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Customer success programs have thus far gained limited traction among B2Bs. Yet those companies that have embraced CX have seen improved customer relationships and retention. Read our best practices for strengthening B2B CX.

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The Commerce Solutions For B2B Landscape, Q4 2023: A Stoic Perspective Cuts Through The Static

Joe Cicman November 16, 2023
Tech buyers, if you sell to other businesses through an e-commerce channel, your vendors have heard you loud and clear: You’re pursuing pragmatic growth opportunities in today’s unprecedented economic climate. The Big Picture Is Stoic Pragmatism Asset-light growth from helping existing customers do better — that’s what marketplaces do. That’s the main trend that unifies […]
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Spark An Innovation Culture With Design Thinking

Learn how CX leaders can use design thinking to create a culture of innovation and differentiate on superior CX action that anticipates and delivers on customers’ needs.

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Don’t Miss Our Live 2024 Predictions Deep Dive

Join us on January 18 to hear from the tech, CX, and B2B analysts behind our 2024 global predictions and get an important generative AI update from Forrester’s CEO, George Colony.

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Power Up Your Customer Success And Customer Marketing Partnership

Laura Ramos September 13, 2023
Learn how top-performing customer marketing and customer success teams keep existing customers loyal and profitable.
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Steering Toward Success: Three Approaches To Building Outcomes-Based Joint Success Plans

Shari Srebnick August 3, 2023
A joint customer success plan is a roadmap to help steer customers toward achieving their desired outcomes.
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Planning Guides 2024: Customer Experience

Explore 2024 insights for investing in CX strategy to drive action, value, and revenue.
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Are You Prepared to Include CX Metrics In Earnings Calls?

Pete Jacques July 25, 2023
If you're considering sharing your CX performance during an earnings calls, here's how to do it right.
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How B2B Companies Will Win The Competition For Growth

John Arnold July 25, 2023
The competition for growth is fiercer than ever for B2B companies. To win, marketing, product, and sales leaders need to build a growth engine based on three fundamentals that are also simple, powerful, challenging, and achievable.

60% Of Skeptics Will Use (And Love!) GenAI

Surprised? Download Forrester’s 2024 Predictions guide to see why progress will be driven by exploration — and 14 other global predictions on AI, privacy, B2B buyers, hybrid work, and more.

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Six Ways That B2B CMOs Can Make Customer Obsession Real

Matthew Selheimer May 30, 2023
It’s easy to buy into the idea of customer obsession — but putting it in action is hard, continuous work. Explore these concrete ways to bring customer obsession to life.
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Low Measurement Maturity Remains A Challenge For CX Leaders

Maxie Schmidt April 11, 2023
How effective are customer experience (CX) measurement programs? To answer this question, we fielded our 2022 State Of VoC And CX Measurement Practices Survey among CX professionals responsible for measurement or voice of the customer (VoC) at their organization. You will find the detailed results in our report, The State Of CX Measurement Practices, 2022 […]
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Why CSR Must Be More Than Purpose Beyond Profit

What It Means March 30, 2023
B2B leaders are getting serious about corporate social responsibility (CSR). But until they see it as central and not peripheral to the business, its impact will be limited, says VP and Principal Analyst Ian Bruce. On this week’s Forrester podcast, he explores the role that CSR now occupies in B2B companies and how leaders can implement meaningful CSR programs. 
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B2B Content: Experimentation Means Bold Bets And Cold Sweats

Phyllis Davidson March 22, 2023
Optimizing the customer experience — a top priority for B2B organizations — requires dramatic improvements to the content engine. To build for the future, organizations will make bold bets, experimenting with AI to deliver contextual, personalized experiences.
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Don’t Rely On The Butterfly Effect To Measure Business Value

Rusty Warner March 17, 2023
It is critical for marketers and customer experience pros to align their respective metrics with shared business metrics. Use customer lifetime value alignment to achieve this.

Unleash Enterprisewide CX Innovation With Design Thinking

Learn how to establish and scale a design thinking practice to solve business problems with CX.

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Explore The End Of The Customer Lifecycle At CX APAC 2023

Rick Parrish March 13, 2023
Death. Taxes. The customer lifecycle. Until now, business leaders could count on the inevitability of all three. But no longer. Today’s consumers thrive on novelty, embrace emerging technologies, and expect more from brands. And during the pandemic, businesses proved that they can innovate fast enough to keep up. As both consumers and businesses race forward, […]
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How Are Post-Sale Customer Engagement Responsibilities Changing?

Laura Ramos March 8, 2023
How common is customer marketing as a stand-alone function? Is customer success becoming the new customer experience (CX) at B2B firms? What is the range of responsibilities commonly shared by B2B CX teams like yours? Are you interested in the answers to questions like these? Forrester’s customer engagement research group is, too! We want to […]
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Launch Your B2B Customer-Obsessed Growth Engine

Srividya Sridharan March 7, 2023
Short-term strategies aimed at extracting value from your customers will fail. Learn why you need — and how to build — a growth engine that drives value for your customers and your company.
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You Asked, We Answered: Questions From Our 2023 CX Predictions Webinar

Judy Weader February 27, 2023
We were thrilled with the response to our 2023 CX Predictions webinar. Here, we answer audience questions on common CX topics.
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The Top Five Reasons To Attend B2B Summit North America 2023

Srividya Sridharan February 22, 2023
Over 100 analyst-led sessions, detailed case studies and success stories, and unparalleled networking opportunities are just a few of the things that B2B marketing, sales, and product leaders can expect at this year’s event.

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Each week, the CX Cast brings you the latest news and cutting-edge tactics making waves in customer experience.

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Forrester Focuses The Lens On Industry-Specific CRM Solutions

Kate Leggett December 22, 2022
Enterprises are rapidly adopting industry-specific CRM. They are leaning into the promises to speed transitions to the cloud, to modernize the front office, and to enable enterprises to focus talent on creating brand differentiation. According to data and analytics decision-makers at enterprises from Forrester’s Data And Analytics Survey, 2022, the business priorities most frequently identified […]
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CX Teams Face Diverging Fates In 2023

What It Means December 15, 2022
The alarm bells are sounding: CX organizations are in trouble. One in five will find themselves on the chopping block in 2023 as the economy weakens, CX performance slips, and proof of ROI remains elusive. But there’s good news, too. One in 10 CX organizations will be stronger than ever at the end of 2023, explains VP, Research Director Rick Parrish. Find out how in this episode of What It Means.
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DXP: “You Keep Using That Term. I Don’t Think It Means What You Think It Means.”

Joe Cicman November 10, 2022
It’s not inconceivable. Rather than single-sourcing a DXP, think about your digital experience platform as being: A system of applications (and their underlying platforms) … … brought together by various vendors and agencies … … bound by APIs and events … … connected through good data … … which provides the foundation for experiences and […]
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