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Forrester: B2B Companies Score Low in Marketing Best Practices

The Point

Earlier this year, Forrester Research conducted a detailed survey of more than 150 B2B marketing decision-makers with the intent of benchmarking the maturity of B2B marketing best practices, focused on revenue marketing and marketing automation. Read more about the survey results on Lori’s blog.). HJS: Thanks Lori!

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The case for better social media technology in 2024

Sprout Social

What is social media technology? At its core, social media technology is software designed to manage a company’s social media profiles across multiple platforms. But as social media has evolved, management platforms have matured beyond this primary function, delivering much more to brands and the people behind them.

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Sprout Social named a strong performer among social suites by independent research firm

Sprout Social

We’re excited to announce that Sprout Social was named a strong performer in The Forrester Wave™: Social Suites, Q3 2021 report. Forrester evaluated the nine most significant social suites across 36 criteria and gave Sprout the highest possible scores in 13 criteria including onboarding and account management, performance, and usability.

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Forrester: Advocate Marketing Is Critical To B2B Success

Influitive

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. Tie the business outcomes— like increased social media advocacy or better relationships with executives—to experiences advocates will enjoy doing.

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MarTech’s digital transformation experts to follow

Martech

In their research, they investigate ways that businesses and customer behaviors are evolving. Her focus is on brand strategy and integrated marketing solutions, as well as leveraging social media and the web to drive growth. Shiva Corporation and Forrester Research. LinkedIn: Shelly DeMotte Kramer (14.7K

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How Younger Generations are Disrupting B2B Buying

Zoominfo

A recent Forrester report found that Millennials and Gen Z make up 64% of business buyers. Forrester data shows that these generations prefer getting their information from websites, forums, and message boards over the in-person peer conversations of older generations. They are also quicker to voice their dissatisfaction.

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Forrester thinks Content Marketing Isn’t Working – They’re Half Right

The Point

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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