Martech

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

B2B decision-makers in the market for software, including marketing technology solutions, have less patience with vendor interactions and increasingly look to buy from third-party marketplaces and re-sellers. Detailed findings. There was a smaller increase in preference for value-added resellers. A lack of trust. Get MarTech!

Vendors 87

Vendors Peer-to-peer Buy Paid Search Agency 87

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

There’s a seismic shift happening in B2B buying, and it’s being driven by a powerful force — generational change. In fact, 90% of Gen Z and Millennial survey respondents say they were dissatisfied with a vendor, compared to 71% of Gen X and Baby Boomer respondents. It will go a long way with your customers.

Buy 130

Buy Generation Peer-to-peer B2B 130

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

You’re armed with your prospect’s buying signals, right? What are customer buying signals? By definition, buying signals are the actions potential customers take that indicate they’re close to making a purchase. Additionally, teams that harness the buying cues benefit from more precise and efficient sales cycles.

Lead Ranking 309

Lead Ranking Buy Work Management Marketing Management 309

Vision Edge Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Most business leaders and Marketing and Sales professionals today understand the impact that peer reviews and stories make on the customer bying journey, including the B2B purchase journey. This trend has certainly added more twists and turns to the buying process. Peer Influence and its Effects on the B2B Buying Process.

Peer-to-peer 285

Peer-to-peer Buy Sales Cycle B2B Sales 285

Zoominfo

JUNE 27, 2022

When you set out to buy a third-party data set, you might assume you should compare based on quantity and cost. often means the vendor with the most records wins and the one offering the highest quality data gets overlooked. often means the vendor with the most records wins and the one offering the highest quality data gets overlooked.

Purchase 130

Purchase Work Management Marketing Management Lead Ranking 130

Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Acquia , which is moving past its roots in Web content management to become a multi-channel “digital experience platform” (DXP), took a big step in that direction today with a deal to buy the AgilOne Customer Data Platform. The only partial exception is Salesforce buying Datorama, but CDP wasn’t the focus of that deal.

Digital Experience Platform 156

Digital Experience Platform Marketing Automation Services Buy Marketing Management 156

Martech

JULY 26, 2022

Once you have determined that customer journey orchestration (CJO) software makes sense for your business , spend time researching individual vendors and their capabilities. Completing this research will better prepare you for when the time comes to select a specific vendor. Narrow your list to those vendors that meet your criteria.

Enterprise Management 81

Enterprise Management Marketing Management Vendors RFP 81

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Events in the past six months (stretching a bit to include early January 2020) include seven new funding rounds, three acquisitions of CDP vendors, four acquisitions by CDP vendors, and four asset sales by CDP companies. What’s particularly intriguing is the industry position of the firms in these deals.

Buy 240

Buy Work Management Marketing Management Acquisitions 240

Cintell

JULY 3, 2018

But according to a recent report from TrustRadius , many vendors fall short in this arena. The 2018 B2B Buying Disconnect Report highlights the difference between how B2B technology buyers and vendors view the purchase process. Unfortunately, most vendors fall short in helping buyers through this process.

Buy 172

Buy B2B Vendors Transparency 172

TrustRadius Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

One of the biggest professional commitments is the marriage between a vendor and a buyer. The software your team needs comes with a vendor relationship you’re going to foster, and like in real marriage you need to choose the right one. What is the Vendor Selection Process? Our Tips For Vendor Selection Criteria.

Enterprise Management 98

Enterprise Management Work Management Vendors Budget Programs 98

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Data is a big investment for any company— but, if you research vendors and invest intelligently, it can have a dramatic impact on your company’s financial success and growth. However, if you’re not smart about your purchase, bad data quickly becomes a costly mistake. Make sure your vendor understands your business and your goals.

Purchase 154

Purchase Zoominfo B2B Bundling 154

Sword and the Script | B2B

AUGUST 15, 2023

B2B buyers say they want quality content that demonstrates you understand their industry, and their company and helps them to build a business case to buy your tech product One of the reasons content marketing is so important to B2B companies is the fact that the last person a buyer speaks to is a salesperson. Why do vendors do this?

Marketing Management 75

Marketing Management Vendors Studies Top of Funnel 75

Heinz Marketing

APRIL 20, 2023

By Sarah Threet, Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketin g What is Purchase Intention and Intent Data? Purchase intention (or buyer intent) is a measure of each shopper’s propensity to buy a product or service. This data can illuminate when the prospect is actively considering purchasing your product/service.

Purchase Intent 59

Purchase Intent Top of Funnel Purchase Intent 59

Only B2B

JUNE 30, 2023

However, with the advent of B2B purchase intent data, businesses now have access to valuable insights that can revolutionize their marketing and sales strategies. This involves analyzing various data points and signals to identify purchase intent and align marketing strategies accordingly. According to Salesforce , B2B buyers are 2.8

Purchase Intent 62

Purchase Intent Intent Data Intent Purchase 62

B2B Marketing Directions

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Earlier this month, TrustRadius published the findings of its fifth annual B2B buying disconnect research. The 2021 B2B Buying Disconnect report is based on two surveys that were conducted in September of this year. sources of information when researching potential purchases, up from 5.1 sources in last year's survey.

Purchase 98

Purchase B2B Vendors Case Studies 98

Content Standard

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Title Options A Quick Start to Research-Informed Content for Healthcare Vendors Healthcare Vendors and Research-Informed Content: 4 Tactics You Can Implement Today Healthcare Vendors and Research-Informed Content-Part 1: The Low-Hanging Fruit “Half of them are working off instinct and hunches.”

Work Management 52

Work Management Marketing Management Vendors Research 52

Martech

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

But since these systems often come with hefty price tags, it’s important to cover all of your bases when navigating the purchase or upgrade process. To start, set up demos with your shortlist of vendors within a relatively short timeframe after receiving the RFP responses to help make relevant comparisons. Click here to download!

Marketing Automation Services 115

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Vendors Marketing Automation 115

SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Gartner reports upwards of 70% of B2B decision-makers are willing to purchase without speaking to a representative. This massive disruption to traditional buying behaviors also impacts the effectiveness of go-to-market and selling tactics. They’re empowered with self-sourced information that ultimately makes them well-informed buyers.

Buy 52

Buy Marketing Analytics Tools B2B Barriers 52

SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Gartner reports upwards of 70% of B2B decision-makers are willing to purchase without speaking to a representative. This massive disruption to traditional buying behaviors also impacts the effectiveness of go-to-market and selling tactics. They’re empowered with self-sourced information that ultimately makes them well-informed buyers.

Buy 52

Buy Marketing Analytics Tools B2B Barriers 52

Biznology

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Everyone is aware that B2B buying is complex. In a large enterprise, this can take months, if not years, and involve dozens of individuals in the buying circle. But new research from CEB , now Gartner , suggests that things are even worse these days: it’s buying gridlock. today, and the average buying group now consists of 3.4

Buy 131

Buy Process Gartner B2B 131

PureB2B

MARCH 29, 2022

Compared to B2C buying, B2B buying is a more complex process, first and foremost because it involves more than one person. B2B purchases typically involve a team of people making a buying decision for their company, usually of a high-value (and high-dollar) product, service, or solution. Stage 1: Need Recognition.

Buy 62

Buy Process B2B Top of Funnel 62

PureB2B

MARCH 29, 2022

Compared to B2C buying, B2B buying is a more complex process, first and foremost because it involves more than one person. B2B purchases typically involve a team of people making a buying decision for their company, usually of a high-value (and high-dollar) product, service, or solution. Stage 1: Need Recognition.

Buy 62

Buy Process B2B Top of Funnel 62

LeanData

APRIL 11, 2023

Nothing’s worse than making a big purchase and regretting it. Like the good friend who told you not to buy that boat, we’ve identified some pitfalls to avoid as you evaluate different vendors. Red Flag #6: Conflicts of Interest Some software vendors attempt to sell you lead management software products with conflicting features.

Marketing Management 52

Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Lead Management Purchase 52

Martech

JUNE 17, 2022

For starters, once you have determined that enterprise identity resolution software makes sense for your business, spend time researching individual vendors and their capabilities by doing the following: Create and prioritize your list of identity resolution use cases, from essential to not necessary. Click here to download!

Enterprise Management 102

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Vendors 102

Martech

JULY 15, 2021

Big martech vendors — even successful ones — routinely jettison or replace longstanding tools. Early in my career as an industry analyst, I noticed that some of the best web content and experience management (WCM) solutions came from lesser-known vendors. The myth of large-vendor stability. Yet, IBM was not alone.

Enterprise Management 129

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Vendors 129

Martech

JANUARY 6, 2022

Many of the vendors profiled in this report also provide blogs, e-books and interactive tools that can help. Narrow your list down to those vendors that meet your criteria. This is an individual preference, however be sure to give the same list of capabilities to each vendor to facilitate comparison. Click here to download!

Enterprise Management 106

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Vendors 106

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 2, 2018

Customer Data Platform vendor Treasure Data today confirmed earlier reports that it is being purchased by Arm Limited , which licenses semi-conductor technologies and is itself a subsidiary of the giant tech holding company SoftBank. I can imagine some of the other data-oriented vendors being purchased for similar reasons.

Enterprise Management 120

Enterprise Management Buy Marketing Management Vendors 120

B2B Marketing Directions

MAY 28, 2023

The belief underlying this goal is that the right message delivered at the right time will cause a potential buyer to be more likely to make a purchase. There's no doubt that marketing content can influence business buyers at several stages of their buying journey.

Trigger Marketing 52

Trigger Marketing Buy Process B2B Marketing 52

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 25, 2016

Our tour of sub-functions from the Raab Guide to ABM Vendors has now reached Execution. That definition could apply to almost any system that delivers marketing messages, but the ABM Guide includes only ABM specialists.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Account Based Marketing 120

B2B Marketing Directions

MARCH 24, 2024

I'm referring to the head start that results when a company, product, or service (which I'll call collectively a brand ) is included in the initial consideration set for a prospective purchase. Several studies have shown that potential buyers are very likely to select vendors that were in their initial consideration set.

B2B Marketing 71

B2B Marketing B2B Vendors Trigger Marketing 71

Martech

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In the B2B space, this process has naturally evolved into buying group marketing, which focuses these tactics toward multiple decision-makers within accounts. And in the B2B space, treating business prospects as buying groups can help brands work toward that goal. B2B as a buying group. And, the data backs this up.

Account Based Marketing 108

Account Based Marketing Top of Funnel ABM Buy 108

PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

Still thinking of buying an email list? Until you read or at least scan through this guide : Why You Might Buy an Email List. 5 Advantages of Buying the Right B2B List. 5 Reasons Not to Purchase Email Addresses. How to Avoid the Challenges of Email List Buying. Find out what you are getting before you buy.

Buy 62

Buy Burn Rate CAN-SPAM Vendors 62

InsightSquared

APRIL 12, 2018

This is what the findings were in a study done by Heinz Marketing and InsightSquared titled, Marketing Automation Platform (MAP) Satisfaction Survey 2018: Are Marketing Automation Vendors Still Meeting the Needs of Today’s Marketer? Proving that a particular activity caused the buyer to make a decision to purchase is hard to do.

Marketing Automation Services 159

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 159

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 13, 2016

It still feels odd to think of a software company owning a data business, although Salesforce.com bought Jigsaw (now Data.com) in 2010 and Oracle purchased the BlueKai and Datalogix in 2014. Other vendors like Nimble and HubSpot have done a better job of simplifying access to third party data about an individual or company.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Vendors Linkedin 120

KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 30, 2018

As marketers strive to deliver content that best suits their customers’ needs, new research indicates that B2B customers still prefer to consult a wide array of assets during the buying process. According to the “2018 B2B Buying Disconnect” report from TrustRadius, B2B buyers consult 4.9

Consulting 161

Consulting Buy Peer-to-peer B2B 161

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

You’re armed with your prospect’s buying signals, right? What Are Customer Buying Signals? By definition, buying signals are the actions potential customers take that indicate they’re close to making a purchase. Additionally, teams that harness the buying cues benefit from more precise and efficient sales cycles.

Lead Ranking 100

Lead Ranking Buy Work Management Marketing Management 100