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The Future Of B2B Marketing Programs Is Adaptive

Kelvin Gee 3 hours ago
Traditional demand generation strategies don’t accommodate the complex realities of B2B buying. Learn why adaptive programs are the answer.
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The Unifying Power Of Rebranding: HCLTech’s Strategic Transformation

Karen Tran 6 days ago
Get an inside look at how the winner of Forrester’s 2024 B2B Program Of The Year drove a 15.9% year-over-year increase in brand value and a 75% lift in brand recall.

Capture & Prove Marketing’s True Value Beyond Sourcing Metrics

Download our measurement toolkit to discover demand performance indicators and metrics to reveal marketing’s real business impact across complex buyer journeys.

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Align B2B Strategy, Planning, And Execution To Achieve Growth With Precision And Purpose

Laura Cross January 13, 2025
Translating corporate strategy into actionable plans at the product, revenue, functional, and operational levels is no easy feat. Learn how teams can do this successfully.
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Getting Smart On Content Intelligence

Phyllis Davidson January 8, 2025
Content intelligence provides a data-based framework for marketers to harness predictive and generative AI to uncover buying signals and exchange value with buyers and customers through the differentiated experiences they demand.
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Meta’s Content Moderation Pivot Reflects A New Political Climate

Kelsey Chickering January 7, 2025
Meta's announced pullback in its content moderation policies reflects a growing shift in American sentiment around anti-censorship and free speech. What could it mean for the user experience and for ad dollars?
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Mastering The Digital Seas: A Guide To E-Commerce Precision

Christina Schmitt January 7, 2025
Ninety-one percent of B2B buyers face online purchasing barriers, our recent survey data shows. Find out how these six principles of more impactful e-commerce measurement can help.
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The Forrester Wave™: All-In-One Event Management Platforms, Q4 2024 — Navigating The Evolving Event Tech Landscape

Conrad Mills January 6, 2025
The B2B event technology landscape has continued to transform apace over the past two years. In this environment, standalone virtual event platforms have struggled as leading vendors have broadened their capabilities to support a wider range of event types. Despite these expanded capabilities, enterprises continue to run multiple, overlapping event technology platforms, with 22% of […]

Limited-Time New Year’s Deal: Save $900 On B2B Summit

CMOs, ready to drive growth in 2025? Save $900 on Forrester's B2B Summit North America when you register by January 27. Connect with strategies, tools, and analysts to navigate the changing buyer landscape.

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Three Hallmarks Of High-Performance Portfolio Marketing

Katie Fabiszak January 3, 2025
What are high-performing portfolio marketing teams doing that others are not? Find out in this preview of a new report digging into the behaviors and characteristics of high-performing portfolio marketing organizations.
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Encore Presentation: How Should Business And Tech Leaders Spend In 2025?

What It Means January 2, 2025
Business and tech leaders expect (slightly) bigger budgets this year. How should they use them? On this episode of What It Means, VPs and Group Research Directors Stephanie Balaouras, Keith Johnston, and Srividya Sridharan dive into Forrester’s Budget Planning Guides’ recommendations for tech, marketing and sales, and customer experience (CX) leaders.
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Buyer Enablement — Five B2B Companies That Do It Well

Rick Bradberry December 30, 2024
Helping buyers complete more tasks on their own may seem counterintuitive to selling, but the resulting hybrid approach works better for both buyer and seller. Read five examples of companies that effectively help prospects complete self-service buying tasks.
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Revolutionizing B2B Marketing With Adaptive Programs For Buying Groups

B2B buying groups are more complex than ever. Learn how to align priorities, drive consensus, and boost marketing’s impact with adaptive programs. Join us live on February 12 for buyer insights and analyst Q&A. 
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Marketers’ Data Deprecation Denial

What It Means December 19, 2024
Despite Google’s recent reversal on third-party cookies, marketers need to prepare for data deprecation. Yet many aren’t. This week on What It Means, Senior Analyst Stephanie Liu and Principal Analyst Brett Kahnke discuss how B2C and B2B marketers can adapt their data strategies to maintain consumer trust and compliance.

Gain B2B Marketing Insights At Forrester’s Phoenix Summit!

Do more, see more, and learn more at B2B Summit North America, with new hands-on opportunities to connect with analysts, new research, and new frameworks to manage buyer chaos and align go-to-market teams.

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AI Agents Are Your New Coworkers: Get To Know Them Better At B2B Summit

Jessie Johnson December 18, 2024
Within three years, agentic AI will impact every area of the business for both buyer and seller, transforming human and nonhuman interactions throughout the purchasing journey and post-sale customer experience. At this year’s B2B Summit North America, you’ll learn how to gain value from this powerful tech.
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2025 B2B Marketing Predictions For Indian CMOs

Subhendu Pattnaik December 18, 2024
Earlier this month, we wrapped up Forrester’s India Predictions 2025 event. I look forward to this event every year, and this year was no exception. This year’s event for India saw record turnout, with over 350 participants across three cities in India including marketing and tech leaders.
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The Average B2B Firm Invests 8% Of Revenue In Marketing — But That’s Not The Whole Story

Matthew Selheimer December 17, 2024
Global averages mask a great deal of nuance. Get an overview of our B2B marketing budget benchmark reports and find out how they can help you evaluate your marketing investment.
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Prédictions 2025

Thomas Husson December 17, 2024
Chaque année, depuis maintenant une vingtaine d’année, je partage une synthèse des prévisions que Forrester anticipe pour l’année qui vient. Début 2024, j’avais partagé une dizaine de prévisions ici sur ce même blog et ma collègue Sharyn Leaver – Chief Research Officer @Forrester – a analysé la pertinence de nos prévisions en revenant de manière […]
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Twelve Days Of Loc[alization] Mess — In The Age Of AI

Kathleen Pierce December 16, 2024
❄ 🥂 🎇 🎀 🎄 🥳 Last year, I wrote a pastiche called the Twelve Days Of Loc[alization] Mess after a client asked about the root causes of localization problems. This week, I wondered if I should repost the blog, perhaps with a few updates — and was amazed to realize that, after one short […]
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The Twelve Days Of Revenue Operations Christmas

Simon Daniels December 13, 2024
What would you want your RevOps true love to give to you on the twelve days of Christmas?
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What Omnicom’s Acquisition Of IPG Means For Marketers

Jay Pattisall December 9, 2024
Omnicom announced its plans to acquire IPG, creating the largest, global marketing services company. Find out what the deal could mean for your business or brand.
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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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