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The rise of Peer-to-peer ABM

Strategic-IC

It means that Sales (and I’ll come to peer-to-peer shortly) need to be there in the places where the Customer or Prospect ‘hang out’. Business (and digital) transformation have changed the world of B2B. Recent research by Gartner of 1,100 B2B customers shined a light on the information exchange between vendors and customers.

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Is the Role of the B2B CMO Past Its Prime? Or Is It Just in Need of Some Re-positioning around Go-to-market Leadership?

ANNUITAS

There is perhaps no more challenging role in the C-suite than that of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) within a B2B organization. While the data on average tenure for CMOs changes each year, the consistent trend is that – among the C-suite – CMOs typically have some of the shortest tenure, well shorter than CEOs, CFOs and CIOs.

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CMO Salary Data Suggests Declining CMO Influence?

Marketing Insider Group

What does a CMO’s (chief marketing officer) salary have to do with their influence? While marketing remains a critical aspect of business growth, CMOs are losing ground in the realm of influence. It’s evolving, and so must the role of the CMO. A dramatic nosedive for CMO salaries. Quick Takeaways.

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Top 5 B2B CMO Actions to Strengthen Marketing Relevance

Heinz Marketing

CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) tenures have often shrunk to 2 years while B2B marketing has morphed away from a function responsible for events, creatives, and messaging that pushes product or service messages to drive awareness with prospects and customers. The CMO should partner closely with key functional peers.

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CMO spending on paid media soars at the expense of talent, tech and agencies

Sword and the Script | B2B

Gartner survey shows B2B marketing leaders divvy up ‘anemic’ marketing budgets, which are at the lowest levels in four years If it feels like your marketing budget is tight, you are not alone. That is according to Gartner, which published a new poll of 395 CMOs across North America and Europe. So where are CMOs spending?

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The Impact of Peer Engagement on The Customer Buying Journey

Vision Edge Marketing

Most business leaders and Marketing and Sales professionals today understand the impact that peer reviews and stories make on the customer bying journey, including the B2B purchase journey. Studies reveal significant changes to how B2B buyers select suppliers. Peer Influence and its Effects on the B2B Buying Process.

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Early stage B2B tech startups don’t invest enough in marketing [peer-reviewed study]

Sword and the Script | B2B

Those companies that are in the early stages of a startup building a product stand to gain “the greatest” valuation benefit from marketing About half (45%) of all B2B technology startups make no effort to market their products. That’s according to a new paper published in a peer-reviewed journal by two academics Gary L.

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