The State Of The Metaverse: Look Beyond The Hype

Anyone who sells software or digital goods online and wants to grow through globalization will at least consider a third-party Merchant Of Record model. Merchant of Record (MOR) solutions have existed for decades, but the industry has made headlines recently with some notable departures: Digital River, a former heavyweight in the market, is closing up shop, and a relative newcomer in the category, Lemon Squeezy, was acquired by payments heavyweight Stripe, which, per its founder, will “scale Merchant Of Record selling in a big way.”In this webinar, Forrester analyst Lily Varon is joined by a panel of CEOs from three major players in the MOR solution space: David Nachman, CEO of FastSpring; Jimmy Fitzgerald, CEO of Paddle; and Wendi Sturgis, CEO of Cleverbridge. Key takeaways: Understand what is really going on with the Merchant Of Record market right now.Learn how to avoid common pitfalls of MOR selling.Discover the best ways for digital leaders to prepare for the future of MOR selling.Target audience level: all levels

Lily Varon

 

Your B2B customers expect personalized interactions on their terms and timelines. Outdated marketing, sales, and postsale processes have failed to meet their changing expectations, resulting in poor experiences that make it harder to retain accounts and grow them further. Customer success is uniquely positioned to engage customers and help them achieve meaningful results, but only if you elevate its role in transforming revenue processes that create more durable growth.Key takeaways: Learn why customers are the key to stable, long-term growth.Understand the role of customer success in transforming revenue processes.Explore how top CS teams guide customers through four distinct postsale stages of the Opportunity Lifecycle framework.Target audience level: intermediate

Laura Ramos

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Amy Hawthorne

 

Misalignment in B2B planning disrupts sustainable growth and negatively impacts the customer experience. In this session, we'll show you how to integrate, sequence, and synchronize planning processes across all your go-to-market functions. By getting everything aligned, you'll not only drive growth but also create a smoother, more enjoyable journey for your customers.Join us to enhance coordination and drive success across your go-to-market functions.Key takeaways: Synchronize Efforts: Master the layers of B2B planning across teams to ensure everyone is working in harmony.Foster Collaboration: Learn the sequence of annual planning processes (occurring throughout the year) that promote teamwork and help commit resources and priorities effectively.Avoid Siloed Execution: Identify the essential outputs needed to inform each downstream planning process, ensuring seamless execution across all functions.Target audience level: all levels

Laura Cross

 

The increasing prevalence of deepfakes in digital, online interactions has become a serious problem. They can wreak havoc on organizations by causing fraud losses, compliance issues, and reputational damage. But while deepfakes are getting harder to detect, there’s hope for organizations to manage and defeat them. Join Forrester for this webinar discussing protecting your organization from deepfakes and find out what works —and what doesn’t.Key takeaways: Discover why deepfakes are problematic in digital business.Understand why deepfakes are hard to fight.Learn how your organization can get started.Discover what vendors are doing.Target audience level: beginner and intermediate

Andras Cser

 

The most recent Forrester Wave evaluation of order management system (OMS) vendors uncovered a story of evolution —on the part of both the vendors and the brands and retailers that use them. Learn how businesses are leveraging these tools to optimize inventory, fulfillment, and digital operations.Key takeaways: OMS rip-and-replace projects are rarer than ever; learn how digital businesses are making these changes.Target audience level: all levels

Emily Pfeiffer

 

In this interactive session, you can submit and upvote questions about all-in-one event management platforms and learn more about the top vendors evaluated in our recent Forrester Wave™ report. We also discuss the market dynamics, disruptors, and differentiators among the vendors evaluated, as well as other findings from our research.Key takeaways: Learn what’s changed in the B2B event management technology market.Understand what you should be looking for when selecting a vendor.Learn where the market is heading.Target audience level: all levels

Conrad Mills

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Kelvin Gee