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The Rockstar CMO Studio: 5 F’in’ Things from the Norwest B2B Benchmark Report

Aug 27, 2025 By MPN

This week, Jeff is back from vacation, and he shares 5 F’in’ Things from the Norwest B2B Sales & Marketing Benchmark Report that caught his eye.

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This week, Jeff Clark, former Forrester analyst and now Principal Analyst at Cleantech Insiders, is back from vacation, and he and our host Ian Truscott pull five f’in’ things that caught his eye from the Norwest B2B Sales & Marketing Benchmark Report that they first talked about in their budgeting discussion in episode 280. 

The five discussion points:

  1. Sales cycles are getting longer

  2. The pressure for buyer urgency

  3. Teach your AEs well

  4. The pressure is on product marketing

  5. The AI revolution is here

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