The Actionable Guide to Account-Based Sales Activation

whitePaper | May 18, 2021

For B2B sales and marketing teams, competitive analysis is a foundational process that reinforces and clarifies business cases or campaign roadmaps by identifying gaps and potential differentiators. A competitive analysis has become essential to developing and identifying a winning strategy for growth and success—essential when, on average, a business can have 25 direct competitors. In the traditional sense, this would equate to an analysis of competitors, their products, and their messaging. But does that serve the purpose of identifying competitive gaps, or the ultimate goal of winning market share through displacement? Effective competitive displacement and competitive analysis need to be customer-centric above all else.

whitePaper | August 16, 2022

Our “State of the Buyer Report: Future of Work Edition” illustrates how marketers can leverage data to develop a better ABM strategy that prioritizes the right accounts and engages them with personalized messaging and content. It examines five topic areas impacting purchase decisions surrounding today’s hybrid workforce—cloud infrastructure, hybrid work, enterprise networking, artificial intelligence (AI), and cybersecurity—, and provides actionable takeaways for marketers to reach the buying centers that are researching and actively engaging with relevant content and advertising.

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.

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.

whitePaper | March 1, 2023

With Marketing Tools seeing the greatest spiking intent in both NAM (466,740 actively search businesses) and EMEA (46,129), what other topics are Marketing Ops professionals currently interested in? What are their most prominent pain points? Where are they looking to invest in the year ahead? In this report, discover key insights guiding MarTech vendors in their strive to capture demand in a changing market.

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.