New Research: B2B Marketers See 3X Engagement by Providing Intelligent Content Experiences
Toronto, Canada (PRWEB) February 03, 2017 -- LookBookHQ, the Intelligent Content Platform for B2B marketers, today shared key findings from its Content Engagement Report that reveal interesting trends in how B2B buyers consume content online. The Content Engagement Report is produced quarterly by the Data Science Team at LookBookHQ and is based on real-world content consumption data, collected from over 100 brand name mid-market and enterprise customers.
The data illustrates that when B2B marketers make it easy for buyers to locate and consume the content they need to make a purchase decision, the most engaged and sales-ready buyers will take the bait. Buyers today need to consume a volume of content before making a purchase decision or even deciding to speak with a sales rep. However, the way that most companies distribute content doesn’t align with buyer needs. Decentralized content distribution over a wide array of channels and a lack of intelligent sequencing has made it hard for buyers to locate the information they need. In this way, many B2B marketers are unwittingly slowing their buyers down. Exacerbating the problem is the fact that most marketers have no idea if their content was actually consumed once a prospect clicks.
According to the report, there are substantial benefits to marketers and buyers when related content is packaged – allowing busy prospects to “binge” or consume multiple assets per session translates into faster velocity through the funnel. Marketers who are reaping these benefits have evolved their marketing performance metrics from a focus on clicks, conversions and downloads to deeper measures of engagement that focus on which assets were actually consumed and for how long. To identify this type of “binge” behavior, marketers need smarter platforms for the delivery of content that actually track the intensity of engagement. The intensity of buyer research follows the volume of content consumed – the report shows that engagement time was more than 3X for visitors who “binged” on 3 content assets in a session than for those who viewed only a single content asset.
The Content Engagement Report tracks trends in content consumption, exploring what happens after a prospect clicks across several dimensions including content type, device and channel. It provides B2B marketers with a set of concrete benchmarks to evaluate the success of their content marketing programs that go beyond the surface metrics of clicks and form fills. Some of the notable findings in the Content Engagement Report, include:
- Engagement times for Infographics are 2X longer than for white papers
- Engagement times for videos are 63% longer on mobile than on desktop
- Social media engagement is high with a 24% form conversion rate attributed to social channels
“Content plays a central role in educating B2B buyers,” said Nick Edouard, Co-founder, President and CMO of LookBookHQ. “The production and promotion of content accounts for a huge portion of most marketers’ spend. Marketers need real data and credible baselines for content engagement to guide their demand generation and content marketing activities and decisions. The Content Engagement Report aims to address this need by connecting the dots between content and buyer engagement.”
The LookBookHQ report supports the conclusions of the recent The 2017 State of B2B Lead Nurturing by Demand Gen Report. “The ability to accommodate bingers is where we’ve seen companies see success,” said Square 2 Marketing’s Meghan Durett. “Using tools like LookbookHQ and others, and just being able to guide people to more content by making your website easy [to navigate] is important. We’ll see someone come in looking at a piece of content and then digest 10 pieces within two hours. It’s clearly what people are doing when they find the time to research a topic; they go broad.”
Access the Content Engagement Report
The report is now available from LookBookHQ. Additionally, on February 8, 2017 at 10 am PT/1 pm ET, LookBookHQ will host a webinar to share the most interesting data points, benchmarks and findings from the report. If you’re a data-driven marketer, or a journalist or blogger who covers the B2B marketing space, this is 20 minutes you won’t want to miss. To get the report and reserve your spot for the webinar, visit now.
About LookBookHQ
LookBookHQ builds software that accelerates B2B purchase decisions. By delivering more of the content people need about you and your products or services whenever and wherever they click, the LookBookHQ Intelligent Content Platform helps marketing & sales organizations educate prospects and customers faster and more efficiently. With attention at a premium, we use Content Science™ to make it easier for the right people to get the right content when they need it – so that you drive revenue.
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Nick Edouard, Co-founder, President and CMO, LookBookHQ, http://www.lookbookhq.com, +1 (647) 241-2407, [email protected]
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