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[Research Round-Up] B2B Highlights From the Fall 2023 Edition of "The CMO Survey"

B2B Marketing Directions

This research has been conducted semi-annually since 2008 and consistently provides a wealth of valuable information about marketing trends, spending, and practices.) Anemic Growth in Marketing Spending The increased optimism regarding economic conditions has not produced a substantial increase in marketing spending.

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How Marketers Should Navigate Economic Uncertainty in 2023

B2B Marketing Directions

Don't Cut Marketing Spending The research by Analytic Partners found that 63% of brands that increased their investment in marketing after the "great financial crisis" of 2008 generated a positive ROI, and those that increased their media investments realized a 17% growth in incremental sales.

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Recession Planning: Should You Cut Your Marketing Budget?

Zoominfo

Record-high consumer spending followed by record-high inflation. We surveyed nearly 250 marketers , and while 59% of respondents said they either were not adjusting their budgets or weren’t making significant changes, almost 40% said they were cutting back on marketing spend in anticipation of a recession.

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[Research Round-Up] B2B Highlights From "The CMO Survey" - March 2023

B2B Marketing Directions

This research has been conducted semi-annually since 2008, and it consistently provides a wealth of valuable information about marketing trends, spending, and practices.) In September, expectations for future spending growth were also very positive. of respondents with B2B product companies, and 13.1%

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Content Marketing During a Downturn: Here’s What the Conventional Wisdom Gets Wrong

Contently

Data shows that proactive marketing “ pays off ” during recessions—for brands across industries, including the likes of Toyota, Amazon, Coca-Cola, etc. If you examine the two tactics side by side, it’s clear content is a better investment, especially if budgets are tight. Where to increase your content spend.

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Show Me the Numbers: Hard Data on Internet Use and Media Spend

Customer Experience Matrix

Summary: Here are links to about twenty studies with statistics on online media consumption and advertising spend. Many are contradictory, but it's clear that marketers need to invest in social media, which might eventually replace search as the primary way that customers find them. How are people actually spending their time online?

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Connecting with Skeptical / Frugal Buyers drives Content Marketing Spending up Significantly in 2010

The ROI Guy

A recent research report on content marketing highlighted why marketing via feature / function / price is extinct, and why connecting personally with skeptical and frugal buyers is more important than ever. o Smaller companies are spending more on their content marketing as a percentage of budget than larger companies.