Webbiquity

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Sales enablement significantly drives higher conversion rates and revenue. Nearly 75 percent of organizations using sales enablement tools say it greatly influenced sales growth over the past 12 months. Since it promotes an integrated approach to selling, sales enablement involves both marketing and sales teams.

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Sales Management Top of Funnel B2B Sales Tactics 218

Sword and the Script | B2B

JANUARY 23, 2024

Forrester analyst Lori Wizdo wrote those words eleven years ago. All these years later, a new report by 6sense, penned largely by a former Forrester analyst, has come to the same conclusion: when buyers first contact a seller, they are “69% of the way through a buying cycle.” This is where good thought leadership can make a difference.

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B2B Thought Leadership B2B Sales Studies Thought Leadership 69

Only B2B

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The global B2B intent data market is expected to reach a value of USD 2.16 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 22.7% – [ Forbes report ] At this point, where the marketing landscape is full of noise, the most successful B2B businesses are already reaping the benefits of intent data — to maximize revenue.

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PathFactory

JUNE 23, 2022

After 7+ years as a SiriusDecisions then Forrester analyst leading B2B content research, I joined PathFactory as SVP of Product Marketing and Research. It has been an honor to serve the B2B community over the past several years as a research analyst. There Is No Revenue Intelligence Without Content Intelligence.

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PathFactory

JUNE 13, 2023

By Christine Polewarczyk, SVP Product Marketing and Research, PathFactory Last year at Forrester B2B Summit, I was on the mainstage with former colleague Phyllis Davidson giving a keynote on “Time Travel and Transformation: The Future of B2B Content.” Content AI has now reached a critical inflection point in the market.

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Sword and the Script | B2B

MAY 17, 2022

Deals in B2B are increasingly complicated and more likely to be scrutinized by top executives and the finance department. Buyers now exercise more due diligence than ever before, conducting more research and engaging in more conversations with vendors and third parties,” according to Forrester. Sales complexity continues to grow.

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Sales Cycle B2B Sales Studies Marketing Management 75

The ROI Guy

JULY 11, 2017

Two years ago, I was sitting amongst a shocked audience, listening to analyst Andy Hoar pronounce the “Death of the B2B Sales Rep”. Now, two years on, the forecast from Forrester is even gloomier, with faster than anticipated disintermediation.

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Forrester B2B Sales Disintermediation B2B 66

Outreach

MARCH 8, 2021

With a bit more than a week behind me, since I finished my second act at Forrester, I am thrilled to announce that I have joined Outreach as its first-ever Global Innovation Evangelist. Three to four years ago, I predicted that B2B sales roles and methods were headed for transformational change.

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Forrester Outreach B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership 105

6sense

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Caroline Robertson , Vice President, B2B Marketing and Sales Research Director. Although women make up more than half of the global workforce, they represent fewer than one-third of all B2B sales and one-quarter of all B2B tech sales roles. Matthew Flug. Jennifer Zhang, Research Associate.

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Forrester B2B Sales B2B Barriers 62

Fusion Marketing Partners

AUGUST 8, 2019

There are many industry gurus out there proclaiming the death of the B2B sales profession. Forrester Research predicted that 1 […].

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B2B Sales B2B Forrester Research 141

ViewPoint

MARCH 12, 2013

I had the great the opportunity to interview Lori Wizdo , B2B marketing analyst at Forrester Research. Lori is a senior analyst with extensive marketing, sales, and operation experience in the information systems and software industries. Does that figure depend on the type of solution? Do you see this changing?

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Modern B2B

OCTOBER 20, 2023

and tech spending growth (YoY) is predicted at 3.6% (European Tech Market Forecast, 2022 to 2027) – all pretty banal. The dimensions of value Value isn’t just monetary or business related, there are other dimensions that we don’t usually consider or measure in marketing. The projections certainly weren’t rosy.

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Forrester Cost per Acquisition Cross-Selling B2B 52

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 28, 2020

As a marketer or B2B business owner, it is extremely important to take advantage of visual communications to accommodate this portion of society. Believe it or not, there are many movies that have a lot to teach us about the world of business and the essential traits needed in order to become a successful marketer. Forrest Gump.

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Planning Forrester Work Management Storytelling 363

Influitive

OCTOBER 21, 2015

The most powerful tool B2B marketers have in today’s hyper-connected world is genuine word of mouth from their customers—such as reviews, social media shares and recommendations. In the report, Laura discusses why advocate marketing is critical to the success of B2B companies. Happier, more satisfied employees.

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Forrester Marketing Management B2B Marketing Word of Mouth 100

PathFactory

JUNE 7, 2022

Toronto, ON – June 6, 2022 – With more than 20 years of experience in B2B marketing , content strategy, and operations, Christine Polewarczyk joins PathFactory from Forrester where she was an evangelist for content strategy, content marketing , and content operations. . About PathFactory.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2022

Marketers have spent years making sure they get credit for the leads generated by their hardworking teams. But as B2B sales gets more competitive and complex, simply knowing who sourced a lead may no longer be good enough. Data from Forrester Research shows how rapidly marketing metrics are changing.

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Multi-Touch Attribution Zoominfo Account Based Marketing Lead Ranking 130

Contently

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

There’s a line in Forrester’s latest report on content marketing platforms, or CMPs for short, that I love. It goes like this: “If content is the soul of digital, content marketing platforms are its church.” At Contently, we believe that content is the “ atomic particle ” of digital marketing.

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Biznology

JANUARY 13, 2022

Eager to attend in-person events, B2B marketers may have their hopes dashed again as new variants spread. February 28-March 2, Scottsdale, B2B Marketing Exchange. All about sales enablement, and organized by Seismic, a producer of sales enablement software. April 6-7, all virtual, Marketing Profs B2B Forum.

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Conference B2B Forrester Marketing Management 197

The Point

JUNE 23, 2020

B2B marketing has seen a dramatic change in the last decade, driven by radical advances in marketing technology and the emergence of new channels. Content marketing is dead. * Content marketing is dead. * Change in marketing is an evolution, not a coup. Cold-calling is dead. The MQL is dead. .

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Lead Ranking Enterprise Management Marketing Qualified Leads Account Based Marketing 264

ANNUITAS

AUGUST 19, 2022

My most recent blog posts have proposed a new approach for B2B go-to-market teams — a Converged Growth organizational model. This new organizational model represents a complete rethink of traditional B2B sales, marketing and customer service roles, with blended teams, organized around stewardship of customer journey phases.

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Lead Ranking Paid Search Agency SIC Research 130

Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 29, 2023

B2B growth plan: perfecting partner ecosystem marketing 45 percent of B2B marketing decision-makers at typical B2B organizations have said that new or renewed ecosystem partners were their primary revenue source, as more B2B companies have moved towards broadening their partner ecosystems, according to newly-published Forrester Research data.

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Paid Search Agency B2B Marketing Advertising Agencies Linkedin 106

Zoominfo

JANUARY 4, 2022

The digital marketing landscape is more competitive than ever — and if you’re not prepared, you’re already behind. Here are four B2B marketing trends to implement (or at the very least, be on the lookout for) in 2022. Forrester also predicts that marketing tech budgets will increase from 19% to 25% in 2022.

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Trends Account Based Marketing B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency 130

ClickZ

JULY 18, 2019

Forrester evaluated and scored the top 11 B2C commerce suites in late 2018 in their Forrester Wave report. The report also breaks down the analysis via a scorecard for each platform in some dozen categories spanning sales channel support, personalization, AI and machine learning, support services, and product vision, among others.

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Forrester Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 76

Hive9

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The year 2020 has demonstrated why clear visibility into plans more than just once a year, half or even quarter is essential for marketing leaders. If you can’t see what’s happening in the first place, you’re not going to be able to adjust accordingly for sudden market changes.

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Planning Forrester B2B Sales Marketing 166

The Point

JULY 18, 2014

Over at Forrester Research, Vice President Laura Ramos recently talked to Advertising Age (“ Marketers Still Struggling to Get Results from Content Marketing “) about what she perceives as a general lack of return from the investment so many companies are making in content marketing.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Part one: The promise The birth of marketing technology brought so much potential to the marketing department. I was a young, freshly minted MBA with a background in computer science, and a two-year stint doing software marketing at IBM. Plus, marketing was getting some extra respect in board meetings.

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Marketing AI Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Marketing 115

Only B2B

APRIL 10, 2024

MQL sits at the intersection of marketing and sales. These are leads that have been validated and are ready to be handed over to the sales team. It means missing out on important buying signals, wasting money on generating leads, and ultimately losing out on potential sales. Benchmarking Your Success: Where Do You Stand?

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Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads High Quality Lead 71

Valasys

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

A definitive agreement was reached between Forrester Research and SiriusDecisions Inc. SiriusDecisions will be acquired by Forrester for $245 million to aid in creating a robust platform that guides companies and Chief Marketing Officers (CMO) to drive business growth in this customer oriented era. According to George F.

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Forrester Acquisitions Cross-Selling Verticals 58

ANNUITAS

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Go-to-market strategy and execution is rapidly evolving – driven by a combination of customer drivers, technology innovation and changing organizational strategy. Budget issues: Amid uncertainty, driven by the Fed’s rate hikes, CFOs began slashing marketing and sales budgets in late Q3 of 2022. This may never change.

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Marketing Analytics Tools Paid Search Agency Planning Budget Programs 130

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

There’s a seismic shift happening in B2B buying, and it’s being driven by a powerful force — generational change. A recent Forrester report found that Millennials and Gen Z make up 64% of business buyers. Modern GTM Index Modernize your go-to-market strategy with custom recommendations. Take the assessment today!

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Buy Generation Peer-to-peer B2B 130

Influitive

APRIL 22, 2015

For years, B2B marketers have largely viewed B2C loyalty tactics as irrelevant in their space. After all, B2B buyers don’t respond to reward points and coupons. Plus, customer retention has long been seen as the responsibility of those in sales, service, and support. Download the free report here.).

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Forrester Loyalty Peer-to-peer Research 100

PureB2B

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Competition is fierce in the B2B sales space, making it difficult for teams to connect and engage with potential buyers. However, by curating and delivering personalized content to target audiences, sales teams can, in fact, cut through the digital noise and gain the attention of in-market consumers.

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Marketing AI B2B Sales Personalization Paid Search Agency 62

PureB2B

JANUARY 31, 2022

Add a Personal Touch to B2B Sales with Artificial Intelligence. Take it from Forrester, whose research found 77% of consumers have either chosen, recommended, or paid more for a brand that’s offered a personalized customer experience. Personalization is equally important to B2B sellers.

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Marketing AI B2B Sales Paid Search Agency Ads 48

Valasys

MARCH 4, 2019

ProKarma’s strategy and design division, Lenati, was recently named the top B2B marketing agency by the B2B Marketing Agencies, North America, Q1 2019 report conducted by Forrester Research Inc. About ProKarma.

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Advertising Agencies Forrester Paid Search Agency Enterprise Management 49

6sense

JUNE 22, 2017

Forrester has just released The Forrester Wave TM : Predictive Marketing Analytics for B2B Marketers, Q2 2017. In the first report of its kind for the predictive marketing analytics space, Forrester named 6sense a leader among predictive analytics providers. And of the industry. So you can succeed.

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Forrester Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Marketing Budget Creation 48

Tony Zambito

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

We are in that moment of hesitation when it comes to the future of how B2B buyers will engage in buying. The coronavirus pandemic has become the fuel of the forthcoming future of the B2B buyer-seller dynamic. Revenue and sales leaders will need to adapt to an accelerated rate of change in buying behaviors. An unsettling time.

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Buy B2B Buyer Personas Buyer's Journey 309

Biznology

DECEMBER 17, 2020

B2B marketing quickly adapted to the challenges of the global pandemic, thanks to the many talented people who have chosen business markets as their professional focus. We are lucky to have all these skilled B2B marketers in our camp. We are lucky to have all these skilled B2B marketers in our camp.

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B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Marketing Management 197