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Salesforce Debuts New High-End Editions For Sales And Service

Liz Herbert September 22, 2023
As Salesforce quietly debuts a new tier to customers, the advice for buyers is simple: do the math. Learn more in this post.
Blog

How B2B Marketing, Sales, And Product Can Align To Drive Growth In 2024

Srividya Sridharan August 8, 2023
Planning season is the perfect time for B2B revenue engine leaders to address common challenges, share functional insights and competencies, and build a customer-obsessed growth strategy.

Grow Your B2B Revenue With Customer Obsession

Stop extracting customer value -- and start creating it. Read our report to learn how to sustain B2B success with a customer-obsessed growth engine that creates buyer value and revenue.

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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.
Blog

Looking Ahead To Forrester’s B2B Summit EMEA 2023

Paul Ferron July 12, 2023
Throughout the year, there is an ebb and flow to the things that I look forward to, often triggered by a certain event. For example, once my family has the winter-sport holiday behind us, I look forward to warmer weather and sunshine. The same happens to me when Forrester’s B2B Summit in North America is […]
Webinar

The Future Of Revenue Operations

If you’re a B2B marketing leader in a high tech organization, watch this on-demand webinar to hear how organizations are evolving strategic marketing operations, sales operations, and revenue operations functions to deliver on customer value and commercial impact.
Blog

A New Playbook For B2B Sales To Drive Scalable, Sustainable Growth

Mike Pregler June 4, 2023
Sales and revenue leaders need to transition to a systematic approach to growth that prioritizes processes and investments in infrastructure, technology, and insights. Our Forrester Decisions for B2B Sales service is designed to facilitate that transition.
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Not All Alignment Is Equal: Achieve Alignment That Drives Growth

Dave Frankland May 31, 2023
Successful alignment is less about process and more about calibrating buyer value. Learn about the five dimensions that top organizations align on — and learn more at Forrester’s B2B Summit North America.
Blog

It’s The 53rd Earth Day, And What Has Sales Done?

Anne Slough April 21, 2023
Learn six meaningful ways that the sales organization can contribute to sustainability efforts at your organization today.
Webinar

Raising The Bar For Marketing And Sales Alignment

Learn how to thrive in today’s new B2B marketing landscape with the alignment of sales and marketing on customer obsession.
Blog

Is Your Revenue Tech Strategy Beach-Ready?

Anthony McPartlin March 17, 2023
Despite heavy investment in tech, many B2B organizations struggle to show related business impact due to implementation, integration, and adoption issues. It’s time for revenue technology management to be elevated as a strategic capability to drive sustainable business value from tech.
Blog

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.
Blog

Leverage Data In Your Sales Strategy To Win 2023

Alex Schanne February 23, 2023
Attention, sales leaders! In case you missed it, to win in 2023, your reps must leverage digital selling tactics and listen to buyer signals. Today’s buyer is empowered and increasingly reliant on self-discovery through digital experiences. Sales leaders need to adapt fast to win, retain, and grow revenue in this increasingly turbulent market, but the […]

Defy Buyer Friction With B2B Alignment

Overcome B2B buyer disruption with marketing, sales, and product teams and processes aligned on customer obsession.

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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.
Blog

Align Around Your Customers To Power Growth In Today’s Economic Climate

Sharyn Leaver February 21, 2023
Outdated, short-term growth strategies that focus on extracting value from customers will fail. To succeed, companies must build, run, and continually optimize a customer-obsessed growth engine.
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Call For Entries: Forrester B2B Summit North America Awards

Cristina De Martini February 14, 2023
Nominations are now open for Forrester’s B2B North America Return On Integration Honors and Program Of The Year Awards. If you have a great revenue engine alignment story, now is your time to shine.
Blog

Sales Kickoff: Four Things The Best CSOs Do Well

Rick Bradberry December 23, 2022
To set the tone for a successful year, sales leaders should make a point of celebrating past-year wins and equipping their teams to be effective in the months ahead.
Blog

B2B Buyers And Digital Selling (Part 2): Buyer Enablement And Buying Signals

Rick Bradberry September 2, 2022
Sell something to a prospect, and you might earn a valuable commission. Help a prospect buy, and you might earn a valuable customer. This practice — helping prospects buy — is buyer enablement. And it requires a deeper understanding of purchasing preferences and the buying process itself, particularly with self-service. In this area, B2B teams […]
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Four Key Investment Areas For Sales Operations Leaders In 2023

Steve Silver September 1, 2022
Sales operations planning will have to account for economic turbulence, but will find big opportunities in smart tech deployment.
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B2B Sales Leaders: Balance Strategic And Tactical Investments In 2023

Mike Pregler September 1, 2022
Experience from past economic slumps indicates that B2B sales leaders’ budget plans must balance essential strategic investments with “quick win” tactical investments.
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The Keys To 2023 Planning? Discipline And Precision

Sharyn Leaver August 23, 2022
Volatility will complicate planning for the coming year, but an intentional approach to investments and cuts will help businesses succeed.
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