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MarTech’s ABM experts to follow

Martech

Chris has been named a “Leader” of the ABM category by Forrester Research and Gartner Marketing and was DM News’ Technology Executive of the Year in 2018 and 2019. Mark also serves as committee chair for the Direct Marketing Association International ECHO Awards Board of Governors.

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Social media ROI sucks! (Or, you can prove anything if you send out a survey)

ViewPoint

But things can get murky when marketers are asked to rate social media in terms of contributing to business goals. Social distribution of content and messages isn’t considered all that effective in providing business value to companies, according to a recent analysis by Forrester Research. It’s hard to believe.

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The 20 Best Marketing Conferences In 2013

Marketing Insider Group

There are events covering just about every topic in marketing today: social media, online marketing, search engine marketing, inbound marketing, branding, marketing leadership, content marketing, direct marketing, business marketing and more.

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Social Selling: What Does it Actually Mean?

PureB2B

According to studies conducted by the American research firm, Forrester Research , the average consumer can now complete 60 to 90 percent of the entire purchase process before any contact with a salesperson. The truth is that you will probably make no headway with direct selling at the network group’s first meeting.

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Power Opinions - BANT is BUNK … Revisited

ViewPoint

Ginger Conlon (Editor-in-Chief, Direct Marketing News). "I Jeff Ernst (Forrester). "BANT has always been BUNK for salespeople. The savviest sellers must create opportunities; they don’t wait for them to be fully funded.". I would add timing back to the list. Think: lead nurturing. Craig Rosenberg (TOPO and Funnelholic).

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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 120: Q&A with Peter Isaacson @peisaacson

Heinz Marketing

I think probably the best example of that for you guys more recently is the Forrester Wave that recently came out. Really for category to really stand as a true category, you need a lot of things to happen, but one of the key milestones certainly is Gartner doing a magic quadrant and/or Forrester doing one of their waves around the category.

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When You Need Research to Be in the Know and How to Do It

Vision Edge Marketing

For Motion Computing who produced advanced mobile-enabled technologies to adapt productivity solutions to the way people work, focused on driving innovation based on the market and customer’s needs. They felt direct market input was vital to the company’s understanding of feature sets and functionality priorities.

Research 101