Prioritize Relevance over Content Size in B2B Buying
Downloading a 20-page white paper isn’t an indication of buying commitment more important than a blog post that simplifies a key point your buyer struggled to grasp to build momentum. B2B marketers need to get over assigning too much importance to visibility and measurability bias. It’s misleading given channel growth and buyer avoidance. We need to stop weighting scoring based on the heft of a content asset and instead consider the relevance ranking. Instead of the antiquated funnel concept where everything is linear, we need to shift to a continuum experience designed as a decision environment. The process of buying includes an array of decisions buyers must make to progress toward purchase decisions. Decisions are inherently about answering questions which help buyers to: ❓ Uncover pain points they may “feel” but have yet to name ❓ Assess risks realistically against perceptions ❓ Build confidence in themselves by gaining knowledge ❓ Align stakeholders around value by gaining insight into different perspectives The difference between a funnel and a continuum designed as a decision environment is meaning your buyers can internalize. In a decision environment, you create the conditions for buyers to pull themselves forward by answering the questions that matter to them at each stage. The shift sounds subtle, but it changes everything — what you create, how you sequence it, and how you measure whether it’s working. In this article, I show you how to redefine the funnel into a continuum built to enable decisions… #B2Bmarketing #buyerenablement #contentmarketing https://lnkd.in/gEkzsheE
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