Generative AI in Marketing: How B2B and B2C Adoption Differs [Survey] 58 percent of marketing executives have said that their organization has either already implemented AI in marketing efforts or has experimented with the technology, while 33 percent in the B2B sector said they were using generative AI in multiple marketing efforts, according to newly-published report data. MarketingProfs B2B GTM Teams to Focus on Alignment, Efficiency 52 percent of B2B go-to-market leaders have indicated that stronger marketing, sales, and customer success alignment was a top 2024 priority, with 43 percent pointing to customer experience improvements, while 39 percent were prioritizing increased brand awareness, according to recently-released survey findings. MarketingCharts 3 ideas for B2B marketers entering 2024 [LinkedIn Benchmark] Chief marketing officers have faced increasing pressure to directly drive business growth, while 84 percent of marketing professionals have indicated AI technology will augment their work, and Fast Company recently took a closer look.
B2B Marketers Own the Customer Journey, Now What? [Survey] 90 percent of B2B marketers have said that their roles have become increasingly complex, while 62 percent of marketing leaders have indicated a change from sales-owned to marketing-owned customer relationships — two of numerous findings of interest to B2B marketers contained in newly-published survey data.
B2B growth plan: perfecting partner ecosystem marketing 45 percent of B2B marketing decision-makers at typical B2B organizations have said that new or renewed ecosystem partners were their primary revenue source, as more B2B companies have moved towards broadening their partner ecosystems, according to newly-published Forrester Research data. Digital Commerce 360 Surprise! B2B Leaders Say Supply Chain Management Systems Are Most Important to the Customer Journey 17 percent of a B2B buyer’s complete purchasing journey is spent with a sales representative, with 44 percent of B2B buyers in the millennial demographic preferring no sales representative communication at all, while 87 percent of B2B leaders in the U.S. and Canada noted that a supply chain management system was their most important technology solution, according to recently-released survey findings.
What B2B Software Buyers Look for in Online Reviews 64 percent of B2B buyers have said that they read online reviews during the awareness stage of the purchasing process, with 68 percent reading them while considering purchases, and 54 percent while in the decision-making stage — three of numerous findings of interest to B2B marketers contained in newly-published survey data.
B2B CRM Users Are Highly Focused on Nurturing Leads and Customers 33 percent of B2B sales and marketing professionals have focused their customer relationship management (CRM) usage on the customer service, up-selling and cross-selling portion of the buyer journey over the past 5 years, closely followed by 32 percent who have targeted mid-funnel lead-generation and nurturing, with 21 percent focused on early-stage awareness, according to newly-published survey data. MarketingCharts The Top Priority of B2B Go-to-Market Leaders in 2024 52 percent of go-to-market leaders have said that better alignment between marketing, sales, and customer success was their top priority for 2024, with 43 percent prioritizing customer experiences and engagement, while 39 percent pointed to boosting brand awareness and the same number noting the quest for increased internal process efficiency — some of the findings contained in recently-released survey results. MarketingProfs New Study Reveals Clear Writing Tips for B2B Marketers [Report] When is comes to B2B writing, 73 percent of B2B health care professionals said that they were more likely to consider a purchase when supporting content was in more of a plain language format, while just 44 percent said they would do so based on more complex traditional B2B content writing, according to newly-released B2B writing survey data.
How Do B2B SaaS Companies Determine Pricing? [Report] 43 percent of software as a service (SaaS) leaders have said that they use competitive analysis for pricing research, with 34 percent turning to feedback from existing customers, while 14 percent utilize previous market research, according to newly-published B2B survey data
B2B Multichannel Marketing: Top Channels, Trends, and Challenges 57 percent of B2B marketers have said that creating an effective strategy is their top obstacle when it comes to multi-channel marketing, while 46 percent pointed to inadequate budgets and resources, with 44 percent noting data quality as a leading challenge — three of numerous findings of interest to B2B marketers contained in newly-published multi-channel marketing report data. MarketingProfs Google November 2023 Core Update Finished Rolling Out Search giant Google’s most recent core search algorithm update launch has concluded its implementation phase, some 25 days after the firm’s November 2023 core update first rolled out, making it one of the lengthiest update releases, Google recently announced. Search Engine Roundtable How Are CMOs Chasing Consumers’ Attention
The Vast Majority of CMOs Expect Their MarTech Spend to Grow 2023 marketing technology spending represented some 30 percent of overall marketing budgets, a figure that was up from the 24 percent seen in 2022, having overtaken staffing and labor costs which represented 28 percent of marketing budgets, down from 35 percent during 2022, according to newly-published survey data.
B2B Video Is Bringing in Customers [Report] 91 percent of B2B marketers have said that their organization has used video in marketing efforts, with 90 percent noting that video has helped increase traffic, while 71 percent of B2B brands have used videos created especially for social media, with 70 percent having utilized explainer videos — three of numerous findings included in newly-published report data. ANA B2B Demand Gen Marketers to Increasingly Prioritize High-Quality Lead Programs When it comes to the demand generation channels and tactics that B2B marketers plan to expand the most in the coming year, a leading 51 percent pointed to account-based marketed (ABM) initiatives, 30 percent noted lead nurturing efforts, and 27 percent high-quality late-funnel lead programs, according to recently-released demand generation survey data of interest to B2B marketers
B2B Tech Decision-Makers Look for Content to Inform Them of Industry Trends 67 percent of B2B technology buying decision-makers have said that finding trend data was the top reason they engaged with content, with 39 percent having done so to compare product solutions, and 33 percent to find new business strategies — three of numerous findings of interest to B2B marketers contained in newly-published survey data. MarketingCharts How the Responsibilities of B2B Marketing Teams Are Changing [Report] 57 percent of B2B marketing leaders have indicated that business results including sales, revenue, margin, market share, and return on investment (ROI) represented the core responsibility that has increased in importance the most over the past several years, with 51 percent pointing to customer acquisition and 43 percent noting the push to prove effectiveness, according to recently-released report data. MarketingProfs LinkedIn Launches New Ad Campaign Which Highlights the Confusion Around B2B Buzzwords From cloud sales to CPGs, LinkedIn’s newly-launched “No One Knows What You Do” ad initiative has sought to take a lighthearted riff on explaining the many B2B buzzwords used by the Microsoft-owned platform’s 100 million users, LinkedIn (client) recently announced