Zoominfo

AUGUST 3, 2022

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.

Marketing Budget Creation 130

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Planning Advertising Agencies 130

Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Summary: Here are links to about twenty studies with statistics on online media consumption and advertising spend. How are people actually spending their time online? This showed that as of December 2008, search was still the most common Internet activity (used by 85.9% of the online population), compared with just 65.1%

Spending 120

Spending Media Mobile Advertising Forrester 120

Contently

AUGUST 11, 2022

As two marketing professors put it in a 2020 Harvard Business Review article : “Firms that maintain their marketing spend while reallocating it to suit the context … fare better than firms that cut their marketing investment.” If you spend that on an ad campaign at a $10 cost per click, you get 50 clicks.

Marketing Budget 173

Marketing Budget Content Marketing Planning Paid Search Agency 173

B2B Marketing Directions

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

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.

Advertising Agencies 90

Advertising Agencies Terms and Conditions Planning Allocation 90

The Point

JANUARY 19, 2021

Instead of increasing media spend to drive more and more low-converting leads, I believe we’ll see an increased focus and investment on conversion optimization in 2021, with an emphasis on “down funnel” stages. #B2B Demand Generation Predictions for 2021 Click To Tweet. – Ben, Creative Director. “I

Demand Generation Agencies 147

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Lead Ranking 147

Square 2 Marketing

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

I ’ve been helping companies with their growth plans, revenue generation and marketing execution for almost 20 years – long enough to remember the last recession in 2008. HubSpot was a baby of a company back then, but it had a very compelling story and message. This message is attributed to then-HubSpot CEO Brian Halligan.

Inbound Marketing 52

Inbound Marketing Tactics Planning Hubspot 52

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Since bottoming out in the 2008-9 financial crisis, the world economy has generated significant growth. These individuals must have solid general knowledge of multiple fields so they can steer the company in the right direction, view problems from various angles, and develop holistic solutions that can work on many levels.

Enterprise Management 246

Enterprise Management Startups Work Management Advertising Agencies 246

Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

They updated them twice since then, in 2008 and 2018. While these laws are in place, many companies still aren’t compliant. Here are some more data points to highlight this potential: 86 percent of users with access needs would spend more if there were fewer barriers. These are standards from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

CMS Development 286

CMS Development Barriers Act-On User-Generated Content 286

Brandwatch Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

But what about those B2B companies that sell their services to other businesses? What about companies that, though hugely successful and large, don’t get talked about much online, and perhaps have a lower number of customers? When these companies enter the social listening space, they are faced with many different challenges.

Brand Identity 59

Brand Identity Branding B2B Eye-Tracking 59

B2B Marketing Directions

APRIL 9, 2023

This research has been conducted semi-annually since 2008, and it consistently provides a wealth of valuable information about marketing trends, spending, and practices.) The March 2023 survey results are based on responses from 314 senior marketing leaders at for-profit companies based in the United States.

CMO 52

CMO Customer Surveys Research B2B 52

readwrite

DECEMBER 10, 2007

Research firm Borrell Associates predicts that 2008 online spending for local advertisements will jump 48% to $12.6 Search ads will make up the brunt of the local online ad spend in 2008, says Borrell, doubling to $5 billion. The post Local Online Ad Spending to Jump in 2008: Report appeared first on ReadWrite.

Paid Search Agency 40

Paid Search Agency Spending Classified Ads Ads 40

Martech

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

So I’ve been on top of news stories reporting that some companies are already pulling back some ad spend. Companies could go back to their pandemic tactics, in which they invested in email to keep customers informed and build authentic relationships. Consumers pulled back on spending during the pandemic. Processing.

Enterprise Management 111

Enterprise Management Work Management Paid Search Agency Marketing Management 111

Brandwatch Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

But what about those B2B companies that sell their services to other businesses? What about companies that, though hugely successful and large, don’t get talked about much online, and perhaps have a lower number of customers? When these companies enter the social listening space, they are faced with many different challenges.

Brand Identity 52

Brand Identity Branding B2B Eye-Tracking 52

Thinkers360

MARCH 22, 2024

Brands & Companies : Sign up to find and work with advisors, analysts, authors, influencers and speakers in your niche and to amplify your own executives, thought leaders, employee advocates and content among our opt-in community with over 100M followers on social media combined! also offer reprints of our syndicated research.

B2B Thought Leadership 52

B2B Thought Leadership Marketing AI Thought Leadership Research 52

Biznology

APRIL 24, 2017

43% of both B2C and B2B companies say they use organic and paid social media equally. 13% of larger companies only do organic social media. Social media advertising spending is expected to reach $37 billion in 2017. 338 is the average number of friends that users have on Facebook, a big big increase compared to 130 back in 2008.

Paid Social Agency 130

Paid Social Agency Social Media Organization Media 130

Contently

JANUARY 22, 2021

To buy stuff from companies that reflect our values, so we can feel good about ourselves when we pop a CBD gummy and start clicking on Instagram ads. Companies today not only need to do good; they also need to tell stories about the good that they’re doing so consumers know about it.

Storytelling 211

Storytelling Trends Ethics Content 211

B2B Marketing Directions

OCTOBER 9, 2022

This research has been conducted semi-annually since 2008, and it consistently provides a wealth of information about marketing trends, spending and practices. Spending on marketing analytics appears poised to increase. of respondents with B2B product companies and 67.3% However, other research paints a different picture.

CMO 52

CMO Customer Surveys Analytics Research 52

PathFactory

MARCH 6, 2023

Everything from economic conditions, the B2B technology landscape, and the amount of data companies have access to has made go-to-market teams reconsider how they conduct customer outreach and generate leads. Q: What lessons did you learn during the 2008 recession that can help marketing leaders stay focused on their revenue pipeline?

Top of Funnel 52

Top of Funnel Buyer's Journey Lead Ranking B2B Marketing 52

Martech

MAY 18, 2022

My SLENTRE.COM staff in early 2008 at our virtual office in Second Life. The term metaverse has been around for a long time and only recently has been co-opted by companies claiming that they have built or are building a metaverse. I knew immediately that the platform offered something extraordinary. A true metaverse does not exist.

Rules 144

Rules Planning Work Management Advertising Agencies 144

B2B Marketing Directions

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

This research has been conducted semi-annually since 2008, and it consistently provides a wealth of valuable information about marketing trends, spending and practices.) The September 2022 survey results are based on responses from 273 senior marketing leaders at for-profit companies based in the United States.

CMO 52

CMO Customer Surveys Research B2B 52

B2B Marketing Directions

JANUARY 14, 2023

In their 1994 best-seller, Built to Last , Jim Collins and Jerry Porras argued that the most successful companies refuse to be constrained by the "Tyranny of the OR" and instead embrace the "Genius of the AND." Instead of choosing between A or B , these companies find a way to have both A and B.

Marketing AI 85

Marketing AI Planning Work Management Marketing Management 85

6sense

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Most companies reduce spending in recessions, especially on marketing items that may be easier to cut (certainly relative to payroll). Companies that have bounced back most strongly from previous recessions usually did not cut their marketing spend , and in many cases actually increased it. Take the case of Coca-Cola.

Marketing Budget 48

Marketing Budget Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Pricing 48

Martech

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Since starting with Bain & Company 16 years ago, he’s worked in real estate, education, publishing, and most recently, as a director at Wayfair, where he led the plumbing and hardware division to double-digit growth at the height of the pandemic. A: For a lot of people your home is what you spend the majority of your time in.

Curation 110

Curation Purchase Pricing Price 110

Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

A Q1 ‘23 Sprout pulse survey found that 77% of consumers are more likely to spend more with brands they feel connected to, up from 57% in 2018. The ability to activate on social is a critical muscle that companies need to exercise, even in times of economic pressure,” says Dietrich. How can you create that for your company?

Social Media 114

Social Media Work Management Marketing Management Social Marketing 114

B2B Marketing Directions

MAY 14, 2022

The CMO Survey has been conducted semi-annually since 2008, and it consistently provides a wealth of valuable information about marketing spending, trends and practices.) The February 2022 survey results are based on responses from 320 senior marketing leaders at for-profit companies based in the United States.

CMO 52

CMO Customer Surveys Research B2B 52

B2B Marketing Directions

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Growing fears of an economic downturn have dominated the business media for the past several months, and these concerns have also spawned a boatload of articles and blog posts about how companies should manage marketing in a recession. Most business leaders instinctively believe it's necessary to reduce spending in a recession.

Terms and Conditions 52

Terms and Conditions Marketing Budget Marketing Management Paid Search Agency 52

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

For most of corporate history, most companies haven’t really wanted to hear from their customers. Companies for decades ran focus groups and test markets, and of course monitored sales success. Companies now included generic email addresses (i.e., Actually reaching a human being was even more challenging. How did we do?

Enterprise Management 178

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Customer Surveys 178

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Just as a car’s dashboard tells you if you need to speed up or slow down, or if your engine is overheating, the Salesforce Platform makes sense of what’s happening inside a company. It was 2010, and I had been working for a software company in Singapore, where I was initially a solutions engineer and then a client renewal sales manager.

Peer-to-peer 95

Peer-to-peer Thought Leadership Work Management Communities 95

Martech

MAY 18, 2022

My SLENTRE.COM staff in early 2008 at our virtual office in Second Life. The term metaverse has been around for a long time and only recently has been co-opted by companies claiming that they have built or are building a metaverse. I knew immediately that the platform offered something extraordinary. A true metaverse does not exist.

Rules 98

Rules Work Management Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency 98

ClearVoice

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Brands you use every day, like Groupon, WhatsApp, and Uber incredibly got their start during the Great Recession of 2008-2009. According to a new report from Analytic Partners , if you cut back on marketing spending during a recession, your competitors may swoop in and steal your business. Don’t make any big decisions right away.

Planning 96

Planning Marketing Budget Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy 96

Outbound Engine

APRIL 20, 2020

No longer able to meet with customers face-to-face, and losing out on buying and selling opportunities, many agents saw shades of 2008. This is not 2008. While many companies have had to lay off or furlough employees , this is only part of the story. Stop buying leads and spending money on paid search.

Top of Funnel 65

Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Digital Marketing Funnels Lead Ranking 65

ClearVoice

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

If you are a new parent, and you know you have value to add to parenting companies or brands, find writers in similar life stages. With only 173 square meters to work with, she figured out how to best use her space, cut back on frivolous spending, make smart choices on design and food investments, and more. A Cup of Jo.

Cross-Selling 105

Cross-Selling Internet Marketing Work Management Design 105

ClickZ

JANUARY 15, 2021

Before founding Jivox, Nesamoney founded Celequest, the market’s first business intelligence and analytics appliance, and served as its CEO until early 2007, when the company was acquired by Cognos/IBM. About Jivox. Jivox has been recognized by Forrester as a leader in creative advertising technologies. Jivox’s impact on ecommerce marketing.

eCommerce 114

eCommerce Personalization Paid Search Agency Purchase Intent 114

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

With less money to spend on proposed projects, spendthrift executives have grown skeptical of B2B solution provider pitches and claims. The results indicate that content marketing is being used to establish new connections with buyers: • Content marketing now comprises 33% of the total marketing budget (29% in 2008).

Budget Management 40

Budget Management Spending Planning Budget Programs 40

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Between 2008 and 2014, use of cloud-based CRM jumped from 12% to 87% ( source ). Thanks to the internet, companies are far more connected to their prospects and customers. Yet, studies show that most companies only analyze roughly 12% of the data they have ( source ). The rise of big data.

Work Management 225

Work Management B2B Marketing Management B2B Sales 225

Sword and the Script | B2B

APRIL 11, 2020

As I look out across my peers in B2B marketing , for many of us, this is our third trip to recession rodeo – after the dot-com bust and financial crisis of 2008. She’s the CEO of Analytics Partners , a marketing analytics software and consulting company. And that’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing Links [UML].

Paid Content 62

Paid Content Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Budget Programs 62

illumin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Social media companies need to make money in order to operate and since usership on these sites is free, social ads are a critical part of their business model. In 2007 to 2008 Twitter also introduced Promoted Tweets. This was followed in 2006 with the creation of Twitter and later by the 2010 launch of Instagram.

Social Media 52

Social Media Social Marketing Media Paid Social Agency 52