Account-Based Marketing : Targeting With Intent

If you are a B2B marketer, account-based marketing is everywhere—but what is it and where did it come from? The concept has been around since the 1990s when marketers began to abandon mass-marketing for more targeted approaches. Back then, it was called 1:1 marketing, a concept introduced by Don This whitepaper will demonstrate why account-based marketing continues to gain momentum and why you should consider implementing an intent-driven ABM program in your organization. Peppers and Martha Rogers in their book “The One to One Future.”

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How to Optimize Your ABM Strategy with Intent Data

whitePaper | January 10, 2023

Today’s B2B buyer is better informed than ever before, which comes with a growing preference for self-service buying experiences (i.e., opting to research products on their own as opposed to connecting with a salesperson). In fact, when surveyed, 87% of B2B buyers said they would prefer to self-serve all or part of their buying journey – meaning by the time a buyer fills out a contact form from your website, they are likely in the final stages of their decision-making process.

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How To Build Your International Go-To-Market Strategy

whitePaper | October 10, 2022

Is your tech company looking to launch new products or services? Are you ready to launch your established product or service to new international markets or verticals? Have you struggled with international sales? Selling to new markets is challenging. You work in tech. You develop your products and services in an agile environment. But beyond that, rapid feedback cycles seem to slow.

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AI and Sales Trends for 2023 and Beyond

whitePaper | January 27, 2023

97% of sales leaders and sales operations pros already believe that AI gives reps more time to sell.1 However, giving reps more time back through automation is just the beginning. AI also provides a means of augmenting human intelligence, so salespeople can finally exceed the expectations of today’s most demanding buyers. This report provides a window into how the right AI-powered sales solutions will empower companies to, at last, fix a broken B2B sales process.

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2022 State of Sales Technology

whitePaper | October 16, 2022

While sales technology has been an essential component of the modern sales team for decades, the past two years have seen a notable evolution in the role of technology in the selling process. According to data from Demand Gen Report, just over half (51%) of companies implemented new sales technologies to keep up with buyer demands. The rising dependence on sales technology became particularly evident as sales teams transitioned from in-person sales to completely remote to hybrid work over the course of the pandemic. Sales leaders had to equip their staff with tools that could perform in any environment, with all the functionality and security they would get working from the office.

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7 Ways to Supercharge Your ABM Strategy with Real-Time Intent

whitePaper | December 23, 2022

Selling or marketing to someone you have limited insights on is like trying to hit a piñata blindfolded. You have a general idea of where it is, but without knowing its exact whereabouts, you’re taking swings in the dark, and more often than not—you’ll miss your target. Gaps in buyer insights—pain points, account needs, and goals—are a huge issue for accountbased marketing (ABM) teams looking to deepen relationships with existing customers and target high-value prospects. Personalization lives at the core of ABM, and yet, personalization at scale toward target accounts (35 percent) and developing targeted content for accounts and personas (30 percent) are in the top five ABM challenges, according to Demand Gen Report.

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Quick Start Guide to Intent-Based Marketing

whitePaper | January 6, 2023

Since the beginning of B2B marketing as we know it, marketers have struggled with the question of how to get in front of the right prospects at the precise moment they’re ready to buy. For decades, the only solution was to use firmographic data (company size, industry, geographic footprint, etc.) which unfortunately offered no insights into whether the target would be ready to buy today, next quarter, next year, or ever. Things improved somewhat when technographic data came on the scene. By finding out which tools, technologies, and applications a company used, marketers could gain deeper insights into what they buy, how they operate, and what they might be looking to do next.

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Digitas is The Connected Marketing Agency, relentlessly committed to help brands better connect with people through Truth. Connection. Wonder. Our team is deliberately diversified — with experts in data, strategy, creative, media, and tech working seamlessly across capabilities and continents to make better connections and achieve ambitious outcomes through ideas that excite, provoke and inspire.

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