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  • The love-hate relationship with our CRMs is real. They often fail to meet promises made during selection and implementation, and they can fall short of their potential to drive revenue. But we can't live without them. To get more out of your CRM implementation, ask and answer these two questions.

  • When your employees are working remotely, email and messaging apps are a natural fallback for internal communication. Find out what their limitations are and how to solve complex collaboration problems. Read more.

  • How can B2B firms tell when it's finally time to invest in a customer relationship management (CRM) system? The signs tend to vary among internal groups.

  • Orlando Gadea of Stanley Black & Decker and Alexandre Soncini of marketplace growth platform VTEX discuss how they partnered to empower sales reps, simplify B2B buying, promote products more effectively, and reduce total cost of ownership.

  • Marketing automation workflows can engage customers and generate significantly more conversions and sales than ad hoc email campaigns. These are seven workflows vital to successful campaigns.

  • Overwhelmed, marketers have little time to learn what the customer really wants, let alone produce the content that really speaks to people on a deep level. The result is a content crisis. But it's possible to create and connect content to the customer journey and lifecycle. And to do it at scale.

  • Account-based programs demonstrate higher conversion and close rates than traditional demand programs. So, companies of course want to focus on winning and growing target accounts in the year ahead. But there are ways you can make ABM even more successful and maximize ROI.

  • Content marketing has matured to a point where you need at least some automation. But if you aren't careful, you'll turn people off: Your loyalists will notice if your content is lower quality or less tailored. To maintain customer trust while streamlining your workload, use these three tips.

  • Marketers are accustomed to a changing environment—from algorithm updates to new acquisition channels and technology. Even so, the widespread cancellation of live events made even experienced professionals take a deep breath and rethink their strategies. But it can be done.

  • Sales enablement—providing sales teams with the knowledge, skills, content, and tools they need to meet the needs of buyers—is fast becoming a core function of marketing departments. And no wonder: the benefits extend even beyond greater win rates. See how to maximize sales enablement ROI.

  • In the past two decades, content marketing has become an effective strategy for generating leads and nurturing them through every stage of the buying journey. Now, AI is poised to take marketing content to the next level.

  • Let's face our tough new reality: It's not easy to drive demand during this work-from-home era. Now, it's all about building operational agility into your marketing and customer experience. Here are three effective, data-reliant ways you can address your soft pipeline.

  • B2B sales and marketing have evolved rapidly. Digitization has transformed the way buyers research and procure products and services. Sellers no longer have control over the flow of information, and buyers' expectations have changed. Here's what B2B suppliers need to do to attract today's buyers.

  • For many industries, digital channels are now essential to doing business well into the future. Here are some practical tips on how to accelerate your digital transformation.

  • Buyers of B2B technology products and services say what they most want right now from vendors is information about how to get the most out of the solutions they already own, according to recent research from LeadMD.

  • To take best advantage of evolving business technologies, it is essential to stay agile, flexible, and open to change. Which is why in marketing technology, open-source software hits the bullseye.

  • The Dutch word "averechts" refers to when someone does something to avoid a problem, but that action backfires—causing the very problem they were trying to avoid. That is precisely what is happening to most companies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Avoid your "averechts" moment.

  • B2B companies tend to agree that the COVID-19 pandemic will lead them to cut or maintain their software budgets rather than boost spending, but many are also uncertain; much also depends on the type of software in question, according to recent research from TrustRadius.

  • AI-powered automation has begun taking over some of the most grueling elements of contemporary marketing and content authoring at scale. Still, AI isn't a marketing silver bullet—but marketers can't afford to ignore its already evident potential.

  • Programmatic advertising uses technology to automate media buying: Advertisers bid in real-time for a specific audience, and the highest bidder wins the impressions that are up for auction—all in the blink of an eye. See more about the process, benefits, challenges, and the current state of programmatic.