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• Report Prioritize The Tech That Paves The Path To People-First Marketing

  Tools And Technology: Experience-Led Marketing Playbook

  January 12, 2021 | Stephanie Liu

  CMOs and marketers are increasingly aware of their potential impact on the customer experience (CX). Nearly half of global marketing decision-makers say it's a high or critical priority. CMOs and...

• Report Now Tech: B2B Marketing Data Providers, Q1 2021

  Forrester's Overview Of 36 B2B Marketing Data Providers

  January 11, 2021 | Steven Casey

  You can use B2B marketing data providers to create personalized and timely account-centric engagement, improve customer marketing, and achieve true customer obsession. But to realize these...

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  Webinar How To Ask Customers To Share Data: A Guide To Zero-Party Data

  August 26, 2020 | Stephanie Liu

  All marketers want to deliver personalized content and experiences, but the reality is they often use stale or inaccurate data to make decisions about what customers want. Privacy regulations and...

• Report An Illustrated Guide To Collecting Zero-Party Data

  Use Microexperiences To Quickly And Easily Collect Rich Customer Attributes

  August 20, 2020 | Stephanie Liu

  Zero-party data (ZPD), or data that a consumer proactively and intentionally shares about herself, has always been a valuable source of customer insight. B2C marketers today are building a variety...

• Report The Forrester Tech Tide™: Martech For B2C Marketers, Q3 2020

  Tools And Technology: The Enterprise Marketing Technology Playbook

  July 30, 2020 | Mary Pilecki, David Novitzky, Jessica Liu

  Marketing technology (martech) is critical to a firm's ability to plan, execute, and measure its marketing efforts. This Forrester Tech Tide™ report presents an analysis of the maturity and...

• Report Now Tech: Social Listening Platforms, Q3 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 25 Social Listening Platform Providers

  July 9, 2020 | Jessica Liu

  You can use social listening platforms (SLPs) to measure brands' social media efforts, conduct market research, and propel product innovation. But to realize these benefits, you'll first have to...

• Report The Forrester Tech Tide™: Channel Software, Q2 2020

  Seven Technologies Underpin Channel Software

  June 25, 2020 | Jay McBain

  Channel software is increasingly critical to firms' ability to win, serve, and retain their customers and partners. To accelerate performance of their partnerships and channel ecosystems, companies...

• Report Three Requirements Every CPG Marketer Needs To Select A Marketing Measurement Vendor

  May 6, 2020 | Tina Moffett

  The indirect and highly competitive nature of consumer packaged goods (CPG) and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) businesses means B2C marketers in those industries face unique challenges with...

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  Webinar Understanding Ecosystems And The Trifurcating Partner Channel

  April 29, 2020 | Jay McBain

  We are in the middle of a major transformation of how companies go to market — in fact, 76% of business leaders agree that current business models will be unrecognizable in the next five...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Through-Channel Marketing Automation, Q2 2020

  The 13 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  April 20, 2020 | Jay McBain, Lori Wizdo

  In our 24-criterion evaluation of through-channel marketing automation (TCMA) providers, we identified the 13 most significant ones — Ansira, Aprimo, BrandMuscle, Distribion, E2open, Impartner,...

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  Webinar What's Ahead For ABM In 2020? (Hint: The Answer Starts With "E")

  March 26, 2020 | Laura Ramos

  Account-based marketing (ABM) is becoming the way marketing gets done, with B2B demand generation efforts focusing predominantly on accounts, not leads. In fact, ABM now involves more than just...

• Report New Partners Won't Thrive In Current Channel Programs

  Augment Tiered Precious-Metal Schemes By Investing In Programs Tuned To Nonreselling Partners

  March 23, 2020 | Jay McBain

  B2B marketers and channel professionals must understand that the tiered precious-metal program, while useful for traditional resell-based partners, doesn't effectively serve new ecosystem partners...

• Report Unlocking The Power Of Partner Ecosystems Demands Powerful Measurement

  Build A Holistic Set Of Metrics And KPIs That Accurately Reflect Channel Effectiveness

  March 17, 2020 | Jay McBain

  Today's increasingly complex channel environment means once-reliable partner performance measurements such as revenue tiers, profit contribution, certifications, and customer satisfaction surveys...

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  Webinar Balancing The Privacy-Personalization Paradox

  February 27, 2020 | Fatemeh Khatibloo

  Marketers face a Catch-22: Most customers want to be rewarded for their loyalty with better-tailored content and offers, but they really hate the data practices that personalization requires. In...

• Report B2C Marketers Consider DIY Approaches To Hack Martech

  For The Technically Inclined, Building In-House Offers Tempting Benefits

  January 27, 2020 | Joe Stanhope

  The majority of marketers assemble their marketing technology (martech) stack from commercially available, packaged technology. However, a growing number of firms see an opportunity to take a...

• Report Now Tech: Email Marketing Vendors, Q1 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 34 Email Marketing Providers

  January 22, 2020 | Shar VanBoskirk

  You can use email marketing to create better brand experiences, establish customer relationships, and experiment. But to realize these benefits, you'll first have to select from a diverse set of...

• Report AI Is A New Kind Of Creative Partner

  Data Promises To Enhance Creative Capability And Capacity

  December 20, 2019 | Thomas Husson

  Brands and agencies have always placed creativity at the heart of advertising. But as digital channels proliferate, the cost, complexity, and demand for media's measurability have driven the...

• Report Seven Steps To Kick Off A Customer-Obsessed Insights Program

  Beginner Level: Insights Practices For Marketing Innovation

  December 17, 2019 | Srividya Sridharan, Allison Snow

  There's only one way to win in the age of the customer, and that's by being customer obsessed. To successfully pivot from product, growth, shareholder, and other obsessions, firms need to become...

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  Webinar Predictions 2020: B2C Marketing

  November 20, 2019 | Tina Moffett, Sarah Dawson

  Unpredictable economic times, a slow decline in consumer confidence, regulatory pressures, and an impending US election will force brands to rethink their marketing strategies. In 2019, we expected...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Cross-Channel Campaign Management (Independent Platforms), Q4 2019

  The Nine Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  November 19, 2019 | Rusty Warner

  In our 40-criterion evaluation of cross-channel campaign management (independent platforms) providers, we identified the nine most significant ones — Cheetah Digital, Emarsys, Episerver, Evergage,...

• Report Now Tech: Channel Onboarding, Q4 2019

  Forrester's Overview Of 30 Channel Onboarding Providers

  November 11, 2019 | Jay McBain

  You can use channel onboarding to improve channel revenue as well as partner relationships and loyalty, which correlate to the long-term success of partnerships and require personalized education,...

• Report Customer-Centered Messaging Helps Boost B2B Revenues By Motivating Buyer Action

  October 24, 2019 | Laura Ramos

  B2B marketers struggle to make their messages customer-centric and relevant. Forrester believes firms must talk more about issues that buyers face, why their current solutions fail to deliver...

• Report Research Round-Up: Data For Marketing

  August 26, 2019 | Mary Pilecki, Stephanie Liu

  Marketing has been a story of eras: from the mass marketing era to direct marketing to digital marketing and, now, data-driven marketing. But applying data to improve marketing is easier said than...

• Report The Forrester New Wave™: B2B Customer Data Platforms, Q2 2019

  The 13 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  June 17, 2019 | Steven Casey

  In Forrester's evaluation of the emerging market for B2B customer data platforms (CDPs), we identified the 13 most significant providers in the category — Arm Treasure Data, BlueVenn, CaliberMind,...

• Report Partner-Based Marketing Accelerates Elusive Shadow Channel Engagement

  Model Your Partner-Based Marketing Program After ABM Best Practices

  May 22, 2019 | Steven Casey, Jay McBain

  Today's empowered B2B customers demand a new level of specialization and sophistication from third-party firms that assist them. Choosing the wrong partners can have dire consequences on your...