B2B Content Marketing 2018: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends

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 14, 2019

Account-based selling focuses on quality over quantity. Sales teams prioritize their prospecting efforts based on the companies they should be contacting rather than the individuals. They use data to find specific accounts that would benefit from their product and then devise customized, high-touch prospecting approaches for those target accounts. By employing account-based selling, you ensure that your sales teams are focusing on highpotential, high-value accounts, making them more likely to close deals, hit their quotas, and grow your business.

whitePaper | October 1, 2022

Account-based marketing, commonly referred to as ABM, has taken the B2B marketing world by storm. According to HubSpot, 70% of marketers reported using ABM last year, which is a 15% increase from the prior year. It’s no secret– many B2B companies are using account based marketing (ABM) as a key strategy to target prospects, specifically with the aim of reaching specific accounts that fit an ideal customer profile. That’s because it works. According to a survey conducted by ITSMA, 87% of marketers say that ABM efforts outperform other marketing efforts.

whitePaper | January 25, 2023

Intent data has been making waves in digital environments by improving customer interactions from that phase of initial interest, all the way to becoming a converted account. For the better part of a decade, data-driven observations of customer behavior have relied heavily on insights derived from first-party data - insight into what actions customers take directly on an organization’s website. While this approach has strong pros for increasing account growth or capitalizing on inbound leads, the decision making process in the buyer journey often starts long before a prospect lands on a business’ website.

whitePaper | August 23, 2022

To achieve success in today’s digital world, marketers need to collect, analyze and master intent data. But what exactly is intent data and how can organizations use this information to close deals? To answer these questions, we’ve recruited a team of B2B marketing experts to share their tips, tricks and insights on intent data. The result is our free e-book, “B2B Trends: How Intent Data Can Boost Marketing Results.” In it, you’ll discover not only the trends behind intent data, but what actual marketers like you are doing to use it.

whitePaper | January 30, 2023

Since the beginning of the Pandemic in 2019 through the end of 2021, 75% of all sales roles that were terminated have been re-hired. At the current trend, we will be at or above 98% recovery by the end of 2022 even in a recessionary market. To offset these results, the best sales leaders are focused on using AI-assisted real-time rep support and are increasing their automation of digital channel engagement. Our review of 11.5M sales engagements and conversation outcomes from Sales Development Reps (SDRs) underscores the need for automated conversation guidance to improve seller performance.