B2B email marketing: strategy, sequences, and metrics that matter
B2B email marketing fails when it copies B2C tactics: high frequency, promotional, design-heavy. B2B buyers respond to low-frequency, high-value, plain-text emails that feel like they came from a human.
Build a B2B email marketing program that generates pipeline, not just clicks.
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Protocolo de resolución
- 01
Send less, say more
B2B email cadence: 2–4 emails/month maximum. Each email should answer one specific question your ICP has right now. The worst B2B email: a newsletter with 6 links, 3 images, and no clear point.
- 02
Plain text performs better in B2B
A plain text email from a real person's email address (john@company.com, not newsletter@company.com) gets 2–3× higher reply rates than a designed HTML email. Why: it looks like a personal email, not a marketing blast. Reserve HTML templates for product announcements and case study sends.
- 03
Measure pipeline influenced, not opens
B2B email ROI metric: how much pipeline was created by contacts who were in a nurture sequence? Not opens, not clicks — pipeline. Set up a UTM parameter for email source and track through your CRM. This is the only metric your CEO cares about.