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B2B Demand Generation Best Practices: 10 Proven Ways to Improve Your Results

KoMarketing Associates

2020 was a tough year for B2B marketers – and everyone else. A few B2B marketing strategies did particularly well in 2020, and demand generation was one of them. For the marketers who were able to pivot quickly, many B2B demand generation best practices helped to ease the pain of 2020. The data bears this out.

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Two Tools and a Tactician: Why B2B Marketing Departments Need More

Marketri

Why One Tactician Won’t Work The solo marketer was a sub-optimal but feasible structure in the 1980s and 1990s for mid-sized B2B businesses. However, changing buyer preferences for a self-service purchase journey in an increasingly virtual world has ended the practicality of that structure.

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Executive Insights: A Marketing Transformation Conversation with CMO Advisor Kathleen Schaub

Marketing Insider Group

While in SAP Global Marketing we launched several thought leadership efforts, and one of the analyst partners I leveraged was IDC, and specifically their CMO Advisory Service. Kathleen recently retired from IDC after a long and distinguished career in marketing, including being a head of marketing and a CMO.

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Is Fractional CMO the right decision for SaaS start-ups?

Sage Marketing

The term “Fractional CMO” might initially suggest a reduced scope of responsibilities or a diminishment of the role’s importance within an organization, particularly for SaaS companies. Instead, a Fractional CMO brings a highly strategic, adaptable, and focused approach to leadership.

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Skate to Where the Puck is Going: B2B Marketing in an Age of Digital-First Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

IDC defines digital transformation and maturity as “using information at the center of new business models, leveraging Third Platform technologies (mobile computing, big data and analytics, social media, and cloud computing), creating new customer experiences, and optimizing data-driven decision-making to transform your business”.

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Mission Impossible: Making Hard Choices as a First-time CMO (Part 2)

DiscoverOrg

Fear isn’t a luxury the CMO can afford. Today’s CMO position – “ a minefield where many talented executives fail ” – requires the courage of conviction to survive. If you’re a first-time CMO, this goes double. Get attribution in place to learn which channels have the best conversion rates. Fearlessness is key.

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The CMO/CFO Power Partnership: 9 Best Practices To Make It Work

Heinz Marketing

I recently hosted our latest invite-only CMO Roundtable in Seattle. We partnered with Allocadia and our topic focused on Finance and Marketing Alignment with the CFO and CMO. Chris Pick , CMO from Apptio and Samantha Bannister , VP of Finance and Operations from Allocadia were the panelists who provided valuable insights.

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