Madison Logic

JANUARY 5, 2023

Marketers need to be more resourceful and purposeful with their marketing budgets by focusing on strategies that bring them more ROI and customer revenue. . When B2B marketers meet customers where they are in the buyer’s journey with a relevant and personalized experience, they’ll see better ROI and higher engagement.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 26, 2018

I had the pleasure to present at a VIP Breakfast yesterday within the Forrester B2B Marketing and Sales event, on-stage with Mary Shea, Principal Analyst for Forrester, This included announcing live our merger with Mediafly, a leading sales enablement company. Clearly, expectations are being missed.

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Outreach

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

As the world settles into the new normal, Forrester Research predicts that 80 percent of B2B sales will happen remotely, while 53 percent of B2B workers hope to continue to work from home. It is not enough for your sales reps to personalize for personalization sake. This needs to be clear in all lines of communication.

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Madison Logic

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Also called banner ads, these typically consist of a static image with text and a call-to-action (CTA) directing buyers to another page. Banner ads provide a visual and highly targeted way to deliver personalized messages and content to specific accounts. Utilize multiple data sources to target the right accounts.

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Outreach

JUNE 22, 2021

Sales managers don’t have time to analyze 100 percent of their reps’ communications and provide personalized feedback. They might point out that Acme Corp was started by a marketing person, whereas we were founded by a product person. Or they might bring up our position on the Forrester Wave report. You get the idea.

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Seismic

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The need for innovation has never been greater — in how enablement is executed to meet the changing buyer needs, seller demands, and even how and who we hire. . McKinsey , which has been studying B2B interactions for decades, found that buyers want to choose how they engage. The new “lobby learning”.

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KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 23, 2018

This echoes similar research from Forrester, too – they found that only 31 percent of marketers use journey maps in their work. What needs to be done – and what so few content marketers are doing – is to “map” your content to the buyer’s journey. It’s their job – literally.

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Madison Logic

JANUARY 18, 2023

This is the foundation of a personalized customer experience. . Here are three practices you should follow when building better content and personalizing the experience for your next ABM campaign. . Research from Gartner shows that meaningful personalization boosts the chances that a customer will make a high-quality purchase by 9%.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2017

Although buyers leverage digital more than ever in their decision making process, and as a result appear to engage with reps later in the decision making process (up to 57% of the way through), sales reps still have a big impact, ESPECIALLY if they can intersect early in the buyer’s journey, and with value.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 16, 2022

Today, featuring the founder and CEO of Demand Revenue, former SiriusDecisions and Forrester Analyst, Alan Gonsenhauser. Obviously, if you have been following SiriusDecisions or Forrester for a long time you’ve probably seen Alan’s name in research or content. Alan : Be honest, be open, transparent, be a person, be real.

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Martech Advisor

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Unfortunately, most marketers don't know how their customers feel about advertising, according to Forrester. There's nothing wrong with trying new methods, but brands need to choose them wisely. And it's vital that advertisers personalize messaging. Evaluate your data and personalize it.

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Cintell

MARCH 10, 2016

Benefits of personas across the business: Persona-based marketing messaging : Best practice demand creation strategy that includes more personalized and customized messaging built on personas yields two times the average sales pipeline. Engages buyer earlier and more effectively. SiriusDecisions). DemandGen). SiriusDecisions).

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Madison Logic

MARCH 13, 2024

According to Forrester research, millennial buyers aged 25-44 are increasingly shifting into purchase decision-making roles and are expected to make up three-fourths of business buying teams in 2024. What distinguishes millennials buyers from older committee members is their digital nativity.

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Scoop.it

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Because many organizations don’t understand why sales reps need content and what types of content to provide them to help them win more deals. Why Do Salespeople Need Content? According to Forrester , 62% of buyers prefer to finalize their list of vendors or even decide on a solution based solely on digital content they consume.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

A whopping 76 % of the deals don’t go to the company that wins the competitive bake-off, where features make a difference, rather the win goes to the solution provider who engages early to help the buyer establish the buying agenda (Forrester). And to this point, the conversation doesn’t stop at the challenge.

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Mereo

MARCH 26, 2020

you have nothing of which to serve your buyer. And over time, your buyers’ needs you first set out to alleviate change. Turn to reputable resources such as Gartner, Forrester and more to keep up with the current state of things and — most importantly — pay attention to where the market, competitors and buyers are headed.

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Ambal's Amusings

AUGUST 27, 2010

What determines the differences is the problem the content is addressing and the perspective of the person concerned with solving it. The focus of the business person is facilitating faster, more informed decisions in relation to product design. Forrester Blog for Interactive Marketing Professionals.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 15, 2011

B2B buyers have fundamentally and permanently changed, and the B2B sales and marketing professionals that realize Frugalnomics is in full effect, and change strategies and tactics to fight back, will be the winners over this next decade. the value referring to the specific "know how" your clients need to achieve an outcome.

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PathFactory

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

You and your buyers have probably had this experience, too. According to recent Forrester Research, 73% of millennials in the workforce are already involved in purchasing decisions for their firms and that millennials will comprise 44% of the total US workforce by 2025¹. Personalizing at the industry or company level.

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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. And this is but a fraction of the customization that could be made to personalize content.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 13, 2013

As a result, CEB and others report that sales reps are being invited later and later into the decision process, when some 2/3rds of the buyer’s journey is already complete. More Frugal – In the new “Do More With Less” economy, most buyers have less budget, little resources and a low tolerance for risk.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

As today’s buyers are empowered by the Internet to do their own research and drive their own purchasing due diligence – engaging sales later than ever, or not at all – easy to use versions of these diagnostic tools need to be on-line, readily available, interactive and personalized to empower self-service research.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

However, of those that did, the results of personalized content have been impressive, with 93 percent said it worked better for them than traditional content, and 43 percent reported that it “worked great.” At the middle stage, buyers need to understand product features and savings / benefits that can be derived.

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NetLine

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Identify the key themes and information needs of in-market buyers at each sales stage A good place to start is by pinpointing the key themes and information in-market buyers need at each stage of their journey by analyzing intent data to uncover common trends, pain points, and interests. Created using DALLE via ChatGPT.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Is this digital spending allocation aligning with buyer needs? When asking over 200 IT buyers what they felt was most important part of the overall purchase process, over 1/3rd of the buyers indicated Vendor Content as key to the purchase decision. Content is King? The End of Sales as we Know It?

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Forrester also predicts that the market for AI-powered platforms will grow to $37 billion by 2025. AI can assist with a number of sales functions, including: Adapting quickly to buyer needs. Teams can more quickly adapt to increased buyer sophistication and changing buyer journeys. Personalization.

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Madison Logic

MAY 18, 2023

The only way that companies can stand out among the competition is with content and messaging unique to their brand and the specific needs of their target audience. You still need access to quality data to apply the ideas and personalization necessary to reach buyers effectively.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 11, 2024

About $3 trillion — that’s Forrester’s estimate for B2B sales by 2027, almost double what it was in 2021. Because the buyer in these situations has different intent, needs, and requirements, the sales process and deal timeframe are also different: B2B sales focuses on long-term relationships. Lead prioritization.

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Crimson Marketing

MARCH 16, 2015

Online shopping, predicted by Forrester to exceed $370 billion by 2017, will still account for just 10% of all USA retail sales. Whether retailers view mobile as an existential threat or as an opportunity, consumers expect shopping to be a highly personalized and seamlessly consistent omni-channel experience. Actually—wrong.

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Sana Commerce

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Data from Forrester shows that two-thirds of businesses today meet customer expectations, but only 3% exceed them. Diving specifically into the digital customer experience, currently, companies are twice as likely to be chosen as a buyer’s preferred supplier if the digital experience offered is outstanding. Source: McKinsey.

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 23, 2016

Intuitively, you probably know this, but because people are doing their own research about products and solutions to their problems, they don’t have to talk to sales person until they are ready to engage. In fact, Forrester says that as much as 90 percent of the buying process is complete before the prospect engages with a vendor.

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Kapost

APRIL 5, 2017

Organizations that use a mapping program to manage buyer and customer journeys average a 79% increase in cross-sell and upsell revenue, marketing research from the Aberdeen Group reveals. In the new B2B marketing landscape, buyers are in control of their journeys. The Plain Ol’ Chart.

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Delivra

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

To top it off, your efforts must be highly personalized for hyper-segmented audiences. Forrester has predicted that spending on marketing automation will hit $25 billion by 2023 , signaling a 14% annual growth rate since 2017. Define/refine your buyer personas. Meet potential buyers’ needs, desires, and expectations.

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Sales Engine

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Intuitively, you probably know this, but because people are doing their own research about products and solutions to their problems, they don’t have to talk to sales person until they are ready to engage. In fact, Forrester says that as much as 90 percent of the buying process is complete before the prospect engages with a vendor.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 7, 2012

More simply, “pull marketing” uses content on the web, search and social to attract a desired audience and then uses personalization and response management resources to convert that traffic to leads, pipeline and deals. Market Forces Driving The Need For Change. Forrester: CMO Mandate: Adapt or Perish.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Make Room for Complex Buyer Motivations. It’s hard to diagnose buyer needs in a vacuum. A 2010 Forrester Research survey reported that 88% of online shoppers have abandoned their shopping carts at one point or another. According to the same Forrester report – reasons vary. Sticker-shock at the shipping?

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Actually, the B2B market is about twice as large, according to Forrester. In our consumer lives, most of our purchases are for our own personal, individual use: our phones, shoes, shampoo, and myriad other items are things we buy for ourselves. Multiple Users / Stakeholders. Do you like the green or the blue better? One Key Similarity.

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