2017 State of B2B Marketing Content Consumption and Demand Report

Content marketers and demand generation teams are being challenged even more this year. They are faced with more aggressive goals, steeper competition, and having to keep pace with the constant evolution of the MarTech Stack to achieve success. Just this year, Sirius Decisions reinvented the buyer’s journey with its newly unveiled Demand Unit Waterfall. These evolutions are creating new struggles for the B2B marketer—from bandwidth and budget to performancebased quotas, and sales and marketing alignment. Marketers must advance their thinking to optimize their 2017 demand generation strategy.

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The Demand Orchestration datasheet

whitePaper | December 15, 2019

Demand generation leaders at global B2B organizations with a complex range of products and buyers use Idio to predict the interests of every individual, and automatically deliver relevant 1:1 experiences across digital channels.q

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How Content Distribution Enhances Data Clean-Up Efforts

whitePaper | May 14, 2021

A lead generation campaign presents exciting opportunities for a company pursuing growth, but erroneous data can produce disappointing results or worse: high cost with little to no return on investment. Cleansing your data is a necessary phase step, but is not a “one and done” activity. Read the whitepaper to learn how leveraging a data provider and your own content distribution efforts can help you not only reach your audience but keep your data accurate at the same time.

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Customer Experience is broken. Learn how to bridge CX gaps using AI.

whitePaper | December 20, 2022

Customers are engaging with businesses on several channels, both online and offline. They want curated brand experiences that reflect an understanding of their preferences and needs. But the sad truth is that most businesses aren’t able to bridge the experience gap due to a host of reasons. This ebook explores these reasons and provides a deep dive into the essential elements of a future-ready customer service strategy that leverages AI and automation.

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Your B2B Sales & Marketing Flywheel

whitePaper | June 4, 2021

For B2B industrial and technical companies embracing modern marketing practices, we view the website as your most important marketing asset and lead generation tool. We’ve also said a great website can be like adding a few more people to your company’s sales team. The challenge, however, is to fine tune your website and other digital marketing strategies to provide a stream of marketing qualified leads. And, at the same time, establishing disciplined processes to promptly follow up on each lead. The role of marketing, including how marketing works with sales within B2B companies, has shifted dramatically within just the past few years. Emerging technologies and digital marketing tactics are also blurring the lines between traditional sales and marketing roles. And according to Aberdeen Group, sales and marketing alignment can lead to a 32% increase in year-over-year growth.

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Marketing attribution for the revenue-driven marketer

whitePaper | September 30, 2022

Life as a SaaS marketer (and a person) in 2022 feels uncertain, to say the least. An ongoing pandemic, talks of a possible recession, and tech companies laying off more than 24,000 employees in the first half of this year means it is definitely not business as usual. Operating with reduced headcount and budgets, marketers are facing increasing pressure to tie activity directly to revenue. Enter marketing attribution, a key pillar of revenue-driven marketing. Attribution enables marketing teams to track the effectiveness of their programs and showcase their impact on the business.

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Deliver a Modern Digital CX: 2021 Guide for Marketing Innovators

whitePaper | December 2, 2021

No one fully understands the long-term effect COVID-19 will have on societies or regional economies. But the impact it’s having on brands is becoming clearer by the day. Customer behaviors have shifted during the crisis and may not revert to pre-pandemic norms. McKinsey reports as many as 30% to 40% of U.S. consumers have switched brands or retailers, and the majority intend to continue their new shopping behavior. Many switchers seek better prices, but other motivators include product availability, quality and purpose.

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Decision Analyst, Inc.

Decision Analyst is a global marketing research and analytical consulting firm, serving a number of Fortune 500 corporations, advertising agencies, and management consulting firms. Custom research and analytical consulting are Decision Analyst’s foundational competencies. Decision Analyst is a leader in advanced analytics, mathematical modeling, econometrics, and simulation. The firm is dedicated to helping its clients optimize marketing and operational systems...

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