B2B Buyers' Customer Experience Expectations by Generation [CHART]

Chart: B2B Buyers' Customer Experience Expectations by Generation

More than 8 in 10 business buyers want the same experience as when they’re buying for themselves, reveals Salesforce Research in its second annual State of the Connected Consumer report. The study indicates that the customer experience is hugely important to business buyers, 8 in 10 of whom say the experience a company provides is as important as its products and services.

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B2C Email Performance Benchmarks [CHART]

Chart: B2C Email Performance Benchmarks

Triggered email messages have repeatedly been shown to garner response rates higher than business-as-usual emails. But that doesn’t mean that you should expect all your Welcome campaigns to be read – or to even reach the inbox. A new study from Return Path finds that it’s a different type of message that’s most likely to be read.

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Percentage Of Brands On Snapchat By Industry [TABLE]

Table: Percentage Of Brands On Snapchat By Industry

Snapchat has become a must for many brands—especially those aiming to reach young consumers, who are the bulk of Snapchat’s audience. New research found that Snapchat adoption among brands increased throughout 2016, but many of these branded accounts were quickly abandoned.

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B2C Marketers' Ad-Spending Plans [CHART]

Chart: B2C Marketers' Ad-Spending Plans By Platform

Amazon’s US advertising revenue was expected to reach $1.65 billion in 2017 before almost doubling to $3.2 billion by 2019, at which point its ad revenues are expected to be as large as Snapchat and Twitter, combined. New survey results demonstrate that B2C marketers are taking note of Amazon’s potential in the advertising business, and that a sizable share are already advertising with the eCommerce giant.

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