KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 11, 2013

Optify’s 2013 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report. Optify’s annual B2B Marketing Benchmark Report details the performance of the primary sources of traffic to B2B websites, extracted by analyzing over 62 million visits, 215 million pageviews and 350,000 leads from more than 600 small and medium-sized B2B websites.

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Marketing Report Research B2B Marketing BtoB 120

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Serious budget constraints make even high ROI projects hard to get approved. Solution providers that can help facilitate this ever more difficult process will have an advantage in 2012. The Bottom-Line Buyers continue to be challenged by the economy in 2012, making it more difficult to make investments and drive change.

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Marketing Management Process Peer-to-peer Case Studies 40

ViewPoint

MARCH 6, 2012

According to a recent CSOinsights 2012 Sales Performance Optimization survey, a mere 11% of sales people have a strong understanding of their customers’ buying process. Source: Forrester, Metrics that Matter for B2B Marketers, October 26, 2011. i Source: Forrester, Metrics that Matter for B2B Marketers, October 26, 2011.

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Buyer Personas Forrester Lead Ranking Peer-to-peer 120

Hubspot

DECEMBER 14, 2012

in Q2 of 2012, down more than 6% from 4.7% Source: Epsilon Q2 2012 Email Trends & Benchmarks Report ) Tweet This Stat. quarter over quarter in 2012 and 29.7% 5) In Q2 of 2012, triggered email (deployed as a result of an action) represented just 2.6% in Q2 2012, only slightly below mass emails’ rate of 95.9%.

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Stats Email Marketing Clickthrough Click Rate 28

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 8, 2013

This represents a significant uptick in spending growth from the anemic 2012 rate of only 1.2%. In fact, Gartner predicted that 2012 growth was going to be 3.7% According to Forrester, less than 12% of sales engagements are focused on customer value. But is Gartner being overly optimistic? But is Gartner being overly optimistic?

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Gartner Spending Marketing Proposals Terms and Conditions 40

The ROI Guy

JULY 9, 2013

Gartner blames the revision on exchange rate fluctuations, but I don’t buy this as the main reason for halving their IT spending growth, as similar reasons were given for lowered expectations in 2012 as well (where initial estimates of 3.7% growth were lowered to 1.2% by mid-year). Gartner Says Worldwide IT Spending Forecast to Reach $3.7

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Gartner Forecasting Spending Marketing Proposals 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 16, 2014

In 2012, initial rosy predictions of 3.7% Frugal – with over 95% of IT decisions now requiring a solid business case with significant ROI and fast payback according to IDC. According to Forrester, prospects indicate that less than 12% of sales engagements are focused on customer value. for the year.

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