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Forrester: B2B Companies Score Low in Marketing Best Practices

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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. Read more about the survey results on Lori’s blog.). for lead management to 3.35

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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. 51% responded “somewhat effectively”. •

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Why Marketing Automation Customers are Migrating Downstream

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These comments align with industry studies (most recently: Forrester ) bemoaning the inability of B2B marketers to fully leverage marketing automation to its full capability, most specifically in areas like lead nurturing and customer marketing. What can be improved? It’s not enough to simply train a client how to use the technology.

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New Report Confirms Immaturity of Most Marketing Automation Deployments

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A new report from Forrester Consulting, commissioned by marketing automation provider Silverpop , offers little in the way of groundbreaking insights, but does provide plenty of data confirming what most already know: that many companies are failing to realize the true potential from their investments in marketing automation.

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2 Email Campaigns Show How (and How Not) to “Sell” Content

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Even when the writer attempts to communicate why the content would be of value, it’s communicated in first person terms (“we will show how your business …”) versus a more effective second person (“you’ll learn how …”). Note the sub-head (“Forrester Research, Inc.

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What’s the Big Deal About Predictive Analytics? A Conversation with Brian Kardon

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He previously held top marketing roles at Eloqua, Forrester Research, and Reed Business Information before taking the reins as CMO at Lattice Engines , a pioneer in predictive applications for marketing and sales. I caught up with Brian recently to pick his brain about the sudden wave of interest in All Things Predictive.