Modern B2B

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This was particularly true for cloud vendors, so differentiation is key – and that stems from understanding your customer and looking at things through their eyes. If you start to focus on what customers think and what they get from using your products, you’ll only deliver better results and naturally attract more revenue.

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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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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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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

MARCH 4, 2024

In January 2024, Salesforce commissioned Forrester Consulting to find answers to these gaps and more in the rapidly developing AI landscape. Keep up with global trends in AI Salesforce commissioned Forrester Consulting to survey 773 global decision-makers to find out how they succeed with AI-powered CRM — and what it all means for you.

Work Management 116

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A recent Forrester report found that Millennials and Gen Z make up 64% of business buyers. The marketplace is not just about products or services — digital platforms, social influences, company values, personalization, and authenticity all matter to younger generations. They are also quicker to voice their dissatisfaction.

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Buy Generation Peer-to-peer B2B 130

Influitive

OCTOBER 21, 2015

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. 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. .

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Forrester Marketing Management B2B Marketing Word of Mouth 100

Engagio

APRIL 19, 2021

When comparing vendors (particularly when it comes to SaaS), analyst reports are a staple resource. But do you ever wonder how those vendor comparison matrices take shape? And how one vendor makes it to the top right, while others cluster somewhere in the middle or straggle at the bottom? I am in my third year.

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Martech

APRIL 12, 2024

Meanwhile, the boom in artificial intelligence and machine learning is driving vendors to enhance the capabilities of these platforms in a number of ways, making the value proposition even more attractive. Fully 75% of global 100 organizations say CX is a top priority, according to Forrester Research.

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Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Marketing AI 98

The Point

JUNE 23, 2020

Even if you acknowledge that change as fact, however, it’s easy to become cynical (as I have) when vendors and thought leaders are constantly proclaiming the “death” of the old ways. When Account-Based Marketing (ABM) first arrived on the scene, vendors were quick to pronounce traditional, funnel-based marketing obsolete.

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Sword and the Script | B2B

JANUARY 23, 2024

Forrester analyst Lori Wizdo wrote those words eleven years ago. All these years later, a new report by 6sense, penned largely by a former Forrester analyst, has come to the same conclusion: when buyers first contact a seller, they are “69% of the way through a buying cycle.”

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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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Engagio

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This is why I was pleased to see Demandbase’s inclusion in Forrester’s recent landscape report on B2B marketing and sales data providers. Intent data : Determine which accounts are in-market for the products you sell. In order to select a vendor of choice, you need to get hands-on with sample data sets.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Rated as a leader by The Forrester Wave Report™: Financial Services CRM , Salesforce knows service — of any kind. Get top industry CRM insights See how The Forrester Wave™: Financial Services CRM, Q3 2023 report evaluates financial services CRM platforms – and why Salesforce is a Leader.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The intention is to optimize customer relationships by capturing feedback on products and creating opportunities for customers to engage and advocate for the product. “To find, keep, and grow your customers, you must know your customers,” wrote Forrester’s Amy Bills in an overview of customer community platforms.

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Martech

JANUARY 17, 2024

Meanwhile, the boom in artificial intelligence and machine learning is driving vendors to enhance the capabilities of these platforms, making the value proposition even more attractive. Fully 75% of global 100 organizations say CX is a top priority, according to Forrester Research.

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ViewPoint

MARCH 12, 2013

I had the great the opportunity to interview Lori Wizdo , B2B marketing analyst at Forrester Research. Marketing needs to do a better job of communicating on a one-to-one level and connecting what our products and services can do to make people happy. How they act with a vendor depends on if they think they know how to buy.

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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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Sword and the Script | B2B

MAY 17, 2022

“Buyers now exercise more due diligence than ever before, conducting more research and engaging in more conversations with vendors and third parties,” according to Forrester. Forrester conducted a “buyer’s survey” in the years 2017, 2019 and 2021. B2B buyers require more interactions from sales and marketing.

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Sales Cycle B2B Sales Studies Marketing Management 75

Martech

JULY 14, 2022

Factors driving changes in ABM include shifts in buyer preferences and pre-purchase behavior, as well as the development of more sophisticated technology and data products that enable marketers to analyze behavior, identify in-market audiences, and craft experiences for a buying group or its individual members. The vendors respond.

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Valasys

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Engagio has grabbed the number one position among the top 20 Account-Based Marketing vendors deduced from 1,500 manager surveys, analyst opinions & vendor evaluations. In a press release by Research In Action GmbH, Engagio ranked first on the matrix & outlasted the other Top 19 global vendors.

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Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Summary: The first of three posts describing my new scoring system for B2B marketing automation vendors. I’ve finally had time to work up the vendor scores based on the 150+ RFP questions I distributed back in September. vendor strength , which assesses a vendor’s current and future business position.

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Marketing Automation Services Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Vendors 120

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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Leadspace

DECEMBER 7, 2021

December 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Leadspace, the industry-recognized AI-powered B2B Buyer Data Platform, has been named a Leader by Forrester Research in its recent report The Forrester New Wave : B2B Customer Data Platforms, Q4 2021 authored by analysts Steven Casey and Katie Linford. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.,

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Zoominfo

MAY 31, 2022

Know Your ‘Why’ The energy that comes with launching a new product or kicking off a fresh campaign can make sales and marketing teams eager to dive into the details. A total addressable market (TAM) is a calculation that represents the overall revenue opportunity for a given set of products or services.

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Enterprise Management Analysis Marketing Management SMB 130

Golden Spiral

APRIL 18, 2019

Understanding these two essentials will empower you to more effectively develop and market products in the B2B tech world. We’ve pulled together our list of the best resources to support your B2B tech product strategy. Below are resources we recommend for your health IT product research. Health IT Resources. Industry Reports.

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Zoominfo

MAY 8, 2020

Total addressable market (TAM) is the total available opportunity for your product or services. The total addressable market, also known as total available market, is a calculation that represents the overall revenue opportunity for a given set of products or services. What is Total Addressable Market?

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Biznology

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Plus, as product development cycles get shorter and shorter, companies are learning that the only way to create differentiation between themselves and their competition is to concentrate on the holistic customer experience. Whichever structure companies choose, alignment among sales, product, marketing, and success is vital.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Now, Steve happens to work in product marketing for Oracle Marketing Cloud , home of Eloqua, typically regarded as the most feature-rich (some would say: complex) marketing automation solution on the market. Here are just a few thoughts: * Vendors need to focus as much on customer success as they do on new business.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The main drivers behind this rush to adopt include reducing costs, inspiring innovation, improving operations, boosting business growth, and improving productivity (see chart below): Image: Techaisle. People shop for services and products differently, even in the B2B realm. This consists of vendor and third-party content.

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Biznology

DECEMBER 29, 2017

As buyers sit paralyzed by the deluge, vendors scramble to stand out. In the meantime, Forrester predicts that 40% of marketers are going to take their chances and not even try to comply. In 2017, he counted 5,381 solutions, up 40% from the year prior. This is nuts — and ripe for consolidation. I predict major M&A next year.

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Marketing Management Marketing AI B2B Marketing Marketing Automation Services 199

LeanData

MAY 6, 2022

Forrester bills its B2B Summit North America as “the premier event for B2B marketing, sales and product leaders to empower their strategies, fuel the revenue engine and drive the business forward.” Learning from Siemens’ B2B Revenue Waterfall Transformation . The outcome proved to be a combination of “rebuild and buy.”

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De-duping Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking B2B 96

Madison Logic

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Forrester research finds that 67% of B2B marketers say buyers are taking longer to commit to purchases than last year. Additionally, a whopping 71% of VPs and functional leaders spend more than four hours per week researching specific products and solutions when involved in a purchase decision.

Paid Content 52

Paid Content Advertising Agencies Demand Advertisements 52

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Channel sales — or selling through partners — represents 75% of the world’s commerce, according to Forrester. In channel sales, companies (here we’ll call them vendors) sell through intermediaries. Alliances are partnerships with companies that sell complementary products. See how it works What is channel sales? Franchisees.

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Enterprise Management Work Management Advertising Channels Marketing Management 111

eTrigue

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Product led, new markets, and sales and marketing noise make it even harder to get and keep new customers. Vendors need more business value from partners and might need new ones. Yet Forrester in a 2021 report states: “Nine of ten new partner/vendor relationships fail to return value, should you need them”.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

APRIL 5, 2024

Be an accessibility champion At Salesforce, maintaining customer trust includes committing to product accessibility and encouraging our partners to do the same. From business leaders and independent software vendors (ISVs) to marketers and designers, everyone can influence what gets shipped.

Design 98

Design Guidelines Forrester Barriers 98

SpotMe Blog

JULY 28, 2023

Their in-person event platform enables them to build better relationships with HCPs at onsite events than ever before.” – Wojciech Krawiec, VP Product, SpotMe With costs rising worldwide but high pressure on event marketers to bring a positive event ROI, measuring event success is more important than ever before.

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Leadspace

MARCH 9, 2022

Market strategy is always an interesting topic to me as a product and go-to-market professional. The kind of data we normalize & unify, the kind of problems we solve, the algorithms we create, and the kind of user experience we develop speaks volumes about what the product is good at – and the customers who seek that solution.

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