RIDE IN THE WAVE OF B2B CONTENT WRITING

                                        

Do you have a fantasy? WRITING ambition? A daydream your mind often drifts back to? Is your dream to earn your living as an independent copywriter? If so, I invite you to take a few minutes today to step into your dream. See it, feel it, smell it, and taste it.

Today I'll paint you a picture of the writing market of your dreams, called B2B content. A career as B2B content writer is a lucrative one, since not many people specialize in this field of content writing.

Business-to-business is a business that focused on selling products or services to other companies, the model is called B2B. In contrast with the business-to-consumer or consumer-to-business models, B2B facilitates the transfer of raw materials, parts and components from which additional profit is derived, through manufacturing or final sales to consumers.

The following tips below reveal the secrets many people didn’t know about B2B.

1. B2B is "the hidden economy."

I call business-to-business "the hidden economy," because you can't find it in any store. You won't see it advertised on TV, hear about it on the radio, or see it on the websites most consumers visit.

But, you can imagine it. Imagine every product you see in any store, from a bag of carrots to a tube of toothpaste. Now, can you picture all the goods, equipment, software, and services that went into creating each product? Any company that sells something to another company is part of that B2B economy.

2. B2B is vast.

The B2B market makes up perhaps one-third of the economy, perhaps half. Nobody seems to know for sure.

Notably, content writers often say B2B includes 7+ million companies. That's the number of American businesses that sell B2B and have at least 50 employees … big enough to have a marketing person with a budget who can hire a writer like you.

3. B2B is different from B2C.

When a consumer buys something, it's usually a quick transaction. You see it, you want it, and you buy it.

Not so for B2B. Most B2B sales are bigger, with several people involved. B2B products can be more complex and linked to services. Picking the wrong one can end the buyer's career.

That's why B2B sales move slower, and why business buyers need more information.

4. Content is the biggest trend in B2B marketing.

The Content Marketing Institute says 86% of all B2B companies use content marketing today—down from 93% a year ago, only because they tightened up the definition.

The rationale for content marketing is simple: Posting good content on the web encourages Google to rate a company higher. The higher the company shows up in search results, the more prospects notice it.

Content brings in new customers, for much lower cost than traditional advertising, trade shows, or salespeople flying around the country.

5. Content is a vast opportunity.

The average B2B firm uses 13 different types of content, from blogs to white papers. 7 million B2B firms x 86% using content x 13 different types = a FANTASTIC opportunity for copywriters.

I know the B2B world, because the tactic that worked better than any other, even in the late 1990s, was content—case studies and white paper. This is primarily for a company that tried everything to bring in new customers.

The good news for writers is that somebody has to write that content. And most marketing teams are too busy to do it themselves. That's why more than half of all B2B companies plan to spend more on content next year than they did this year.

In short, B2B content is a wide-open market that can help make your writing dreams come true. You can tap into this and make fortune for yourself by writing B2B contents for clients.

To your new writing success!