{"id":1494,"date":"2017-08-15T12:38:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T12:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/?p=1494"},"modified":"2025-03-26T08:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T08:04:56","slug":"generate-sales-b2b-hardware-startup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/generate-sales-b2b-hardware-startup\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Generate Sales as a B2B Hardware Startup"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1494\" class=\"elementor elementor-1494\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9406ab2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9406ab2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a4f1fb6\" data-id=\"a4f1fb6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-338930e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"338930e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Closing sales is always difficult, but more so if you\u2019re a B2B (Business to Business) hardware startup. Why? Because B2B differs from B2C (Business to Client) in several important ways.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">First, B2B products are more complicated than B2C consumer items, and therefore more difficult to market. As a consumer hardware startup, you have multiple options to market your venture. Start a crowdfunding campaign, have a few tech journalists review your product, talk to customers directly about your product and get feedback.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/generate-sales-b2b-hardware-startup\/#more-1494\" class=\"more-link elementor-more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading How to Generate Sales as a B2B Hardware Startup\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Closing sales is always difficult, but more so if you\u2019re a B2B (Business to Business) hardware startup. Why? Because B2B differs from B2C (Business to Client) in several important ways. 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