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While it's easy to read into the survey results that traditional marketing tactics no longer work or that marketers should move all marketing activities to social media, the exact opposite is true: Buyers need to be exposed to your company and its products / services before they know they need you, kjøpe estradiol online.

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During the initial Research phase, 42% of buyers evaluate four or more suppliers but as buyers move toward the Procurement stage, only 26% get quotes from those four suppliers -- meaning 74% go with fewer suppliers.

Those that drop off the list are often those who did not provide the right level of information to buyers or did not meet some other perceived or real need in the buyer.

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2. Optimize this content -- and push it out via social media and other tactics -- so that buyers can find it no matter where they are (i.e. using search engines or lurking on LinkedIn) as well as driving them back to your site.

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4. Ask your prospects what kind of information they need to make purchasing decisions -- and then give it to them.

5. Rinse, repeat.