TechTarget posted a strong second quarter with revenues up 9% to $34.3 million. Growth was led by their Priority Engine technology sales intelligence service which added 38 new customers in Q2 and grew revenue by 44%.
Long-term contracts now comprise 33% of revenue.
TechTarget expanded its Total Addressable Market (TAM) from 1,500 Enterprise IT vendors to an additional 5,000 IT vendors consisting of small software companies and regional VARs. The firm has been executing a soft rollout of Priority Engine Express to this expanded universe.
“We are still in the learning stage but the early feedback is that this customer segment is embracing the value proposition,” the firm told shareholders. “We are increasing the number of salespeople dedicated to this product in the near-term and remain on track for the full product roll-out in 2020.”
“We added several enhancements to Priority Engine in May including Personalized Account Rankings that reflect organic research with TechTarget and direct engagement with the customer to improve marketing and sales effectiveness. Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) creation and filtering directly within Priority Engine to efficiently find, track and convert identified best-fit customers. Enhanced Qualification Intelligence showcases the key attributes that make accounts high priority targets, including buying stage, ICP match and if there is a confirmed project. Improved Engagement Signals show you precisely when accounts visit your website, click on your banners and/or download your content. Indicators of New and Recent Activities give sales users new reasons to call and help them engage the buying team with highly tailored outreach.”
TechTarget Q2 2019 Shareholder Letter
TechTarget provided Q3 revenue guidance between $33 and $34 million and annual guidance of $133 and $134 million.
The firm is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month and used the opportunity to credit its employees. “We are incredibly grateful to our dedicated team of employees who are smart, innovative, motivated, passionate and hard-working. This team makes us look good and creates a win-win scenario for customers, investors, partners and the communities where we operate. We are especially proud of the transition that the Company has been able to make over the past 5 years from an online media company delivering quarterly marketing campaigns to a purchase intent data company selling annual subscriptions. We think most people would agree that is not an easy transition to make. We are very confident that our best days are ahead of us as we are now a leader in the fast growing data intelligence market.”
TechTarget added Christina Van Houten to its Board. She currently serves as the Chief Strategy Officer for Mimecast Limited, a public email management company, where she is responsible for driving corporate development, product management, and market strategy. She previously held senior positions at Infor, IBM Netezza, and Oracle. Van Houten has “more than two decades of extensive, focused experience in marketing strategy with some of the world’s largest firms as well as significant corporate and business experience.” She has an MBA from the Booth School (University of Chicago) and a BA from Georgetown.
Continue to Part II on Priority Engine Express and the expansion of their target market
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