Industry Insights

Emerald Expositions Acquires G3 Communications, Strengthens Event & Content Portfolios

Emerald Expositions, a leading B2B trade show and conference producer specializing in the retail and technology sector, has acquired G3 Communications, the parent company of Demand Gen Report and ABM In Action publications — as well as the producer of the B2B Marketing Exchange event series.

November 4, 2019
Written by Brian Anderson

Lola.com CMO Jeanne Hopkins: ‘Customer Marketing Should Be The Meta’

Ongoing discussions around customer-centricity in the B2B world have led to an ever-important question: who should own the customer experience? Thought leaders throughout the industry say marketing is best positioned to own the customer experience, which can lead to unified messaging across all the major departments within a business.

October 21, 2019
Written by Brian Anderson

B2B Ops Roles Expand Into Customer Experience Enablers To Streamline Revenue Engines

As operation teams’ responsibility in fueling the revenue engine continues to gain momentum within B2B organizations, individuals working in Marketing and Sales Ops will be tasked to grow their skillset beyond the tech focus. These newly developed skillsets will position teams to identify specifically how their company is driving revenue,…

October 16, 2019
Written by Brian Anderson

Gartner: Ad Strategy Gains Focus As Research Shows Dropping Marketing Budgets

As marketing teams begin to develop their strategies for 2020, new research from Gartner has revealed that today’s CMOs are very optimistic about economic and budgetary outlooks. However, the research also shows that marketing budgets dropped below 11% of overall company revenue for the first time since 2014. Specifically, the…

October 9, 2019
Written by Klaudia Tirico

Cisco Upgrades Marketing Velocity Program To Address B2B Buyers’ Digital Shopping Habits

For any channel marketer trying to keep pace with Cisco’s Marketing Velocity program, the challenge got a little harder this summer. Not only did Cisco connect and integrate the components of Marketing Velocity, its best-in-class channel program under one offering, the company expanded it to include a new co-marketing service…

October 2, 2019
Written by Terry Moffatt

The B2B CMO Balancing Act: 13 Top CMOs Share Insights On Shifting Priorities For Teams, Tech And Customer Experience

B2B CMOs are shifting focus to expanded revenue responsibilities, which means they are increasingly being asked to own their numbers with heightened involvement in the customer experience and communication across the organization with strong teams. This requires today’s CMO to transform into a leader that focuses on brand storytelling, strong…

September 25, 2019
Written by Amanda Hollenbeck

B2B Personalization Strategies Pivoting As Buyers Require Confidence, Consensus

As B2B companies continue to develop their personalization strategies to ensure content is relevant and contextual, they are also beginning to understand that opportunities with confident buyers lead to closed business. Therefore, leading companies such as Phononic and ExtraHop Networks are using personalization strategies as a confidence builder versus a…

September 18, 2019
Written by Brian Anderson