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Metric Monday: How many late stage opportunities are in your CRM without 6sense?
Earlier this year, we asked nearly 400 B2B marketers and sellers what percentage of their TAM is in-market for their solution in any given quarter. The answer: 9% to 11%. That’s to say, if you had 1,000 accounts in your TAM, only about 100 of them are actively looking for a solution. We then looked across 448 of our…
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Metric Monday: Double Clicking Into "Fewer than 50% of ABM Orgs Measure Account-Centric Metrics"
Hey all, A few weeks back, we talked about how organizations that 1) practice ABM, 2) measure ABM-related metrics and 3) integrate them into their incentive programs perform better financially. However, we've also touched on the fact that such measurement practices lag behind ABM adoption. In our 2022 survey sample, 78% of…
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Wednesday Wisdom: 2022 State of the BDR Report
Hey all! Last week, we highlighted our 2023 State of the BDR Report, exploring how BDRs were faring in the early months of this year when economic conditions began to trend downward. While BDRs maintained their performance, they reported feeling less supported and faced greater challenges in their roles. In 2022, our…
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Wednesday Wisdom: CMO Compensation $$ (A Report)
Hi all, Last year, 6sense Research surveyed nearly 400 CMOs and other senior-level B2B marketing leaders about their pay and compensation packages. We expanded the same study this year to include all levels in marketing and we can't wait to share that report with you all very soon! In the meantime, the CMO report is super…
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Wednesday Wisdom: How B2B Revenue Teams Understand Prospect Behavior (A Report)
Hey all, Last year, 6sense Research surveyed 169 B2B practitioners to explore the tools and signals they utilize in understanding their target accounts and buying groups. This year, we've expanded the study, receiving just under 700 responses from B2B professionals and incorporating additional survey questions. Currently,…
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Metric Monday: Who Initiates Contact During B2B Purchases? Do Buyers or Sellers Make the First Move?
Happy (Metric) Monday! 6sense Research surveyed over 900 B2B buyers for insights into their recent purchases. What we got is a ton of answers to questions like, Who takes the first step in initiating contact during the B2B purchase journey? When B2B buyers are ready to engage, they take the lead by initiating first contact…
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Metric Monday: A Sneak Peek Stat from the 2023 B2B Buyer Experience Report...
With just one week to go until the release of our 2023 B2B Buyer Experience Report, 6sense Research can't resist sharing one of the findings a tad bit early 😉 From our research involving over 900 B2B buyers, we found that… Buyers engage with sellers at the same point in the buyer’s journey, regardless of their level in the…
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Registrations Are NOW Open for the 2023 B2B Buyer Experience Report and Webinar!
We're thrilled to share the upcoming release of 6sense Research's much-anticipated 2023 B2B Buyer Experience Report 🎉 If you had the opportunity to catch @Kerry's session at Breakthrough It's (Nearly) Over Before You Know It, then you’ve had a taste of the research that will be fully detailed in our report releasing on…
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Wednesday Wisdom: The Three Alignments in B2B (Part 3)
Happy Wednesday (Wisdom)! We're taking a ✨brief✨ pause from the latest insights of The 2023 Buyer Experience Report, to share the third installment of the 3-part series, "The Three Misalignments." Aptly titled, Misaligned Marketing KPIs are Hurting B2B Teams, dives straight into the impact of outdated metrics on ABM…
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Wednesday Wisdom: Boost Financial Performance with ABM (An Article)
In our report Doing One Thing and Measuring Another, we found that organizations that adopt an account-centric approach tend to perform better financially. In this paper, The Impact of ABM and Measurement on Companies' Financial Performance, we examine additional factors specific to how and what an organization measures…
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Metric Monday: How far along in the buyers journey are B2B buyers when they finally engage sellers?
As you might have read in this post, we recently wrapped up a survey asking 900+ B2B buyers about their experience. What did we find? B2B buyers are 70% of their way through their buying process by the time they engage sellers directly. In a typical deal cycle, that’s eight months in. This means buyers have started their…
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Wednesday Wisdom: 2023 State of the BDR Report
Hey all! On Monday, we started the conversation about our research on the BDR role. Today, we're excited to highlight our 2023 State of the BDR Report. Both this year and last, 6sense Research surveyed BDRs about their jobs and how supported they feel in their roles. In 2022, BDRs' answers to our survey quickly had us…
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Wednesday Wisdom: The Three Alignments in B2B (Part 2)
Happy Wednesday (Wisdom) ✨ Following last week’s Wednesday Wisdom read, we have the second installment in @Kerry's three-report series, the “Three Alignments.” The series dives into prevalent misalignments that hamper the productivity of B2B revenue teams and, most importantly, offers solutions. Today, we shine the…
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Wednesday Wisdom: The Three Alignments in B2B (Part 1)
Happy Wednesday (Wisdom) ✨ As we await the release of the B2B Buyer Experience Report, we have another good read in the meantime. Written by our very own @Kerry, Head of 6sense Research, we have a three-report series, the “Three Alignments”, which examines three common misalignments that erode the productivity of B2B…
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Metric Monday: Marketing-Sourced and Influenced Metrics
For quite some time, organizations have wrestled with the challenge of quantifying marketing’s impact on revenue generation. Traditionally, two distinct strategies have been employed: 1. Marketing-Sourced Metrics: Attempt to identify which deals and their associated revenue were first identified or engaged through a…
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Wednesday Wisdom: Anonymous Website Traffic (A quick read before the long weekend)
Hey all! If you enjoyed our chat about form-fill rates on Monday, you’ll love the blog post that discusses that research. It’s a quick (5 minute) but impactful read before kicking off the long holiday weekend. In it, we discuss: The challenge of low form-fill conversion rates in B2B marketing The significance of anonymous…
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Wednesday Wisdom: Double Funnel Nonsense (An Article)
Happy (Wisdom) Wednesday, all! 😉 Today we have an oldie but goodie written by 6sense Research's very own @Kerry! In this blog, Kerry dives into the pitfalls of the "double funnel" strategy in B2B and challenges its apparent intuitiveness. He highlights critical issues with traditional lead-based processes, emphasizing…
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Metric Monday: Another Successful Outcome from Supported BDRs
Hey all! If you followed along with our posts last week, you’ll know that perceived job support has some truly remarkable implications on BDR performance. When BDRs are… Well-informed about their responsibilities, Provided with the necessary resources to do their job, Aware of the value that leadership places on their…
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Metric Monday: Is More Training the Solution for Leveling Up BDR Performance?
Happy (Metric) Monday, RevCity! Let’s chat about one of our faves in the biz: BDRs/SDRs 🙌! Both this year and last, 6sense Research surveyed BDRs about their jobs and how supported they feel in their roles. Both times, we found that support played a huge role in BDRs’ performance. In fact, the impact of BDRs' perceived job…
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Wednesday Wisdom: Missed Signals Are Holding Back B2B Sellers (An Article)
There’s a crucial connection between the size of B2B buying teams and the scale of their purchases. Higher value deals are evaluated and purchased by bigger teams. In a study we did last year, we explored whether B2B organizations with premium offerings were tapping into a broader spectrum of buying signals to detect…