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Marketing Automation Vendors Are Not Delivering On Marketers’ Needs For Reporting And Analytics. Here’s Why.

InsightSquared

Marketers look to their marketing automation platforms (MAPs) not only to execute many of their demand generation activities, but also to understand the effectiveness of their marketing programs. However marketers are largely dissatisfied with the reporting their MAPs offer.

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The 10 most fascinating people in B2B marketing in 2017

Biznology

My list is about the most interesting people that I came across in B2B marketing during 2017. So meet this year’s fascinating B2B marketers, and let’s not forget the outstanding members of my lists in 2016 and 2015. . She’s now COO of Kyndi , a startup AI platform focused on government, healthcare, and financial services.

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Most Exciting Marketing Technologies to Adopt in 2017

Leadspace

Hello, all, and here’s to a promising 2017! After creating, building, and leading the Oracle Marketing Cloud from obscurity to industry leadership for the last 3 years, which was a beyond-amazing career experience (thank you Oracle!), I put the “ AI for marketing ” and “ Machine Learning for Marketing ” in this category for 2017.

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Technographics: 6 Reasons to Use Technographic Data

Zoominfo

Here’s the scenario: Company ABC and Company 123 have identified the same exact target audience to sell their software to. These technographics reveal the tools their prospects use, what they use them for, how long they’ve used them, and much more. 3. Penetrate new markets. What are B2B technographics?

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Technographics: A Guide to What, Why and How

PureB2B

Traditionally, B2C marketers have relied on demographic data, and B2B marketers have bet the farm on firmographics. What hardware or software is a company using? Do they have tools in place for marketing automation? With the growing importance of technographic targeting, the norms are starting to change.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Audience Development

Content Marketing Institute

In early 2017, the iQ team borrowed a page from the traditional media playbook – focusing on sustaining loyal readers rather than a “more eyeballs” approach. Match tools to touchpoints. Predictive tools like SimpleReach help the team optimize the content it publishes. A lot, it turns out.

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Key B2B Marketing Trends To Keep An Eye On In 2018

Envy

Probably the biggest buzzword of 2017 across the board has been AI. B2B marketing has also caught the artificial intelligence bug, with discussions of how AI will transform consumer behavior, marketing, advertising and analytics in the near future. Marketing Automation. Influencer marketing. One example?