Account-Based Marketing: The answer to today’s more demanding buyers

whitePaper | October 4, 2022

Gartner has predicted that by next year (2022), profitability will overtake customer experience (CX) as a top strategic priority. This change is part of a longer-term trend. CFOs want rigorous measurement of marketing activities. Metrics like cost per acquisition are at a premium. These metrics are linear and atomic, much like accounting and financial data. This conundrum has led to a plethora of methods and tools to measure marketing effectiveness, and ultimately to optimize the marketing mix. But now this confusing landscape cries out for a more clear-eyed answer of “what’s really working and what’s not?” when it comes to marketing measurement and optimization. The answers are not simple or easy.

whitePaper | March 23, 2023

Here’s the simple truth we’ll be exploring in detail in this white paper: if you work for a company, you’re already in the business of behavior. That’s because if your business is going to prosper, you’re going to need to influence behavior. Your own, your people… and your customers. Whether it’s choosing a service provider, completing a purchase journey or opting for self-service rather than making a call, customers constantly make choices about how to interact with businesses. And as the world becomes more digital and remote, your behavior – and the choices that you and your customers make as a result – become more important than ever.

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.

whitePaper | June 27, 2022

Everywhere marketers turn, people are talking about Intent data. After all, 94% of marketers believe that using data to track buyer Intent gives them a competitive advantage. But Intent data is now a term whose meaning, like most buzzwords, has gotten diluted. There’s a false belief that Intent data is a silver bullet, alleged to solve any and all marketing woes. But in reality, many organizations are barely scraping the surface of how Intent data can benefit them and, more importantly, their bottom line.

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 | January 3, 2023

The world is changing faster than ever, and so is the world of advertising. Customer expectations are evolving as rapidly as the digital channels and platforms we use to reach B2B buyers today. New privacy regulations like GDPR and CCPA, have only added to the uncertainty faced by global enterprises that use advertising to reach their target accounts.. In response to these changes, marketers’ top three priorities are now around innovating, engaging customers in real time, and complying with privacy regulations