ABM isn’t the B2B salvation we were promised
Account-based marketing's promise of sales and marketing unity got lost in tools and tech. Here’s how to reclaim its strategic potential.
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Ruth P. Stevens consults on customer acquisition and retention, specializing in B2B markets. She advises companies on go-to-market strategy, sales lead generation, customer and prospect data, content marketing and ABM. Crain’s BtoB magazine named Ruth one of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Marketing. Ruth also teaches marketing at business schools in the U.S. and abroad. She has taught at Columbia and NYU Stern business schools in New York, and abroad at Hong Kong UST, Singapore Management University, Athens College, San Andres University (Buenos Aires), Jagiellonian University (Krakow), ASE (Bucharest) and Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. She co-hosts the Marketing Horizons and Marketing Legends podcasts. Her newest book is B2B Data-Driven Marketing: Sources, Uses, Results. Ruth has held senior marketing positions at Time Warner, Ziff-Davis, and IBM and holds an MBA from Columbia University.
Account-based marketing's promise of sales and marketing unity got lost in tools and tech. Here’s how to reclaim its strategic potential.
Ruth Stevens | May 23, 2025 at 9:00 am ETCheck out exciting tools that can optimize your B2B marketing efforts, from data to video and AI.
Ruth Stevens | Apr 1, 2025 at 10:54 am ETEngage digital-first buyers with consumer-style marketing while balancing creative tactics with B2B fundamentals.
Ruth Stevens | Nov 4, 2024 at 10:41 am ETThese five trends are knocking traditional B2B marketing sideways. They're here to stay.
Ruth Stevens | Aug 26, 2024 at 10:54 am ETLearn about new platforms and methods for identifying website visitors, retargeting and automating customer acquisition campaigns.
Ruth Stevens | Jul 8, 2024 at 10:30 am ETHere’s how AI-powered solutions from Demandbase, Anteriad and 6sense can help you find and engage the right decision-makers.
Ruth Stevens | May 2, 2024 at 10:33 am ETExplore essential retention marketing approaches to boost B2B profitability by increasing customer life-time value.
Ruth Stevens | Mar 1, 2024 at 9:55 am ETThe speed and complexity of business today demands a fresh look at how to make channel partner marketing work.
Ruth Stevens | Dec 26, 2023 at 9:30 am ETB2B marketers are reaping the rewards from the huge number of new martech tools. Here's a guide to some of the best of them.
Ruth Stevens | Sep 29, 2023 at 11:19 am ETLearn how an industrial manufacturing company transformed their marketing strategy to meet evolving B2B buying behavior.
Ruth Stevens | Aug 22, 2023 at 3:00 pm ETIn this fast-moving world, it's time to rethink your B2B website, from the strategic to the tactical. Here's what yours must have.
Ruth Stevens | Jun 27, 2023 at 9:51 am ET