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11 -- touchpoints before purchase for B2B buyers (2025)

2025  · Google

According to Google's 7-11-4 framework on the modern buyer journey, buyers require 11 individual touchpoints before making a buying decision.

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B2B buyers: 11 touchpoints before purchase. Source: Google (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/google-11-touchpoints-buyer-journey
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