Seth Marrs

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What I Learned About Sales Technology In 2024

Seth Marrs December 17, 2024
This blog provides a 2024 year in review of the sales technology market, along with a view on how it will impact 2025.
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B2B Marketing Measurement Isn’t Trusted, And It’s About To Get Worse — A Bonus Prediction

Ross Graber December 6, 2024
Let’s brace ourselves for a hard truth. Trust in marketing measurement is already poor, and left unchecked, it’s poised to get 20% worse. Learn about the challenges and market forces contributing to this decline, and find out the steps that you can take to enhance trust in marketing measurement.
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Double-Clicking Into The Compensation Capabilities Of Sales Performance Management

Seth Marrs November 1, 2024
Learn how the Forrester Sales Compensation Design And Management Model and a new landscape report can help evaluate sale performance management platforms.
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Predictions 2025: GenAI As A Growth Driver Will Put B2B Executives To The Test

Seth Marrs October 22, 2024
In 2025, the true potential of generative AI as a growth driver will be tested. B2B marketing, sales, and product teams should prepare for the good, bad, and even ugly outcomes of trying to generate value from this hot technology.
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Prévisions 2025 : B2B
La GenAI mettra les dirigeants à l’épreuve.

Seth Marrs 22 Octobre 2024
En 2025, le véritable potentiel de l'IA générative en tant que moteur de croissance va être mis à l'épreuve. Les équipes marketing, vente et produits B2B doivent se préparer à des résultats mitigés lorsqu'elles tenteront de générer de la valeur à partir de cette technologie en vogue.
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Prognosen 2025: GenAI als Wachstumstreiber wird B2B-Verantwortliche auf die Probe stellen

Seth Marrs 22 Oktober 2024
Im Jahr 2025 wird das wahre Potenzial der generativen KI als Wachstumstreiber auf die Probe gestellt werden. Teams für B2B-Marketing, -Vertrieb und Produkte sollten sich bei ihrem Versuch, diese brandneue Technologie wertsteigernd zu nutzen, für positive, negative und sogar unschöne Ergebnisse wappnen.
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How Corpay Used Compensation To Improve Lead Conversion

Seth Marrs September 30, 2024
Learn how Corpay redesigned its compensation programs to improve lead conversion rates.
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My Take On The Year Ahead For Sales Tech After Attending Three Key Events

Seth Marrs September 24, 2024
This blog provides takeaways from Dreamforce, INBOUND, and CloudWorld that clients can use to get a perspective on each vendor’s vision for the coming year.
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The First Forrester Wave™ Evaluation Of Revenue Orchestration Platforms For B2B Is Live

Anthony McPartlin September 4, 2024
The Forrester Wave™: Revenue Orchestration Platforms For B2B, Q3 2024, provides a comprehensive market evaluation of the ROP category, highlighting how these platforms integrate sales engagement, conversation intelligence, and revenue operations to enhance frontline productivity and buyer interactions through AI capabilities.
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Sales And Marketing Must Partner Around Opportunities — No Matter The Pipeline Stage

Nora Conklin June 24, 2024
Too many marketing and sales teams still hold onto old dogmas and operate in a way that does not reflect how buyers want to engage, which makes it harder to achieve their collective revenue goals.
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Five Standout Features Of Real-Time Revenue Execution Providers

Seth Marrs June 11, 2024
Real-time revenue execution platform vendors have built important features that enable companies to improve revenue outcomes. After evaluating the top vendors in this category, five features stood out.
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When It Comes To Sales And Marketing Alignment, Data Needs To Come Before People

Seth Marrs April 24, 2024
Perfecting the execution of a complex system requires data to enable revenue teams to deliver the best results on every deal.
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It’s Time For Sales Leaders To Coach Sellers Like Athletes

Seth Marrs April 15, 2024
Sales managers now have the visibility needed to coach sellers beyond the basics.
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A New Supergroup For Revenue Technology Emerges: Revenue Orchestration Platforms

Anthony McPartlin April 5, 2024
In the world of revenue technology, three distinct categories have converged to form a new supergroup of revtech capabilities. Learn more about revenue orchestration platforms in this preview of a new report.
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What Salesloft’s Acquisition Of Drift Means

Seth Marrs February 13, 2024
Salesloft’s acquisition of Drift is a first step into marketing technology for sales tech vendors.
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Understanding The Real-Time Revenue Execution Platform Landscape

Seth Marrs January 24, 2024
Real-time revenue execution platforms strengthen prospect identification and digital engagement while also providing capabilities that ensure the best buyer experience. Learn more about how they can improve business outcomes.
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What I Learned About Sales Technology In 2023

Seth Marrs December 20, 2023
The past year was an exciting one for the sales technology market. Here are some of the highlights, along with a look ahead to 2024.
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What Google’s New Spam Protection Means For Sales And Marketing

Seth Marrs December 11, 2023
Learn more about the impending changes to Gmail and Yahoo spam rules, along with what you can do about it.
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Conversation Intelligence For B2B Revenue Drives AI-Generated B2B Insights

Seth Marrs October 31, 2023
The recent evaluation, The Forrester Wave™: Conversation Intelligence For B2B Revenue, Q4 2023, revealed trends that help customers understand what they should look for in providers when purchasing CI solutions.
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An Overview Of The Current B2B Revenue Conversation Intelligence Landscape

Seth Marrs October 16, 2023
The COVID lockdown rapidly advanced the adoption of digital versus in-person communications, creating a significant demand for conversation intelligence (CI) solutions. CI solutions for B2B revenue allow sales teams to translate unstructured digital conversations into actionable insights.
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