article thumbnail

Long B2C Sales Cycle? Use Content to Power Marketing

Optimizely

Both of the above are examples of B2C products, but the length of the sales cycle is very different for the two products. If your brand sells an expensive or niche product with a long B2C sales process, you have to think about your marketing differently long-term. Use content marketing throughout long B2C sales cycles.

B2C 354
article thumbnail

A B2C Marketer’s Biggest Enemy: The Data and Execution Gap

Optimizely

Marketers already know data is key to success in B2C and ecommerce. But knowing it’s important and actually being able to utilize data are very different things. Unfortunately, complete and accurate customer data has been shockingly difficult to get your hands on in B2C marketing. Own your customer data.

B2C 210
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Why B2C Branding is Really a Management Tool

Optimizely

” Trader Joe’s won the second year in a row as the American’s favorite grocery retailer on the Dunnhumby customer data survey. Here’s how you should approach branding and use it as a tool to manage your entire B2C business. The post Why B2C Branding is Really a Management Tool appeared first on Zaius.

B2C 323
article thumbnail

2018 Predictions: What B2C Marketers Need To Know

Optimizely

The B2C market moves fast — there are always new tactics and new channels marketers should keep an eye on. As a B2C marketer, you should be asking yourself hard questions like: What KPIs should we care about? As a B2C marketer, you should be asking yourself hard questions like: What KPIs should we care about?

B2C 186
article thumbnail

Why B2C Marketers Need a Single Source of Data

Optimizely

When every single platform is collecting data, things can get messy, fast. If you manage to pull together all of your customer data, you can gain really powerful insights into what marketing tactics work and what don’t. But many of today’s marketing tools don’t make it easy to see all the data in one place.

B2C 150
article thumbnail

Build A Roadmap For Collecting The Customer Data You’ll Actually Use

Forrester eCommerce

Marketers want to capture as much zero- and first-party data as possible, whether that’s email addresses, marketing opt-ins and other consent, or more granular data about who a customer is and what they’re interested in.

article thumbnail

Should Your B2C Brand Switch to Direct-to-Consumer?

Optimizely

Buyers today have simply changed the way they purchase products, with more and more of the B2C market moving online (or to Amazon) each year. Many B2C brands are making the leap and shifting away from retail and toward direct-to-consumer (DTC). You have to choose your own strategy, and test out what works best for your customers.

B2C 170