The ROI Guy

AUGUST 15, 2010

A new role has emerged at many leading B2B companies, Sales Enablement, and recent research from Forrester and IDC proves this new sales enablement practice as the key linchpin required to help a B2B company bridge the gap between their business strategies and how they execute in the field. Sales Enablement Defined What is Sales Enablement?

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 13, 2010

All major analyst firms are predicting better times ahead for technology vendors in 2010, with many estimating a modest 3% growth. Forrester however thinks these estimates are low and is indicating that 6.6% In sentiment, Forrester indicates that formal IT budgets do not point the way to the upward revision in growth estimates.

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chiefmartech

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

I love the channel software landscape graphic below produced by Jay McBain of Forrester. ” Entrepreneurs may have to settle for acquiring mere generational wealth, rather than becoming ‘pledge to cure all diseases’ wealthy, but the death of startups has been greatly exaggerated.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 9, 2011

The power of marketing automation is the ability to target your marketing database with specific content based on their behavior and stage in the purchasing process. link] 2 days ago Virtual Events win marketers over low costs, but are attendees really paying attention? United States License. United States License. United States License.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

In Search of Mass Influencers In a fascinating new Forrester Research study about online peer influence, Augie Ray and Josh Bernoff determine that consumers generated more than 500 billion online impressions about products and services in 2009. population. Let’s also assume that you have a Facebook fan page.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Social Media – according to a study early this year by Forrester Research, 91% of technology b2b decision makers use social media in some form (blogs, video, customer reviews, social networking sites, Twitter, etc.). Online visibility, lead generation and brand-building are all important. Tweet This! Digg this!

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy October 14, 2010 16 Subscribe Why Is Search…So…Darn…Hard?! James Oct 18 2010 Great article.

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Moz

JANUARY 14, 2020

Outmarket your competition by generating more of your cheapest and best converting traffic, luvly brand traffic. This tells us that the very top performing websites were significantly better than everybody else at generating traffic from social that purchases. Have a look at the full e-commerce KPI report for 2020.

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Sprout Social

MAY 10, 2019

By 2010, YouTube was generating more than two billion views each day. Additionally, a 2015 Forrester Research forecast predicted that by 2025, half of all TV viewers under the age of 32 will not subscribe to a traditional pay TV service. In 2018, video on YouTube generated around $3.36 billion in ad revenues.

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The Effective Marketer

MARCH 9, 2010

What I Don’t Like: The ‘download’ button with the Forrester logo on top and right next to the image looks a bit out-of-place, maybe it’s just me? This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 12:15 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. Reply Daniel Kuperman says: March 12, 2010 at 7:48 pm I agree, Jodi.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

This blog draws on the heritage of my Forrester research. Disclaimer The views expressed on this blog are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer, Xerox Global Services, nor those of my former one, Forrester Research. « B2B Marketing POSTs by Laura Ramos Says: February 1, 2010 at 4:18 PM [.]

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SnapApp

JULY 9, 2014

Over the past year, some of the preeminent thought leaders in marketing like Sirius, Gartner and Forrester have recognized and begun to write about the next significant shift in marketing - interactive content experiences. Since 2010 we have been pioneering software to replace development cycles for marketers.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Formally defined, Demand Generation is the use of targeted marketing programs to address four key objectives for B2B marketers: Building awareness of a company’s products and services; Establishing relevance to a prospective buyer/end user; Supporting validation for the purchase; and Mitigating customer concerns.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

Defining B2B Customer Engagement Forrester Research has proposed a definition of customer engagement that makes a lot of sense to me. Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

IDC research shows that because of frugal buyer sentiment, 62% of B2B vendors need more leads in order to generate the same amount of sales, and 72% indicate an increase in sales cycle time over the past 6 months. Sources: 1) SiriusDecisions B-to-B Buyer's Survey 2010 2) New Realities about B2B Buying, Jeff Ogden, SandHill.com Blog, Jun.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Using the Forrester Social Technographics Ladder, understand how your target audience (as defined by gender, age, and geography) uses social media. Love the slides, worksheet and Forrester tool. Love the slides, worksheet and Forrester tool. Sessions start October 5. Go to [link] to save 50% for a limited time. Very useful.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 19, 2010

The chart below from a research study done by Forrester illustrates this point very clearly. Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 6, 2009

damphoux : @IDC "companies that reduce their investment in sales in 2009 will be gone in 2010" #sales20. damphoux : Brett Wallace, @forrester - the key to a good engagement is starting with a solid introductory appointment #sales20. greenleads : "Sales 2.0 combines customer focused processes with Web 2.0

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 19, 2009

#sales20 jepc : Gerhard Geschwandtner: " Trend 6: customers create companies instead of companies creating customers " #sales20 damphoux : @IDC "companies that reduce their investment in sales in 2009 will be gone in 2010" #sales20 greenleads : "Sales 2.0 combines customer focused processes with Web 2.0

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 23, 2011

The graphic also illustrates a 2010 Forrester Research study that found B2B investments in interactive media will explode in the next few years, with dollars spent specifically in social media growing from $11 million in 2009 to a projected $54 in 2014. How the most popular social media sites for generating B2B traffic compare.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website 7 Strategies for Using Content to Market Industrial Products by Achinta Mitra on May 14, 2010 in Content Marketing , Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0 , Industrial Marketing Blog I am a big fan of Content Marketing or as some people like to refer to it as Inbound Marketing.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

February 23rd, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Is your social media program about asking, or answering? I’m constantly referring back to Forrester’s POST methodology when planning campaigns. Many companies fail to utilize their own client base for revenue generating opportunities.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

As defined by Forrester, "Sales enablement is a strategic, ongoing process that equips all client-facing employees with the ability to consistently and systematically have a valuable conversation with the right set of customer stakeholders at each stage of the customer's problem-solving life cycle to optimize the ROI of the selling system."

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 17, 2011

A 2010 Forrester Research study found that companies that excelled at lead nurturing were able to generate 50% more sales-ready leads at a 33% lower cost per lead than other companies. According to MarketingSherpa, 56% of B2B companies don’t measure lead generation’s contribution to revenue.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 25, 2010

Here are the highlights: A Colossal Opportunity According to Forrester research, from 2009 – 2014, the average annual growth rate in digital marketing expenditures in the U.S. This focus on specificity rather than generality applies to business development, too. Don’t show up saying “we want to be your agency.&#

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Marketers are scrambling to address the power shift and overcome lead generation and conversion issues by delivering more content and tools over more channels to actively engage ever more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyers. Evidence of this shift can be found in IDC’s 2010 Customer Experience Survey.

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Online Marketing Institute

AUGUST 14, 2011

Important caveat: Social isn’t just for ‘generating leads’ but can be used for many, many things, such as improving customer experience, reducing support costs, and improving products. Also you’re right of course – social is for more than ‘generating leads.’ Will send you a ping.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 5, 2011

As a result of Frugalnomics and other market drivers: 62% of B2B vendors indicated they needed more leads in order to generate the same amount of sales, 72% indicated an increase in buying cycle time over the past 6 month, The buying cycle timeframe has increased over 10% in the past 12 months. How Do You Fight Frugalnomics? April 2009.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

New Customers in Q1 2010 Alinean has been selected to develop and power value-based sales and marketing campaigns for Wipro , PGI , CSC , CiRBA , MokaFive , Shoretel , Informatica and OfficeMax. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner. Forrester: Understand and Drive Outcomes for Sales. Latest Research.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Organizers can share their pre-event processes and event updates which will help generate interest. Social Fresh and Social Media Week NY are good examples of event blogs that generate marketing value. Kristina Goodrich says: December 1, 2010 at 12:12 am Thank you, Adam! As a B2Ber, I can really appreciate these tools.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

This is a more than 50% increase over 2010, which had also doubled in revenue from the year before. Source: Forrester Research) Tweet This! 47% of B2B marketers say they either close fewer than 4% of all marketing-generated leads, or they don't even know this metric. Source: Forrester Research) Tweet This!

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 27, 2010

With a predicted 34% compound annual growth rate of social media spending through 2014 according to data from Forrester, our prediction for 2010 is the growth of social CRM will be strong. Tags: Demand Generation Lead Management Modern B2B Marketing Modern B2B Sales Social Media social crm.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

A 2010 study by Forrester research found that online viewing now equals that of TV viewing. A Forbes Media study showed that email and e-newsletter marketing are considered the second-most effective tool for generating conversions, finishing slightly lower than Search Engine Optimization. The average U.S.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

According to IDC research, 62% of B2B vendors now need more leads in order to generate the same amount of sales, and 72% indicate an increase in sales cycle time over the past 6 months. 08, 2010 IDC Executive Tele Briefing on Sales & Marketing Strategies for 2010.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 20, 2011

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Labels: Alinean , Demand Generation , EMC , Pisello , TCO Calculator 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Search This Blog Loading. Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner. Latest Research. Let the Good Times Roll?

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Online Marketing Institute

JANUARY 25, 2010

Re-casting How We Think About B2B Marketing Automation I was analyzing results from our recent B2B Marketing University series , which Silverpop launched this past Fall, and the data seem to point to an eye-popping, potential ‘banner year’ for marketing automation in 2010. Is their definition the same as mine?

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Biznology

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Although many digital marketers are still wrapping their heads around the Millennial Generation, there’s already a new cohort on the rise. Kids born between 1996 and 2010 are sometimes called Gen Z, the post-Millennials, or Generation C (for connected). Digital marketers would be wise to start studying this generation now.

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