With just 52 percent of B2B decisions made using data, it’s clear that business marketers need to create better systems for reviewing and responding to the numbers. This guide lays out some tips for building those systems.
2. C
onsidering how widely
lauded analytics are
throughout the business
world, this may come as a shock:
A 2018 report from Forrester
found that only 52 percent of B2B
marketing decisions are driven by
data. With customer expectations
rising and data’s ability to provide
a better experience for those
customers, this number is simply
unacceptable. Marketers, and
business marketers especially, have
to do better at leveraging the wealth
of information available to them.
52%
FORRESTER
REPORT
3. To that end, the following guide will provide
some wisdom on how B2B marketers
can sort through and synthesize the
wealth of information available
to them. If you know your
business has valuable
data but have struggled
to organize it,
read on!
12. Marketing Data Management Plan How-To Guide
The Ultimate Data Machine
Fundamentals of Data
2018 Statistical Fact Book: The Ultimate Source
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