{"id":26546,"date":"2019-05-28T15:08:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T15:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.b2binternational.com\/?p=26546"},"modified":"2024-12-20T10:30:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T10:30:05","slug":"event-invite-using-emotion-to-become-first-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b2binternational.com\/2019\/05\/28\/event-invite-using-emotion-to-become-first-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Event Invite: Using Emotion To Become First-Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"
The role of emotion in B2B marketing is something we\u2019ve talked about for a long time here at B2B International.<\/p>\n
While it\u2019s generally accepted that, as consumers, we are more likely to buy products or brands we have an emotional connection with, the prevailing opinion is that this emotion gets \u2018left at the door\u2019 in a professional context. The assumption is that, when we make buying decisions at work, it\u2019s all based on rational factors.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve long suspected that this is not actually the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So we did a survey, in March this year, looking at emotional drivers in a B2B context and assessing their importance. We asked the views of 2,000 business decision makers globally, within a range of business sizes and types, and we asked about the process by which they make buying decisions.<\/p>\n