Your digital experience isn't just your website. It's every touchpoint shaping how buyers see you - where you either build trust or lose deals.
Here's the thing: B2B buyers now expect Amazon-level experiences. They're comparing you to the best digital they use daily, not your industry peers.
So while you're defending "good enough" to the board, competitors with inferior products are winning your deals. Why? Their digital experience makes complex B2B buying feel effortless.
Your numbers tell the story
"But that's normal for our industry" – No. It's not.
What's happening behind the scenes
Monday morning chaos:
- Sales creating their own materials because the website "doesn't tell our story"
- IT fielding weekly complaints about speed, search, and mobile
- Customers emailing orders because your portal is "too complicated"
The trust erosion:
The competitive bleed:
In practical terms, for a £50M manufacturer, that's £5-6M in preventable losses every year – actual, not potential, revenue left on the table due to digital underperformance.
By company size:
- 100-200 employees: £500K-£1M annual revenue leak
- 200-500 employees: £1-2M disappearing yearly
- 500+ employees: £2-5M lost to better digital experiences
Every day you wait, competitors capture more of your market.
Meanwhile, in the boardroom...
"We need an AI strategy" the board insists. "Our competitors are using it. Where's ours?"
Great, we can help with that. But here's the uncomfortable truth: Only 5% of European manufacturers have successfully integrated AI. Why? Because AI depends on robust digital infrastructure – clean data, modern systems, and digitised processes.
You can't build tomorrow's business on crumbling foundations. Fix the experience first, then add the intelligence.
Sound familiar?
Sales starts apologising:
- "Our website doesn't really show what we do..."
- "I'll send you better information directly..."
- "Don't judge us by our site..."
Prospects disappear:
- Strong first meeting, then silence after they "do research"
- Qualified leads that never convert
- Pipeline mysteriously thinning despite more activity
Growth stalls:
- Trade shows delivering diminishing returns
- International expansion hitting digital walls
- Competitors with worse products winning on experience