Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 5, 2017

For years, we’ve been told that silos between customer service and marketing are just facts of life–something to expect. According to recent Forrester research , one of the most significant hurdles to excelling in this new reality is support teams and marketing teams not being on the same page. Something amazing is happening.

Enterprise Management 208

Enterprise Management Work Management Social Media Marketing Management 208

The Point

JULY 18, 2014

Over at Forrester Research, Vice President Laura Ramos recently talked to Advertising Age (“ Marketers Still Struggling to Get Results from Content Marketing “) about what she perceives as a general lack of return from the investment so many companies are making in content marketing.

Forrester 100

Forrester Work Management Content Marketing Demand Generation Agencies 100

The Marketing Blender

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Which social media platforms drive the most sales? You know that social media is a powerful tool for promoting your business, but you might not know which platforms are the most effective at driving sales. While each social media platform has its own unique benefits, they’re not all laser-focused on ROI. See Our Work. .

Social Media 98

Social Media Marketing Budget Media Budget Programs 98

Onalytica B2B

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

As the field emerges and becomes more widely discussed, social media’s role in shaping public debate answering these questions and more has never been more apparent, with more of us turning to social media for news. So, how do the public interact differently with Influencers & the Media? So, what does this mean?

Marketing AI 279

Marketing AI Media Advertising Mediums Forrester 279

Forrester B2B

MAY 13, 2022

Audience insights are more critical than ever for B2B marketers. Business decision makers are making the shift to anywhere work and spending more of their time with digital media. How much time are B2B buyers spending with digital media?

B2B Marketing 52

B2B Marketing B2B Media Forrester 52

Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 29, 2023

B2B growth plan: perfecting partner ecosystem marketing 45 percent of B2B marketing decision-makers at typical B2B organizations have said that new or renewed ecosystem partners were their primary revenue source, as more B2B companies have moved towards broadening their partner ecosystems, according to newly-published Forrester Research data.

Paid Search Agency 108

Paid Search Agency B2B Marketing Advertising Agencies Linkedin 108

Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Who are some of the top B2B influencer marketing experts to learn from and follow as we head into 2024? Let’s jump right in and take a look at 25 top B2B influencer marketing professionals to follow and learn from in the year ahead.

B2B Marketing 123

B2B Marketing Enterprise Management B2B Work Management 123

Martech

APRIL 12, 2024

The current business environment — increasingly omnichannel but with a heavy reliance on digital — requires successful marketers to capture, analyze and leverage data to deliver timely personalized interactions across every customer touchpoint. Fully 75% of global 100 organizations say CX is a top priority, according to Forrester Research.

Enterprise Management 97

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Marketing AI 97

Top Rank Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Social Media Today U.S. Ad Market Posts Third Consecutive Gain In September, Albeit Marginally September marked the third consecutive month that the U.S. advertising market recorded a rise in year-over-year ad spending, with a scant 0.1 What Makes B2B Tech Buyers Distrust Brands?

Trust Marketing 110

Trust Marketing B2B Marketing Linkedin Advertising Agencies 110

Zoominfo

JANUARY 4, 2022

The digital marketing landscape is more competitive than ever — and if you’re not prepared, you’re already behind. Here are four B2B marketing trends to implement (or at the very least, be on the lookout for) in 2022. Forrester also predicts that marketing tech budgets will increase from 19% to 25% in 2022.

Trends 130

Trends Account Based Marketing B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency 130

Biznology

JUNE 23, 2021

Still, according to a 2021 Forrester study , most marketers admit to having a tough time replicating the “compelling storytelling and lead-generating aspects” of in-person events. Reusable marketing assets. You can start creating new marketing videos and demos with segments that are easy to excerpt. Well, of course.

Forrester 171

Forrester Personalization Trade Show Webinar Metrics 171

QuanticMind

OCTOBER 11, 2018

New Forrester Report: “Customer-Obsessed Marketing Demands Unified Management”. As a digital marketer and advertiser, you know that the media and marketing landscape have become vastly more complicated over the last few decades, thanks in part to exponential amounts of data from countless new and evolving sources.

Marketing Attribution 40

Marketing Attribution Forrester Planning Peer-to-peer 40

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A recent Forrester report found that Millennials and Gen Z make up 64% of business buyers. While each generation brings its own set of preferences, demands, and expectations to the market, the report shows that younger buyers are much more likely to voice their dissatisfaction than previous generations. Take the assessment today!

Buy 130

Buy Generation Peer-to-peer B2B 130

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

” I call it participation marketing, and the reason is clear. Credible research and data validate the proposition that mobilizing employees as media is a good thing: Peer recommendations drive business value. Technologists are active on social media. Employees tell better stories than you do. They have no agenda.

Social Media 145

Social Media Social Marketing Marketing & Strategy Peer-to-peer 145

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 29, 2020

What Does Content Marketing ROI Include? Measuring content marketing effectiveness (and discovering the ROI beneath your campaigns) makes the difference between frustration and confidence when presenting on your progress. Calculating Content Marketing ROI. You can’t convert leads that don’t exist.

Top of Funnel 347

Top of Funnel ROI Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 347

Martech

AUGUST 3, 2022

Retail media networks are a hot new thing that’s been around for decades. But, like everything else in marketing, digital took it into a whole different realm. Retailers that partner with media companies offer brands the opportunity to expand their reach and improve targeting with the use of in-depth shopper data.

Media 92

Media Allocation Advertising Agencies Network Marketing 92

KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Not all marketers have seen their investment in data and analytics pay off, but new research suggests that they aren’t ready to give up on it just yet. Only 27% of senior-level marketers stated that marketing analytics has had the influence that they expected. Marketing with Analytics for the Future.

Analytics 172

Analytics Positioning Gartner Forrester 172

Thinkers360

MARCH 8, 2024

Brands & Companies : Sign up to find and work with advisors, analysts, authors, influencers and speakers in your niche and to amplify your own executives, thought leaders, and content among our opt-in community with over 100M followers on social media combined! 3 Jason Forrest Forrest Performance Group Contact Jason Forrest Score: 75.12

B2B Thought Leadership 126

B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 126

SmartBrief - Marketing

JANUARY 22, 2024

AI is a transformative capability that has proliferated across the marketing technology stack, though most B2B marketers aren’t using it to its fullest potential. As B2B marketers gain a better understanding of AI’s capabilities, trust in these valuable solutions can grow.

Marketing AI 83

Marketing AI B2B Marketing Trends Planning 83

Oktopost

JULY 5, 2017

How can you measure and demonstrate the true impact of your B2B social media marketing efforts? In its 2016 Report Metrics That Matter for B2B Marketers, Forrester surveyed a large number … What’s next?

Social Media 109

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Media 109

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2021

Let’s get real about B2B content marketing. In this post, we’ll review why B2B content marketing sucks and how to improve it so that it delivers a true ROI (return on investment). Most industries are in a state of content marketing saturation. Further, more data suggests B2B content marketers aren’t confident in their success.

B2B Marketing 289

B2B Marketing Content Marketing B2B Thought Leadership Planning 289

Sprout Social

JUNE 13, 2023

The customers I speak to daily, especially those in the B2B space, are always concerned about proving their return on investment for social media. There are no impulse buys in the B2B SaaS industry and quantifying the impact of social media within the buyer’s journey is not always straightforward. in savings over three years.

Social Media 101

Social Media ROI Work Management Marketing Management 101

Biznology

DECEMBER 17, 2020

B2B marketing quickly adapted to the challenges of the global pandemic, thanks to the many talented people who have chosen business markets as their professional focus. We are lucky to have all these skilled B2B marketers in our camp. We are lucky to have all these skilled B2B marketers in our camp.

B2B Marketing 197

B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Marketing Management 197

Forrester B2B

JANUARY 20, 2022

What's the best way to spend your paid media advertising budget in 2022? Forrester Principal Analyst John Arnold shares the 10 best ideas.

Spending 65

Spending Forrester Media Best Practices 65

The Point

MARCH 8, 2018

Technology marketers love analyst reports. Sure, they’re expensive to license, but they’re instant fodder for all sorts of content marketing, they bring credibility and name recognition to a campaign, and – bonus – they say nice things about your product. However, in my experience, most tech companies don’t know how to market them.

Marketing Report 216

Marketing Report Planning Gartner Demand Generation Agencies 216

KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 21, 2020

Although artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow as a marketing tool, new research shows that many marketers are still hesitant to integrate it into their strategies. Advertiser Perceptions recently published the results of a survey, asking 300 marketers and advertisers how they plan to utilize AI in the near future.

Marketing AI 156

Marketing AI Planning Customer Surveys Marketing & Strategy 156

Martech

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Digital transformation can mean many things to marketers and organizations. Many on the list are marketers and entrepreneurs themselves. The knowledge they share covers what businesses can do to transform and how marketers can rise to the challenge and discover new value — now and in the future. LinkedIn: Tim Crawford (5.9K

Digital Transformation 116

Digital Transformation Enterprise Management B2B Thought Leadership Work Management 116

KoMarketing Associates

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Many marketers struggle to harness valuable, accurate data, and new research shows that they are wasting their marketing spend and losing customers as a result. Over the past 12 months, an average of 26% of marketing campaigns have been hurt by poor data quality, amongst the respondents in the report.

Budget Management 123

Budget Management Marketing Report Spending Forrester 123

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Did you know that when it comes to tracking your social media metrics, there are millions that you could be analyzing to reach your KPIs? KPIs of course, are the values used by marketing and social media teams to measure the performance of your social media campaigns. Engagement.

Social Media 134

Social Media ROI Social Marketing Media 134

KoMarketing Associates

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Although marketers have not always been keen to use the data at their fingertips, new research suggests that more of them are looking to take advantage of analytics in the coming months. In general, the majority of marketers (43%) say that their current digital analytics technology has helped improve the customer experience.

Marketing Report 128

Marketing Report Analytics Forrester Statistics 128

Only B2B

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The global B2B intent data market is expected to reach a value of USD 2.16 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 22.7% – [ Forbes report ] At this point, where the marketing landscape is full of noise, the most successful B2B businesses are already reaping the benefits of intent data — to maximize revenue.

Intent Data 62

Intent Data Intent B2B Sales ROI 62

Vidyard

MARCH 11, 2016

Content marketing has cut itself a lion’s share in the marketing world. It’s pretty simple when you think about it, technically every part of your marketing mix should revolve around promoting content. Forrester has been following marketers to ask them how those efforts were going, and the answer is… not so well.

Forrester 50

Forrester Tactics Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies 50

Convince & Convert

MARCH 6, 2017

It’s not every day that you hear someone saying, “The return on my social media strategy is outstanding!” ” In fact, new research from eMarketer shows that less than 20% of B2B marketers know for sure that their social media is generating positive results, and I’d guess the B2C data is similar.

Social Media 117

Social Media Media Webinar Metrics Forrester 117

Only B2B

APRIL 10, 2024

MQL sits at the intersection of marketing and sales. Many marketers view MQL as flawed because less than 1% of these leads typically reach the final stage of the buying process, and even then, there’s no guarantee they’ll convert. These are leads that have been validated and are ready to be handed over to the sales team.

Marketing Qualified Leads 71

Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads High Quality Lead 71

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 30, 2021

Are you using empathy in your marketing ? Because marketing isn’t something you do to people; it’s something you do with people. The problem with modern sales and marketing. I see with marketing (and sales) this: we get clinical and treat our customers as objects to convert rather than people who need help.

Paid Search Agency 291

Paid Search Agency B2B Sales Marketing & Strategy CMO 291

Convince & Convert

JULY 31, 2014

The Social Pros Podcast brings together great minds in social media every week to learn about their successes and struggles. July brought us guests from research IT company Forrester ; Expion , the content marketing experts and Social Pros sponsors; the Beancast marketing podcast; and financial services company Discover.

Social Media 131

Social Media Media Forrester Communities 131

Valasys

DECEMBER 5, 2019

With the proliferation of technology & the Internet of Things (IoT), the B2B marketing world has transformed & evolved. Marching to an ecosystem that is ever-transcendent & dynamic, the B2B marketers need to learn about the amazing B2B marketing trends for 2020. The Key B2B Digital Marketing Trends for 2020.

Marketing AI 110

Marketing AI Trends B2B Marketing Top of Funnel 110