Industry Roundup: Is 2017 the Year of Account-Based Marketing? Plus, the Latest from Instagram and Twitter

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Forrester
B-to-B Marketing Predictions: Customer Focus to Sharpen (Ad
Age)

There’s been a lot of talk around account-based marketing, and
Forrester Research predicts that we’ll see a huge resurgence of it
in the 2017 B2B space. According to Forrester, 37% of marketing
leaders said improving customer experience is their second-highest
priority, behind growing revenue.

“Going forward in 2017, we’ll see what are real use cases that
make sense for account-based marketing,” Laura Ramos, Forrester
analyst, told Ad Age. “Not that you have to go out and buy a bunch
of technology, but how do you put the technology that you already
have to work to deliver not only better return on marketing
investment and better alignment between marketing and sales
activity, but also deeper and more engaged customer relationships
over time?”

Instagram began testing shoppable posts, this week. Retailers
can add price tags to photos; users can then click to see a better
view of the items, and then tap through to buy from retailers’
sites. These posts are now available as free post formats (as
opposed to ads). J. Crew, Macy’s, Levi’s, and JackThreads are among
the first 20 brands using them. In the future, the format may be
open to brands in other industries, and Instagram may integrate the
technology into videos, as well.

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