Marketing Interactions

APRIL 14, 2019

Given that Forrester finds that 62% of buyers say they can develop selection criteria or finalize a vendor list based solely on digital content, marketers must use technology to effectively grow engagement with buyers. An easy example is to look at the information you’re sharing in terms of depth. This is where nuance comes in.

Conversion 86

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Mereo

JANUARY 18, 2023

Today’s average buying committee has at least six voices — with often upwards of as many as 10 — each armed with four to five pieces of independently gathered information to deconflict with the others. Buying challenges do not stop there. And 89% of buyers describe the sellers they choose to move forward with as a “trusted advisor.”

B2B 41

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SpotMe Blog

JULY 21, 2023

Event registration software allows attendees to sign up for your event and enter their personal information. It should also provide tools for customizing the registration experience, sending email blasts and automated reminders to attendees, and generating reports on registration data. What Does Event Registration Software Do?

Enterprise Management 52

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Content4Demand

MARCH 28, 2019

Steven Casey, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research. . Content4Demand had an absolute blast putting content marketers on stage in our mirrored photo booth. For more vital information to power your planning, be sure to read our recently published 2019 Demand Generation Benchmark Survey. Did you visit us?

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Lake One

JUNE 6, 2023

The same report suggests that while the number of apps and devices to help “connect” us grew, it also reduced the time spent consuming information, stressing us out and leading to digital fatigue. When we use terms like “email blast,” we’re not valuing anyone. Who wouldn’t?

Marketing & Strategy 52

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Biznology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

90% of C-suite executives say they never respond to cold calls or email blasts (source: Harvard Business Review ). 55% of B2B buyers search for information on social media (source: MediaBistro ). 50%-70% of the buying process happens before salespeople get involved (source: Forrester ).

Peer-to-peer 80

Peer-to-peer Cold Calling Social Media Blast Campaigns 80

DemandBase

JULY 16, 2020

The Demandbase sales team has achieved considerably higher results from personalized outreach than with generic blasting. With 66-90 percent of buyers doing their research before they reach out (Forrester), it’s important to understand what your target accounts are researching off-site and take action on that insight.

Outreach 86

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markempa

DECEMBER 12, 2016

They’re approaching LinkedIn like an email blast campaign, and this is not what the network is about – Susan Tatum. Additionally, Forrester Consulting discovered, “65 % of marketers struggle to employ emotional marketing as they turn to automation to improve customer engagement.”. So how do you humanize your marketing?

Account Based Marketing 84

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 15, 2014

Simply put, cold calling doesn’t work in today’s world of information abundance. In particular, the abundance of information readily available online has led to the rise of the “self-directed buyer”. Just because someone downloaded a whitepaper doesn’t mean he or she wants to talk to a sales rep. How Has Lead Generation Evolved?

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

Conduct market research to determine: What challenges or problems they want to overcome What information or skills they hope to gain What motivates them to attend events Once you understand your attendees’ needs, tailor your messaging and event experience to satisfy them. Create an easy-to-use event website and registration page.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Consumers are supremely well informed and far more likely to investigate the retail value of products than to rely on logos.”. Batch and blast email? If I want information about a product, I’ll go to a third-party source – especially in the initial stages of my research. The reason is simple,” writes James Surowiecki.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

This requires the right content at each stage of the buying cycle; Information Overload –buyers are inundated with more marketing messages over more channels than ever before, becoming overloaded and confused, leading to stalled decision cycles. Having the right content and tools to help fuel buyer’s decision making process is essential.

Peer-to-peer 40

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Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

That’s equivalent to the batch and blast newsletter sends of old when companies hoped their messages would land in the inbox of someone who might be a potential customer. Ask your customers where they go online to find useful information – perhaps even how they found you. The High-Tech Direct Marketing Handbook (Ebook).

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Hubspot

JANUARY 18, 2012

Just because a website visitor has downloaded your awesome ebook or registered for your informative webinar doesn't exactly mean he or she is ready to chat with one of your sales reps and jump right into a purchasing decision. Source: Forrester Research) Tweet This Stat. Source: Forrester Research) Tweet This Stat.

Lead Nurturing 28

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Hubspot

MARCH 12, 2014

As a matter of fact, Forrester Research says companies that excel at lead nurturing generate 50% more sales-ready leads at 33% lower cost -- that means you can achieve big wins by preventing good leads from going dark. This begs the question: Is there a way for sales to cut down on missed opportunities without zapping productivity?

Lead Ranking 28

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

At a recent webinar with Cory Munchbach, analyst at Forrester Research, and Jon Miller, Marketo’s co-founder and VP of Marketing, the two speakers clarified exactly that. According to Munchbach and Miller, we’ve now entered “The Age of the Customer” – simply put, customers have elevated access to information about your product.

Ideal Customer Profiles 48

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

At a recent webinar with Cory Munchbach, analyst at Forrester Research, and Jon Miller, Marketo’s co-founder and VP of Marketing, the two speakers clarified exactly that. According to Munchbach and Miller, we’ve now entered “The Age of the Customer” – simply put, customers have elevated access to information about your product.

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Hubspot

MARCH 15, 2016

Research conducted by Forrester has shown that marketers see an average 20% increase in sales opportunities from nurtured vs non-nurtured leads. Furthermore, the research also reveals that companies that excel at lead nurturing generate 50% more sales at a 33% lower cost (Source: Forrester, 2014 ).

Sales Management 28

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Ambal's Amusings

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Forrester Blog for Interactive Marketing Professionals. Google alerts pull a wide variety of information to you. and b2b (for example, I get email blasts about cloud computing conferences; I had a cloud computing client a while back, but other than that have no relationship to the industry). Read on to get their insights.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

As a result, buyers now suffer from Information Overload. Making the information overload issue worse, two economic downturns in the past decade have made these inundated buyers more frugal than ever. Reaching out has never been easier, but making meaningful connections has never been harder.

Interactive Marketing 40

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

At the same time, B2B buyers are taking advantage of the wealth of information available via the Internet and social media to become more empowered, taking charge of the buying cycle. The influence of vendors as a trusted source of information lags dramatically, at only 8.1% Frugalnomics in Full Effect: Forrester and Gartner.

Work Management 40

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 20, 2017

Most platforms collect data automatically, but it’s important to look at what type of information is being collected to ensure you’re able to glean actionable insights. Demographic information: Age, interests, and so on. Sometimes, you have to blast a message to your entire audience without any segmentation or behavioral filtering.

Mobile Marketing 134

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NetLine

AUGUST 2, 2023

3… 2… 1… Blast off! Source: Forrester Some of the lead types that have featured in versions of this model include: Inquiries (INQs): As the name suggests, these are leads that have come as the result of direct contact from potential customers. Image caption: Take your B2B lead generation to the moon!

Lead Generation 52

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 22, 2019

Consider these statistics: 64% of customers say customer experience is more important than price in buying decisions (Forrester). The keys to building those relationships are aggregating your customer data and then acting on that information in a timely fashion. Five Tactics for Creating Clear Differentiation.

Work Management 133

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Martech Advisor

AUGUST 22, 2019

According to Salesforce, “the batch-and-blast method doesn’t work on connected customers.” Consumers and B2B buyers alike are increasingly using social media sites in their purchasing process, visiting these sites for information on company products or services and for peer recommendations.

Advertising Channels 47

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EveryoneSocial

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Plus, there are various new channels where people obtain information, and effective marketers need to be active participants within these. Sure, search engines like Google, review sites like G2, and research vendors like Forrester or Gartner still carry some influence — but not as much as people tend to think. Why’s that?

Ideal Customer Profiles 69

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EveryoneSocial

JANUARY 30, 2018

Was recently speaking with a friend at Forrester who said something to the effect of “CRM is dying!” Of course, it’s not as simple a having your salespeople blast everyone in their network; like any other channel, the winners are the ones who focus on cultivating real relationships. Let’s jump in. In a word: monolithic.

Work Management 67

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

What has shifted that pendulum is people now believe, and rightfully so in most cases, that they can access information faster, in a more relevant way, and with a less icky, “call me all the time and bother me” way, themselves, than they can “please call me and leave voicemails” and things like that. Jay : Absolutely.

Social Media 119

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

Here are some tips to help you uncover the transactional or informational rough edges that you can smooth using the sandpaper of good, relevant content: Ask your customer service team. Sales is fleeting, it has to be re-created every blasted quarter. &# for most business travelers, it’s also incredibly helpful.

Social Media 151

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy 151

LeanData

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Sure, marketing automation allows for “batch and blast” email campaigns directed at large numbers of potential customers. In deals that involve long sales cycles and have a large number of potential influencers inside a company, a steady stream of informative content needs to be shared to establish your credibility.

Lead Nurturing 45

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Hinge Marketing

MARCH 21, 2019

I see lead generation as those activities that collect information on target audiences and then uses that information to convert those audiences into some volume of leads. For example, content used in a lead generation program will typically collect contact information somewhere along the process. Social Media.

Demand Generation Agencies 101

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LeanData

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Sure, marketing automation allows for “batch and blast” email campaigns directed at large numbers of potential customers. In deals that involve long sales cycles and have a large number of potential influencers inside a company, a steady stream of informative content needs to be shared to establish your credibility.

Lead Nurturing 40

Lead Nurturing Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 40

LeanData

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Sure, marketing automation allows for “batch and blast” email campaigns directed at large numbers of potential customers. In deals that involve long sales cycles and have a large number of potential influencers inside a company, a steady stream of informative content needs to be shared to establish your credibility.

Lead Nurturing 40

Lead Nurturing Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 40

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

Home Forrester Research « Getting Up Close and Personal | Main | Social Technographics Data Now Available » March 20, 2008 B2B Lead Management Market Heats Up [Posted by Laura Ramos ] Since the start of this year, I’ve been receiving a boatload of briefing requests from companies wanting to show me their lead generation and management solutions.

Enterprise Management 40

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Lead Liaison

MARCH 7, 2018

Registration information was captured from the Lead Liaison landing page, hosting in Lead Liaison form. We’ll be able to use that member status information to pull report or segment our database. And then in the meantime, all of that information should be syncing back and forth and communicating with your CRM. Slide 22.

Training 48

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chiefmartech

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

According to Kate Leggett, principal analyst at Forrester Research, self-service increases customer satisfaction and lowers costs for the business. Forrester found that 72 percent of consumers prefer using a company’s website to answer their questions. Customers love this. Customers love this.

Work Management 40

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Hubspot

AUGUST 27, 2012

Source: Forrester ) Tweet This Stat! By doing so, marketers will understand the value of marketing automation -- it's not about blasting out messages. Marketers need the kind of information you're reading right now: data. marketing companies collect mobile contact information. Social Media and Social Lead Nurturing.

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