Original Research Powers Compelling Thought Leadership

It's now clear that thought leadership content is having a major impact on B2B buying decisions. Several recent studies have confirmed that business buyers are consuming more thought leadership content, and that thought leadership affects decisions at every stage of the buying process. However, many...

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What Abraham Maslow Can Teach Us About Customer Experience

In 1943, the psychiatrist Abraham Maslow introduced a theory of human motivation which proposed that people are motivated to satisfy several needs, and that some of those needs take precedence over others.Maslow argued that human needs are arranged in a hierarchy, with basic physiological needs (food,...

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How Customers Really Feel About Personalization

Over the past several weeks, I've published posts that reviewed the major findings of two recent research studies - one by Dynamic Yield, and one by Researchscape International - that focused on the current state of personalization in marketing. These studies were based on surveys of marketing professionals,...

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Where B2B Companies Stand With Marketing Measurement

Measuring marketing performance is both a top priority and a persistent challenge for most B2B marketers. That's the primary theme of Demand Gen Report's 2018 Marketing Measurement and Attribution Benchmark Survey. The 2018 survey produced responses from 283 marketing executives, most of whom were based...

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Why Revenue Growth is Best Pursued Indirectly

Most marketers will say that the "prime directive" of marketing is to drive revenue growth. But in reality, revenue growth is a by-product of creating value for customers and providing great customer experiences. Paradoxically, the best way to grow revenue is by not making revenue growth the primary...

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