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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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Why Innovation Reigns Supreme in 2023 B2B Marketing

Top Rank Marketing

The products we sell are highly complex, the clients we sell to are highly exacting, our buying cycle is (much) longer, there are fewer customers to go around, and our competition is fierce. Namely, it showed that 80% of buyers expect the same buying experience as B2C customers.

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How Social Data Can Help You Develop Buyer Personas

Oktopost

After all, we live in a world of hyper connectivity, one where up to 67% of B2B buyers are already halfway through the buying journey before they speak with an actual salesperson. We are all familiar with such statistics from people much smarter than I am, the likes of CEB, Forrester and Gartner.

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B2B Marketing Trends & Studies That Every Marketer Should Know

Valasys

According to a prediction by Forrester by the year 2021, 48% of the B2B marketing organizations will be organized to support customers’ journeys. The statistics above clearly signifies that many of the marketers will be using Intent Data shortly. Thus, the year 2020 will see B2B marketers pivot from products to experiences.

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22 Key Statistics For Successful B2B Social Media Marketing Programs

KoMarketing Associates

This post outlines key statistics to help you focus on what matters in B2B social media marketing. Many of them come to the platform to learn , which is a key step in the B2B buying cycle. . According to Forrester, 68% of people don’t think brands share interesting content. .

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Why Effective Content Research is Necessary to Growing Your Company’s Brand Visibility

EveryoneSocial

Some quick content marketing statistics: The average person consumes 11.4 pieces of content before making a purchasing decision, according to Forrester. Marketing and sales teams should work together to start building out their company buyer persona and map out the buying cycle.

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Industrial and B2B Customer Engagement Simplified

Industrial Marketing Today

Defining B2B Customer Engagement Forrester Research has proposed a definition of customer engagement that makes a lot of sense to me. These statistics are easily and readily available from your dashboard in Google Analytics. The trick is to learn how to use all its power. Let’s see how Google Analytics can help you do just that.

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