The ultimate guide to lead generation

whitePaper | January 20, 2023

Technology vendors are facing challenging economic conditions, reduced quarterly income due to longer sales cycles, and larger selection committees due to hesitancy in choosing new technology. The average sales cycle has increased 22% over the past 5 years due to more decision makers being involved in the buying process. Soon customers will manage 85% of their relationships without talking to a human source.

whitePaper | October 4, 2022

Gartner has predicted that by next year (2022), profitability will overtake customer experience (CX) as a top strategic priority. This change is part of a longer-term trend. CFOs want rigorous measurement of marketing activities. Metrics like cost per acquisition are at a premium. These metrics are linear and atomic, much like accounting and financial data. This conundrum has led to a plethora of methods and tools to measure marketing effectiveness, and ultimately to optimize the marketing mix. But now this confusing landscape cries out for a more clear-eyed answer of “what’s really working and what’s not?” when it comes to marketing measurement and optimization. The answers are not simple or easy.

whitePaper | August 4, 2022

Buyers are influenced by brands they know. By leaning into the entire customer journey, B2B brands can start to think beyond lead-based strategies with account-based experiences (ABX). Delivering account-based experiences (ABX) helps you find and keep customers by staying active in the market and nurturing meaningful account relationships. Learn what successful account-based experiences look like and how to get started on a full-funnel, always-on ABX approach. You’ll discover: Why brand building creates more value than sales activation Key differences among account-based targeting, marketing, and experience Tips on how to implement ABX strategically, one ecosystem at a time How to align your go-to-market teams and accelerate revenue

whitePaper | February 4, 2022

Finding new customers is a constant struggle for any business. Whether you’re launching a new product, entering a new market, or even branding your business, you have to get the word out. That’s why you need a GTM strategy. At its core, a go-to-market strategy is an action plan outlining the steps to be taken by a company so it can reach out to the right audience with the right message to grow and brand itself as a company. In a nutshell, it covers everything from product development to customer service, including business strategy.

whitePaper | December 10, 2022

With pressure on the rise to prove value AND generate results fast, marketers can no longer rely on just quantity. While the goal remains to maximize on the volume of leads, the bigger focus now is on the quality of leads (your best-fit accounts!) Quality leads are best-fit accounts for your business that are ready to buy based on high fit scores, levels of intent, spikes in engagement, data, and more!

whitePaper | June 27, 2022

Effective account-based marketing (ABM) requires ample, timely and accurate account and contact insights. The insights that matter for ABM can be classified by data type and level of granularity. Choosing the right types of insight depends on the organization’s ABM approach.