2023: State of Go-to-Market Strategies
Crafting an effective go-to-market (GTM) strategy can make or break the success of a product or new line of business. Determining the correct product positioning, building customer profiles and assessing the competitive landscape are critical components to identifying the correct path to market. What is the state of current go-to-market strategies and are organizations making any strategic shifts in 2023?
One minute insights:
- Most respondents describe their organization’s go-to-market strategy as mainly product-led
- Product features and benefits is the most common reason cited for adopting current go-to-market strategies
- Current industry competition is the biggest challenge reported
- Many predict increased personalization and data-driven decision making in the future
Supported by dedicated GTM teams, most organizations are targeting business customers with a combination of product-led and direct sales
Most (62%) respondents describe their organization’s go-to-market strategy as mainly product-led.
Most respondents (86%) classify their organization as either B2B (48%) or both B2B and B2C (38%).
Despite general satisfaction with go-to-market effectiveness, many organizations will be making adjustments and hiring roles to support strategy changes
Respondents most commonly selected product features and benefits (61%) and customer industry (60%) as the factors that influenced their organization’s decision to adopt its current go-to-market strategy.
More than half (58%) report their organization plans to make minor adjustments to their go-to-market strategy (47%), or adopt a brand new strategy (11%) this year. 39% say they will continue using the same strategy.
53% of respondents who plan to make minor adjustment, or adopt a new brand strategy this year (n=116) say they will be hiring new roles to support their GTM strategy change.
Clarifying value proposition (63%) is the most commonly selected go-to-market strategy change, followed by adjust pricing strategy (57%), and identify/adjust target market (56%).
Industry competition is a challenge for most organizations, but many predict a more buyer centric future
Competition in our industry (51%), determining product-market fit (43%) and strategy complexity (43%), were the most commonly reported go-to-market challenges.
Personalization and customization (39%) is the most commonly selected trend in go-to-market strategies right now, followed by data-driven decision making (21%).
Question: How do you believe go-to-market strategies will continue to evolve in the next 2-3 years?
Get disrupted with Chat GPT and other AI solutions. I think ABM and personalization/customization is the way to go and whoever masters it and delivers /executes it best will win.
Become more personalized, more product led vs 1-to-1 sales led.
More buyer led, more personalisation and more channel driven.
Want more insights like this from leaders like yourself?
Click here to explore the revamped, retooled and reimagined Gartner Peer Community. You'll get access to synthesized insights and engaging discussions from a community of your peers.