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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 Aptly titled, Misaligned Marketing KPIs are Hurting B2B Teams, dives straight into the impact of outdated metrics on ABM…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…
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Metric(s) Monday: Connecting the Dots on How Measurement Pays
In recent weeks, we’ve learned that organizations that adopt an account-centric approach tend to exhibit stronger financial performance. Moreover, metrics centered around Account-Based Marketing (ABM) have a stronger association with better financial performance compared to traditional metrics like MQLs and leads (See this…
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Metric Monday: Measurement Matters (And Pays)
Hey all! We blinked and it’s Metric Monday again! But no complaints here because it's one of our favorite days of the week at 6sense Research. Metric Monday is the day we bring you a stat we've discovered through our primary research. And today's topic is all about measurement ⏳ and money 💸! In almost all of our surveys,…
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Wednesday Wisdom: Who's (Not) Using All the Buying Signals - and Who Should Be (An Article)
Hey all! 6sense Research is back at it again with some ✨Wednesday Wisdom✨ The report we're talking about today is from a study we did last year. We surveyed almost 200 marketers from senior leadership, demand generation, ABM, and marketing and revenue operations functions to understand the signals they use to detect their…
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Metric Monday: How Many B2B Organizations Miss Vital Buying Team Signals?
In the complex landscape of B2B transactions, a fundamental truth stands out: the buyer is not an isolated decision-maker. Instead, the B2B buyer is a dynamic and interconnected team of individuals working collaboratively to make a decision. Therefore, when multiple members of a buying group express interest, it's a much…
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Calling all RevCity Marketers! Have 5 minutes? 👀
Hey all! We're interrupting your regular Friday programming for a quick favor. Some of you might have caught our post last week about the latest survey 6sense Research is running, and we want to thank those who took the time to check it out 🙏. But, we’re back and shamelessly asking for your help again 😜because your…
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Wednesday Wisdom: Gaining Clarity on B2B Buying Groups (An Article)
In B2B contexts, buying decisions are typically made by groups of individuals working together to identify and acquire solutions. This collaborative process lends complexity to decision-making as it’s influenced by a variety of perspectives and requirements. In our paper, Gaining Clarity (Sort Of) on B2B Buying Groups, we…
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Metric(s) Monday: The ✨magic✨ of auto-fill
Hey everyone, we're excited to have our Research Road live on RevCity! If you missed our announcement post, check it out here. But in this post, we have some business to attend to. Today is what we’re calling “Metric Monday” — the day of the week where we’ll be sharing stats from our primary research and occasionally the…
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6sense Research wants to hear from you!
Hey marketers, 6sense Research wants to learn more about how you're identifying and engaging potential buyers. We want to understand the strategies, data sources, tools, and buying signals (intent data, etc.) you all rely on. We're also curious to know how satisfied you are with your current approach and what challenges…