7 Stages of B2B Marketing Sophistication

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 | 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 | February 1, 2023

The information you need to target your ideal accounts efficiently is scattered across your systems and processes (or just plain hidden, such as buyer intent). As a result of the broken and incomplete data, your sales and marketing teams have account blindness. They have no choice but to make hunch-based decisions. It doesn’t matter how much training you’ve put them through. They will end up spamming prospects (and maybe even existing clients) because they don’t have the intelligence-based insights to guide them.

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 5, 2022

Efficiency and productivity are what will lead to efficient growth. Still, to achieve this, you must have the correct data and tools to project pipeline and align GTM teams around a strategy guaranteed to hit pipeline and revenue targets. That’s why we wrote this guide to help you develop a Sales Pipeline Readiness strategy that allows you to not only predict but also generate pipeline efficiently and effectively.

whitePaper | April 14, 2021

Today, work and home life are converging due to the pandemic and a greater acceptance of remote work as a business practice. In addition, the same individual attention and personalized approach that people demand from the B2C companies they interact with as consumers is now being demanded from the B2B companies they engage with as business buyers. As we hunker down at home, connecting with business prospects now means reaching them the same way B2C companies reach consumers. This white paper outlines why account-based marketing for the individual (ABM-i) is the future of ABM. You'll learn: 8 ABM-i strategies to create a truly personalized approach for engaging decision-makers; How to use technology, data and analytics to build a scalable, yet personal outreach plan; and Real-world examples of effective ABM-i programs from leaders across industries.