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The Secret To Martech Success? Think Like A Product Manager

Joe Stanhope July 23, 2025
Marketing technology is the backbone of modern customer engagement. It enables businesses to generate customer insights, personalize experiences, and orchestrate campaigns.
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Beyond The Metrics: How B2B Marketing Pros Should Use Storytelling Techniques To Communicate Value

Mavis Liew July 21, 2025
To truly resonate with stakeholders, B2B CMOs and other marketing leaders must do more than recite KPIs off their dashboards. They need to tell a compelling story. Learn more about Forrester’s five-step framework to help CMOs and marketing leaders craft compelling, data-informed narratives that elevate their role and marketing’s contribution.

New For 2026! B2B Marketing Budget Planning Guide + Workbook

Get our new budget planning guide for benchmarks and tools to help you adjust your 2026 marketing budget to boost buyer networks, drive engagement, and make your brand stand out to buyers and AI.

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B2B Brand Measurement Is Broken, But There’s A Way To Fix It

Ian Bruce July 11, 2025
While marketing teams chase “performance marketing” metrics, conversion rates, and launch plans, arguably the biggest growth engine for your business overall — your brand — is being neglected, misunderstood, and (very likely) grossly undervalued.
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GenAI Reshapes Shopping And Revives SEO

Nikhil Lai July 9, 2025
The multibillion-dollar question I’m often asked is: Will a critical mass of consumers shop and check out on Google’s AI Mode, ChatGPT, and Perplexity? Consumers’ loyalty to convenience makes a “yes” most likely. Thirty-eight percent of US online adults, according to Forrester’s Retail Topic Insights 1 Survey, 2025, checked how fast products would arrive before […]
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A B2B CMO’s Imperative To Drive Growth: Champion Revenue Process Transformation

Mavis Liew July 3, 2025
According to Forrester’s Marketing Survey, 2025, only 21% of marketing leaders report that a “transition from lead-focused efforts to buying groups and opportunity management” is among the most important priorities for their marketing strategy in the next 12 months. But with buyers becoming more autonomous, buying groups increasingly more complex, and customer expectations higher than […]
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Why “Performance Marketing” Falls Short

Ian Bruce June 24, 2025
Many B2B organizations overrotate toward marketing tactics that engage buyers long after they have formed preferences. Instead, they must try to influence buyers before they enter a purchasing process.
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Will Zero-Click Search Kill My B2B Website?

John Buten June 17, 2025
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.

Missed It Live? Watch The Webinar To Master 2026 B2B Marketing Budget Planning

Optimize your 2026 B2B marketing budget for what’s ahead! Watch this webinar for analyst tips on targeting resilient markets, aligning with buyer behavior, and leveraging AI for growth.

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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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The Verdict Is In: It’s Buying Groups For The Win

Amy Hawthorne April 23, 2025
MQLs are a barrier to your organization’s progress. Discover how you can begin your shift to buying groups with just three steps.
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Four Ways To Mitigate The Impact Of Falling Traffic On Retail Websites

Emily Pfeiffer April 11, 2025
Learn four ways to proactively mitigate the impacts of falling traffic on retailer websites.
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Campaign Tycoons, Assemble! Highlights From A Forrester B2B Summit Workshop

Phyllis Davidson April 10, 2025
Learn about the workshop “Become The Ultimate Campaign Tycoon” that was conducted at Forrester’s B2B Summit in Phoenix on April 1.

Summer Team Up: B2B Summit EMEA

From 1 July to 29 August, purchase passes for B2B Summit EMEA and get two tickets for the price of one with the voucher code SUMMER2FOR1.

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Stuck Stage-Zero Opportunities Expose Critical Gaps In Sales Processes

Naomi Marr April 9, 2025
Expose the root cause behind stuck stage-zero opportunities and whose responsibility it is to progress them.
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The Sudden Silo Breaker: GenAI Converges Search Experiences And Disciplines

Nikhil Lai April 1, 2025
Generative AI search experiences are increasingly conversational, assistive, and agentic. As a result, distinctions between search experiences are disappearing. Our latest report helps marketing, digital, and technology leaders and processes adapt to genAI-integrated search.
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Six Key Findings From My First 60 Days As Forrester’s DAM Analyst

Phyllis Davidson March 28, 2025
The opportunities are vast for both digital asset management (DAM) vendors and users. Learn six capabilities that are increasing their fidelity and will likely have a big impact on the future of digital experiences.
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