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Report: Transparency, Communication Critical to B2B Marketers’ Customer Relationships

KoMarketing Associates

New research suggests that transparency and communication are critical components to developing successful relationships between B2B businesses and their customers. Statistics showed that the majority of B2B marketers (60 percent) believe that poor communication is the most likely factor to stall a customer relationship.

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Deepening B2B customer relationships with “the funnel beyond the funnel”

Biznology

I’ve long observed that B2B marketers focus too much on lead generation, and not enough on current customer expansion and retention, which is, after all, where the bulk of profits lie. When asked, the typical B2B marketer will say that 80-85% of their effort goes to customer acquisition. This is a mistake. marketing program?

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Forrester: B2B Companies Score Low in Marketing Best Practices

The Point

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. That immediately shifts the focus from “net new” customer acquisition to customer retention.

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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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How ZoomInfo Enhances Your ABM Strategy

For marketing teams to develop a successful account-based marketing strategy, they need to ensure good data is housed within its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software. According to Forrester Research, only 8% of marketing professionals have confidence that their data is 90-100% accurate. Not so fast, though.

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From zero to one hundred: How zero-party data builds stronger eCommerce customer relationships

Liveintent

The term, coined by Forrester Research in 2020, encompasses all data that comes “straight from the source.” Since consumers willingly share it, self-reported data is more likely to be accurate than some other forms of customer information. Another source of zero-party data is one we all know well.

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Forrester: Advocate Marketing Is Critical To B2B Success

Influitive

The most powerful tool B2B marketers have in today’s hyper-connected world is genuine word of mouth from their customers—such as reviews, social media shares and recommendations. And brands that use advocate marketing programs to inspire and encourage their customers to create social proof for their products will be the ones that thrive.

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