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?

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LeanData

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Engagement with prospective customer accounts as markets of one is the essence of account-based marketing (ABM). In effect, you’re marketing to just that singular account. And, of course, you’re likely repeating that entire marketing process across other similar accounts. Each named account gets the royal treatment.

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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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6sense

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Apple’s privacy policy downgrading tracking on mobile and Google’s plans to nix the third-party cookie are making it more challenging for marketers to track prospective customers across properties and target them with ads. Buyer intent is an underutilized resource for today’s marketers and sellers.

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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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Full Circle Insights

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In the mid-2000s, marketers began using the original demand waterfall framework to gain insight on marketing’s performance in terms of leads at the top of the funnel, marketing-qualified leads (MQLs), sales-accepted leads (SALs) and closed/won business.

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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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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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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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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. The right data underpins everything from building target account and contact lists to fueling sales prospecting and cleaning existing databases. Don’t take the provider’s word for it.

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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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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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Top Rank Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

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 advertising market recorded a rise in year-over-year ad spending, with a scant 0.1 Social Media Today U.S.

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Martech

JANUARY 5, 2024

Half of CMOs said “rationalizing retail media with other media investments” is one of their biggest challenges with retail media, according to Forrester’s Q3 2023 B2C Marketing CMO Pulse Survey. Forrester categorized RMNs as an “emerging” technology, signaling that growth, as well as growing pains, are to be expected.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Marketing teams spend a huge amount of time and money to find out what motivates their prospective customers. Online chat tools are a cornerstone of this approach, more broadly known as conversational marketing. What is Conversational Marketing? Real-time communication: Messages that are sent and received instantly.

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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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Navigate the Channel

JULY 27, 2023

Content and database marketing have emerged as indispensable tools in the modern marketing landscape. According to a recent study by Forrester Research, Inc., Content Marketing: Crafting Customer-Centric Messages Gone are the days when generic marketing messages could sway B2B customers.

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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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PathFactory

MAY 2, 2019

AI in marketing. With artificial intelligence disrupting nearly every industry, it’s poised to launch B2B marketing into an exciting new era that puts buyers in the driver’s seat of their own hyper-personalized journeys. The report dissects what this looks like when it comes to the applications of AI in B2B marketing.

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Understanding the benefits of intent data and diving deeper into customer behavior at each step of their journey helps you optimize your marketing strategies. Let’s get on: 10 Key Game-Changing Benefits of Intent Data for Effective Marketing Strategies in 2024! But how do you figure out what your consumers want or need?

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Intent Data Intent Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy 71

LiveRamp

APRIL 19, 2019

LiveRamp commissioned Forrester Consulting to create that picture for our customers. By estimating the real business impact that customers achieved by using LiveRamp, Forrester was able to create a clear picture of the benefits, costs, and flexibility of LiveRamp. Benefits with LiveRamp.

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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.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 14, 2016

Industrial content marketing used by manufacturers, distributors and engineering companies is failing to engage the target audience – engineers, technical professionals and industrial buyers. Back in 2014, Forrester had published their research report titled B2B Content Fails The Customer Engagement Test.

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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.

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Conductor

MARCH 31, 2020

As digital marketing has evolved, search engine optimization (SEO) has increasingly become an initial thought rather than an afterthought in the typical marketing workflow. Here are just a few examples that showcase how effective SEO data can be when it becomes an integral part of your marketing department.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It’s not enough to target individual touchpoints for improvements. Marketers need the big picture when it comes to customer experiences. Additionally, marketers can gain insights into the emotion behind those interactions by measuring the level of engagement and sentiment. asked de Quintanilha.

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Martech

JULY 14, 2022

B2B marketers have employed account-based marketing (ABM) for well over a decade, of course, but the space has evolved rapidly over the past two to three years. Last year, Forrester Research found the average number of buying interactions occurring during the purchase process soared by 10 to 27 in 2021. The vendors respond.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 23, 2023

And as marketing leaders, it’s our job to decide where that beginning will take us—and how we’re going to get there. As I’m choosing the right base layers for my 2023 marketing wardrobe, I’m keeping a few things in mind. Commit to KPIs Regardless of market conditions, we’ll all be held accountable for our KPIs. Trust your team.

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Oktopost

JANUARY 25, 2024

By incorporating social media into a comprehensive revenue generation strategy, B2B enterprises can deepen connections with their target audience and simultaneously boost sales. To measure the effectiveness of social media initiatives, you should identify specific KPIs aligned with the targeted customer life cycle stages.

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Versium

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Versium’s own Chris Matty was featured in a recent Forrester report on humanizing B2B marketing. The punch line: Empathy is the key to humanizing marketing, for both B2B and B2C customers, and it’s essential. We are not “targets” or “behavioral profiles” and nor are our customers.” Contact us to see how Versium can help.

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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. Engagement Level: MQLs typically demonstrate a lower level of engagement with your marketing activities.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 27, 2016

I just received the latest issue of ABM in Action (October 2016), a monthly eMagazine dedicated to Account-Based Marketing from the publishers of Demand Gen Report, and I had to comment on the lead article. It is near impossible to demonstrate value when the approach to marketing changes continually…”.

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6sense

JANUARY 26, 2016

To wrap up 2015, Forrester Research, Inc. published a report looking ahead to what they believe will be B2B marketing’s new mission in 2016. The report highlights new marketing strategies, predictive analytics, marketing automation tools and content messaging. Marketing will continue to transform from an art to a science.

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Contently

AUGUST 22, 2017

Let’s talk about the content marketing industry’s favorite chart. It pops up in about 75 percent of all content marketing talks, showing the explosive growth in searches for “content marketing” this decade. Which was the Greatest Content Marketing Program Ever™, as anyone in the industry will tell you.).

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Hubspot

MAY 12, 2020

As marketers, we've become experts in our target audiences. This might be why only 28% of salespeople say marketing is their best source of leads. The answer to this question could be account-based marketing (or ABM). 36 Account-Based Marketing Stats to Know in 2020. 67% of brands leverage account-based marketing.

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PureB2B

APRIL 20, 2016

This creates confusion and chaos for companies, but kicks off a unique opportunity for marketing professionals. For here is where staged content marketing comes into play. This is not a full-scale marketing blitz. Forrester has reported that 70% of the B2B purchase decision is complete before a prospect ever contacts a vendor.

Top of Funnel 62

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PureB2B

APRIL 20, 2016

This creates confusion and chaos for companies, but kicks off a unique opportunity for marketing professionals. For here is where staged content marketing comes into play. This is not a full-scale marketing blitz. Forrester has reported that 70% of the B2B purchase decision is complete before a prospect ever contacts a vendor.

Top of Funnel 62

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