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Now is the Time to Revisit Data Literacy

Vision Edge Marketing

In their report, Gartner laments that “by 2020, 50% of organizations will lack sufficient AI and data literacy skills to achieve business value.” Most members of the Marketing team can: Conduct and interpret statistical analysis, such as averages, standard deviation, and correlations. Brush up on statistics.

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Two Prerequisites for Successful Business Growth

Vision Edge Marketing

For example, Computer Science 2 required Computer Science 1; Chemistry 2 required Chemistry 1; Finance required Statistics, and so on. Gartner found that the typical buying group for a complex B2B solution involves six to 10 decision makers. Remember when you were picking courses in school and some courses listed prerequisites?

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Is Brand Building Becoming Cool in Marketing Again?

Sword and the Script | B2B

In sharing the analysis on Twitter, one digital marketing consultant noted , the study scared him until he “started thinking about branding again.”. Gartner survey finds brand strategy the most vital capability. Gartner survey finds brand strategy the most vital capability. Need an extra pair of hands? Check out our services.].

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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 338: Q & A with Spencer Wixom

Heinz Marketing

Matt: People probably don’t know your background– you’ve spent years at CBE which became Gartner and then years at Challenger and are now running The Brooks Group. So you bring a lot of pedigree from the sales methodology standpoint, from a research and consultant standpoint. They’re very important to consider.

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The Surprising Places Marketers Plan to Increase Budgets in 2014

Convince & Convert

The most extraordinary statistic in this report is that marketers appear to be almost universally bullish on digital marketing , and are planning to throw gobs of cash at every conceivable digital tactic. Marketers who are facile with data, statistics, optimization, and design of experiments. Can You Increase the Budget for Everything?

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Social Media Messages – How Many are Enough?

B2B Marketing Traction

As a B2B Marketing Consultant, I am often asked how many messages a business should post on their social media accounts. In fact, in a blog entry with this title, In Social Media, Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail , Brian Solis sites a Gartner statistic that 70% of social media campaigns will fail in 2011. Tweets : 1 per day.

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The rise of Peer-to-peer ABM

Strategic-IC

There are numerous statistics that point to this change in buyer behaviors with anywhere up to 80% of the buying journey done ‘ without the involvement of Sales ’. It requires more consideration and consulting services to purchase, integrate, and deploy. They know all of that and much more. The new role of Sales (and Marketing).