B2B Marketing Directions

AUGUST 15, 2021

Last month, Gartner released the findings of its CMO Spend Survey, 2021. The survey produced 400 responses from marketing decision makers and influencers located in North America, Europe and the UK. The mean percentage of revenue allocated to marketing in 2021 is about the same in both B2B and B2C companies. in 2020 to 5.8%

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B2B Marketing Analytics

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Among the most interesting trends shaping the modern marketing function is the rise of a new breed of the CMOs called the “Revenue CMO”. The role of the CMO has undergone a radical shift especially in B2B technology companies, which are driving the revolution of this new breed of the CMOs.

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Crimson Marketing

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

The problem is, by the time you analyze those results, you’ve likely already spent too much—or too little—on marketing. As Lance Walter, CMO of financial intelligence technology company Host Analytics suggests, there is a better way.

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ClickZ

AUGUST 29, 2020

30-second summary: As of August, nearly 42% of marketers reported decreasing marketing budgets. Interestingly, 33% of marketing budgets are allocated to marketing technology. 44% of CMOs experienced mid-year budget cuts with 11% expecting significant budget cuts. Commerce & Sales.

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Martech

MARCH 31, 2022

That once-in-a-lifetime genius marketing idea hits that will enrapture customers and slay your KPIs. As the firm’s newly appointed CMO, you need a breakthrough. Your Marketing Operations (MOps) director’s face looks like you just ate her puppy for breakfast. Temper the reality distortion field. Stay on target.

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 8, 2015

As we wind down 2015, marketing budgets and planning for the new year begin to take focus. Hopefully, the performance metrics associated with your organization’s marketing programs have yielded success and validation for tactics proposed at the beginning of the year. It is that time in the year again. source ). >.

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Porch Group Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

According to Gartner’s report, in 2020, technology spend will account for the largest proportion of marketing budgets when compared with media, agencies and in-house labor. share) of total US marketing budgets in June, up from 13.3% In fact, 68% expect their investments to increase over the next 12 months.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Whether you interact daily with your company's CMO or are considering hiring one for your own company, it can be tricky to identify what a CMO does and why a CMO is critical to your company's success. To help you better understand the role and daily function of a CMO, keep reading. What is a chief marketing officer (CMO)?

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Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 29, 2019

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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Martech Advisor

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

This is imperative, so marketing drives business growth and delivers a great customer experience. There has been a shift in the CMO’s role – from being focused on external communications and new customer acquisitions traditionally, to owning the customer experience across all touchpoints today. How can this be achieved?

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Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 8, 2023

MediaPost Optimism for 2024 With 61% of Marketers Expecting Business to be Better [WARC Report] 2024 is set to see global marketing investments top the $1 trillion mark for the first time, with that investment growing by some 8.2 Social Media Today Is Video Content Being Created for All Stages of the Buyer’s Journey?

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Choozle

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Jumping out of a plane, throwing the first pitch at a baseball game, or climbing all the 14ers in Colorado might be more daunting than creating a marketing budget. But, as a marketer, I can’t think of anything more unnerving than creating your very first marketing budget. How do I show what’s working?

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B2B Marketing Analytics

AUGUST 24, 2019

Yes, we are talking about events and field marketing, which includes customer user conferences and trade shows. Across all our marketing analytics projects , we see that events are the biggest driver when it comes to deal acceleration and new pipeline creation.

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Content Marketing Institute

JULY 24, 2018

What would you do if your boss unexpectedly increased your annual content marketing budget? We asked the presenters at Content Marketing World 2018 to share what they would do. Often, this happens as the budget year nears its end and your team needs to spend the designated dollars or lose them.).

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 8, 2014

A fascinating new study was released this morning from Salesforce ExactTarget Marketing Cloud (a client of Convince & Convert ). Called 2014 State of Marketing , insights from over 2,500 global marketers , the report is full of data about marketers’ outlook and plans for the coming year.

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Martech

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Tight budgets and scrappy teams require innovation at every level — from the Founder and CMO, e-commerce Marketing Director to VP of Marketing, Social Media Director to Paid Search Strategist. Read on for details about shared SMB marketer pain points. Content creation. Keeping it fresh.

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sagefrog

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

AI tools reshape ad creation, providing innovative ways to reach wider audiences. Google’s 2023 update to Google Ads introduced semi-autonomous ad asset creation with Google’s Asset Creation for Performance Max, enabling marketers to generate custom content with minimal prompts. of overall company revenue. [1]

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B2B Marketing Directions

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

With the beginning of the fourth quarter less than a month away, many B2B companies have already started planning for 2019. Over the next several weeks, marketing leaders will be evaluating how well their existing marketing programs have performed and developing plans for the coming year. five years from now.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

How much is marketing contributing to revenue? As a CMO or director of digital marketing, you can use a handful of B2B marketing metrics to answer them. Quick Takeaways: If you’re not tracking B2B marketing metrics, you are playing a guessing game, with a likelihood of more losses than hits. Website Traffic.

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Porch Group Media

JULY 6, 2021

Using data-based insights to make better marketing decisions requires a comprehensive view of. Nearly one-third (32%) of marketers surveyed by Ascend2 report that a strategy is. planned to have unified marketing data and 45% are already operating with a strategy in place ( Ascend2 , 2021). Adobe/Marketing Charts).

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Schaub, a former tech CMO, led IDC’s CMO Advisory practice for nine years. In that time she advised hundreds of technology marketing leaders on management best practices. Marketing is currently viewed as a cost center where funds are spent on something specific. They “assume that the marketing environment is stable.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 26, 2021

The most successful CMOs will be willing to reinvent their roles, get their hands a little dirty, think creatively, and challenge the status quo. Make Short-Term Plans. Likely, your messaging, offerings, how you run your marketing team, and how you interact with customers have all changed in some way. Remain flexible and nimble.

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Martech

MARCH 18, 2022

“Marketing is not about who can talk faster, or close better. Marketing’s effectiveness can be quantified and justified. The CMO can be held accountable for the spend, but he must be able to speak to the CEO in terms they can understand. Analysis of data shows that it is probably … the least effective form of marketing.”

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Televerde

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

She took the lead on a great discussion on Modern Marketing, the impact of Analytics, Data and Marketing Technology (MarTech), and the importance of Data Literacy for all marketers. Q: Fred, why is marketing analytics so important as we move into planning our 2021 strategies.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2016

According to Gartner, by 2017 the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) will spend more on IT than the CIO. Validating the increase in spending on marketing technology, such as marketing automation and social media management, will require an even more specific understanding of each tool’s ROI. Aligned Goals.

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ClickZ

JULY 16, 2019

Moreover, 46% of marketers say that the abundance of data channels and sources make it harder for them to plan their long-term strategy. According to Keith Weed, former CMO of Unilever, “We have moved to an era where data, algorithms and analytics rule. Demand creation – improve transparency in your organization.

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KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 14, 2017

TrackMaven’s latest “Digital Marketing Analytics Performance” report took a look at how various industries’ digital marketing performance compares. percent of their marketing budget on social media and plan to increase this percentage to 11.4 Another recent report found B2B product companies spend 9.4

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Kabbage

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Over the span of the year the number of MarTech vendors has nearly doubled, over $1 billion in venture capital has been invested in marketing technology, and marketing budgets have grown exponentially (“ Walker Sands State of Marketing Technology 2017 Closing the Gap Between Martech Innovation and Adoption,” 2016 ).

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Martech

AUGUST 19, 2022

When I say organizational skills, I’m not talking about time management, analytical thinking, attention to detail, etc. Forging a mutually beneficial relationship between marketing and IT is vital. The CMO and CTO didn’t have much in common a decade ago. Let’s explore each of these areas in a bit more detail.

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6sense

JANUARY 3, 2022

So even companies that previously struggled to find marketing budgets now have money to spend on one of the best growth accelerators there is (marketing). . In marketing, we’re hiring for a vast diversity of skills — ranging from analytics to event planning to creative. . Product marketing?

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B2B Marketing Directions

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

All respondents were required to be involved in decisions regarding marketing operations and/or the alignment of marketing budgets, resources and processes. In fact, Gartner's 2019 Marketing Organizational Survey found that more than two-thirds of marketing organizations have a discrete marketing operations function.

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Biznology

OCTOBER 26, 2015

CMO’s plan a +12.2% increase in spend for digital marketing vs. -2.1% for traditional advertising in next 12 months ( CMO Survey ). of digital marketing budget goes to social media (CMO Survey). can prove quantitative impact (CMO Survey). It’s giving CMO’s a much bigger “to do” list.

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Vision Edge Marketing

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The use of sub-accounts is the most common approach to budgeting and is used to separate funds for different expenses. But this approach has a number of drawbacks, which is why we recommend outcome-based budgeting and planning. The best place to start is to understand the purpose of a budget. Let’s explore why.

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Allocadia

JUNE 13, 2019

John O’Rourke is Vice President of Strategic Marketing at Host Analytics. With a background in accounting and finance, John has over 30 years of experience in the software industry, including 20 years of experience in EPM Product Marketing at Hyperion Solutions, Oracle and Host Analytics.

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ClickZ

AUGUST 30, 2021

Non-conformity with ‘ what is’ permeates every fiber of their culture, including how they approach marketing planning and strategy. Here are three trends that are top-of-mind with challenger brand marketers and offer valuable food for thought to your own 2022 marketing strategy. Media effectiveness.

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Martech

MARCH 2, 2023

Boards and the C-suite expect CMOs to lead the way to profitable growth in 2023 despite various macroeconomic pressures manifesting into the “ triple squeeze ,” making everything more expensive. As a forecaster , to predict the outcome that raising or lowering marketing budgets will have on marketing’s contribution to the overall budget.

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Allocadia

APRIL 8, 2019

There‘s a little secret most marketers know, but don‘t talk about. According to The CMO Survey of marketers, only 35 percent of decisions are made based on marketing analytics. Just one in three marketing decisions is data-driven. Better budgeting and planning are critical to improving marketing performance.

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