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New Gartner report challenges conventional wisdom on holiday marketing

Martech

However, a new Gartner report takes a contrarian view, saying the focus should be on inclusivity and ESG (environmental, social and governance) achievements. The Gartner report diplomatically refers to these episodes as “significant consumer reaction to explicit or implicit socio-political stances.”) Get MarTech! In your inbox.

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What is Lead Scoring for Marketing and What Are the Benefits?

Act-On

eBook Learn More According to research from Gartner, B2B buyers are spending more time researching online, and less time interacting directly with sales — as little as 5-6% of their total buying journey. For example: Junior employee downloaded an introductory guide to your general area of expertise? We’ll use them as examples again.)

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4 Ways New Data Cloud Features Help You Personalize Ads by Salesforce

Martech

Don’t follow the pack — be a leader Read the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Customer Data Platforms. Learn why Gartner named Salesforce a Leader, placing highest in ability to execute and furthest in completeness in vision. Let’s take a look at how these innovations will help your advertising efforts.

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B2B Customer Experience: Balancing the Human Factor with Technology

Vision Edge Marketing

Gartner’s survey reveals a whopping 75% of B2B buyers prefer self-service, versus interacting with sales representatives, during the initial stages of the buying process. Platforms like the one in this example illustrate how organizations can gain additional insights into customer preferences and behaviors.

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2024 Predictions: Social media’s evolution

Martech

“We don’t anticipate an immediate mass abandonment amongst social users, but rather the potential for a minimization of engagement,” said Dan Gutter, analyst for Gartner. “It Gartner recently projected 50% of consumers would “abandon or significantly limit their interactions” with social media by 2025. of all U.S.

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Inclusive Relevance: Your Content’s Job Description

Marketing Interactions

Only 40% of content read by buyers is considered relevant (IDG). So, if your content is sitting unused or isn’t relevant, how many deals are you not even aware you’re missing? At last count by CEB (Gartner), there are nearly 7 people involved in a B2B buying decision. Let’s take an example.

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Marketers under pressure to cut martech spend

Martech

That’s one takeaway from Gartner’s latest CMO Spend and Strategy survey unveiled at the Gartner Marketing Symposium and Xpo in Denver. Gartner cites recessionary fears, inflation and a talent gap as stoking concerns in the enterprise that have knock-on effects on marketing and marketing technology investments.

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