PathFactory

JUNE 23, 2022

After 7+ years as a SiriusDecisions then Forrester analyst leading B2B content research, I joined PathFactory as SVP of Product Marketing and Research. In its 2021 B2B Buying Study study, Forrester benchmarked that over 80% of B2B purchases involve three or more people in a typical buying group.

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PathFactory

JUNE 8, 2023

Fresh from Forrester B2B Summit, Anne Marie Kilgallon , Head of Partnerships at PathFactory, shares five key takeaways she learned after spending the week in Austin among some of the best and brightest in B2B. AI was all the rage at Forrester. What does this mean for B2B marketers ? AI is table stakes for GTM teams.

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PathFactory

JUNE 13, 2023

By Christine Polewarczyk, SVP Product Marketing and Research, PathFactory Last year at Forrester B2B Summit, I was on the mainstage with former colleague Phyllis Davidson giving a keynote on “Time Travel and Transformation: The Future of B2B Content.” Content AI has now reached a critical inflection point in the market.

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Engagio

AUGUST 29, 2022

Join guest speaker Bob Peterson, VP, Principal Analyst at Forrester, James Meono, Director, Digital Marketing at Union Bank, and Jackie Palmer, Demandbase VP of Product Marketing to learn how to build a business case and successfully implement ABM at your organization.

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Outreach

MARCH 8, 2021

With a bit more than a week behind me, since I finished my second act at Forrester, I am thrilled to announce that I have joined Outreach as its first-ever Global Innovation Evangelist. In 2020, I led the research and authored the category-defining Forrester Wave™: Sales Engagement.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 28, 2020

As a marketer or B2B business owner, it is extremely important to take advantage of visual communications to accommodate this portion of society. Believe it or not, there are many movies that have a lot to teach us about the world of business and the essential traits needed in order to become a successful marketer. The Truman Show.

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Modern B2B

OCTOBER 20, 2023

and tech spending growth (YoY) is predicted at 3.6% (European Tech Market Forecast, 2022 to 2027) – all pretty banal. The dimensions of value Value isn’t just monetary or business related, there are other dimensions that we don’t usually consider or measure in marketing. The projections certainly weren’t rosy.

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Seismic

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This week Forrester released The Forrester Wave TM : Sales Content Solutions, Q4 2022 report in which Seismic was named a leader. It is a special time for us here at Seismic – after months of submissions and briefings we got to see how our product and strategy stack up through a rigorous lens of 33 evaluation criteria.

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Influitive

OCTOBER 21, 2015

The most powerful tool B2B marketers have in today’s hyper-connected world is genuine word of mouth from their customers—such as reviews, social media shares and recommendations. And brands that use advocate marketing programs to inspire and encourage their customers to create social proof for their products will be the ones that thrive.

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ClickZ

JULY 18, 2019

Forrester evaluated and scored the top 11 B2C commerce suites in late 2018 in their Forrester Wave report. The report summarizes this as “the ability to target content and products with shopper incentives across the shopper journey.”. Of those, SAP and Salesforce led the pack. What made them pull ahead of the rest? out of 5.0)

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Drew Neisser

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

We did have two real Drews, yes, and our production crew surely played a role throughout the entire, multi-step podcast-making process. Generative AI is here to help make processes a little bit easier for B2B marketers. Plus, Drew shares a list of his top AI thought leaders and conferences.

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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. Number 1: The state of B2B Marketing. Well, it depends.

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KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 26, 2019

Although artificial intelligence (AI) is growing as a prominent tactic among marketers, new research suggests that many marketers are still hesitant to turn to it to achieve their top objectives. This is not to say that marketers do not believe that AI will impact the way they work. Marketers Remain Slow to Adopt AI.

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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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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.

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Biznology

JUNE 23, 2021

Much lower production costs. 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. Greater flexibility to attend multiple sessions. Little or no T&E expense.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 11, 2017

I n this session, Forrester boldly predicted that 1 million B2B salespeople would be displaced by 2020, as B2B buyers by-pass reps who just take orders or pitch products, instead favoring digital self-service and more value-added interactions with a select group of more capable, consultative sales reps.

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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!

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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. Instead, B2B marketers are turning their attention to key performance indicators that showcase how full-funnel marketing efforts can deliver increased performance. In 2020, that figure was down to 47%.

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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.

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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.

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The Point

JUNE 23, 2020

B2B marketing has seen a dramatic change in the last decade, driven by radical advances in marketing technology and the emergence of new channels. Content marketing is dead. * Content marketing is dead. * Change in marketing is an evolution, not a coup. Cold-calling is dead. The MQL is dead. . The MQL is dead.

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Vidyard

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

According to Forrester Research, a revolution is coming for account-based marketing. While many companies claim to be experts in ABM, Forrester has found that a lack of connectivity between marketing and sales, combined with a deluge of tools with similar feature sets are holding back real ABM success.

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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. So you can reach and engage in-market buyers.

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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.

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 19, 2022

My most recent blog posts have proposed a new approach for B2B go-to-market teams — a Converged Growth organizational model. This new organizational model represents a complete rethink of traditional B2B sales, marketing and customer service roles, with blended teams, organized around stewardship of customer journey phases.

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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.

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Engagio

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Be it software solutions, artificial intelligence, or go-to-market (GTM) strategies — the common thread behind the value is quality data. This is why I was pleased to see Demandbase’s inclusion in Forrester’s recent landscape report on B2B marketing and sales data providers. Don’t take the provider’s word for it.

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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.

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Biznology

JANUARY 13, 2022

Eager to attend in-person events, B2B marketers may have their hopes dashed again as new variants spread. February 28-March 2, Scottsdale, B2B Marketing Exchange. April 6-7, all virtual, Marketing Profs B2B Forum. May 2-4, Austin and “digital experience,” Forrester B2B Summit North America. And soldier on.

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Terminus

JUNE 14, 2023

Forrester’s B2B Summit North America proved to be an invaluable gathering for B2B sales, marketing, and product leaders. So great Forrester is bringing back the importance of “customer value” front and center, as it can get lost with enterprises wanting to exceed the bottom line and shareholders’ wealth.

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Terminus

JUNE 14, 2023

Forrester’s B2B Summit North America proved to be an invaluable gathering for B2B sales, marketing, and product leaders. So great Forrester is bringing back the importance of “customer value” front and center, as it can get lost with enterprises wanting to exceed the bottom line and shareholders’ wealth.

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ViewPoint

MARCH 12, 2013

I had the great the opportunity to interview Lori Wizdo , B2B marketing analyst at Forrester Research. Lori is a senior analyst with extensive marketing, sales, and operation experience in the information systems and software industries. Some sales professionals even believe that they can't get qualified leads from marketing.

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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. The post How to Market an Analyst Report appeared first on The Point.

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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.

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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. Most marketers will need to pay to get preliminary traffic.

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