Marketing Technology (martech)

Marketers have gone full-tilt into marketing technology (martech) to improve engagement. Yet the strategy behind these investments hasn’t always kept pace. Read our insights on using marketing technology to achieve more meaningful and profitable experiences.

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Converging Platforms For Greater Efficiency: The Rise Of Revenue Marketing Platforms

Kelvin Gee 1 day ago
The proliferation of data and the shift towards buying groups have set MAP and ABM platforms on a collision course. It also has paved the way for what we now call Revenue Marketing Platforms — an innovation that merges the best of both MAP and ABM into a single, comprehensive hub.
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Summer Heats Up With PathFactory Acquisition Of Uberflip

Phyllis Davidson July 16, 2024
In a move that combines two content engagement solutions focused on AI-driven personalization and content intelligence, Pathfactory acquires Uberflip. Learn some of the implications to the deal for marketing organizations and leaders.

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Four Questions To Ask When Selecting An All-In-One Event Management Platform

Conrad Mills July 11, 2024
Too many organizations treat their event technology as a tactical rather than strategic asset, with different teams selecting and deploying solutions in silos. This leads to wasted resources, overlapping capabilities, and data silos. Consolidating on to a single all-in-one event management platform (EMP) solves these challenges and also helps teams deliver more personalized and digital-centric […]
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The Global State Of B2B Events — Eight Key Findings On Event Trends From Forrester’s Recent Survey

Conrad Mills July 8, 2024
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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Top 10 Emerging Technologies For 2024

What It Means June 27, 2024
The pace of technology innovation can make it hard to keep an eye on the tech horizon. In this episode, Vice President of Emerging Tech Portfolio Brian Hopkins walks through this year’s list of the top 10 emerging technologies, describing when each technology will bring value to users.
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Call For Entries: Forrester B2B Summit APAC 2024 Awards

Daryl Wright May 15, 2024
APAC B2B marketers: If you have a cross-functional alignment success story or have achieved exceptional results from a single function, we want to hear from you. Learn more about our B2B Summit APAC awards and how to apply.
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A Guide For Understanding The Marketing Analytics Landscape

Tina Moffett April 8, 2024
Harnessing the power of marketing analytics isn’t just about crunching numbers — it’s about unlocking insights. Get a roadmap for navigating the marketing analytics landscape in this preview of our new report.

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A New Supergroup For Revenue Technology Emerges: Revenue Orchestration Platforms

Anthony McPartlin April 5, 2024
In the world of revenue technology, three distinct categories have converged to form a new supergroup of revtech capabilities. Learn more about revenue orchestration platforms in this preview of a new report.
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Adobe Journey Optimizer – B2B Edition Makes Buying Group Adoption Easier

Vicki Brown April 4, 2024
Adobe has announced the Adobe Journey Optimizer - B2B Edition, which allows B2B marketers to create buying groups and orchestrate journeys for buying groups at scale. This new functionality helps B2B organizations align with sales, target buyer roles more effectively, and measure marketing’s impact on revenue.
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What I Learned About GenAI From Over 100 Indian CMOs

Subhendu Pattnaik April 4, 2024
Discussions with 100 CMOs and key marketing leaders in India revealed the massive transformation genAI is already bringing to many marketing organizations across the Indian subcontinent. Read some of their comments in this post.
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The Forrester Wave™: Conversation Automation Solutions For B2B, Q1 2024 — Five Key Takeaways

Jessie Johnson March 27, 2024
We've evaluated the nine most important conversation automation solution vendors. Learn what’s changed since we evaluated the market three years ago
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Welcome To The Future Of Marketing Technology

Joe Stanhope March 26, 2024
Modernizing marketing technology requires an ecosystem approach. Learn the four strategic capabilities that should be prioritized in a martech ecosystem.
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Unlocking The Power Of Adobe Services: Forrester’s Overview Of 27 Providers

Xiaofeng Wang March 7, 2024
I’m pleased to announce the publication of The Adobe Services Landscape, Q1 2024. Since we started covering the Adobe services market in 2020, we have seen it grow rapidly and mature continuously (see figure). Adobe services have evolved into an established market that features: High revenue growth. Adobe service providers’ revenue has grown rapidly since our previous […]
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CMOs: Advancing From GenAI Pilots To Proficiency Doesn’t Come Easy

Jay Pattisall February 23, 2024
As the initial awe surrounding generative AI (genAI) fades, marketers must navigate a more pragmatic phase of genAI adoption. The first step is to understand adoption roadblocks and how to avoid them.
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Invisible Experiences: Anticipate Customer Needs With Real-Time Interaction Management

Rusty Warner February 16, 2024
Imagine having a butler who anticipates and serves your needs. Just as Alfred faithfully supports Batman, your personal assistant earns your trust through silent understanding. Now think of this relationship in terms of your experiences with brands. Do those experiences feel invisible and immersive? In Gotham City, Alfred ensures that Batman’s utility belt is always […]
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CDPs In APAC: A Fast-Growing Emerging Market

Xiaofeng Wang February 14, 2024
I’m pleased to announce the publication of The Customer Data Platforms In Asia Pacific Landscape, Q1 2024 report. This comprehensive report features 22 vendors with $5 million or more annual customer data platform (CDP) revenue from the APAC market. Most vendors are still in the early stages of developing their business in APAC, indicating that […]
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What Salesloft’s Acquisition Of Drift Means

Seth Marrs February 13, 2024
Salesloft’s acquisition of Drift is a first step into marketing technology for sales tech vendors.

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Announcing The Forrester Tech Tide™: Enterprise Localization Technologies, Q1 2024

Kathleen Pierce February 12, 2024
Do you sell into multilingual markets, nationally or internationally? Do you want to grow? If so, you should review your localization tech stack. We recently published The Forrester Tech Tide™: Enterprise Localization Technologies, Q1 2024 to help leaders in revenue operations, marketing, product, digital, content, and customer experience shape their firm’s investment approach. A Rising Tide […]
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What Ninth-Grade Biology Has In Common With Optimizing B2B Content

Phyllis Davidson January 30, 2024
Apply scientific experimentation to achieve the best B2B content personalization results.
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2024 Is The Make-Or-Break Year For CDPs

Joe Stanhope January 26, 2024
I’m pleased to announce the publication of The B2C Customer Data Platform Landscape, Q1 2024. Forrester’s landscape research is a valuable resource for marketers to understand and differentiate the range of solutions available to them in a very dynamic market. As consumer data platforms (CDPs) approach mainstream adoption, Forrester’s coverage emphasizes practicality and granularity, such […]
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