B2B Marketing Directions

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Image Source: Gartner, Inc. Gartner recently published the findings of the 2020 Gartner Marketing Operations and Organization Survey. The survey results are described in two reports - the 2020 Marketing Operations Survey report, and the Marketing Organization Survey 2020 report.

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Martech

MAY 22, 2023

Marketing budgets remain flat in 2023 having failed to climb back to pre-COVID levels. That’s one takeaway from Gartner’s latest CMO Spend and Strategy survey unveiled at the Gartner Marketing Symposium and Xpo in Denver. this year Catalytic marketing. The state of martech spend.

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Martech

MARCH 14, 2023

As marketers explore this generative AI tool without restriction, CMOs must assess its impact along three key functions: content production, ideation and market research. Assessing ChatGPTs impact on key marketing functions 1. Dig deeper: Does ChatGPT pose an existential threat to marketers?

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Thinkers360

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Analyst Relations (AR) and B2B Influencer Relations programs work hand-in-hand as strategic arms, elevating your brand within your target market. Expert Tip: When defining your goals and objectives, it’s also important to distinguish between analyst relations, influencer relations, and B2B influencer marketing.

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chiefmartech

DECEMBER 27, 2021

But the circumstances that catalyzed this punctuated equilibrium of marketing’s evolution have been hard for so many in so many ways. I know, I didn’t publish a 2021 version of the marketing technology landscape. It’s all part of what is expected to be a half $1 trillion cloud software industry in 2022.

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Martech

OCTOBER 26, 2023

I recently spoke at a marketing conference and, unsurprisingly, AI took center stage in many discussions. My presentation centered on the need for marketers to move beyond generative AI and start using AI to gain deeper insights into their customers. The meeting was going to focus on a new technology called marketing automation.

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ClickZ

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

A technical marketing landscape requires technical skills, but marketing still requires creativity, empathy, and humanity. Balancing data with creativity is incredibly important, particularly in the post-COVID-19 marketing universe. In just one year, Scott Brinker’s Martech Landscape grew from 7000 to over 8000 solutions.

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Content Standard

APRIL 23, 2024

Across industries and business models, marketing is essential to surviving and thriving. But marketing’s core mission—being the expert in the customer and evolving how to build brand preference and loyalty—remains vital. A connected marketing engine and centralized view of customer data, led by the CMO, address this issue.

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Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 12, 2017

Thomas Wieberneit argues in a thoughtful blog post that companies need one platform for consolidated customer data, but that Customer Data Platform isn’t it because the CDP is “marketer-controlled” by definition, and thus doesn’t support other departments. Many of the CDP vendors have told me their systems are used outside of marketing.

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chiefmartech

JANUARY 10, 2022

Following my wrap-up of martech from 2021 — tl;dr a year in digital marketing that was experienced like a Twitch stream at 1.5X And 35% of them are willing to make $500,000+ purchases for a new product or service either remotely or via digital self-serve. Another commerce-related theme that will be big for marketers is Ecosystems.

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TrustRadius Marketing

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The solution lies in artificial intelligence for IT operations, or AIOps. Gartner estimates that up to 30% of enterprises will have incorporated AIOps into their infrastructure by as early as 2023. Today, it’s not uncommon to find specific apps, platforms, or even services tied to individual businesses.

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Martech

AUGUST 19, 2022

Integration is essential when building and optimizing your marketing stack. It creates a more efficient and effective digital ecosystem data that allows marketers to gain real-time insights into campaign performance while providing a holistic view of customers and marketing efforts. Inadequate vendor/product due diligence.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 18, 2017

More stakeholders than ever are engaged in enterprise buying decisions. According to Gartner, the average enterprise technology buying team now includes more than 13 people ! Now, Gartner research indicates that a meager 1 in 5 of the decisions are led by IT people.

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Martech

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Personalization is not just a marketing buzzword. It has come a long way from its origins in the 1990s and is now powered by advanced technology, behavioral data and a plethora of marketing tools. However, as personalization becomes a baseline expectation for consumers, it presents new challenges for chief marketing officers (CMOs).

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Zoominfo

MARCH 31, 2023

Industry experts at Gartner estimate that poor data quality costs businesses about $13 million a year. A data silo is a specific collection of data owned, managed, and accessed by one group of users within a business. But that control and ownership can quickly spiral into disconnection and disorganization.

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Hubspot

APRIL 5, 2023

Table of Contents Sales Career and Salary Stats The Buyer’s Journey Lead Generation Stats Sales Software Stats Sales Careers and Salary Stats Practically every business in every industry needs salespeople. Account managers work closely with customers to make sure they have a good experience and get the help they need.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

DECEMBER 12, 2022

During the five years I covered marketing technology as a Gartner research analyst, I never saw a category take off like the customer data platform (CDP). In 2016, the CDP shot up Gartner’s well-known Hype Cycle – which tracks buzz – more vigorously than anything in memory. Most important, it unlocks the value of data.

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Martech

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It’s up to marketers to make the case for the technology they want to use. More than they might think, marketers hold the future of their organization’s digital transformation in their own hands. This was the message from Michael McCune, Senior Director at Gartner, at our recent MarTech conference. Always-on marketing.

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ClickZ

JUNE 12, 2020

Our AI Summit 2020 is a cost-free event that aims to equip marketers with the much needed knowledge to adopt AI, realize AI’s true power, and know how to create strategies that can create huge competitive advantages. More details on why marketers can’t afford to miss this golden opportunity. billion in 2019 to $40.74 Dave Neway.

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Martech

APRIL 19, 2023

Complex decision-making has become increasingly challenging as strong operational excellence and productivity, especially within marketing organizations , become vital competitive advantages. Many businesses today, and the marketers that serve them, need better insight to bridge the gap between massive amounts of data and business decisions.

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TrustRadius Marketing

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

When was the last time you took a break from customer journeys to invest in your professional journey as a marketer? If you feel like your journey has been stunted because of the metrics, content curation and campaigns that have consumed your schedule, it’s time to make time for a marketing event this year. . Adobe Summit.

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Valasys

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Customer Experience Management (CXM) is a new visionary approach to marketing & it’s about architecting a favorable environment for enhanced customer experience (CX). Customer Experience Management is all set to become smarter in the year 2020. According to Gartner. Why Customer Experience Management is Important.

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Valasys

AUGUST 14, 2019

Prelude: A content management system (CMS) manages the creation & manipulation of digitized pieces of content. They can be widely used for either enterprise content management or web content management. A headless content management system, or headless CMS, is a CMS built exclusively for the back-end.

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Scoop.it

MARCH 10, 2022

Generating high-quality content is not that easy, especially when you need a high volume of resources regularly – but there’s plenty you can do when you know the latest content marketing trends. With such marketing automation technologies, marketers have achieved a 14% increase in sales productivity and a 12% reduction in overhead.

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Conversica

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

the leader in conversational artificial intelligence (AI) for business, today announced the addition of Rashmi Vittal to the company’s executive leadership team as its new chief marketing officer. She’s a proven leader who encourages cross-collaboration between product, sales and marketing. . — November 27, 2018 — Conversica , Inc.,

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Only B2B

AUGUST 21, 2023

Data cleansing automation presents a spectrum of advantages beyond mere accuracy. This precision is not just a luxury but a necessity; according to Gartner, organizations lose $15 million annually due to poor data quality. Must Read: How Data Cleansing Help To Boost Your Marketing Campaign Performance?

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Marketing Interactions

JANUARY 19, 2020

Which B2B buyer personas, when engaged, will help marketers drive contribution to revenues? This is rarely the case unless the solution the client sells is highly strategic or they sell to SMBs where the CXO is responsible for cross-functional roles and/or has a very limited team. Let’s take on both of those questions.

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chiefmartech

DECEMBER 27, 2016

This is Part 5 of a 5-part series on 5 Disruptions to Marketing (you can start with Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , and Part 4 if you haven’t already): Digital transformation redefines “marketing” beyond the marketing department. Vertical competition presents a greater strategic threat than horizontal competition.

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ClickZ

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Enterprise content marketing platform Percolate, in collaboration with ClickZ, presented a webinar focused on explaining how B2B marketers can drive sales enablement by using content as the catalyst to streamline the relationship between sales and marketing teams. What is marketing orchestration?

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

According to Gartner , twelve years ago technology spending outside of IT was only 20 percent of total technology spending. In two years , Gartner Inc. Moreover, by the end of this decade Gartner is predicting businesses will control a whopping 90 percent of technology spend.

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nDash

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Whether you’re looking for live or virtual events, there are plenty of opportunities to fill your calendar with content marketing events. Last year, in our 2021 State of the Top 25 Content Marketing Events round-up, we brought you the year’s top conferences—and this year is no exception. Marketing Analytics Summit 2022.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Gartner's latest CIO study, "Reimagining IT: The 2011 CIO Agenda" highlights several important trends that will have significant impact on technology marketing and sales enablement into 2011 and beyond. According to Gartner, this requires CIOs re-imagine IT and lead it through a process of “creative destruction.

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Strategic-IC

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

It’s been said that ABM without Sales is just good Marketing. And that’s what probably sets ABM apart from other Go-to-market strategies. They cited Sales and Marketing alignment as the hardest (or one of the hardest) parts of Account-based Marketing. Aligning with Sales - As a marketer, switching to a Sales mindset.

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ClearVoice

AUGUST 31, 2020

The technological advancements we have today provide a form of ‘lifesaver’ for some business owners that allow businesses to retain revenue and still provide services and/or sell products to their clients. In a way, transactions may become just that — system enabled delivery of a product or service that lacks the human element.

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Madison Logic

OCTOBER 4, 2023

As more buyers work from home and utilize digital channels for a self-driven buying experience, Connected TV (CTV)—which includes Smart TV’s and other devices that allow brands to reach their audiences through internet targeting—has emerged as a compelling choice for B2B marketers seeking to enhance their multi-channel ABM strategy.

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SalesIntel

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Buyer intent data is becoming an increasingly effective and powerful analytical tool for B2B marketing leaders. B2B buyer intent data uncovers actionable analytics used to find potential buyers interested in a company’s products/services, and determine what products or services buyers may be interested in. Get Started.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 23, 2018

Marketing has always struggled to show its value. Only 21% had a marketing background among FTSE 100 CEOs. Marketing as a Growth Driver. Raconteur cited executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles, revealing the proportion of European CEOs with a marketing background to have grown from 15% to 21% between 2011 and 2015.

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