As I was doing my online holiday shopping this weekend, I couldn’t help noticing how precise behavioral targeting has become. They were right: I did like that pair of shoes, handbag, scarf and rhinestone-studded dog collar. Four purchases later, I was proof that this form of targeting works. As early adopters of behavioral targeting, retailers and e-commerce sites have long used the technique to improve the relevance of their product offers to individual visitors. But these strategies are just as applicable for more-complex business-to-business selling. Whether you are selling b-to-c or b-to-b, the online interaction between a buyer and...
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