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Where is B2B marketing headed? 7 predictions for 2018

Biznology

Ever since Scott Brinker began tracking the martech space in 2011, when he identified 150 point solutions on the market, the category’s growth has been unstoppable. Predictive analytics becomes an essential tool in B2B. Self-service analytics. More growth in marketing technology—and more consolidation.

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The yin and yang of martech

ClickZ

Unification around data analytics and the consolidation of technologies into consolidated platforms will help reduce technology redundancies, decrease the learning curve needed to leverage multiple, separate solutions and limit the total cost of ownership. Forrester projections show spending on global marketing automation tech hit $13.4

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Email Adoption High But Lacking Best Practices

The Effective Marketer

A Forrester Research “ How US Maketers Use Email &# Report sheds some light into the use of email by B2B and B2C companies. According to the report, adoption of email marketing is high, with 88% of B2C companies already using email and 10% planning to use before December 2011. Best Practices in Email Marketing. Clean Email Data.

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The Challenges in Adoption of Marketing Technology « The Effective.

The Effective Marketer

Based on a recent report on Marketing Technology Adoption for 2011 , the findings of their research shed some light on the challenges we face when it comes to marketing technology. Marketers as Technologists According to Forrester’s research, data driven marketers are divided about technology investments. United States License.

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CMOs: Wield Powers of Influence to Gain a Seat at the Executive Table

ViewPoint

As Forrester analyst Jeff Ernst says i , “…to gain respect, keep from being viewed as a cost center and justify budgets; marketing must be a driving force in what tops the agendas of boards of directors, CEOs, and CFOs: sustainable profitable revenue growth.

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Open Research: A Framework for Social Analytics

Online Marketing Institute

Why are social analytics so important? This entry was posted on Friday, August 12th, 2011 at 5:08 am and is filed under Altimeter , Social Media Measurement. link] Research Report: A Framework for Social Analytics | Thought Experiments [.] This is a new medium, and proof over re allocation of investment is key. United States.

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Marketing and Artificial Intelligence: Make Your Job Robot-Proof

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

In fact, because of these developments, investments in AI startups has risen in recent years—increasing from $145 million in 2011 to $681 million in 2015, according to CB Insights. Applying AI in marketing, through predictive analytics , data science, and natural language processing (NLP), is almost an expected outcome.