Does Your Web Strategy
Leave You Behind the
Competition?
Planning a Vacation
Or Shopping for a Product
Consumers Research the Web to
Formulate Purchasing Decisions
It’s Not Just Consumers That
Research On-line
So Do B2B Buyers
If You Aren’t Informing, Engaging
and Converting Visitors…
Then Your Web Strategy Needs An
Overhaul
Here’s Why…
1. Internet Search Impacts Decision Making!
2. Websites Strongly Influence Company Credibility!
3. Buyers Determine When to Engage with a Seller
B2B Purchasing Today
❖ 81% of B2B purchase decisions start with search!
❖ 89% of buyers use search when making a purchase
decision
Internet Search Impacts Decision Making
Internet Search Impacts Decision Making
❖ Blogs !
❖ Social Media!
❖ LinkedIn Most Popular for B2B !
❖ Youtube, Instagram and Other Video and Image Centric
Sites
Buyers Obtain Information From Various Sources
Internet Search ImpactsDecision Making
❖ Mobile !
❖ Local
Search Trends
The Proliferation of Mobile Devices Increases the
Importance of Mobile and Local Search Strategies
Buyers Judge You By Your
Website
46% Consider it the Most
Important Criterion
In Determining Company
Credibility
Buyers Judge You By Your Website
❖ Design!
❖ Organization!
❖ Content
Buyers Judge You By Your Website
❖ Responsive!
❖ Simplicity!
❖ Images
Design
Buyers Judge You By Your Website
!
❖ Vernacular!
❖ Navigation
Organization
❖ Site Goals Match
Audience Goals!
Buyers Judge You By Your Website
❖ Relevant!
❖ Fresh!
❖ Frequent
Content
The Buyer Controls the
Relationship
Before a Buyer Contacts a Seller
57% of a Purchase
Decision
Has Already Been Formed!
The Buyer Controls the Relationship
❖ Content that Coincides with Purchasing Phase!
❖ Utilize Inbound Marketing Tools!
❖ Customers not just Prospects
Provide Information That Targets Audience Needs
The Buyer Controls the Relationship
❖ Awareness!
❖ Interest!
❖ Relevance!
❖ Validation
Develop Content that Coincides with Purchasing Phase
The Buyer Controls the Relationship
❖ Search Engine Optimization!
❖ Email!
❖ Social Media!
❖ CRM
Utilize Inbound Marketing Tools
The Buyer Controls the Relationship
❖ Customers Don’t Remember Everything You Do !
❖ Need Information When They Need Information
Customers, Not Just Prospects
Does Your Web Strategy Leave You Behind the Competition?
❖ By 2020 it’s estimated that 85% of a purchasing
transaction will take place online!
❖ The desire for self serve is increasing!
❖ Advancement in consumer sites increase expectations
for B2B sites
Develop Your Web Strategy
❖ Define Your Goals !
❖ Make the Commitment!
❖ Conduct the Research!
❖ Execute Your Plan
John Edmundson!
john@interedgemarketing.com!
630-442-0040

Does your web strategy leave you behind the competition?

  • 1.
    Does Your WebStrategy Leave You Behind the Competition?
  • 2.
  • 3.
    Or Shopping fora Product
  • 4.
    Consumers Research theWeb to Formulate Purchasing Decisions
  • 5.
    It’s Not JustConsumers That Research On-line So Do B2B Buyers
  • 6.
    If You Aren’tInforming, Engaging and Converting Visitors…
  • 7.
    Then Your WebStrategy Needs An Overhaul Here’s Why…
  • 8.
    1. Internet SearchImpacts Decision Making! 2. Websites Strongly Influence Company Credibility! 3. Buyers Determine When to Engage with a Seller B2B Purchasing Today
  • 9.
    ❖ 81% ofB2B purchase decisions start with search! ❖ 89% of buyers use search when making a purchase decision Internet Search Impacts Decision Making
  • 10.
    Internet Search ImpactsDecision Making ❖ Blogs ! ❖ Social Media! ❖ LinkedIn Most Popular for B2B ! ❖ Youtube, Instagram and Other Video and Image Centric Sites Buyers Obtain Information From Various Sources
  • 11.
    Internet Search ImpactsDecisionMaking ❖ Mobile ! ❖ Local Search Trends The Proliferation of Mobile Devices Increases the Importance of Mobile and Local Search Strategies
  • 12.
    Buyers Judge YouBy Your Website 46% Consider it the Most Important Criterion In Determining Company Credibility
  • 13.
    Buyers Judge YouBy Your Website ❖ Design! ❖ Organization! ❖ Content
  • 14.
    Buyers Judge YouBy Your Website ❖ Responsive! ❖ Simplicity! ❖ Images Design
  • 15.
    Buyers Judge YouBy Your Website ! ❖ Vernacular! ❖ Navigation Organization ❖ Site Goals Match Audience Goals!
  • 16.
    Buyers Judge YouBy Your Website ❖ Relevant! ❖ Fresh! ❖ Frequent Content
  • 17.
    The Buyer Controlsthe Relationship
  • 18.
    Before a BuyerContacts a Seller 57% of a Purchase Decision Has Already Been Formed!
  • 19.
    The Buyer Controlsthe Relationship ❖ Content that Coincides with Purchasing Phase! ❖ Utilize Inbound Marketing Tools! ❖ Customers not just Prospects Provide Information That Targets Audience Needs
  • 20.
    The Buyer Controlsthe Relationship ❖ Awareness! ❖ Interest! ❖ Relevance! ❖ Validation Develop Content that Coincides with Purchasing Phase
  • 21.
    The Buyer Controlsthe Relationship ❖ Search Engine Optimization! ❖ Email! ❖ Social Media! ❖ CRM Utilize Inbound Marketing Tools
  • 22.
    The Buyer Controlsthe Relationship ❖ Customers Don’t Remember Everything You Do ! ❖ Need Information When They Need Information Customers, Not Just Prospects
  • 23.
    Does Your WebStrategy Leave You Behind the Competition? ❖ By 2020 it’s estimated that 85% of a purchasing transaction will take place online! ❖ The desire for self serve is increasing! ❖ Advancement in consumer sites increase expectations for B2B sites
  • 24.
    Develop Your WebStrategy ❖ Define Your Goals ! ❖ Make the Commitment! ❖ Conduct the Research! ❖ Execute Your Plan
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