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  - { title: "a Lead", resource: "https://www.roicool.com/en/glossary/lead.md" }
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# What is B2B marketing?

B2B marketing is the marketing companies do to promote and sell their products and services to other companies rather than to individual consumers. Buying decisions are made by a group of people, over a longer process and usually with a sales team involved, so marketing and sales have to work together.

## In short

B2B marketing is less about persuading one buyer and more about informing a buying group and feeding qualified opportunities to sales. Its main channels are search and AI visibility, LinkedIn, guides and case studies, email and outbound, and events. Success is measured in the CRM through qualified leads, pipeline and revenue rather than raw form fills. For example, an industrial software firm might attract leads with comparison pages, then track in the CRM how many of them turn into closed deals.

## Key points

- In B2B the buyer is an organisation, and decisions involve several stakeholders over a long cycle.
- Most sales close through a sales team, so marketing and sales must work together.
- Success is measured in qualified leads, opportunities and revenue, not form counts.
- Core channels include search and AI visibility, LinkedIn, content, email, outbound and events.
- Leads from every channel are joined with the sales process in the CRM.

## B2B vs B2C

|  | B2B | B2C |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Buyer | An organisation, a buying group | An individual |
| Decision | Long, many stakeholders | Short |
| Sale | Mostly through a sales team | Mostly direct |
| Success measure | Qualified leads, opportunities, revenue | Orders, revenue |

## Core channels

Search and AI visibility, LinkedIn, content (guides, case studies, comparisons), email and outbound, events and industry directories. Leads from these channels are joined with the sales process in the CRM.

## Why it matters

In B2B, badly measured marketing spends budget on leads that never become revenue.

## Related terms

- [an MQL](https://www.roicool.com/en/glossary/mql)
- [a Lead](https://www.roicool.com/en/glossary/lead)
- [a Marketing Funnel](https://www.roicool.com/en/glossary/marketing-funnel)
- [ICP](https://www.roicool.com/en/glossary/icp)

## Related service

- [Lead generation](https://www.roicool.com/en/services/lead-generation-agency)

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