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How Planful uses customer intent to speed up the B2B buying cycle 

Martech

A different kind of B2B buyer. Today’s B2B buyer cohort, made up largely of millenials, is much more inclined to research products and solutions online. Last year, Forrester reported that about 90% of 650 tech buyers surveyed want vendors to provide content that’s relevant at every stage of the buying journey.

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Study: most B2B tech companies lose sales deals they didn’t even know existed

Sword and the Script | B2B

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.”

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Report: Why Demand Marketers Should Expand their Focus Beyond the Lead

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B2B marketing has seen a dramatic change in the last decade, driven by radical advances in marketing technology and the emergence of new channels. One fixture of B2B marketing for more than a decade is the lead funnel, brought to prominence by the analysts at SiriusDecisions (now part of Forrester.) Cold-calling is dead.

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Five Sales Enablement Tactics B2B Marketers Need to Master

Webbiquity

Here are five tactics your B2B marketing team needs to master to empower sales people to close deals faster. Map Content to the Buying Cycle. The post Five Sales Enablement Tactics B2B Marketers Need to Master appeared first on B2B Marketing Blog | Webbiquity. Determine Product Messaging.

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Forrester thinks Content Marketing Isn’t Working – They’re Half Right

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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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A Big (Data) Day for B2B

Engagio

One suite, two acquisitions, three companies coming together, four clouds, and five key B2B data assets! The Demandbase One B2B Go-To-Market Suite consists of four connected clouds. With the Demandbase One B2B Go-To-Market Suite, you can license any one or combination of solutions depending on your needs.

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4 B2B Marketing Resolutions for the New Year

Madison Logic

Forrester Research predicts that poorly personalized content will degrade the purchase experience for 70% of buyers over its failure to demonstrate an understanding of their business needs. Resolution #4: Build Trust with Your Audience B2B marketing is not just about selling a product or service.