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The B2B Institute

The B2B Institute

Advertising Services

New York, NY 33,298 followers

A LinkedIn think tank researching new approaches to B2B growth.

About us

The B2B Institute is a LinkedIn think tank that researches new approaches to B2B growth. We partner with leading academic and industry experts to study the impact of B2B brand building on marketing, product, sales, corporate communications, and talent development. Our vision is to transform the B2B category by introducing new and effective strategies for growth that go beyond tactical short-term thinking and organizational silos. We’re passionate about helping B2B marketers speak the language of finance and realize the opportunity brand advertising has in driving future growth. The B2B Institute is an open forum for dialogue from diverse perspectives. We’re contrarians who seek experimental and future-focused ideas to push the boundaries of conventional wisdom.

Website
https://business.linkedin.com/marketing-solutions/b2b-institute
Industry
Advertising Services
Company size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
New York, NY
Type
Public Company
Founded
2019

Updates

  • What does Betty Crocker cake mix have to do with GenAI? It’s all about the tension between ease and effort. Sales of the Betty Crocker instant cake mix stagnated and was rejected because the effortless recipe only required adding water – which completely removed the pride of baking in the eyes of traditional housewives of the 50s. But once the ads changed the instructions to include a fresh egg... Sales skyrocketed. Like housewives of the 50s, professionals want tools that enhance their craft instead of replacing it. Read more surprising insights here: https://lnkd.in/ezSvQGNa

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  • If the first step to using GenAI is knowing why you’re using it, the second step is knowing when to let it take the lead. Across the board, people are more comfortable letting GenAI handle tasks when it’s faster (50%), but fewer are willing to let it take over when it’s simply better (43%). Find out what this means for how you depict your AI products in your next ad: https://lnkd.in/ezSvQGNa

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  • B2B buyers aren’t shopping around for GenAI. Most have made up their minds before the RFP is written. Time pressure, cognitive biases, and risk-aversion mean buyers often stick to what’s familiar or what comes to mind first 💡 If you’re not top of mind early, it may already be too late. Find out more on why winning the GenAI race isn’t about comparison - it’s about mindshare: https://lnkd.in/eKhjzvsc

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  • The connection of a brand to a buying situation takes place in people’s minds. This makes it hard to measure using behavioral metrics. At LinkedIn, we can measure the frequency with which words are mentioned in your advertising and weight each word by each ad’s dwell time to show the likely impression that your advertising is making. Read how you can use ‘linkage’ to measure ‘Keyword Density’ here: https://lnkd.in/e4aczpiz

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  • GenAI might shine a light on your potential, but it also surfaces your deepest anxieties 🤯 When we looked into concerns around GenAI, the data revealed the uneasy tension professionals have between the pros and cons of GenAI. For B2B marketers, Category Entry Points are also pressure points—trigger them the right way to earn attention. Trigger it the wrong way, and you’ve detonated your ad’s potential to connect... https://lnkd.in/eEv92KkQ

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  • If your ads look like your competition, you’re advertising for them. That’s why standing out matters, especially for smaller brands. But most don’t. In B2B marketing, truly distinct assets are rare, and brand misattribution is rife. Bigger competitors are reaping the rewards of smaller brands’ advertising efforts, and the only way to change this is with better, bolder B2B branding: https://lnkd.in/eYhNd_E8

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