Thursday 12 January 2017

Understanding Business Buying Behavior

Business buying behavior involves an industrial buyer or a business to business buyer. It involves business organizations that purchase goods and services for production of other goods and services. Business buying behavior also includes reselling, renting or supplying to other businesses.
In the business market, there are several organizations that are involved in the manufacturing and distribution of products and services that are sold or provided to other organizations. Since the business market is huge, it draws interest from millions of companies across the globe that are marketing to business customers exclusively. For these marketers, it becomes necessary to understand how purchase decisions are made by businesses. This helps them in improving their marketing efforts.
Categories of Business Buyers
There are mainly four categories of business buyers, including producers who purchase goods and services for producing other goods, resellers who purchase finished goods and resell them to make profit, institutions like universities, colleges and hospitals and the federal, local and state bodies that purchase goods for benefitting the public at large.
Factors that Impact Business Buying Behavior
There are several economical, company, interpersonal and individual factors that can influence business buying behavior. For instance, economical factors like technology changes, regulatory changes, fiscal policy, competition, monetary policy and so on influence buying behavior of businesses. Business buyers keep tracking and analyzing economic factors. Even company level factors play an important role. For instance, sales experts have to focus on understanding how the purchase department is organized and who are the main players in the department.
Be it business buying or venture capital advisory, it is important to seek professional help in understanding what needs to be done and how. In business buying, demand for products and services by businesses is affected by consumer purchases. Even a small swing in consumer demand can create huge changes for business purchasing. 

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