiveness of marketing would be among their top marketing initiatives over the 12 months that followed. Turns out this was a bit of a pickle, because 77% of the same group of respondents said that lacking the ability [… MORE

Increasingly, B2B companies that fail to go digital are being left behind by competitors – and, yes, this includes the ever-present threat of Amazon. According to McKinsey & Company, digital leaders in the B2B space generate five times more revenue than the rest of the B2B field. MORE

For B2B enablement and empowerment complexity that works seamlessly across customer and employee touchpoints. Ecommerce vertical: B2B. We spent a great deal of time researching platforms that would help bring our vision of B2B enablement to life. Why they won. MORE

Evolution Of B2B Integration And Collaboration Distributed commerce requires a different B2B integration strategy, focused directly on customer satisfaction. B2B Integration distributed commerce drop shipping supply chain collaboration event management Peter Edlund DiCentral MORE

Ecommerce is set to disrupt the B2B world in a big way, and Forrester and Frost & Sullivan have the numbers to prove it. In the next few years, specifically 2020, the B2B industry in the U.S. percent of all B2B sales. Have questions regarding these briefs or B2B ecommerce? MORE

Still in its infancy, B2B ecommerce is ramping up not only for brands that see the need to invest in it, but the largest ecommerce platforms are starting to throw their solutions into the ring as well. The new tool set will be Magento’s first dedicated solution for the growing B2B market. MORE

My father still had his full-time B2B family business. How did I go from an interesting, family side hustle to bring my father’s B2B business (which we still operate) to a consumer audience via the web? MORE

The B2B eCommerce market is currently massive, and it’s only going to get bigger. B2B eCommerce is estimated to be a trillion dollar industry in just a few years. Wholesale B2B eCommerce eBookLearn how to compete in the growing wholesale market with this FREE eBook! MORE

B2B ecommerce will reach $1.2 of all B2B sales in the U.S. Just by the end of 2017, Forrester expects B2B ecommerce to reach $889 billion and represent 11% of total B2B sales in the U.S. Upgrade Your B2B Ecommerce Software. The New B2B Ecommerce Strategy. MORE

Analysts have forecasted that global B2B ecommerce revenue will top $6.7 B2B ecommerce alone had already surpassed $5 trillion in revenue. And yet, so few B2B brands are online. You might not want to show your prices: Pricing gouging is most real in the supplier and B2B space. MORE

In less than three years the global B2B ecommerce industry is set to exceed $12 trillion, more than twice than what it was a decade ago. From wholesale to manufacturing to retail, B2B has quickly surpassed that of online consumer-driven sales. B2B Blog Events MORE

Joel Gross, CEO of Coalition Technologies , an ecommerce design + marketing agency that has worked to increase the organic visibility of multi-million dollar brands including Spinning.com and Pink Lily, walks you through how to build the B2B SEO strategy your company deserves, without the confusion. MORE

By Adam Fingerman, ArcTouch Mobile & Connected Experiences No doubt about it, bots are coming. Forgive the hyperbole, but I mean really coming  —  in a life-changing, business-disrupting way. MORE

More specifically, does a brand actually correlate to sales, especially for B2B players? And if so, what elements of branding are the most important to consider for B2B players who want to wisely join the trend? And the translation to B2B here is only natural. MORE

With the rising trend of wholesale merchants looking for solutions online to widen their distribution channels, B2B eCommerce stores are becoming more commonplace. However, unlike their B2C counterparts, B2B stores rarely have the same design aesthetic or business branding that retail channels enjoy. Wholesale B2B eCommerce MORE

Their team works with category-leading brands looking to launch B2B as well as Direct-to-Consumer including Cargill, Citizens of Humanity and Dollar Tree. By all the most recent reports, analysts have forecasted that global B2B ecommerce revenue will top $6.7 What is B2B Ecommerce?). MORE

Did you know that in 2017, around 56% of B2B buyers in the US made more than half of their purchases online? The B2B eCommerce market was estimated to be worth US$7.7 B2B eCommercetrillion dollars , so it should come as no surprise that the wholesale industry and the technologies around it are evolving by leaps and bounds. MORE

It’s hard not to start any article about B2B or wholesale ecommerce without dropping the market size bomb: Global B2B online sales surpassed $ 7.6 alone, B2B and wholesale ecommerce will top $1.1 How B2B and Wholesale Ecommerce Buyers Shop. B2B Ecommerce MORE

70% of Enterprise customers use Magento for either solely B2B or hybrid B2B/B2C commerce and Forrester predicts B2B ecommerce sales in the US to reach $1.13T by 2020 representing 12.1% which includes Magento B2B features and functionality. New B2B Magento Feature: Quoting. MORE

Account-based marketing (ABM), demand generation, social selling, channel marketing, go-to-market strategy, marketing mix, campaign execution and almost anything that today’s B2B marketer worries about hinges on having relevant content that engages your buyers. MORE

Case studies B2B eCommerce eCommerceAdored by kids (and big kids) the world over, since setting up shop in 2009, Noodoll has fast established itself as a market leader in all things cuddly and cute. MORE

That’s what B2B ecommerce segmentation and personalization attempt to mimic. A B2B ecommerce site without either isn’t much better than a digital catalog and an EDI. You can read more on how your ecommerce solution can help simplify B2B pricing and processes in this report. MORE

However, most traditional CRMs were built specifically to serve B2B businesses — and you can tell. B2B CRMs clearly aim to help salespeople and marketers manage long, relatively predictable sales cycles and one-to-one communications, and they often pair with marketing tools to nurture leads across the course of a lengthy sales funnel. Despite this, many B2C marketers still try to force B2B CRMs to serve their very different business needs. MORE

Earlier this year, Forrester’s South African PR team approached me with an opportunity to share a bit of our B2B thought leadership worldwide. He was delighted to find a kindred-spirit in heralding a revival and reawakening in B2B […]. MORE

B2B lead generation isn’t as easy as it first appears. We want to share five ways that we at Adficient generate B2B leads, but before we do let’s have a look at why they’re good. B2B eCommerceIt’s different enough from B2C lead generation that it can feel like you’re starting all over. MORE

But what about personalization for B2B (business to business) sales? In 2016 Gartner predicted that B2B companies that incorporate personalization into digital commerce will increase revenues by 15%. B2B will look more like B2C. MORE

I have in mind the kind of convergence that happens when B2C e-commerce platforms can be harnessed to streamline B2B workflows and expand B2B opportunities. Is a Platform That Powers E-Commerce and B2B Workflows Magento 1.x, These rich B2B features are now out of the box. MORE

Lagging behind on this, however, are often businesses in the B2B space. Estimates predict that online B2B selling will top $1.18 to talk about: Their online selling success as a B2B brand. When did you first launch your B2B ecommerce site ? B2B features are complex. MORE

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TradeGecko has produced a series of videos around B2B eCommerce, brought to you by our very own Geckos, to delve into the world of selling wholesale online. For a comprehensive introduction to B2B eCommerce, keep watching! Getting started B2B eCommerce MORE

TradeGecko has produced a series of videos around B2B eCommerce, brought to you by our very own Geckos, to delve into the world of selling wholesale online. To discover how getting online with B2B eCommerce will simplify your wholesale workflows, keep watching! Getting started B2B eCommerce MORE

None of that works in B2B. The best way to close high-dollar B2B accounts is to do the opposite. Why 1-to-1, unscalable B2B activities convert best. B2B sales, especially. B2B doesn’t buy on impulse. But none of that realistically works for B2B. MORE

There’s a great opportunity for B2B marketers to use video to help distill and showcase their company’s big ideas. In our report A Blueprint For Successful B2B Video Marketing we outline 3 steps that marketers […]. B2B B2B marketing content marketing video & teleconferencing B2B Marketing Forrester Nick Barber strategy technology video MORE

Top B2B marketing leaders think carefully and thoroughly about which markets represent the best fit for their offerings. Account-based marketing (ABM) is the most recent embodiment of this practice – what is generally called go-to-market strategy. Old timers (like me!) MORE

Still in its infancy, B2B ecommerce is ramping up not only for brands that see the need to invest in it, but the largest ecommerce platforms are starting to throw their solutions into the ring as well. The new tool set will be Magento’s first dedicated solution for the growing B2B market. MORE

The deadline for compliance with the GDPR is May 25, 2018, but the preparations of many B2B marketers range from nonchalant to indifferent. In our research interviews and inquiries about the GDPR, we find that many B2B marketers don’t think the regulation is a relevant concern because they think the GDPR doesn’t apply to business […]. B2B B2B marketing GDPR MORE

The B2B eCommerce industry is already gaining a lot of momentum in 2018. A common trend (amongst many) is that B2B eCommerce merchants need to invest more time and money into technology in order to better manage their business and stay competitive. Business Growth Wholesale Popular Posts MORE

On March 12, Salesforce announced its intent to acquire CloudCraze, a B2B eCommerce application. This savvy and long-anticipated move nicely rounds out its broad CRM portfolio and supports B2B customers through their engagement journey. This eCommerce application is a fundamentally different one than Salesforce’s B2C eCommerce acquisition of Demandware. This is because B2C engagement is […]. CRM applications customer engagement customer experience ecommerce MORE

The post We Drank Our Own Brew & Here’s What Happened: A B2B Optimization Story appeared first on Dynamic Yield. A/B Testing B2B Optimization Web Personalization B2B Personalization Conversion Rate Optimization Lead Generation MORE

TradeGecko has produced a series of videos around B2B eCommerce, brought to you by our very own Geckos, to delve into the world of selling wholesale online. To get a feel of what the B2B eCommerce industry is like today and what you could be getting your business into, keep watching MORE