SpotMe Blog

JULY 21, 2023

Event registration software. With so many options out there, we’ve reviewed 12 of the best event registration software platforms based on features like customization, ease of use, reporting and analytics, and more. What Is Event Registration Software and How Can It Help You? What Does Event Registration Software Do?

Enterprise Management 52

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Budget Programs 52

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? What do you think of their innovation?”

DemandBase 77

DemandBase Marketing Automation Services Account Based Marketing Vendors 77

Influitive

OCTOBER 21, 2015

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. . Download the Forrester report to learn more about advocate marketing’s growing role in creating customer relationships that deliver long-term value.

Forrester 100

Forrester Marketing Management B2B Marketing Word of Mouth 100

ScanmarQED

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This Forrester report is about marketing measurement and optimization solutions and is part of a broader publication titled “The Marketing Measurement And Insights Playbook For 2019". For now, you can find the full version here.

Forrester 40

Forrester Features Vendors Marketing Report 40

Martech

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

“To find, keep, and grow your customers, you must know your customers,” wrote Forrester’s Amy Bills in an overview of customer community platforms. On the marketing software front, HubSpot has demonstrated the benefits of community ; Salesforce’s Trailblazer community counts millions of members worldwide.

Enterprise Management 106

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Communities 106

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.

Marketing AI 77

Marketing AI Marketing Management B2B Sales Marketing Analytics Tools 77

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.”

B2B Thought Leadership 69

B2B Thought Leadership B2B Sales Studies Thought Leadership 69

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.

Enterprise Management 51

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Account Based Marketing 51

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. But that’s much more likely to happen when a vendor has an existing relationship with a customer.

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Forrester Work Management Marketing Management B2B Sales 120

Martech

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

I was a young, freshly minted MBA with a background in computer science, and a two-year stint doing software marketing at IBM. SiriusDecisions, the analyst firm now part of Forrester, had entered the conversation, pioneering the marketing funnel that became a staple of B2B marketing for the next 15 years. Hey kid,” they said.

Marketing AI 126

Marketing AI Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Marketing 126

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

APRIL 5, 2024

According to a 2023 Forrester survey, 60% of companies have “top-down” support to build accessible products, and 65% of software decision makers report they’re implementing accessibility testing tools. 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

Martech

OCTOBER 8, 2021

G2, the business software and services review site and marketplace, has added new ABM integrations to its existing integrations with LinkedIn Matched Audiences, Terminus, and Metadata. One of G2’s offerings allows vendor subscribers to track target accounts viewing their profile, their category or their competitors.

Account Based Marketing 106

Account Based Marketing ABM Ideal Customer Profiles Profiling 106

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.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Vendors 120

The ROI Guy

APRIL 5, 2018

When it comes to purchasing software, a significant 43% of your prospect's buying efforts were ad hoc, and not part of any established purchase plans. Unfortunately Gartner says vendors are missing the mark, with 70% of buyers saying they want less pitch and more diagnostic and prescriptive advice.

Budget Programs 45

Budget Programs Allocation Software Buy 45

Martech

JULY 25, 2022

Seventy-one percent of B2C marketing executives expected that demonstrating the value of marketing to the CEO, CFO and the board would be “very challenging” or “extremely challenging” in 2022, a Forrester survey found. One vendor to contact for assistance with the implementation and support should they be necessary.

Marketing Attribution 109

Marketing Attribution Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 109

Martech

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Deciding whether or not your company needs an ABM tool calls for the same level of evaluation involved in any software adoption, including a comprehensive self-assessment of our organization’s business needs, staff capabilities, management support and financial resources. ABM is a strategy, not just a software investment.

Account Based Marketing 122

Account Based Marketing Work Management Marketing Management ABM 122

SpotMe Blog

JULY 28, 2023

But with so many options on the market, how do you determine which onsite event management software is the best fit for your needs? In this article, we explore 15 of the top in-person event management software to consider for your events. What Is An In-Person Event Platform? Find out more about SpotMe on our about us page.

Marketing Automation Services 52

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 52

Leadspace

MARCH 9, 2022

Even more importantly – what problem does the vendor solve and who have they solved it for? This problem has been discussed in the Market Approach category within Forrester’s recently published The Forrester New Wave : B2B Standalone CDPs, Q4, 2021. Our ABM program is focused on 1500 high fit/high intent accounts.

Ideal Customer Profiles 62

Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Marketing Management Marketing Analytics Tools 62

Leadspace

MARCH 9, 2022

Even more importantly – what problem does the vendor solve and who have they solved it for? This problem has been discussed in the Market Approach category within Forrester’s recently published The Forrester New Wave : B2B Standalone CDPs, Q4, 2021. Our ABM program is focused on 1500 high fit/high intent accounts.

Ideal Customer Profiles 62

Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Marketing Management Marketing Analytics Tools 62

Martech

JULY 18, 2022

Deciding whether or not your company needs an ABM tool calls for the same evaluative steps involved in any software adoption, including a comprehensive self-assessment of your organization’s business needs, staff capabilities, management support and financial resources. Sounds good? Yes, but is your business ready for it? What it is.

Enterprise Management 101

Enterprise Management Account Based Marketing Work Management Marketing Management 101

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.” The three days most definitely didn’t disappoint. What is the B2B Revenue Waterfall? The outcome proved to be a combination of “rebuild and buy.”

De-duping 96

De-duping Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking B2B 96

chiefmartech

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Jay McBain , formerly of Forrester and now with tech analyst firm Canalys, is the world’s leading expert in partner, channel, and ecosystem technology. I first came across Jay’s work with his 2017 landscape , where he’d mapped 83 companies across 8 categories of “channel” related software.

Work Management 117

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Advertising Agencies 117

Martech

AUGUST 30, 2022

Forrester Research calls it the “most frenzied phase of innovation” consumer-facing businesses have ever experienced, in a report aptly titled “Vast, Fast and Relentless,” warning brands that “customers won’t let you rest anytime soon.”. Customer journey analytics: A snapshot. What it is. What the tools do.

Touchpoints 107

Touchpoints Gartner Word of Mouth Loyalty 107

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. For instance, a cloud software company might provide enterprise storage in partnership with another tech company. Resellers or VARs.

Enterprise Management 111

Enterprise Management Work Management Advertising Channels Marketing Management 111

SpotMe Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2023

All of these things in terms of manual, software, hardware, printing, and agency costs are offset by the fact that you have a medical conference app.” – Olivier Aubert, SpotMe In today’s digitally-driven landscape, a medical conference app is not just a luxury but a necessity for optimizing HCP engagement and operational efficiency.

Conference 52

Conference Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 52

Martech

AUGUST 3, 2021

Software robots, it was thought, could take over digital processes and execute them tirelessly and at speed. RPA enables the creation of software-based (virtual) robots that can perform a range of digital tasks, especially the kind of routine and repetitive tasks, thereby freeing up human employee time. Why we care.

Enterprise Management 112

Enterprise Management Work Management Account Based Marketing Marketing Management 112

SmartBug Media

MAY 13, 2022

For example, if a prospect account searches “what is B2B marketing software,” you can infer that they have relatively low purchase intent. However, if they search “best B2B marketing software vendors,” you can infer the company has medium to high purchase intent. Are they going to Forrester? Are they going to G2?

Intent Data 98

Intent Data Work Management Intent Marketing Management 98

Martech

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

B2B sales cycles tend to be longer (companies making software purchases, for example, will do extensive due diligence before investing in a product). An obvious tactic would be to monitor what the competition is doing by using software or products that analyze website traffic, keywords, and so on.

Digital Asset Management 117

Digital Asset Management Work Management Marketing Management Digital Experience Platform 117

Martech

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Central to that are identity resolution platforms, which is software that integrates consumer identifiers across channels and devices in a way that is accurate, scalable and privacy compliant to create a persistent and addressable individual profile. Proprietary identity graph. Client ownership of first-party data. Data onboarding.

Marketing Automation Services 119

Marketing Automation Services Privacy Enterprise Management Work Management 119

Metadata

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This may sound cynical, but I blame software vendors for “ABM” being ill-defined. For the past 15-plus years, we’ve simply let ABM vendors define the ABM category. You can see this when you look at the inclusion criteria for a Forrester or Gartner report on ABM Platforms — it reads like a Demandbase features list.

Account Based Marketing 98

Account Based Marketing ABM Enterprise Management Work Management 98

Sales Engine

AUGUST 24, 2015

On the buyer side, when a company was evaluating for a business commodity or a piece of software, they would talk to an analyst and find out who the top vendors were. Then they would invite those vendors in and the sales cycles would begin. Now it’s not that way.

Demand Generation Agencies 120

Demand Generation Agencies RFP Thought Leadership Paid Search Agency 120

Martech

JULY 27, 2021

A fascinating LinkedIn article by Real Story Group’s Tony Byrne suggests that Sitecore, the digital experience platform and vendor hub is making a major change of course. Forrester coined the term “zero party data” for this volunteered data: “Zero party data is that which a customer intentionally and proactively shares with a brand.

Work Management 109

Work Management CMS Development Marketing Management Ad brokers 109

PathFactory

MAY 20, 2022

Well, that’s what I get in spades at Forrester Summit – for me personally and for PathFactory in general. I love Forrester Summit – always have done, always will. So, what validation did I get from Forrester Summit? isn’t the only person responsible for buying $250K worth of corporate governance risk software!

Top of Funnel 52

Top of Funnel Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 52

Martech

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Bruno previously spent almost five years at Forrester on the sales technology and B2B e-commerce beat. “I Bruno recalled from his Forrester days that the figure was something like 99% way back in 2017. Back in those years at Forrester, we looked at customer experience largely through a B2C lens. This isn’t new.

Top of Funnel 98

Top of Funnel B2B Forrester B2B Sales 98

Webbiquity

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Even though it’s been around for a while, sales enablement has undergone several improvements, with dozens of tools for sales professionals , solutions, and software platforms to make it easier and faster for reps to do their job. Since it promotes an integrated approach to selling, sales enablement involves both marketing and sales teams.

Sales Management 220

Sales Management Top of Funnel B2B Sales Tactics 220

Biznology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Forrester Research has a new report that should serve as a wake-up call to B2B marketers, but probably won’t. It found a nearly total disconnect between the issues that matter to buyers and the messages vendors put in the marketplace. Apparently little has changed in two years. Why do B2B marketers so consistently miss the boat?

Forrester 80

Forrester Content Trade Show Opinions 80

SmartBug Media

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Take inventory of every technology, vendor, and advertising or media cost that count against your budget. This report shows us marketing and finance’s overarching objectives when working across departments: Forrester's report discusses these three activities to get finance and marketing to work closer together: Making more joint decisions.

Marketing Budget Creation 82

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Budget Programs Cost per Lead 82