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Forrester: B2B Companies Score Low in Marketing Best Practices

The Point

Earlier this year, Forrester Research conducted a detailed survey of more than 150 B2B marketing decision-makers with the intent of benchmarking the maturity of B2B marketing best practices, focused on revenue marketing and marketing automation. The answer to sales and marketing alignment has been identified: it’s the customer, stupid!

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Deepening B2B customer relationships with “the funnel beyond the funnel”

Biznology

I’ve long observed that B2B marketers focus too much on lead generation, and not enough on current customer expansion and retention, which is, after all, where the bulk of profits lie. When asked, the typical B2B marketer will say that 80-85% of their effort goes to customer acquisition. This is a mistake. marketing program?

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How Chief Growth Officers Drive Growth Through Customer Experience

Vision Edge Marketing

Today’s highly competitive business environment is driven by the always-moving customer-centricity goal post. It requires creating customer value which in turn requires a customer-centric approach. So, achieving sustainable growth requires more than just increasing revenue or market share.

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The 10 Most Fascinating People in B2B Marketing in 2020

Biznology

This year she published a terrific new book, Unapologetically Ambitious , which was just named one of Fortune’s ten best business books of 2020. Andy Hoar , former Forrester analyst, saw a hole in the B2B events marketplace and co-founded B2BNext , a lively conference dedicated to B2B eCommerce.

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Why Does Most B2B Content Marketing Suck?

Marketing Insider Group

Companies publish millions of blogs every day. In looking at some research, I found an interesting study from Forrester every B2B content marketer should see. Many times, corporations look at content marketing from their perspective of having all the knowledge about their product or solution. Your audience isn’t an expert.

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10 Best Practices for Managing Analyst Relations (AR) and B2B Influencer Relations Programs

Thinkers360

com, the world’s leading platform for B2B influencer marketing and managing analyst and influencer relations, delves into 10 best practices that will optimize your AR and B2B influencer relations programs, transforming them into powerful engines for business success. This comprehensive blog post, informed by insights from Thinkers360.com,

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The customer data platform market

Martech

The current business environment — increasingly omnichannel but with a heavy reliance on digital — requires successful marketers to capture, analyze and leverage data to deliver timely personalized interactions across every customer touchpoint. Fully 75% of global 100 organizations say CX is a top priority, according to Forrester Research.