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The Paid Media Paradox
Digital marketers like digital marketing much more than consumers do. A new report explores in greater depth how consumers’ behaviors contradict marketers’ investments.
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Four Questions To Ask When Selecting An All-In-One Event Management Platform
Too many organizations treat their event technology as a tactical rather than strategic asset, with different teams selecting and deploying solutions in silos. This leads to wasted resources, overlapping capabilities, and data silos. Consolidating on to a single all-in-one event management platform (EMP) solves these challenges and also helps teams deliver more personalized and digital-centric […]
30+ B2B Trends & Topics In London You Don’t Want To Miss
Join Forrester analysts at B2B Summit EMEA from 7–9 October. Explore new strategy, tech, and process changes to accelerate growth and success.
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Every Revenue Process Transformation Will Be Unique — Just Get Started
A revenue process transformation isn’t a project or single workshop initiative. It’s an ongoing, collaborative effort that requires organizations to meet their buyers at every stage of their journey. Learn what it takes to get started.
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For Brands, The Olympics Is Unlike Any Other Sporting Event
The Olympics are global, prestigious, vast, and a tribute to extraordinary grit. Companies looking to leverage the games to promote their brands need to recognize the event's uniqueness.
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The Global State Of B2B Events — Eight Key Findings On Event Trends From Forrester’s Recent Survey
Over the past four years, marketers have navigated unprecedented change in the B2B event sector as first the pandemic and then inflation impacted their plans. To help leaders better understand this dynamic landscape, Forrester’s Q1 2024 State Of B2B Events Survey gathered responses from over 200 event decision-makers to identify and analyze the key trends. […]
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Eight Key Takeaways From Cvent CONNECT, San Antonio 2024
Attending Cvent CONNECT as a speaker earlier this month gave me the opportunity to sit in on a number of sessions, talk with the Cvent leadership team, and chat with other attendees. Here are eight of my key takeaways from the event: Events are booming. In his opening keynote, Cvent Founder and CEO Reggie […]
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It’s Time For A Revenue Process Transformation
Buyers are in control of the revenue process — and B2B marketing, sales, and customer success teams need to align their approaches with that reality. Discover the Forrester Opportunity Lifecycle and how it can drive durable, long-term revenue growth.
Align Marketing And Sales Teams On Customer Value
Want to maximize revenue by prioritizing customer value? Discover how the Forrester Opportunity Lifecycle keeps teams engaged with customers at every stage of their journey.
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Rage Against The Machine: Confront The Agency AI Fear Factor With Workforce Literacy
The failure to rise to the AI moment puts the future of the agency industry and a decade of agencies’ business change at risk. Learn what it takes to help employees gain the skills and confidence to master AI so that fear of AI doesn’t master them.
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Learning From Limes And Forrester’s Creative AdTech Landscape
Last year, the world’s most-awarded creative was Skittles’ “Apologize the Rainbow” produced in collaboration with DDB Chicago. It profusely apologized for Skittles changing its green candy’s flavor from lime to apple and, to citrus lovers’ delight, announced lime’s return in a pantomime press conference live streamed on Twitch and X. The campaign relied on social […]
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Self-Service Buying Is A Wake-Up Call For B2B Sales
Nearly two-thirds of B2B sales leaders told us that digital buying behaviors would have a significant impact on their organization in the next two years. Yet only 37% said digitizing the buyer’s journey is a top priority. It’s time to get serious about self-service.
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Real Talk With Ecosystem Partners: GTM Evolution
Early in my career, I received wise but tough coaching from a manager regarding struggles with a new colleague on a strategic project: Pull them aside and have a real, candid conversation with the pursuit of clarity and understanding for the sake of the shared vision and mutual success. The “real talk” that my colleague […]
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Could It Be You? Share Your Success Story For Our B2B Summit EMEA Awards
EMEA B2B companies with success stories in cross-functional alignment or best-practice program implementations within a single function should learn more about Forrester’s B2B Summit EMEA Awards and prepare a submission.
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A Match Made In Plastic? Capital One’s Quest To Acquire Discover
Capital One’s plan to acquire Discover will change the shape of the financial services landscape (though not the fundamental forces that drive growth and success — but more on that later). To help you understand the implications of the proposed merger, Forrester took a deep dive into our research and data (full report for clients […]
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Drive Long-Term Growth With A Customer-Centric Revenue Transformation
Learn how to use this transformative framework to shift from revenue-centric to customer-obsessed activity to achieve long-term sustainable growth.
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Call For Entries: Forrester B2B Summit APAC 2024 Awards
APAC B2B marketers: If you have a cross-functional alignment success story or have achieved exceptional results from a single function, we want to hear from you. Learn more about our B2B Summit APAC awards and how to apply.
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B2B Marketers Expect To Do More With More — But It’s Not As Good As It Sounds
Forrester's latest Marketing Survey shows that marketing executives and operations leaders anticipate budget increases this year. Capitalizing on this opportunity requires overcoming formidable challenges.
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Accelerating Advertising With AI Comes At A Cost
It’s mathematically obvious to apply AI to advertising, but its efficiencies can come at the expense of advertisers’ control and transparency. Learn more about how AI benefits the advertising process and why advertisers must curate AI.
Harness The Power Of A NEW Customer-Centric Revenue Framework
Watch our webinar replay to unlock the potential of Forrester's NEW Opportunity Lifecycle Framework. Revolutionize your revenue process by breaking down barriers that neglect customers, fail buyers, and distort focus.
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Brand Is A Long Game: The Tangible Value Of B2B Brand Investments
Brand investments are like retirement investments. The idea is to invest regularly and consistently starting as early as possible, knowing that by the time retirement hits, the value will have accrued over time and the investments will have compounding returns. When we begin the uphill climb of investing, the returns may feel modest. It’s difficult […]
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B2B Marketing Leaders Don’t Trust Their Measurement, And What They Measure Isn’t Helping
Nearly two-thirds of marketing leaders say that they don’t believe their measurement and analytics are well aligned with organizational objectives. A continued focus on marketing sourcing is emblematic of the problem — and it fails to show marketing's true value to the business.
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From Taylor Swift To “Civil War” — Brand AI Models Clean Up AI Creative Pollution
What is creative pollution and how can organizations avoid it? Find out in this preview of a new report on brand AI models.
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