By Jeff Vining, Director of Research and Market Analysis Before LinkedIn, how did we develop our career interests or forge professional relationships? If we have difficulty answering this question, maybe it's because of how ubiquitous LinkedIn has become. Did you know that 40% of Linkedin members...
By Jeff Vining, Director of Research and Market Analysis “54% of B2B professionals watch webinars ever week” RingCentral Blog 2020-21 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone is somewhat familiar with registering, attending, and participating in online workshops, webinars, or virtual training...
By Jeff Vining, Director of Research and Market Analysis “New business applications jumped 24 percent in 2020, the biggest surge in history, and they remain at a much higher level than pre-crisis.” – Washington Post Industries and businesses change rapidly. Whether it is in the high-tech space,...
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B2B growth often breaks down between marketing and sales. Marketing may be generating leads and engagement. Sales may be working opportunities and pursuing revenue. But when the two functions operate with different definitions, data, messaging, and...
High-performing teams do not treat demand generation as just another campaign function. They treat it as a system that supports how complex buying groups evaluate change. Organizations that consistently generate pipeline design their systems around...
B2B buyers are exhausted. Their inboxes are full. Their feeds are flooded with ads. Worst of all, everything sounds the same. Generic messaging makes it difficult for buyers to understand what makes brands different from each other, creating...
Customer-centric messaging — where narratives center buyer needs and concerns over descriptions of the product or the brand — is an effective way to engage buyers navigating complex market forces.
Buyer expectations have shifted. Traditional tactics may still capture attention, but they fail to create the clarity buyers need to move forward. Lead generation isn’t underperforming because of a lack of effort or tools. It’s struggling because...
Lead generation used to be a numbers game. Push traffic, capture form fills, and hand everything to sales. But the modern B2B landscape is more complex than ever. Marketing and sales teams are battling longer sales cycles, intensified risk-aversion,...
The Internet of Things is reshaping and defining markets, so much so that it has been dubbed “the next Industrial Revolution.”
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