The Hidden Risks of In-House B2B CX Research

  At B2B International, we literally wrote the book on B2B customer experience. Delivering a satisfying experience to customers across their journey with you is critical for long-term loyalty and lifetime value1, but approaching customer experie ...

Written by Louise Walton-Coy

Building A Procurement-Proof Pricing Story

Why value matters more than cost Many organizations think they lose deals in procurement. In reality, they often lose them much earlier. By the time procurement becomes involved, buyers have usually spent months evaluating suppliers, building interna ...

How to Set Up Value Proposition Research for Success

What you cover in value proposition research depends, in part, on how developed your proposition already is. Creating something entirely new will naturally feel like a broader exercise than testing refinements to an existing product or service. The t ...

Written by Grace Ennis

How to Build B2B Propositions That Actually Win in Market

In B2B, most propositions don’t fail because they’re fundamentally wrong. They fail because they’re unclear, undifferentiated, or disconnected from what customers actually value. Too often, organizations define their proposition through an inte ...

What It Really Takes to Achieve Premium Positioning in B2B

“Premium” is a term that is widely used, particularly in Western markets, where “premium positioning” has long served as a strategy to escape price-based competition and clearly differentiate from lower-cost providers. Today, however, premium ...

Written by Beata Miklosz

Pricing: The Most Overlooked Growth Lever in the Marketing Mix

In marketing, we talk a lot about brand, innovation, and creative – and rightly so. These are the juicy elements that grab buyers’ attention. But in my experience, we talk much less about pricing – yet it is just as important, and a cri ...

Making Sense of B2B Sample Sizes

In B2B research, sample sizes often look modest compared to the large volumes seen in consumer studies. For those used to running research with thousands of respondents, encountering an “n=100” or – shock horror – “n=30” in B2B ca ...

Written by Grace Ennis