3 marketing motions successful B2B software companies do differently than peers
Study by Bain and Google finds that high-performing B2B software companies conduct marketing experiments, think about marketing measurement more and have brought more of martech skills back in-house There are a lot of things high-growth B2B technology companies do differently...Read More
Early stage B2B tech startups don’t invest enough in marketing [peer-reviewed study]
Those companies that are in the early stages of a startup building a product stand to gain “the greatest” valuation benefit from marketing About half (45%) of all B2B technology startups make no effort to market their products. As a...Read More
Board members with marketing experience improve shareholder returns by 3% [benchmark]
Just 2.6% of boards have directors with marketing experience, but 100% have directors with finance experience Companies that have board members with marketing experience outperform companies that do not. That’s the high-level finding of an academic study titled, When and...Read More
How to solve the top content creation challenges in B2B content marketing
The top problem in content creation probably comes from the fact that too many B2B marketers haven’t had a single conversation with a customer Most B2B marketers (57%) say creating the right content for their audience is their top content...Read More
3 benchmarks for your B2B marketing budget as a percentage of revenue
Several credible studies conducted in 2023 put the average benchmark for B2B marketing budgets at about 10% of revenue How much money should a company invest in B2B marketing? As companies plan their budget for 2024, here’s a look at...Read More
5 SDR statistics that can help B2B marketing improve performance
A survey by the sales consultancy The Bridge Group found SDRs in B2B average 104 outreach activities leading to 3.6 “quality conversations” per day; prospects require on average 11.3 attempts in the SDR sequence If you’ve ever filled out a...Read More
The Top Complaints B2B Sales and Marketing Have about Each Other
Both sales and marketing cite a “lack of willingness to collaborate” and say “communication” is the top barrier to correcting the problem A big part of problem-solving is clearly identifying the issue. A survey of 329 B2B sales and marketing...Read More
Why It’s Important to Maintain Marketing and PR Budgets in a Recession
Think of the economy as a networking room. When times are good that room is crowded, loud and noisy. It’s hard to communicate. When the economy goes south, that room goes quiet which offers a marked advantage for businesses that...Read More
Buying or Selling Martech: Cybersecurity Emerges as a Key Point of Differentiation
58% of marketers say martech cybersecurity is the top consideration in procuring marketing software tools I recently read an account by an executive summarizing his experience buying a marketing technology (martech) tool. He looked at several ABM platforms tools and...Read More
Survey: Most B2B Marketing Writers Aren’t in Direct Contact with Customers
If B2B marketing writers aren’t in direct contact with customers in developing content, you are probably just making it all up The first step in communications is audience identification. Audience identification is the process of understanding an audience – their...Read More
