The Point

JUNE 23, 2020

One fixture of B2B marketing for more than a decade is the lead funnel, brought to prominence by the analysts at SiriusDecisions (now part of Forrester.) Report: Why Demand Marketers Should Expand their Focus Beyond the Lead Click To Tweet. Even cynics like me will find the argument convincing.

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Only B2B

MARCH 20, 2024

Did you know that only 5-10% of marketing qualified leads (MQLs) convert into paying customers? This statistic, highlighted in a Forrester Research report, underscores the crucial role of lead qualification in B2B marketing. But how do you identify leads ready to be handed off to your sales team?

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Only B2B

MARCH 6, 2024

“The only metric that matters in marketing is how many qualified leads you generate every month.” ” – Seth Godin, Marketing Author and Entrepreneur Generating qualified leads is the heart of lead generation and contributes to your bottom line i.e. revenue.

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Only B2B

APRIL 10, 2024

These are leads that have been validated and are ready to be handed over to the sales team. Usually, MQLs are the leads that have shown interest in various ways, like downloading content like ebooks, white paper, signing up for a company newsletter attending a webinar or online event. But ignoring MQL altogether is a costly mistake.

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markempa

JULY 6, 2017

In this post, I’m going to focus on how to do lead management that increases sales conversion. Here’s why: First, B2B lead conversion to actual revenue conversion is low. According to Forrester, top performers convert 1.54% of leads to revenue. And average performers turn less than 0.75% of leads into closed deals.

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Metadata

AUGUST 23, 2022

When the Metadata Marketing Team read through the Forrester Wave : B2B Advertising Solutions report, we were…a little surprised. Here’s our hot take on where Forrester got it right and where they missed the mark with B2B advertising. What Forrester got right. What Forrester got wrong. Number 1: The state of B2B Marketing.

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Only B2B

APRIL 3, 2024

You got it—Generating sales-qualified leads. According to a Gartner survey, a mere 34% of marketing-qualified leads (MQLs) progress to sales-accepted leads (SALs), and only 47% of these SALs become sales-qualified leads (SQLs) , with just over half culminating in successful deals. But how does it work?

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Contently

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

There’s a line in Forrester’s latest report on content marketing platforms, or CMPs for short, that I love. In 2017 we made significant investments in each component of the Contently offering to help marketers enforce brand governance, increase audience engagement, and improve workflow efficiency.

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Valasys

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

A definitive agreement was reached between Forrester Research and SiriusDecisions Inc. SiriusDecisions will be acquired by Forrester for $245 million to aid in creating a robust platform that guides companies and Chief Marketing Officers (CMO) to drive business growth in this customer oriented era. According to George F.

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Influitive

OCTOBER 21, 2015

That’s what Forrester Vice President and Principal Analyst Laura Ramos has found in a new report, Advocate Marketing Creates B2B Customer Relationships That Last A Lifetime. . Advocate marketing programs can help employees enjoy their jobs more, and in turn, provide better service to customers. Higher brand reach at lower cost.

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Conductor

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Once again, Conductor has the highest score in current offering in The Forrester Wave TM : Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Platforms, Q3 2020. Does it help implement those solutions? A true enterprise platform marries technology and services together to help you achieve your goals. Get Support with Industry-Leading Services.

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Vidyard

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Forrester Report: Understanding the Performance Levers in Your Lead-to-Revenue System. Forrester suggests that it is, in fact, feasible to accurately predict the outcome of your marketing efforts if you take an analytical approach to understanding the key performance drivers. Get the Report. Get the Report.

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SalesIntel

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The ultimate goal of any sales and marketing team is to increase total sales volume by maximizing the number of lead conversions. Various processes of lead generation and lead nurturing are followed to aid in this process. What do you mean by lead nurturing? 6 common mistakes in lead nurturing and how to avoid them.

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Valasys

MARCH 4, 2019

ProKarma’s strategy and design division, Lenati, was recently named the top B2B marketing agency by the B2B Marketing Agencies, North America, Q1 2019 report conducted by Forrester Research Inc. Founded in 2004, ProKarma is a global IT solutions company that helps organizations build the vision and the tools that are needed to run the future.

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Do you wish to increase your lead generation business in 2022? But, in 2022, what are you going to do better to enhance your B2B lead generation strategies? Conventional lead generation tactics for B2B marketers will not work in 2022. Scroll down to learn about the top B2B lead generating methods to implement in 2022.

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NetLine

JUNE 21, 2022

Over the years, we’ve talked at length about the best ways to follow up with leads and how to keep them engaged. . Let’s establish what lead nurturing is and why staggering your initial follow-up message is crucial to your success. What is B2B Lead Nurturing? How to Know When to Follow Up With Your Leads. No, thanks, pal.

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6sense

JUNE 22, 2017

Forrester has just released The Forrester Wave TM : Predictive Marketing Analytics for B2B Marketers, Q2 2017. In the first report of its kind for the predictive marketing analytics space, Forrester named 6sense a leader among predictive analytics providers. And of the industry. How this Wave went down. Next up: the contenders.

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Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In today’s fiercely competitive business landscape, converting leads into loyal customers is the goal. Lead scoring, a critical component of any successful sales and marketing strategy, can be the bridge that guides your leads towards conversion. This is where lead scoring enters the picture.

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Only B2B

JUNE 19, 2023

In the current highly competitive business environment, generating high-quality leads and expediting the sales journey is of utmost importance. BANT qualification, a well-established approach in lead assessment, has revolutionized the game by offering a framework to evaluate prospects and identify sales-ready leads.

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Only B2B

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Are you generating huge numbers of leads? In the earlier blog episode, we checked the method to measure the quality lead, right?! utilize it and check whether generated leads are worth for your business? They know that, market actually demands for quality leads. The whole thing is about quality ‘leads’.

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Metadata

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

A great product helped, but that’s only half the story. Case in point: Over 90% of respondents to a 2023 Forrester survey said they completely or somewhat trust peers in their industry. So, here’s a trick to help you succeed: Experiment with your audiences, ads, and assets. Lucky for us, we got the other half during DEMAND. “We

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Conductor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

We want to help you communicate that value to your company with confidence. That’s why we commissioned leading market research firm Forrester to build the Conductor + Forrester ROI Calculator (live on September 24) through an independent study of Conductor customers. You know SEO is your most valuable digital channel.

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Televerde

APRIL 30, 2020

Enter Televerde , the first and only fully integrated sales and marketing technology organization with a proven execution model for generating demand and accelerating sales, to help companies solve these complex challenges. Since the company began in 1995, Televerde has generated $8B in revenue for its clients. Mockingbird Communications. +1

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Madison Logic

JULY 25, 2023

The industry-leading ML Insights unifies datasets from multiple sources to score accounts on purchase propensity, empowering enterprise B2B marketers to prioritize key accounts, drive higher account engagement, and accelerate conversion across the sales cycle. “The

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Madison Logic

JULY 25, 2023

The industry-leading ML Insights unifies datasets from multiple sources to score accounts on purchase propensity, empowering enterprise B2B marketers to prioritize key accounts, drive higher account engagement, and accelerate conversion across the sales cycle. “The

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6sense

MAY 31, 2018

The Forrester New Wave report lists 14 ABM platforms that matter the most and how they stack up. Forrester says: “6sense announced its acquisition of ZenIQ on April 11, 2018. 6sense was recognized as a leader in the predictive space in the Forrester Wave: Predictive Analytics Platforms for B2B marketers, as seen below.

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Oktopost

JANUARY 5, 2021

Over the past 30 years, I have been helping companies build and operate high performing go-to-market functions across the globe. With all this considered, I would like to share with you some of the ways that I have seen social being used to help product marketers deliver their best. Developing Your Buyer Personas. Maybe but….

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PathFactory

MAY 2, 2019

That’s the question at the heart of an October 2018 report by Forrester: AI Will Enable B2B Marketers To Deliver Customer-Driven Engagement At Scale. Forrester defines AI as “the umbrella term for a variety of techniques and technologies for collecting, applying self-learning statistical techniques to, and acting on data.”

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Content4Demand

APRIL 9, 2021

With this abundance of signals (often mixed with faulty information), how can companies improve their lead scoring efforts to determine the signals that indicate action? AI-powered lead scoring is the practice of ranking leads by the propensity to convert and, ideally, turn them into a customer. Refining Lead Scoring Through AI.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

“The ability to focus on customer journeys and reorient your organization around customer journeys is the great ‘unlock’ for companies that are struggling, perhaps, to make progress with their customer experience scores and their programs,” said Joana de Quintanilha, VP, principal analyst at Forrester at The MarTech Conference.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 20, 2022

Marketers have spent years making sure they get credit for the leads generated by their hardworking teams. But as B2B sales gets more competitive and complex, simply knowing who sourced a lead may no longer be good enough. Data from Forrester Research shows how rapidly marketing metrics are changing. Everyone’s happy.”

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 19, 2022

” Forrester : “Organisations [sic] that are pivoting and turning the focus of their operations, technology and go-to market messaging to centre [sic] on the customer are twice as successful, and they enjoy longer customer retention, higher brand recognition, and even improved employee retention.”

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Martech

JANUARY 25, 2022

You’ve worked hard to turn the engagement from your recent marketing campaign into leads. Once your suspects have become prospects who’ve finally reached the scoring threshold, you toss the leads over the proverbial wall for sales to work. Later, you learn that after an initial push, your warm marketing leads have gone cold.

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Leadspace

MARCH 31, 2022

As a leader in the Forrester Wave, Leadspace is fortunate enough to meet with hundreds of companies every quarter who are looking to tackle sales & marketing challenges. Leadspace was tasked with delivering a Buyer Platform measurably improving all aspects of the inbound lead management process. Profile Better. Campaign Better.

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Vidyard

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Many marketers are underestimating the importance of distribution and treating it as an afterthought, according to a recent Forrester report. Different people are on different platforms for different reasons and Forrester argues that your content must align with this. of these extremely tactical takeaways. Check out the report here !

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6sense

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Kerry started the webinar by sharing some hard truths about the state of selling: Hard Truth #1: If They’re a Lead, You May Be Too Late. B2B sales used to be all about leads. Even now, many revenue teams lean heavily into the lead-based mindset. ABM tools help them better understand the buyers’ research and buying processes.

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6sense

JANUARY 26, 2016

To wrap up 2015, Forrester Research, Inc. According to Forrester, all of these developments add up to a lot of change: B2B marketers will have to accept a fundamentally different role in the modern enterprise, reimagine their relationship with sales and change their approach to demand generation.

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