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Most B2B Marketing Organizations Are Not Short On Activity — They’re Short On Learning
Campaigns keep shipping. Dashboards keep glowing. But scratch the surface, and a harder truth emerges: Many teams repeat last year’s playbooks while markets, buyers, and channels move faster than they do. The risk is not doing too little. It is learning too slowly. That risk is rising. The majority of firms now default to playing it safe, […]
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Honeywell’s GTM Transformation: What We Learned At B2B Summit
At B2B Summit North America 2026, I had the distinct privilege to interview Meredith Winczewski, CMO for industrial automation at Honeywell. It was an engaging conversation that unpacked the transformation she led: shifting from a product-centric to an audience-focused go-to-market (GTM) approach. The Breaking Point: When Product-Centric GTM Stops Working Honeywell’s transformation started with a familiar challenge: a complex portfolio of offerings to support with […]
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Stop Replacing Traffic. Start Replacing Visibility.
AI answer engines are creating a visibility vacuum, forcing a shift from traffic to regaining insight, accountability, and alignment.
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Summit Attendees Get A GTM Readiness Reality Check
Attendance at our GTM transformation workshop in Phoenix underscored just how urgent the issue is. Here are a few of the key learnings.
What is B2B marketing?
B2B marketing refers to strategies and tactics that firms use to reach, engage, and influence business buyers or organizations rather than individual consumers. It often involves longer buying cycles, multiple stakeholders, and more complex decision criteria. The goal is to generate demand, build relationships, and support revenue growth.
How has B2B marketing evolved in recent years?
B2B marketing now demands the level of personalization, agility, and experience that customers expect in consumer settings. Today’s buyers are more informed, independent, and digitally driven. Marketing leaders must embrace new tools, data, and cross-functional alignment to stay competitive.
What are the biggest challenges facing B2B marketers?
Common challenges include poor data quality, misaligned business and marketing goals, and lack of trust in measurement. In addition, marketing must adapt to the complexity of buying groups, rapidly shifting customer expectations, and AI-driven search.
What key metrics should B2B marketers track?
Though funnel metrics such as lead conversion, pipeline influence, and marketing-generated revenue remain the most common, marketers should also track brand perception and preference, engagement metrics, account-level outcomes, customer retention, and customer lifetime value.
How does Forrester support B2B marketing leaders?
Forrester offers research, frameworks, and advisory services to help B2B marketers refine their strategies, improve execution, and measure impact. We guide clients in integrating marketing with sales, applying data and AI, and evolving in complex environments.
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GenAI Is The Power Tool For Product Management Speed And Innovation
GenAI is transforming product management, accelerating work across the lifecycle while challenging teams to move beyond experimentation. The advantage lies not in access to tools, but in how intentionally they’re applied to improve judgment and outcomes.
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RDRs Aren’t Going Away — They’re Becoming The Center Of Revenue Execution In The Age Of AI And Buying Groups
As B2B buyers rely on self-guided research, AI tools, and buying groups, many revenue leaders are questioning the future of revenue development reps (RDRs). The answer isn’t fewer RDRs — it’s a fundamentally reimagined role built around buying group insight, signal-based prioritization, and AI-enabled productivity.
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Build Smarter B2B Pricing For Long-Term Growth And Profitability
Effective B2B AI pricing must balance several goals that often pull in different directions: It needs to reduce buyer risk and accelerate adoption, especially as many organizations are still experimenting with how AI fits into their workflows. It should align price to measurable value. This gives customers a clear connection between what they pay and […]
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Never Stop Learning: What Future Leaders Taught Us
Our first-ever Forrester Future Leaders program, at B2B Summit North America last month, provided meaningful lessons — and a great deal of optimism about the future of GTM.
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AI Is Everywhere In GTM. Customer Value Isn’t.
AI is already reshaping how buyers discover, decide, and engage. The real opportunity now isn’t just efficiency — it’s redesigning GTM around measurable customer outcomes and using AI to deliver value where it matters most.
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Marketing Program Proliferation Hurts Customer Experience And Limits Business Growth
More programs don’t equal better outcomes. As buyer behavior changes, traditional channel-driven marketing programs are creating friction and inefficiency. This post explores Forrester’s research on marketing program orchestration and a practical workflow teams can use to reduce overlap and drive revenue impact.
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The GTM Singularity Is Here, And We’re Ready: Parting Thoughts From B2B Summit North America
B2B Summit North America made one thing clear: Leaders know the ground is shifting, and they’re ready to adapt. Across three days, conversations centered on navigating the GTM singularity with confidence, alignment, and optimism.
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Mission Possible: Navigating The GTM Singularity
We’re doubling down on our mission to help B2B companies navigate the most complex buying dynamics many of us have ever witnessed. Embrace the opportunity to rethink how you grow — and emerge stronger.
Your AI Reset Starts Here — Turn Spend Into Customer Value
AI urgency is high, but customer experience is falling. Join B2B marketing, tech, and security leaders to rebalance AI spend toward measurable revenue and customer value.
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Digital Natives Are Rewriting B2B Buying — And It’s Impacting Your Revenue Performance
As Millennials and Gen Zers take the lead in B2B buying groups, traditional revenue assumptions are breaking down. This post explores how digital native behaviors are reshaping buyer journeys, why sales and marketing processes are falling out of sync, and the practical changes that teams can make to meet buyers where they are.
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Enterprise Content Moves From Tools To Systems: Adobe Summit Takeaways
Enterprise content leaders are under pressure on three fronts. They need faster time to activation as buyer behavior outpaces traditional campaign cycles. They need greater scale as content volumes rise across channels, formats, geographies, refresh cycles, and personalization needs. And most importantly, they need stronger returns. Improving relevance for priority audiences and increasing share of […]
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Canva Recasts Itself As An AI Platform For Enterprise Work
For years, Canva’s advantage was accessibility. It made design easier, faster, and available to more people. At its recent Canva Create 2026, the big story was a deliberate repositioning: Canva aims to evolve from a design platform with AI tools into an AI platform with design tools. That changes how buyers should evaluate Canva. For […]
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Your Growth Strategy Isn’t Broken. The Problem Is That You’re Avoiding Decisions.
Many B2B growth strategies fail not because the ambition behind them is wrong, but because leaders avoid or defer making critical decisions.
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Proof Is The Product: How Trials And POCs Have Become A Real Go‑To‑Market Motion
Why “Try Before You Buy” Has Become Mission‑Critical For Buyers And Sellers B2B organizations can no longer rely on promises alone. Today’s buyers expect vendors, especially those offering AI‑enabled products, to prove how their solutions deliver measurable outcomes aligned to real business priorities. As a result, proofs of concept (POCs) and trials have shifted from […]
AI Access: For Every Role. And Every Decision.
AI Access democratizes decision-making. With AI-powered access to Forrester’s insights, data, and advice, every team member — from early-career pros to senior leadership — moves with confidence, speed, and clarity. Equip your organization to take action fast.
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AI Search Will Crack The Foundation Of B2B Marketing’s Accountability Model
B2B marketers have long relied on engagement metrics to demonstrate marketing’s value. AI is making this practice untenable.
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Volatility Isn’t Temporary — Account For It In Your Leadership Playbook Going Forward
For many B2B leaders, volatility no longer feels like an interruption to “normal.” It is now the standard operating environment. Economic uncertainty, geopolitical shocks, AI-driven disruption, and shifting buyer behavior are colliding, exposing weaknesses in traditional go-to-market models and leadership assumptions. The good news? Volatility can benefit those who adapt faster, focus harder, and lead […]
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It’s Time To End Disconnected GTM Efforts
A mighty revenue storm is coming. While adopting a connected GTM approach can feel unfamiliar and risky, having a guiding framework can help.
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