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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.). Marketers are just beginning that pivot.

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

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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.) In the years since, the authors of the original model (which SiriusDecisions calls the Demand Waterfall ) have re-engineered its design.

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How to Market an Analyst Report

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By which I mean that most analyst reports – Gartner Magic Quadrants, Forrester Wave Reports, and the like – are marketed as press announcements vs. information of value that might attract prospects actively evaluating your type of solution. However, in my experience, most tech companies don’t know how to market them.

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Report: 19 Experts on the State of Marketing Automation

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The guide features insights, projections, and opinions on current challenges, opportunities, and trends from 19 B2B marketing experts and practitioners, including leading executives from Marketo, Oracle, SiriusDecisions, and Forrester Research. You can download the entire guide here.

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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. Who is most likely to buy? To a layman, how would you describe the power of predictive analytics solutions?