Get the key findings from a recent survey of 300 enterprise-level B2B buyers on how they use video to inform purchasing decisions.
When it comes to engaging and converting B2B buyers, video is an essential tool in your marketing arsenal.
Fully 95% of B2B buyers say video plays an important role in their moving forward with a purchase, according to new survey results from Brightcove and Ascend2.
Researchers polled over 300 B2B decision-makers in organizations generating more than $50 million in revenue across North America and the United Kingdom.
These findings give us a glimpse into the decision-making processes of enterprise B2B buyers today, and how the availability of video impacts which products and services they ultimately purchase.
According to 70% of respondents, video is the best content format for creating awareness of business-related problems.
B2B buyers turn to video to learn more about products and services they’re considering, to learn how to solve a problem, to better understand a problem they’re having, and more.
Here are the top seven ways survey respondents said videos are most helpful:
Video is a high-impact medium, respondents said, with 70% agreeing that video makes the most impact over other content formats.
It’s a helpful format for making complex topics more interesting and easier to understand, as well.
In fact, 81% of respondents said they prefer to see an explanation of a complex product or service in video format.
These were the top sectors/topics where B2B buyers prefer video over other types of content:
Nearly two-thirds (65%) of B2B buyers said video is the most useful format for researching potential solutions for the problems they’re trying to solve.
But what types of videos may resonate best with your B2B audience?
These are the types of video most viewed by enterprise B2B buyers in the last 3 months, according to the survey:
Among other B2B video insights, this survey finds that:
Download the full report from Brightcove for more enterprise B2B survey findings on how much speed and load time matter, the impacts of video on loyalty and advocacy, how video stacks up again webinars and other content formats, and more.
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