Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2018

While there’s less buzz around business-to-business markets, these innovations are changing the game in B2B as well, even in old-line industries selling what might be considered commodity products. For a deep dive into the elements, see our related HBR article “ The B2B Elements of Value ”).

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Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2016

.” In the B2B world, though, the experience is very different. If you have a problem with your industrial cement mixer, you usually have only two options: read the manual or call your sales rep. Reputation points even had an impact outside the community, as they were cited by users in job applications in the industry.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 19, 2018

B2B, or the process of marketing and selling product and service offerings to business customers, is experiencing an intensified focus as the availability of new digital data that describes businesses grows. The internet offers a much more detailed level of data that goes well beyond standard industry categorization. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2018

Consider the case of a major industrial goods manufacturer that was struggling with low profit margins, relative both to competitors and to its own historical performance. Like this manufacturer, many business-to-business (B2B) companies have a major opportunity to improve their standing on price. Glasshouse Images/Getty Images.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Entrepreneur and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen famously noted that “software is eating the world” This phrase perfectly encapsulates the seismic shift brought about by digital products that are shattering traditional barriers between industries and enabling organizations to forge interconnected networks of value creation.

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Telecommunications B2B Travel Banking 88

Business Consulting Agency

JANUARY 21, 2024

Marketing consultants bring a wealth of experience, industry insights, and knowledge of the latest trends, allowing for the development of targeted and effective marketing strategies. Targeted Content Marketing: A B2B company facing challenges in content marketing collaborated with consultants to develop a targeted content strategy.

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

Developing an effective sales strategy requires a deep understanding of market dynamics and the ability to adapt to evolving trends. According to Accenture, 80% of B2B customers will change providers at least every two years if their expectations aren’t understood and met.

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Clarity Consultants

MAY 26, 2023

The B2B sales world has completely changed over the last few years, and businesses all over the world are struggling to keep up. B2B selling has become a difficult task, and it’s even harder if there’s no strategy put into place–which is where sales enablement comes in. However, it goes far beyond that.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

One of the simplest distinctions in sales is that between B2C, which stands for business-to-customer, and B2B, which stands for business-to-business. Alternatively, B2B sales happen when one business sells its products or services to another business. B2C and B2B sales are very different processes, requiring different strategies.

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Action Plan

JULY 10, 2023

He has done great work for me in developing our go-to-market business strategy. Hi, Pete: I enjoyed hearing you speak at the B2B Luncheon on Monday and learning a bit about Peak Photonics. Pete needed help developing a framework for analyzing new market opportunities. Mac is an old friend, a business associate and a smart guy.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

They spend their days developing new content — videos, photos, blog posts, and podcasts — and engaging their followers. Their audience turns to them for industry insights, new product information, and recommendations. For example, consider Dez Blanchfield , whom I interviewed. Building an Effective Influencer Strategy.

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Prudent Pedal

OCTOBER 8, 2019

I know this because I’ve developed sales and marketing strategies, built marketing organizations, and worked with leadership teams in every industry, discipline, market condition, and business scenario. Lacks understanding of the complex B2B buying cycle. It chases bad revenue and does not achieve economies of scale.

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Marketing B2B Film Sales 45

Harvard Business

AUGUST 12, 2016

This level of dedication to their mostly B2B customers demands especially strong investment in innovations and R&D. The company also looks outward for global management development and recruits and deploys up-and-coming managers abroad. We sell shovels to gold seekers.”

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Industry Balance Sheet Enterprise Recruiting 28

Tom Spencer

MAY 22, 2016

The need for clarity, however, has not prevented consultants from developing an industry jargon all of their own, which can sometimes be pretty incomprehensible to industry outsiders. Below we outline some of the jargon that you are likely to come across in the consulting industry. On the beach: In between assignments.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 11, 2016

The firm has developed an impressive client list of many Fortune 500 companies from a variety of industries, but the majority of its business comes from pharmaceutical, healthcare, and medical technology firms. Industries. B2B Services. Machinery & Industry. Practice Areas. Automotive. Construction. Healthcare.

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LSA Global

MARCH 18, 2022

3 Sales Context Tips to Increase Revenue from Existing Customers Outperforming B2B sales organizations ensure that their sales strategy and sales culture are defined and aligned to grow existing strategic accounts. Current and repeat customers spend two-thirds more than new customers.

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How To Sales B2B Culture 36

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The auto industry is a case in point. As a result, many B2B companies remain stuck in a stalemate. Writing in the Sloan Management Review, Boston College professor Gerald Kane noted that 87% of executives surveyed indicated that digital technologies will disrupt their industries to a great or moderate extent.

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Tsavo Neal

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Offer your service for a specific industry. Just by adding the industry that I serve, I stand out among the hundreds of companies that offer websites. I like positioning towards a specific industry. How do I optimize my LinkedIn page and generate more B2B leads? I wouldn’t stand out to anybody if I offered “websites.”.

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B2B Intellectual Property Case Study Case Studies 15

CaseInterview.com

JULY 18, 2019

The Health and Public Service operating group focuses on those industries. The Products Operating Group concentrates on Air Freight & Travel Service, Automotive, Consumer Goods & Services, Industrial Equipment, Infrastructure & Transportation Services, Life Sciences, and Retail. Supply Chain Management.

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Accenture Case Interview Operations Automotive 45

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

The irony, though, is that consultants have gone on to develop an industry jargon which is often completely incomprehensible to industry outsiders. B2B: Stands for “business to business” and indicates that a business is aiming to sell to other businesses rather than to end consumers. On the beach: In between assignments.

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Consulting McKinsey Bain B2C 60

Consulting Success

MAY 15, 2017

Like a consultant, they are serving the B2B market. Examples of Guarantees in the Consulting Industry. Would you like my help to develop your marketing and messaging together so you can attract your ideal clients and create a marketing system that keeps your pipeline full of opportunities with high-paying corporate buyers?

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Consulting B2B Hotels Examples 161

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

Changing consumer needs, combined with shifting workforce expectations, are altering the competitive landscape and dictating transformation of existing company operating models for consumer industries. Accenture, in conjunction with the World Economic Forum, has created a vision of the operating model of the future for consumer industries.

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Emerson Consulting Group

MAY 10, 2019

Being able to meet and get to know fellow CEOs from a different industry or even a similar one helps a lot due to the sharing of like information. B2B “Coffee Connection” to facilitate exchange of prospects, leads, brainstorming and resources to aid everyone’s business development objectives. Members free. Members free.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

Check out our selection of events for project/resource managers, business leaders, and industry professionals, which will provide you with valuable insights into recent trends and challenges, networking opportunities, and contribute to your professional development.

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Industry Automotive Pharmaceuticals Management 52

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

I begged my favorite Econ teacher to let me into his Industrial Organization course and fortunately I got a spot. Half of the class was devoted to examining different models and learning the game theory behind strategic decision making; in the remainder of the class, we applied that knowledge and analyzed different industries.

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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2018

Personalization is by no means a new concept, but GDPR is forcing both B2C and B2B marketers to truly embrace individualized communication that is tailored to customers’ unique interests if they wish to retain customer data. For example, consumers can opt-in to receive an e-book that addresses some of their unique industry challenges.

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Data B2B How To B2C 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Other than the well-documented differences in language and development, demographic differences are also significant. Policies relating to infrastructure development, land and labor, healthcare, and transport fall under the purview of the states—as do most licensing and permitting. Cultural variations are important.

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Asamby Consulting

JANUARY 13, 2022

Example: For a small B2B firm, it might be feasible to manage contacts in a spreadsheet or a contact database of the email program. You know that the efficiency and effectiveness in the company could be developed to a new level. Despite people having the right skills, it requires additional effort to coordinate more people.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

For example, consider the following “brand twins” — pairs of legacy and newcomer brands that compete in the same industry. In many organizations, marketing comes after product development. In addition, many B2B companies are moving to cloud-based services with membership and subscription-based business models.

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Advertising B2B Survey B2C 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 10, 2016

Angel investors (including friends and family members) help about half of these companies with their initial development. The challenge becomes how to sell your product and create a sustainable revenue stream, so that you can further develop your product offerings, build your infrastructure, repay your investors, and pay yourself.

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Marketing Software Sales Exercises 28

Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2016

We term these product launches “minivations” and they are the result of product developers who don’t realize just how much value their offerings would provide to customers. Four examples in very different industries help illustrate the pitfalls of minivations. The problem with wildly successful products.

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Harvard Business

MAY 11, 2016

Three of the five most highly valued companies in the world — Apple, Google, and Microsoft — make much of their profits from connecting different groups, like developers and users in the case of Apple. Android, for example, is a platform for users, developers, and handset makers.

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Operations B2B Groups Software 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The flywheel was used by James Watt over 200 years ago in his steam engine, the invention that powered the Industrial Revolution. In many industries, the sales rep and the customer now had more or less the same information at the same time. If you’re B2B, the train is parked in the station, but it’s leaving soon.

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Sales B2C Energy Efficiency 49

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

How B2B Companies Can Grow with Ecosystem Orchestration. SOURCE: Accenture Strategy 2017 study, “Tech-Led Change in M&A”, a survey of 1,100 C-Suite executives representing 13 industries in seven countries. Treat Digital Deals Differently: Leading companies develop a distinct process that best suits digital investments.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2016

Consider the core mission of the modern IT department: Taking in all the technology “mess” (often from several different divisions), developing the necessary competencies, and delivering savings and efficiency to the company. The unit has fewer than 100 people divided among data science/analytics, technology, and social media.

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Operations Chemicals Data Agile 28

Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

Another interesting example of small, high precision data being used to make big gains with AI can be found in the airline industry. In 2015, Boeing launched the Aerospace Data Analytics Lab in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University to develop AI technology for airlines.

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Data Productivity Airlines B2C 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Beyond shipping new features on a regular cadence and keeping the peace between engineering and the design team, the best PMs create products with strong user adoption that have exponential revenue growth and perhaps even disrupt an industry. So, what should you consider if you’re thinking of pursuing a PM role? Core Competencies.

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