Vision Report

Now Is The Time To Encode Buyer Needs Across The B2B Organization

Portfolio Marketers Must Hard-Wire Buyer Needs Into The Organization To Discover Growth And Maximize Go-to-Market Performance

April 30th, 2021
Amy Hayes, VP, Research Director
Amy Hayes VP, Research Director
Beth Caplow, VP, Principal Analyst
Beth Caplow VP, Principal Analyst
John Buten, Principal Analyst
John Buten Principal Analyst
Barry Vasudevan, VP, Principal Analyst
Barry Vasudevan VP, Principal Analyst
Paul Ferron, VP, Research Director
Paul Ferron VP, Research Director
Katie Fabiszak, Principal Analyst
Katie Fabiszak Principal Analyst
Barbara Winters, VP, Principal Analyst
Barbara Winters VP, Principal Analyst
With contributor:
Lori Wizdo

Summary

Buyer needs are the DNA of any business and contain the instructions for innovation and go-to-market efforts. But far too often, B2B organizations misunderstand or fail to recognize their buyers’ needs. Market forces such as changing buyer expectations, growing portfolio complexity, and the rapid pace of innovation are creating more distance between what buyers need and how organizations are addressing those needs. In this report, we describe the imperative for portfolio marketers within B2B organizations to encode buyer needs into their organization’s culture, knowledge, and processes to discover growth and maximize go-to-market performance.

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