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Will Zero-Click Search Kill My B2B Website?

John Buten 3 days ago
In the fall, we announced that B2B buyer adoption of generative AI was outpacing expectations, with 89% of buyers using genAI in their buying process. Six months later, B2B providers are starting to see the impact in their metrics and facing urgent questions from their executive teams.
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Accelerate Reach, Authority, And Relevance With Third-Party Content

This is your chance to elevate your content performance and stay ahead in a rapidly changing landscape. Don’t miss out.

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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Cannes Lions 2025: The AI Challenge For Brands And Agencies

Thomas Husson 4 days ago
The marketing and advertising industry is gathering for a couple of days at the International Festival of Creativity in Cannes, France, from June 16 to June 20.
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Perplexity’s Strategy, B2B Influencers, Salesforce Buys Informatica

What It Means June 12, 2025
If there’s one constant in business today, it’s change. New partnerships, new strategies, and new risks are popping up in all areas. In this episode, we look at three major changes taking place in the B2C, B2B, and enterprise application spaces and tap our analysts for their guidance on how to manage these changes.
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AI In Events: A Promise Waiting To Be Realized

Conrad Mills June 3, 2025
AI has the potential to remake how we plan and execute B2B events. Yet despite its potential, Forrester data shows that current uptake is low. Get some insight and analysis of the data from our recent survey on B2B events.
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The State Of Business Buying In Asia Pacific, 2024: What Marketers Need To Know

Mavis Liew June 3, 2025
The diversity and complexity of the APAC region is reflected in its B2B buying landscape. Understanding these complexities is critical for marketers operating in this region. Learn five key points about B2B buyers in APAC and how to address them.
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Standing Out In A Zero-Click World Starts With Stronger Collaboration

Lisa Gately May 29, 2025
Buyers may never click through to your content, even if it’s relevant, well structured, and aligned to buyer needs. This doesn’t mean your content is any less important — it’s just that the rules have changed.
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New AI Lessons In Coding, Marketing, And Product Design

What It Means May 29, 2025
In this episode, we look at how to avoid the risks of AI-enabled tools in three common business use cases: coding, marketing, and product design. The key takeaway from all three areas: There’s still a strong need to have a human in the loop to review your AI outputs.
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Are You Ready To Grow Your B2B Business With Product-Led Sales?

Lisa Singer May 28, 2025
Product-led sales (PLS) combines product-led growth and sales-led strategies to help B2B buyers discover, evaluate, and commit to offerings through self-service. Success requires strong alignment across product, marketing, and sales; robust data analytics; and a cultural shift toward product-assisted selling.
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Events Are Under Pressure — Six Findings From Forrester’s Q1 2025 State Of B2B Events Survey

Conrad Mills May 23, 2025
Over the past year, B2B event teams have faced mounting challenges. A volatile economic and political climate has intensified existing pressures around inflation, budgets, and staffing. At the same time, competition for attendees and sponsors has grown fiercer, with leaders struggling to attract both the quantity and quality of participants needed to meet their goals. […]
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How To Create Stand-Out B2B Content In A Zero-Click World

Learn breakthrough strategies to reshape your B2B content marketing for AI-driven search and complex buying networks. 
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Shifting Search Behaviors Demand Smarter Content Strategies

Lisa Gately May 19, 2025
As B2B buyers embrace genAI tools and zero-click search to make decisions, traditional content strategies no longer cut it.

Stand Out In A Zero-Click World

Watch our on-demand webinar with Principal Analyst Lisa Gately. Learn breakthrough strategies to reshape your B2B marketing for AI-driven search and complex buying networks.

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Five Ways A Postsale DX Reduces Risk During Volatile Times

Laura Ramos May 16, 2025
Customer-led B2B companies make postsale digital experiences more streamlined and self-directed without much additional investment.
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Five Ways To Engage The B2B Buying Network With Messaging

Barry Vasudevan May 15, 2025
Messaging in the era of the buying network requires a more thoughtful approach — one that prioritizes building connected messaging that engages not only our buyers but all of the stakeholders and AI tools that they are increasingly turning to.
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Shine Bright At The B2B Summit APAC 2025 Awards!

Daryl Wright May 13, 2025
Attention, all B2B leaders! The stage is set, and the spotlight is on you. The B2B Summit APAC Awards are calling for entries — this is your golden opportunity to showcase your extraordinary achievements.
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Choose Your Fighter: Customer Advocacy Tech Options In A Shifting Market

Amy Bills May 13, 2025
How can you make your customer advocacy program more proactive, more transparent, and more motivating to customers? With technology. Higher-performing customer advocacy programs lean on technology to scale customer advocate sourcing, management, activation, and measurement.
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The 95-5 Rule Is Not A Rule, But It’s Not A Myth Either

John Arnold May 12, 2025
Can you trust the so-called 95:5 rule when you target B2B buyers with your brand and demand marketing mix? Here's what we found.

Navigate B2B Volatility Like A Pro With Forrester

Struggling to adapt to shifting priorities and economic challenges? Our webinar reveals how to thrive with smart scenario planning, quick decisions, and solid compliance strategies.

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B2B Summit EMEA Awards — Call For Entries

Nicky Briggs May 7, 2025
The deadline for submissions into the Forrester B2B Summit EMEA Awards is July 14, 2025. Read this blog to find out how to apply, what makes a strong entry, and what set our past winners apart.
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Igniting Partner Advocacy: A Strategic Imperative For B2B Marketers

Kathy Contreras May 6, 2025
In today’s fast-evolving B2B landscape, partner ecosystems have emerged as a cornerstone of sustainable growth. Learn the benefits partner advocacy offers to suppliers, their partners, and customers.
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(Re-)Focus On Customer Retention And Growth During Volatile Times

Laura Ramos May 5, 2025
Earlier this month, my colleagues Matt Selheimer, Srividya Sridharan, and Katy Tynan advised B2B leaders on how to weather market volatility and navigate current economic storms (subscription required). One of six actions they recommend is using customer insights to improve understanding and empathy in communications and reduce high-friction processes. This is especially important when it […]
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