2017 State of Digital Marketing

whitePaper | September 30, 2022

Alignment between marketing and sales is a top priority at most organizations. After all, the more marketing and sales teams are aligned, the better the results. When marketing and sales are in sync, teams see increased revenue, improved customer retention, increased renewals, and better win rates. Despite the fact that teams want alignment, many struggle to achieve it. That’s, in part, because gaining alignment isn’t easy. If your company is already performing well, it may be tempting to continue on upholding the status quo—making sales through reputation or referrals. If your company is underperforming, it may be overwhelming to address issues with alignment. In either case, getting aligned is essential.

whitePaper | December 23, 2022

ABM gets better with age - but unfortunately, practitioners don't have the luxury of pouring it into an oak barrel for a couple decades to let it mature. Demand Gen Report's "2022 ABM Benchmark Survey" uncovered that 59% of experienced practitioners (those with ABM programs more than a year old) indicated their ABM programs are meeting or greatly exceeding their expectations, while only 45% of novices (those with ABM programs less than one year old) could say the same.

whitePaper | December 10, 2022

Almost a decade ago, McKinsey Global Institute found that data-driven organizations are not only 23 times more likely to acquire customers, but also six times as likely to retain customers, and 19 times more profitable than their competitors. Yet in 2021, NewVantage Partners found that “only 24% of organizations are data-driven.” With the velocity, volume, and variety of data, it is not easy to go from data to insights to action. Organizations struggle with bad data, siloed data, and multiple versions of the truth. No longer is it about having enough data, the focus is on having the right data and knowing what to do with it once you do.

whitePaper | February 1, 2023

Account-based marketing (ABM) is built upon the premise that not all accounts are created equal, meaning that some accounts should be prioritized and targeted based on their revenue-generating potential. In fact, a Forrester 2022 Total Economic Impact™ Study found that customers adopting ABM and using a platform purpose-built to provide an account-first context for all data and engagement efforts had a return-on-investment of 367 percent in three years and a payback period of less than six months.

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 | March 9, 2023

When the economy falters, buyer behavior changes. But the key questions CFOs always ask are: By how much? And how much will it affect the sales pipeline, the lifeblood of the business? To maintain a healthy balance sheet, it’s critical for CFOs to get those answers right. And that’s where things get tricky. When CFOs trim budgets with a too-heavy hand, they can cripple the business’ future growth. Conversely, if they don’t trim enough, the business can bleed out.