HOW TO IMPROVE A LEAD GENERATION CAMPAIGN

whitePaper | September 2, 2022

According to Christian Weiss, director ABM EMEA at Autodesk, Germany languishes behind English-speaking countries when it comes to account-based maturity, often due to their reluctance to be the first to try something new. “Germans aren’t always keen on trying and testing from scratch and have a tendency to overthink,” he says. “While other cultures might try new approaches and technologies and fail, at least they’ve tried it. And this is a huge aspect of making account-based principles work. It requires deep change across culture, people and technology – and this isn’t always a good fit for people who are hesitant to embrace change, which isn’t traditionally part of a German’s DNA.”

whitePaper | December 19, 2022

At the peak of the pandemic, businesses struggled to navigate the disruptions and upheavals of COVID-19. Now they’re trying to figure out what to do next as they emerge from the chaos. Who better to lead the business recovery charge than marketing? According to Deloitte, “marketing budgets as a percentage of overall budgets have risen to 11.8%, resetting to pre-pandemic levels.” Additionally, yearly marketing spending is breaking records in areas including brand building, customer relationship management, and traditional advertising.

whitePaper | December 21, 2022

When teams are tasked with growing a more qualified demand pipeline, they look for software that can help. Questions like “Can we afford it? Will it integrate with our existing tech stack? What value will it add to our bottom line?” add to the anxiety of the search. They want to gather as much information as possible about the product experience, key capabilities, and competing solutions to make the best choice for their team and (technology) stack. Savvy sales and marketing teams know that the buying journey starts with online research and content that helps cut through the noise.

whitePaper | August 23, 2022

Your buyers’ lives, preferences, and expectations have changed. Two-thirds or 67% of buyers prefer remote or digital interactions - and they expect those interactions to be substantive and valuable. They hold your sellers to a high standard. That means the buying experiences of the past - in-person meetings, transactional conversations, and linear sales funnels - no longer deliver. So forget your old sales playbook. Your best value proposition is an impactful buying experience that guides people to the best possible decision.

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 | December 10, 2019

The “wealth effect” the idea that consumer and business spending goes up with increases in stock prices, could taper with a downturn in the stock market. With the upcoming political year, it is highly likely that investors will cash out of some of their returns in early 2020, which could result in slower consumer and business spending in the early part of the year. Both B2B and B2C buyers might focus on “must haves” and delay the purchase of “nice to haves” until mid-year.