Mereo

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Read on for the Mereo B2B selling forecast for the year ahead. Gartner found friction-filled B2B buying journeys are all too common — a staggering 77% of B2B buyers state that their latest purchase was very complex or difficult. What has all this built up to for 2023? A STUBBORN CONTINUATION OF SELLING VIA SCREENS. Let’s talk.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

According to Gartner, worldwide IT spending growth has been revised upwards to 2.6% This is good news, and is the first time in three years that Gartner is revising its growth predictions up versus down mid-year. Although the current forecast is lower than the original 3.2% Percent in 2014 Gartner Forecasts 3.1%

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 14, 2015

Gartner has revised worldwide IT spending down for 2015, predicting a 1.3% This latest estimate comes on the heels of Gartner RAISING forecasts to kickoff the New Year, expecting a 2.4% This latest estimate comes on the heels of Gartner RAISING forecasts to kickoff the New Year, expecting a 2.4%

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 23, 2019

IDC forecasts 75% of commercial enterprise apps will use AI by 2021 ( source ). Gartner predicts that through 2022, 85% of AI projects will deliver erroneous outcomes due to bias in data, algorithms, or the teams responsible for managing them ( source ). Forrester forecasts one million U.S. The Impact of AI on Employment.

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Martech

MARCH 20, 2023

Slightly more than half (53%) of CFOs expect to increase their marketing budgets by at least 3% this year, according to a Gartner survey of 300 top financial executives. Dig deeper: Enterprise IT remains bright amid gloomy tech spending forecast In context. Why we care.

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 8, 2014

According to Gartner, worldwide IT spending is on pace to reach $3.8 uplift from the last forecast published in Q1). Although the forecast predicts healthy growth for 2014, these same Gartner forecasts have been overly optimistic the past two years. Sources: Gartner Says Worldwide IT Spending on Pace to Grow 3.2

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Act-On

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Research from Gartner shows that buyers only spend 17% of their time meeting with potential suppliers—that’s all suppliers, not just the winning solution. Research from Gartner shows that sales teams typically believe only 44% of MQLs are actually promising. Leaders develop inaccurate forecasts based on inconsistent metrics.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 16, 2014

According to Gartner, the annual release of their New Year’s spending forecast predicts global IT spending growth of 3.1% However, as has been proven over the past two years, this forecast may be dramatically optimistic. Examining their 2013 predictions, Gartner indicated IT spending would rise 4.2% for the year.

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Martech

AUGUST 19, 2021

In its most recent report on the market, Gartner predicted that 70% of independent CDP vendors will be acquired or will acquire adjacent technologies to diversify by 2023. According to Gartner, these players will get into of personalization, multichannel marketing, consent management or master data management (MDM) for customer data.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 9, 2013

To kick off 2013, Gartner predicted that the reigns on worldwide IT spending would loosen, forecasting an increase of 4.2% Sure enough, Gartner has had to once again lower expectations , cutting in half their earlier growth estimates, now predicting only a 2% rise. Gartner Says Worldwide IT Spending Forecast to Reach $3.7

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InsightSquared

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

HubSpot excitement is clear, with deals already closed to bring deeper visibility, analytics and forecasting to this new market. According to Gartner, 80% of sales interactions will be digital by 2025. Call analysis separated from forecasting, again will slow coaching and improvement. Finally reducing silos!).

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Koroberi

APRIL 9, 2024

In fact, B2B buyers spend the highest percentage of their buying journey (27%) researching online independently ( Gartner, 2019 ), making search engine optimization (SEO) vital for driving awareness, interest and consideration of your business among prospects.

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 6, 2012

The predictions for solid growth might have gotten ahead of themselves once again, as Gartner cuts their IT spending growth predictions by 1/3rd for the remainder of 2012. Going into this New Year, Gartner analysts predicted that IT spending would expand worldwide by 3.7%. Click here for the Gartner IT Spending announcement.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 1, 2016

Gartner recently published their latest worldwide IT spending forecasts, and with a likely economic slowdown on the horizon, are projecting an anemic 0.6% And Gartner is predicting that by 2020, as much as 90% of IT spending could be driven by the business. Sources: Gartner Says Worldwide IT Spending is Forecast to Grow 0.6

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The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2015

Gartner recently published their latest worldwide IT spending forecasts with a sharp downward revision, now projecting a 5.5% This latest estimate from Gartner is a further downward revision of the overly optimistic forecast published to kickoff the New Year, where Gartner was anticipating a 2.4%

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InsightSquared

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

According to Gartner , less than 50% of sales leaders and sellers have high confidence in their organization’s forecasting accuracy. These meetings are necessary, but the approach needs a refresh to avoid that weekly interrogation between manager and rep, which benefits no one. .

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2018

IDC forecasts 75% of commercial enterprise apps will use AI by 2021 ( source ). Gartner predicts that through 2022, 85% of AI projects will deliver erroneous outcomes due to bias in data, algorithms, or the teams responsible for managing them ( source ). Forrester forecasts one million U.S. The Impact of AI on Employment.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

MARCH 4, 2024

Predictive AI: analyzes existing data to make forecasts Generative AI: creates new content based on learned patterns Considering that an AI strategy likely encompasses both types of AI models – which serve specific purposes and goals – this signals an opportunity for more comprehensive education.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 10, 2024

Just 45% of sales leaders have high confidence in the accuracy of their forecasting (including their projection of gross and net sales), according to Gartner. Easy-to-understand visuals clearly illustrate sales and forecast trends so you’ll never be in the dark. Learn more What are gross sales vs. net sales?

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SalesIntel

DECEMBER 13, 2021

77% of B2B Buyers State Their Latest B2B Purchase Was Very Complex Or Difficult (Gartner). There Are Six Jobs Customers Must Complete to Make a B2B Purchase (Gartner). Times More Likely to Make a B2B Purchase With Better Information (Gartner). The B2B Buying Process Is Less Linear Today (Gartner). Customers Are 2.8

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 23, 2019

IDC forecasts 90% of new enterprise apps will use AI by 2025 ( source ). Gartner predicts that through 2022, 85% of AI projects will deliver erroneous outcomes due to bias in data, algorithms, or the teams responsible for managing them ( source ). Forrester forecasts one million U.S. healthcare economy by 2026 ( source ).

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Marketri

JANUARY 29, 2024

For example, Gartner forecasts that 30% of outbound marketing messages that originate from large organizations will be synthetically generated—not 10 years from now, but by next year! But Here Comes AI Yet technologies like gen AI are threatening to pull marketing in a different direction, one where humanization takes a back seat.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Those are just a few of the findings from B2B Buying Disconnect: Forecasting Radical Changes in Tech Buying Behavior just published by software rating site TrustRadius. And those professionals rely on different sources for decision making than their more senior colleagues. Search is Getting More Important.

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Martech

AUGUST 30, 2022

A full thirty-one percent of marketers surveyed by Gartner said they end their journey maps with the purchase, the lead acquisition, the initial transaction or the delivery of the product or service. “A Gartner’s depiction of the customer journey. Raising the stakes with the customer journey during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Rev

JUNE 14, 2023

In fact, According to Gartner, 75% of high-growth companies will have a RevOps model within the next two years. It focuses on four key pillars: revenue process optimization, connected intelligence, dynamic forecasting and collaborative execution. RevOps has emerged as their key to achieving this enorm ous effort.

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Hubspot

MARCH 29, 2021

Gartner ) 9. Gartner ) 9. AI adoption in sales has been forecasted to grow 139% between 2020 and 2023. Predictive intelligence adoption in sales is forecasted to grow 118% between 2020 and 2023. Lead-to-cash process automation in sales has been forecasted to grow 115% between 2020 and 2023. Hinge Research ) 7.

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Martech

AUGUST 23, 2022

A May 2022 Gartner survey of over 300 U.S. A great majority (75%) expect prices in all categories to continue to increase in the second half of 2022 (per a separate June 2022 Gartner consumer survey ). Amid the current media landscape complexity, “plan and forecast carefully” is good advice, but far easier said than done.

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B2B Marketing Directions

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The Conference Board is currently forecasting that real GDP will grow at an annualized rate of 5.5% In a recent post , I discussed some of the findings of Gartner's CMO Spend Survey, 2021. Gartner found that the mean percentage of total company revenue allocated to marketing in 2021 is 6.4%, down from 11% in 2020.

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Binary Demand

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Below are the few insights gathered from diverse surveys and research on B2B buyer behavior: Gartner, Inc. It surpasses the realm of describing consumer actions to forecasting future consumer behaviors through data analysis. reveals that B2B buyers value third-party interactions, like customer references and expert consultations, 1.4x

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Oktopost

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Unfortunately, this trend is forecasted to continue as we move into 2024. In addition, Gartner’s recent survey found that training and upskilling employees was the second most prominent challenge for marketing leaders across the board. Source: Gartner Technology can be a tremendously helpful resource to expand marketing effectiveness.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 11, 2012

In their just released outlook, Gartner raised annual IT spending growth predictions, from a cool 2.5 recovery, and a slowdown in China providing significant headwinds, Gartner indicates that the outlook is not great, but at least “stabilized”. Source: Gartner Worldwide IT Spending Forecast, 2Q12 Update.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 26, 2024

Why knowing the difference between MQLs and SQLs is important Moving a lead from MQL to SQL Hit your forecast with real-time pipeline insights What could you do with relevant insights at your fingertips? Sell smarter, take action, and hit your forecasts. Improve your forecasting What is a marketing qualified lead (MQL)?

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Content Standard

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

According to a recent Gartner poll of over 2,500 executives, 70% are actively investigating and exploring generative AI, while 19% are already in pilot or production mode. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter , Content & Context, to receive more insights on the evolution of content from Skyword CEO, Andrew C.

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Martech

MARCH 2, 2023

And although marketing budgets, as a share of revenue, rebounded last year to more than 9%, according to the 2022 Gartner CMO Spend and Strategy Survey , they are still lower than they were in 2020, forcing CMOs to achieve more with less. As a coach , to suggest shifts to current marketing investments that improve performance.

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Vision Edge Marketing

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

A Gartner study in 2019 declared that 54% of analytics insights will not deliver business outcomes thru 2022. Another Gartner study forecasts that 85% of Big Data projects fail. Here are some sobering statistics: Scott Edinger in an HBR article claimed “18% to 69% of Marketing Technology implementations fail.”.

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ClickZ

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

The martech budget forecast looks positive over the next year. However, we should also note that Gartner’s annual CMO Spend Survey last month said that marketing budgets dropped 11% for the first time in five years. Are martech budgets increasing, decreasing, or static? Just 4% anticipate a decrease.

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Hubspot

APRIL 11, 2023

Despite an uncertain economy ahead, recruiters forecast that the market will remain favorable to candidates. In 2022, Gartner found that 89% of sellers felt burned out from work. Gartner uses the term “drag” to describe burned-out sales reps' mentality. “70% This high rate of burnout is reflected in intended attrition.

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