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Forrester says $1M B2B deals are going self-serve, and alignment breaks first
Forrester predicts more than half of $1 million-plus B2B transactions will run through digital self-serve channels in 2025. Alignment breaks first. Influ2’s 2025 alignment report shows many teams still struggle to pass high-intent contacts from marketing to sales and target the same people inside accounts.
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If Forrester’s “more than half” forecast holds, the hardest part of $1M+ selling shifts to what happens before and after checkout: influence, validation, and expansion motions around a digital transaction.
Influ2’s definition of an effective hand-off, 35% or higher of ad clickers also contacted by sales, is a practical benchmark for rev ops teams trying to quantify alignment beyond MQL volume.
Digital self-serve makes attribution fights more expensive: when the buyer checks out on a website or marketplace, the only defensible story is a shared contact-level trail across marketing touches and sales activity.
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- The State of Sales & Marketing Alignment in 2025 ↗· Influ2
- Forrester Predictions 2025: B2B Marketing and Sales ↗· Forrester
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