Webbiquity

DECEMBER 4, 2018

More than 75 percent of prospects feel the sales professionals who contact them lack knowledge of their specific business, role and responsibilities at work, or even the issues they’re trying to resolve, according to research from Forrester. You also get to understand their abilities and properly map them to your buyers’ needs.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 26, 2018

I had the pleasure to present at a VIP Breakfast yesterday within the Forrester B2B Marketing and Sales event, on-stage with Mary Shea, Principal Analyst for Forrester, This included announcing live our merger with Mediafly, a leading sales enablement company. Clearly, expectations are being missed.

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ClickZ

AUGUST 27, 2020

Even though several marketing functions have been adjusted to meet the changing business climate during the COVID-19 pandemic , companies are still expressing concern over retaining customers and keeping employees safe. Fortunately, intelligent chat offers an answer for companies in the planning stages of post-COVID return to work.

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Mereo

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Demonstrate how you can serve their needs better than all the others. You are an expert on your company — but not theirs. Buyers overwhelmingly value selling organizations that gain a deep understanding of their company and its needs and, furthermore, demonstrate that with relevant content and conversations.

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KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 23, 2018

As CoSchedule (the company that did the survey) says: “ The question isn’t simply, “Are you creating epic, high-quality content?”. Let’s say you do marketing for an accounting firm that works with mid-size companies in Boston. Your company gives people the right content – relevant content – for wherever they are in the buyer’s journey.

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Cintell

MARCH 10, 2016

Transforms marketers into subject matter experts on their buyers. 90% of companies using Personas have been able to create a clearer understanding of who buyers are. 82% of companies using Personas have managed to create an improved value proposition. Understanding B2B Buyers Benchmark Study, Cintell ). DemandGen).

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Martech Advisor

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Unfortunately, most marketers don't know how their customers feel about advertising, according to Forrester. It takes a lot of time to conduct research, synthesize it, and then act on it. It takes a lot of time to conduct research, synthesize it, and then act on it. This stems from a variety of factors. Use assignment selling.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 16, 2022

Today, featuring the founder and CEO of Demand Revenue, former SiriusDecisions and Forrester Analyst, Alan Gonsenhauser. Obviously, if you have been following SiriusDecisions or Forrester for a long time you’ve probably seen Alan’s name in research or content. How should companies think about that?

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2017

Although buyers leverage digital more than ever in their decision making process, and as a result appear to engage with reps later in the decision making process (up to 57% of the way through), sales reps still have a big impact, ESPECIALLY if they can intersect early in the buyer’s journey, and with value.

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Akoonu

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Considering that 68% of companies struggle with lead generation , there’s a lot of room for improvement. Creating campaigns that are targeted to buyers divided up into similar segments based on their role, preferences and needs helps marketers to send messages that resonate better with their audience. Lead Nurturing.

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Scoop.it

OCTOBER 29, 2019

But, according to CSO Insights , only 32% of companies have a documented strategy to provide content for their salespeople. Because many organizations don’t understand why sales reps need content and what types of content to provide them to help them win more deals. Why Do Salespeople Need Content? Why is this number so low?

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Mereo

MARCH 26, 2020

. — you have nothing of which to serve your buyer. And over time, your buyers’ needs you first set out to alleviate change. According to LoSasso research, 34% of B2B buyers say their purchase decisions are driven most by features, while 27% say price and only 39% say brand. A past problem is wiped out.

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Madison Logic

MARCH 13, 2024

According to Forrester research, millennial buyers aged 25-44 are increasingly shifting into purchase decision-making roles and are expected to make up three-fourths of business buying teams in 2024. As a result of this shift, marketers and sellers can no longer rely on what has always worked to reach them.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

A whopping 76 % of the deals don’t go to the company that wins the competitive bake-off, where features make a difference, rather the win goes to the solution provider who engages early to help the buyer establish the buying agenda (Forrester). SiriusDecisions). and “Why do so now?” , way before “Why your solution?”.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 15, 2011

Today’s buyer is more empowered, skeptical and frugal than ever before, providing a greater than ever challenge to sales professionals, and shaking the very foundations of traditional selling models. the value referring to the specific "know how" your clients need to achieve an outcome. Fight Frugalnomics with Outcome Selling?

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Marketers are scrambling to address the power shift and overcome lead generation and conversion issues by delivering more content and tools over more channels to actively engage ever more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyers. Having the right content and tools to help fuel buyer’s decision making process is essential.

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PathFactory

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

According to recent Forrester Research, 73% of millennials in the workforce are already involved in purchasing decisions for their firms and that millennials will comprise 44% of the total US workforce by 2025¹. It leads with what the company offers rather than what the customer actually needs or wants. Are everywhere.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

As today’s buyers are empowered by the Internet to do their own research and drive their own purchasing due diligence – engaging sales later than ever, or not at all – easy to use versions of these diagnostic tools need to be on-line, readily available, interactive and personalized to empower self-service research.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

email pitches per week, up 32 percent from 2006 according to sales and marketing research firm SiriusDecisions. With marketers who seem more focused on gaming the channels themselves than in the value of the dialogue being created, buyers are now inundated with more product related and meaningless offers than ever.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Thursday, November 04, 2010 IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales Enablement Define Marketing for 2011 I just had the pleasure of presenting a webinar with Randy Perry, VP Business Value at IDC. In this blog post, I present a few of the key research metrics and advice.

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NetLine

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Identify the key themes and information needs of in-market buyers at each sales stage A good place to start is by pinpointing the key themes and information in-market buyers need at each stage of their journey by analyzing intent data to uncover common trends, pain points, and interests.

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Madison Logic

MAY 18, 2023

These days, it seems like you can’t get through a meeting—much less a cocktail party—without someone bringing up ChatGPT. ChatGPT is a generative AI tool that’s caused a lot of buzz in the marketing industry with its ability to streamline content creation and research tasks.

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Televerde

AUGUST 30, 2021

To effectively move potential buyers through the decision process and convert them into sales, B2B companies need to tap into the influencing factors behind buyer decisions. The factors influencing buyer decisions are nuanced, and they require intentional and finessed approaches from sales teams. Early Engagement.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 11, 2024

About $3 trillion — that’s Forrester’s estimate for B2B sales by 2027, almost double what it was in 2021. If you want to be successful in B2B sales, you need to understand the difference between B2B and B2C sales strategies. You must also understand the B2B sales process and how companies think about these big decisions.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Forrester also predicts that the market for AI-powered platforms will grow to $37 billion by 2025. AI can assist with a number of sales functions, including: Adapting quickly to buyer needs. Teams can more quickly adapt to increased buyer sophistication and changing buyer journeys.

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Sana Commerce

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Here’s what B2B sales leaders need to know: 44% of B2B buyers think they have found their ideal product or solution before contacting the seller, and simply need assurance. Data from Forrester shows that two-thirds of businesses today meet customer expectations, but only 3% exceed them. Source: McKinsey.

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Kapost

APRIL 5, 2017

Organizations that use a mapping program to manage buyer and customer journeys average a 79% increase in cross-sell and upsell revenue, marketing research from the Aberdeen Group reveals. In the new B2B marketing landscape, buyers are in control of their journeys.

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Crimson Marketing

MARCH 16, 2015

Office Max and Sears were amongst the leading store closers in 2014 with hundreds of outlets shuttered between them, the year bid final adieu to Blockbuster, while the fate of retail industry stalwart Radio Shack hangs in the balance after the company filed Chapter 11 in February. . The buyer’s journey has changed.

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 23, 2016

Many B2B companies that are successful and experiencing rapid growth rates today have made a significant pivot in the way that their sales and marketing departments operate. But before making the decision to shift more of your resources towards content marketing and lead generation , you need to understand some harsh truths.

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Seismic

MAY 24, 2019

Companies will often say their going to deliver content to sales, but it only part of a list of a million things for marketing to do. For content selling to be successful, there needs to be a content organization of one or more dedicated people who are committed to delivering and optimizing content for sales. Have a dedicated resource.

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Sales Engine

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Many B2B companies that are successful and experiencing rapid growth rates today have made a significant pivot in the way that their sales and marketing departments operate. But before making the decision to shift more of your resources towards content marketing and lead generation , you need to understand some harsh truths.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 7, 2012

I will point to some research from Hubspot that quantifies the fact that inbound leads cost significantly less than traditional demand generation. Marketing platform provider Hubspot has been delivering research to support this notion for over 3 years. Forrester: CMO Mandate: Adapt or Perish.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Despite this growth, 50% of companies surveyed in a 2011 Focus Study say they have not yet realized a return on investment for their marketing automation. Make Room for Complex Buyer Motivations. It’s hard to diagnose buyer needs in a vacuum. According to the same Forrester report – reasons vary.

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Content Standard

OCTOBER 2, 2020

” — John Sculley “Branded content is created for a company. A content brand is created for a valuable company.” ” — Drew Davis “Brands need to take the phrase ‘acting like a publisher’ literally.” Aim for the company of immortals.” Aim out of the park.

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ANNUITAS

JUNE 1, 2015

Citing sources from their own research and that of Forrester and Corporate Executive Board (CEB ) that show how the majority of B2B buying cycles are self-driven, digital endeavors, Sirius then showed additional research that said these research backed statements – including their own – may not be completely accurate.

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Martech

APRIL 15, 2022

As companies speed up the adoption of digital processes and technologies , it is likely you will soon be interacting with increasingly tech-savvy customers. As a result, you can no longer appeal to buyers using traditional tools. In B2C marketing, companies sell directly to the end customers. Estimated reading time: 9 minutes.

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6sense

AUGUST 24, 2017

I’ve spent most of my career driving revenue for premium providers and the last decade has been with world-class martech companies. From my experience, while enterprise-grade companies are incredibly valuable, their specific value tends to be fairly nuanced. 6sense provides me with the chance to be part of something transformational.

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