Brand and Communications
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Events Are Under Pressure — Six Findings From Forrester’s Q1 2025 State Of B2B Events Survey
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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The 95-5 Rule Is Not A Rule, But It’s Not A Myth Either
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.
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Oracle’s Data Breach Silence, Tariff Impacts, Homegrown Social Influencers
In this episode, we look at the ongoing fallout from two healthcare data breaches involving Oracle servers and what the on-again, off-again tariffs could mean for CIOs. Then we discuss the rising prominence of social media influencers in the B2B space — and why tapping your own employees could be a smart move.
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Financial Firms Offer Laid-Off Government Employees A Chance To … Spend More Money?!
At a time of high volatility, financial services brands should focus on removing customer stress and offering benefits, not finding ways to sell more to struggling customers. Get four tips on how to do that in this post.
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B2B Brand Safety Must Transcend Digital Boundaries
Companies’ reputations aren’t just built (or destroyed) online. Marketing leaders must stay mindful of the vast ecosystem influencing their brand’s reputation.
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Be Swift, Be Accurate, Be Empathetic: Three Pillars For Crisis Communications
The 2024 CrowdStrike software incident reinforced the importance of three key pillars for crisis communications. While CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz issued a specific, fact-based statement within hours of learning that there was a major outage caused by a bad software update, he faced criticism for not immediately offering an apology. Crises are never convenient and […]
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Advertisers Look For Super Growth In Super Bowl LIX
Fly, Eagles, fly! I normally prefer competitive Super Bowl games, but this Eagles fan was perfectly happy with a massacre this year. And also — there were ads!
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Tariffs, Your Customer, And Your Brand: A Common-Sense Guide
A tariff is simply a tax — when one country imposes a tariff on another (as the US has done with China and is threatening to do with Canada and Mexico), then products imported from those countries are subject to a tax.
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Participate In Forrester’s 2025 State Of B2B Events Survey And Unlock Valuable Insights For Your Organization
Participate in the Forrester 2025 B2B event trends survey and gain access to the latest trends to help shape your event strategy this year.
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Deepfakes: The Hidden Threat CMOs Can’t Ignore
Deepfakes are not just a distant threat; they are a present danger with the potential for long-lasting repercussions. Marketing leaders must understand how to mitigate the risks.
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The Unifying Power Of Rebranding: HCLTech’s Strategic Transformation
Get an inside look at how the winner of Forrester’s 2024 B2B Program Of The Year drove a 15.9% year-over-year increase in brand value and a 75% lift in brand recall.
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2024 Midyear Review: Still Losing In China, Global Brands Remain Positive
Competition in China’s consumer market remains challenging for some of the biggest global brands. Learn three effective strategies in this preview of a new report.
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Siteimprove Acquires MarketMuse To Bridge Content, SEO, And Accessibility
Marketers constantly ask how AI will shape content strategy and creation and improve business impact. Today’s announcement that Siteimprove is acquiring MarketMuse provides one potential answer, pointing to a new era with an AI-driven approach to the content lifecycle. Marketers will soon be able to create high-quality, discoverable content that engages audiences and delivers measurable […]
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Look Around: You’re Missing A Big Benefit Of Customer Obsession
When successful customers share their experience with your company, they support your brand, reach, and reputation. To ensure that those successful customers are ready, willing, and able to provide references and success stories to support your brand, invest in strategic customer advocacy.
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The Curtain Falls On GARM — Revealing Industrywide Brand Safety Issues
If you’ve ever seen The Wizard of Oz, you might remember the moment when Dorothy realizes the Wizard is not in fact all-powerful. He is just a man with a very loud voice. She also learns that she doesn’t need his power or magic to send her home — the power lies within herself. This […]
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2024 Could Be A Good Year For B2B Agencies
Recent survey data reveals plans for a net increase in agency spending across all industries and company sizes. Learn more about what to expect.
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B2B Marketers Prioritize Digital Brand And Communications Budget Investments
In Forrester’s 2024 B2B Brand And Communications Survey, we asked B2B marketing leaders to share their perspective on anticipated budget changes in 12 program and personnel categories. This year’s responses show expected increases are up in most categories over last year and expected decreases have dropped in most categories. Several notable trends emerged, shedding light […]
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Don’t Wait For A Crisis To Act
CrowdStrike's recent global incident underscores businesses' need to have robust crisis communication plans in place before a crisis occurs.
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For Brands, The Olympics Is Unlike Any Other Sporting Event
The Olympics are global, prestigious, vast, and a tribute to extraordinary grit. Companies looking to leverage the games to promote their brands need to recognize the event's uniqueness.
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The Global State Of B2B Events — Eight Key Findings On Event Trends From Forrester’s Recent Survey
Over the past four years, marketers have navigated unprecedented change in the B2B event sector as first the pandemic and then inflation impacted their plans. To help leaders better understand this dynamic landscape, Forrester’s Q1 2024 State Of B2B Events Survey gathered responses from over 200 event decision-makers to identify and analyze the key trends. […]
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