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The Ultimate Guide to Starting Your Own Small Business

Strategy Driven

Invest in focus groups, conduct surveys with your target audience, research public data and SEO in order to make a full-proof business plan. According to 77% of B2B marketers , building a strong brand is the key to a company’s growth. These answers will help you create a business plan. Conduct a Thorough Market Research.

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Understanding Customers in the Solution Economy

Harvard Business Review

Companies in all varieties of B2B markets have moved beyond selling products and services to offering complete "solutions" to their customers. B2B customers regard a solution as something that helps their business. Traditional research techniques (surveys, focus groups etc.) Observe the customer directly.

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How Parody Inspires Great Design

Harvard Business Review

However, the focus groups loved it. For a B2B web service, I asked the design team to pretend that the site would reside on Amazon. After fifteen or so minutes of playing around, another designer remarked, "You know, we could." and it was off to the races. The unhappy ending? The result was amazing.

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What You Need to Know About Segmentation

Harvard Business Review

The people (or organizations, in B2B marketing) in a segment should have similar needs that are clearly different from the needs of other people in other segments. For one, he notes, “focus groups are dead. If you’re still using focus groups, you’re using 30-year-old technology.”

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Grow Your Business by Changing Habits

Harvard Business Review

These categories of products don't rely on focus groups because only visionaries can truly imagine their usefulness — they create entirely new habits and disrupt markets. B2B companies that focus on enterprise solutions are no different. But over time, they diffused and eventually transformed their sectors.