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Report: 46% of B2B Buyers Turn to Colleagues/Peers to Research Purchases

KoMarketing Associates

B2B buyers continue to do their own research before making a purchase decision, and new research shows that colleagues and peers are playing a more important role in the process. This is followed by user reviews (35 percent) and third-party/analyst reports (32 percent). Marketing and the Timing of Outreach.

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Sales Impact Academy and Outreach: More Peer-to-Peer Learning and Sales Expertise

Outreach

It hosts an extensive roster of live events to bring together experts in industry and encourage peer-to-peer learning. It hosts an extensive roster of live events to bring together experts in industry and encourage peer-to-peer learning. Peer-to-peer learning. A solid partnership.

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3 marketing motions successful B2B software companies do differently than peers

Sword and the Script | B2B

The two organizations teamed up to survey “sales and marketing executives at about 1,100 US software and cloud hosting companies.” Comment: Generally, companies that experiment always seem to do better than peers. Companies that do this tend to outperform peers. >>> Need an extra pair of hands?

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What Is a Marketing Database? (Hint: It’s NOT Your Audience)

Marketing Insider Group

According to a recent study, businesses that leverage customer data outperform their peers by 85% in sales growth. Neglect her, and your strategy is as good as checkmate. But wield her wisely, and you’re playing to win. Having a marketing database isn’t just about hoarding data like a digital dragon sitting on a pile of gold.

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How COVID-19 is Impacting B2B Marketing Plans

Speaker: Tom Pick, Chief Digital Marketing Consultant, Webbiquity

B2B Marketing Zone and Tom Pick, a well-known B2B Marketing expert, recently conducted a survey of over 450 senior B2B marketing professionals about the impact of COVID-19 on their B2B marketing plans. Don’t miss this webinar, where Tom will share findings from the survey, from additional market input, and from the audience.

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Early stage B2B tech startups don’t invest enough in marketing [peer-reviewed study]

Sword and the Script | B2B

That’s according to a new paper published in a peer-reviewed journal by two academics Gary L. ” The duo used “multi-method approach that involved interviews, secondary data, and a follow-up survey” to conduct the study. emphasis theirs].” emphasis theirs].” >>> Need an extra pair of hands?

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Driving effective enablement through blended learning

Seismic

Learn how to decide where training lives and how to incorporate it into your readiness program. And, I’ve seen training and enablement drastically change over the course of the decade. Back then, nearly everyone was in an office and received their enablement through in-person, training sessions.