Research report season is here, and we’re willing to bet your past ones drove zero demand. 

After reading over 100 B2B SaaS research reports, we’ve narrowed down the 7 key reasons why most are a complete waste of time and money. 

Join us this episode as we break each one of them down.

• What is the point of a research report? (1:38 )
• Reason 1:  Scope of report is too broad (2:17 )
• Why broad reports do more harm than good (2:59 )
• Reason 2: Survey audience is not your ICP (6:31 )
• Why more respondents doesn’t equal a “better” research report (6:47 )
• Why your survey audience must be your ICP to drive demand (8:16 )
• Reason 3: Product > pain points (9:24 )
• Reason 4: Using FOMO as a reason to buy your product (12:25 )
• Why you can never guilt trip or peer pressure businesses into making a purchase (14:19 )
• Reason 5: There’s no analysis (aka it’s just a data dump) (14:51 )
• Why reports stuffed with stats are a red flag (15:31 )
• What we mean by the “storyline” of your report (17:03 )
• Reason 6: Poor analysis (19:30 )
• What poor analysis often looks like in a report (20:43 )
• Why marketers thinking they can do data analysis is a very serious issue (21:30 )
• Reason 7: Inaccurate or confusing visualizations (24:04 )
• Data visualization best practices (24:52 )

Resources:

Webinar: 7 Reasons Why Your B2B Research Report Isn't Driving Demand

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