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How Younger Generations are Disrupting B2B Buying

Zoominfo

There’s a seismic shift happening in B2B buying, and it’s being driven by a powerful force — generational change. A recent Forrester report found that Millennials and Gen Z make up 64% of business buyers. Buyers want to be known and understood in both B2B and B2C buying situations.

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Why Enabling Buyers To Buy Is The Future Of B2B

Tony Zambito

We are in that moment of hesitation when it comes to the future of how B2B buyers will engage in buying. Various studies from McKinsey, Gartner, Forrester, Salesforce, and others show increasingly that B2B buyers want seller-free buying experiences. Today, a third to 40% of buyers want a seller-free buying experience.

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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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Farewell Forrester Research; Hello B2B Content Intelligence

PathFactory

After 7+ years as a SiriusDecisions then Forrester analyst leading B2B content research, I joined PathFactory as SVP of Product Marketing and Research. But there is a big hole in the revenue intelligence narrative – content intelligence and the first-party buying signals it creates.

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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 248: Q & A with Kelley Hippler @forrester

Heinz Marketing

This week’s show is called “ How Forrester is applying the SiriusDecisions frameworks both within the organization and across the revenue engine to drive results ” and our guest is Kelley Hippler , Chief Sales Officer at Forrester. She is the Chief Sales Officer for Forrester. Or, every week, excuse me.

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B2B Sales Cycles Require 27 Interactions both Digital and Human [Study]

Sword and the Script | B2B

“Buyers now exercise more due diligence than ever before, conducting more research and engaging in more conversations with vendors and third parties,” according to Forrester. More people are involved in today’s buying process as well, with executives playing a greater role than in the past.”. That’s up from 17 interactions in 2019.

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Define "Buying Scenarios" for Better Marketing in 2022

B2B Marketing Directions

The predominant view of B2B buying is that it involves expensive and/or complex products or services, large buying groups and long buying cycles. That's why marketing leaders should define relevant buying scenarios as part of their planning for 2022.

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