Targeted Account Strategy

Top 10 XaaS Marketing Trends for 2023

October 5, 2022

XaaS Marketing Trends
For technology businesses, the move from traditional on-premises sales and licensing models to an “as-aservice” subscription model is critical. Yet, while the upsides of recurring revenue streams are substantial, there are risks. This flexible, ongoing billing model gives customers more leverage to switch if they can find alternate solutions that offer a better customer experience (CX) or enhanced features. Today’s technology businesses must redefine their go-to-market strategies and tactics to ensure adoption, usage, and renewal to avoid attrition.

Spotlight

SmithGifford

We create strategies and insight. The ads, tweets, stunts, banners, gigantic straws and microsites are just the fun part. Because a great idea doesn’t need a TV spot. Or a print ad or a banner or a microsite or a facebook page.

OTHER WHITEPAPERS
news image

2020 MARKETING OUTLOOK

whitePaper | December 10, 2019

The “wealth effect” the idea that consumer and business spending goes up with increases in stock prices, could taper with a downturn in the stock market. With the upcoming political year, it is highly likely that investors will cash out of some of their returns in early 2020, which could result in slower consumer and business spending in the early part of the year. Both B2B and B2C buyers might focus on “must haves” and delay the purchase of “nice to haves” until mid-year.

Read More
news image

Unlocking MKTG’s Great Multiplier: Getting Started with Full-Funnel B2B Ad Campaign

whitePaper | September 1, 2022

Marketers spend anywhere from 5% to 20% of annual gross revenue on advertising spend, so what does it take to get the most out of that spend? In this guide, we walk through how to use advertising for the full funnel, from awareness to customer retention. You will learn: How to work smart, not hard: optimize your ads for a full funnel experience using the tools you already have and leveraging ABM in the process Ways to experiment with your ads to find the right mix for your audience A stage-by-stage full funnel blueprint to create ads that resonate with your audience each step of the way, including the goal, approach, and CTAs.

Read More
news image

CX Trends, Challenges, & Opportunities

whitePaper | June 30, 2022

Brands can continue talking about customer centricity. They can continue exploring new digital options and workflow models. As far as today’s consumers are concerned, brands still have considerable work to do. What ultimately matters, however, is whether these mindsets and strategies are leading to better, more frictionless, more personalized experiences across all channels. In this report you will learn where are brands going wrong and what opportunities do they have to turn customer centricity into a reality.

Read More
news image

Reclaiming Channel Partners’ Rightful Spot in ABM

whitePaper | November 30, 2019

Organizations that use a channel-based ABM strategy are advantaged as they tap into the broader reach already built into their channel partner network. This extended ABM strategy provides all parties with the visibility and the foundation for collaboration on the accounts, leads, and deals that help build pipeline, revenue, and partner traction. “Nearly half of its practitioners

Read More
news image

Lead Management for Cloud Offering

whitePaper | May 5, 2023

With the latest advancements in technology, businesses can now oversee an entire financial transaction in a minute at the comforts of their offices rather than take a time-consuming trip to the bank. With far-reaching access to mobile technology, things have moved even faster than ever as businesses and entrepreneurs are able to deal with each other at the tip of their fingertips. The rapid evolution of B2B solutions has made it possible to find leads and nurture their interest in a product or service through an automated platform that integrates different marketing channels instantaneously. With such accelerated development of technology, doing business has gotten easier every day. However, this has also meant clients moving at a much faster pace. Instantaneous transactions have become the common thing in ways unimaginable just decades ago that “follow-up delays” has become the biggest deal killer today.

Read More
news image

How to Go to Market Confidently in 2023, Using Company Surge

whitePaper | July 1, 2023

As we mentioned, today’s B2B buying committees can be composed of dozens of different roles spread across a business, and they typically have different objectives in mind. The CTO might be trying to determine how well a SaaS solution fits with their current tools and infrastructure, while the CFO may be focusing more on cost management and financial stability. Regardless of how well (or poorly) all of these different roles communicate with each other, they all do one thing when considering a new marketing technology solution: Research.

Read More

Spotlight

SmithGifford

We create strategies and insight. The ads, tweets, stunts, banners, gigantic straws and microsites are just the fun part. Because a great idea doesn’t need a TV spot. Or a print ad or a banner or a microsite or a facebook page.

Events