Business Alignment

Influ2 puts a number on sales and marketing alignment: a 35% hand-off rate

Influ2’s 2025 benchmark ties alignment to a single operational metric: how often ad-engaged contacts actually get a sales touch.

Forrester says $1M B2B deals are going self-serve, and alignment breaks first

Forrester expects most $1M+ B2B transactions to run through digital self-serve in 2025. Influ2 data suggests sales and marketing hand-offs still miss high-inten

More than 40% of B2B deals stall when buying groups can’t align internally

More than 40% of B2B deals stall when buying groups can’t align internally, a figure Edelman cites on its 2025 B2B Thought Leadership Impact Report page. Edelma

AI can launch ABM ads in 10 minutes, but revenue teams still have to agree on what an “opportunity” is

Multiply’s 10 Min ABM promises self-learning account-based advertising at speed. INFUSE’s 2026 research points to the harder constraint: shared opportunity trig

B2B demand gen leaders are ditching MQL volume for sourced revenue and influenced pipeline in 2026

Demand Gen Report's 2026 benchmark survey shows B2B marketing teams replacing vanity metrics with revenue attribution, AI workflows, and shared sales goals.

CMOs are shrinking marketing's role to survive short-term pressure, the 2026 data shows

The 2026 CMO Survey finds AI adoption rising faster than team readiness, while Forbes' influential CMOs list shows the function absorbing broader commercial man

Most B2B GTM programs fail because data, strategy, and execution never actually connect

B2B companies have data, strategy, and execution teams. The gap is alignment, and in 2026, misalignment is showing up in pipeline, win rates, and GTM spend.