B2B Marketing Directions

AUGUST 11, 2019

Recently, it's become popular to downplay the differences between B2B and B2C marketing. Some industry analysts and commentators have forcefully argued that all marketing should be viewed as "business-to-human," "human-to-human," or something similar. Survey respondents were drawn from a total of nine countries.

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KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

When most people think of ecommerce, they tend to think of retail or “B2C” ecommerce. Marketing for B2B ecommerce gets almost no attention. But if you look at the actual volume of revenue generated via ecommerce – for both B2B ecommerce and B2C ecommerce – the reality is very different. trillion by 2023.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A recent Forrester report found that Millennials and Gen Z make up 64% of business buyers. While each generation brings its own set of preferences, demands, and expectations to the market, the report shows that younger buyers are much more likely to voice their dissatisfaction than previous generations. Take the assessment today!

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 4, 2022

The digital marketing landscape is more competitive than ever — and if you’re not prepared, you’re already behind. Here are four B2B marketing trends to implement (or at the very least, be on the lookout for) in 2022. Forrester also predicts that marketing tech budgets will increase from 19% to 25% in 2022.

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Martech

JANUARY 5, 2024

Half of CMOs said “rationalizing retail media with other media investments” is one of their biggest challenges with retail media, according to Forrester’s Q3 2023 B2C Marketing CMO Pulse Survey. Forrester categorized RMNs as an “emerging” technology, signaling that growth, as well as growing pains, are to be expected.

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PathFactory

MAY 2, 2019

AI in marketing. With artificial intelligence disrupting nearly every industry, it’s poised to launch B2B marketing into an exciting new era that puts buyers in the driver’s seat of their own hyper-personalized journeys. The report dissects what this looks like when it comes to the applications of AI in B2B marketing.

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Martech

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Digital transformation can mean many things to marketers and organizations. Many on the list are marketers and entrepreneurs themselves. The knowledge they share covers what businesses can do to transform and how marketers can rise to the challenge and discover new value — now and in the future. LinkedIn: Tim Crawford (5.9K

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Vidyard

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Many marketers are underestimating the importance of distribution and treating it as an afterthought, according to a recent Forrester report. Different people are on different platforms for different reasons and Forrester argues that your content must align with this. Most marketers will need to pay to get preliminary traffic.

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Martech

JULY 25, 2022

Without demonstrable proof that marketing initiatives are driving business results, marketers’ budgets are easy pickings for leaders seeking to improve profitability or just keep the business afloat during challenging times. And it’s not just marketing department jobs and media budgets that are at stake.

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Vidyard

JUNE 9, 2016

Even Forrester Research Analyst, Nick Barber, said so in his latest report, Online Video Platforms for Sales and Marketing : If you think “doing video” means having a YouTube channel, then you need to up your game. And no, this isn’t just a B2C thing. Vendor Landscape: Online Video Platforms for Sales And Marketing.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 23, 2023

And as marketing leaders, it’s our job to decide where that beginning will take us—and how we’re going to get there. As I’m choosing the right base layers for my 2023 marketing wardrobe, I’m keeping a few things in mind. Commit to KPIs Regardless of market conditions, we’ll all be held accountable for our KPIs. Trust your team.

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Top Rank Marketing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Complacency has never been an option in B2B marketing. Getting ahead in B2B marketing has always been about innovating faster at scale than everyone else. 2023 has created something of a perfect storm for B2B marketing. But in 2023, that kind of innovation isn’t just necessary for standing apart. Innovation as a necessity.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

For a B2C company, email still has priority when looking at attribution numbers. But in all of my years in B2B, whether as a marketer, an agency person, a consultant or a fractional CMO, people have considered email an important channel but have overlooked its true potential for fulfilling company goals. Intent makes the difference.

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Madison Logic

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The same mindset can be applied to your 2024 marketing strategy. Forrester Research predicts that poorly personalized content will degrade the purchase experience for 70% of buyers over its failure to demonstrate an understanding of their business needs.

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Industrial Marketer

JANUARY 20, 2023

If you’re considering a refresh for your B2B e-commerce website, it’s important to remember that B2C buyers’ preferences are ever-changing to stay in line with the changes brought about by digitization. According to a Forrester report, 55% of B2B buyers completed their purchases online. B2B buyers are no different.

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Oktopost

JANUARY 12, 2021

B2B organizations often are remiss in remembering B2B buyers are just B2C consumers wearing a different hat. It also makes it necessary to employ traditionally B2C-oriented marketing techniques to attract new B2B leads and retain your current customers. CX has become an intrinsic part of the B2B marketing funnel.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 12, 2015

At the Forrester’s Sales Enablement Forum last week, a study by Andy Hoar, Principal Analyst at Forrester was revealed showcasing this 22% expected decline over the next five years. A Forrester survey of 250 B2B Buyers reveals that it’s not just B2C purchases that have moved online. So what can you do about the shift?

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

B2B marketers are getting a lot from the huge amount of new marketing technology, but it comes with more than a few challenges: Systems integration, budget woes, demonstrating ROI to name a few. Website personalization: Talk about the arrival of one-to-one marketing communications. And so many choices out there.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Fishburne’s take: As marketers prepare for the end of third-party cookies, it’s good to remember how inaccurate much of that third-party data is. They looked at some of the most common data points in B2C advertising — including “Age” and “Gender” — and then checked the accuracy. They found that “Gender” was only 50% accurate.

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Porch Group Media

JULY 29, 2019

B2C Marketers are Feeling Greater Pressure When It Comes to Customer Acquisition. In a report by WBR Insights , 80% of digital marketers stated they are feeling great pressure to meet customer acquisition and revenue goals, stating that they feel like they are “running on a never-ending hamster wheel”. Forrester).

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Those are some staggering numbers, and most marketers are starting to appreciate that numbers like these translate to huge opportunity when shifted into a business context. But those catching on are seeing a real, and measurable, impact on their marketing and sales goals, not just higher view counts. billion videos in 365 days.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Marketers need the big picture when it comes to customer experiences. Additionally, marketers can gain insights into the emotion behind those interactions by measuring the level of engagement and sentiment. Forrester research found that better customer journeys can improve customer advocacy 20% to 40% and reduce costs by 15% to 25%. “We

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Kaon

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Many of these new marketing technologies are being adopted in the B2C world, but B2B companies must also take notice. Succeeding in B2B marketing depends on how well companies understand the systemic changes that are now imperative in engaging prospects and retaining customers.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 4, 2022

It’s no secret that video is becoming a staple in innovative brands’ marketing strategies. Of those social media marketers who use video, 93% say it’s a vital component of their strategies. Social media video marketing statistics. 26% of marketers state that Stories are the most valuable type of social content.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

APRIL 5, 2015

This week I moderated another Social Media Today webinar as part of their Best Thinker webinar series, this time on the topic of Social Customer Service is the New Heart of Marketing. We discussed why social media is becoming the primary channel for customer care. Here are three of the key takeaways: Become customer obsessed!

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Kabbage

OCTOBER 18, 2016

At the time there wasn’t a term for these components, but in Gartner’s recent report on the Hype Cycle for Customer Analytic Applications and Forrester’s TechRadar on B2B Marketing Technologies, the banner of “Predictive Marketing” encapsulates these three use cases. Predictive Completes The Marketing Stack.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Bruno previously spent almost five years at Forrester on the sales technology and B2B e-commerce beat. “I I have responsibility for our corporate strategy, a lot of what we do around go-to-market, as well as our corporate development where we think about mergers and acquisitions.”. Get the daily newsletter digital marketers rely on.

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LeanData

OCTOBER 13, 2022

It’s making noise in the Technology Research Services category — alongside behemoths like Gartner, Forrester and IDC — by allowing B2B SaaS buyers to explore, evaluate and test potential solutions completely anonymized and blind to vendors. Generally, B2B marketers and sellers are stuck in processes built under a different buying paradigm.

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Martech

APRIL 25, 2022

Account-based marketing (ABM) is a growth strategy brands are adopting at a rapid rate. “70% of marketers say they use ABM, and there’s a 15% year over year increase in the usage of an ABM,” said Ali Haeri, VP of marketing at MNTN, in his presentation at The MarTech Conference. Click here to download!

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Content4Demand

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The lucky marketers registered for the 2023 B2B Marketing Exchange have some pretty fantastic sessions in store for them. You’ll meet plenty of your fellow B2B marketers at receptions and networking events—even in the marketplace, where of course you’ll find members of the Content4Demand team at Booth 309. to 11:15 a.m.

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Vision Edge Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Your upstream and downstream Marketing efforts related to segmentation, positioning, content, social, and SEO are paying off. For example, in the new Forrester Decisions Waterfall, is consideration part of the prioritized demand, qualified demand, or pipeline stages? . Source: VisionEdge Marketing, Inc. . Exploratory.

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Exo B2B

JUNE 18, 2019

Is social media more of a B2C business? – B2B companies were more likely to exploit social media marketing opportunities than B2C companies. – B2B companies were much more active than B2C companies, in terms of the marketing initiatives they put forward in social networks. Cultural difference?

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Lattice

OCTOBER 26, 2016

There is an 8x increase in ROI on personalized campaigns, according to Forrester Research. While B2C marketers …

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Top Rank Marketing

MARCH 18, 2024

With search engines and SEO being such a core aspect of digital marketing , there’s understandably a lot of attention being paid to the ripple effects of this evolution in search. As a marketer, here’s what you need to know about Google SGE and the broader impact of AI on search. What is Google SGE? using TikTok for search ).

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Engagio

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

During these uncertain times, putting your limited marketing budget to the best use to stimulate revenue growth and form better relationships with your best customers becomes even more important. Now more than ever, getting hyper-targeted using ABM / ABX as your go-to-market (GTM) approach is critical.

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LeanData

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Throughout the year, OpsStars brings together revenue team operations professionals – across the functions of Marketing, Sales, Revenue, Sales Development and Customer Success – to advance the profession’s collective cause. B2B buying experiences are morphing into being synonymous with B2C experiences. Learning from B2C.

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Contently

MAY 17, 2017

“There’s no doubt that online video marketing is on the rise. In fact, Forrester Research found that videos were 50 times more likely to receive an organic first page ranking than traditional text pages. Video has been the talk of the marketing world for years. Let’s play a little game.

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