B2B Marketing Directions

MAY 14, 2022

Source: The CMO Survey (This month's Research Round-Up is devoted entirely to the most recent edition of The CMO Survey, which was published in late February. 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.)

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B2B Marketing Directions

MARCH 14, 2021

The findings of the February 2021 edition of The CMO Survey were published last month. The CMO Survey is led by Dr. Christine Moorman and sponsored by Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, the American Marketing Association, and Deloitte. of those from B2B services companies - said they were more optimistic.

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B2B Marketing Directions

OCTOBER 17, 2021

This post will conclude my discussion of several B2B-specific findings from the August 2021 edition of The CMO Survey. In my earlier posts, I reviewed what the survey revealed about the state of marketing spending and the progress B2B companies have made on the digital transformation of marketing.

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Top Rank Marketing

JUNE 30, 2023

media spending came from the digital sector during May, 2023 — up from 56 percent a year earlier, as the overall ad spending level increased for the first time in 11 months, according to recent ad index data. MarketingCharts U.S. Ad Index Expands For First Time In 11 Months In May 60 percent of overall U.S.

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Paid Search Agency Budget Programs CMO Advertising Agencies 66

Martech

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Marketers are feeling much more optimistic this quarter, according to the CMO Survey from Deloitte. The Marketer Optimism Score, which measures marketer sentiment on a scale of 0 to 100, went from 58.3 By sector, B2C Services companies report the highest rate of optimism, with 72% reporting feeling more optimistic.

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B2B Marketing Directions

MARCH 13, 2022

(This month's Research Round-Up features the latest ABM benchmark study by ITSMA and the ABM Leadership Alliance, Winterberry Group's latest forecast of marketing and advertising spending, and a survey examining the future of marketing events by the CMO Council and Cvent.)

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chiefmartech

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Gartner recently released their CMO Spend Survey 2017-2018. The headline of their report: Budgets Recede Amid Demand For Results. After three consecutive years of growth, average marketing budgets at enterprise companies (most of the companies Gartner surveyed have more than $1 billion in revenue) have slipped from 12.1%

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Pearl Digital Marketing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

The world today is such that a lot of products and services can be had on demand. For example, fractional CMOs or outsourced marketing executives. These for-hire experts include fractional chief marketing officers (CMOs), chief financial officers (CFOs), vice-presidents for human resources, and chief information officers (CIOs).

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B2B Marketing Directions

MARCH 17, 2019

The findings of the latest CMO Survey by Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, the American Marketing Association, and Deloitte were published a few days ago. The latest results are based on responses from 323 marketing leaders at U.S. of respondents from B2B services companies, and 24.0%

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

That’s right, for just $8,000 per month, you can get a content marketing strategy , a year’s worth of content ideas , an SEO audit and keyword strategy , external link building, conversion funnel development, and paid promotion to reach all the new people you need to grow your business. Image: CMO Survey.

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B2B Marketing Directions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

The findings of the August edition of The CMO Survey by Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, the American Marketing Association, and Deloitte were published a few days ago. The latest results are based on responses from 341 marketing leaders at U.S. Marketing Spending On average, marketing expenses amount to 9.8%

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Sword and the Script | B2B

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Another edition of the bi-annual survey of CMOs published by Christine Moorman , a professor at the business school at Duke University, was published at the end of August. This time around survey polled 341 senior marketers – 95% of which hold the title of vice president or higher – to produce the survey. in the last 12 months.

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CMO Advertising Benchmark Customer Surveys B2B Marketing 64

KoMarketing Associates

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

As marketers look ahead to the remainder of the year, those in both the B2B services and B2B product sectors expect their budgets to grow in the coming months. The CMO Survey” from Deloitte, The Fuqua School of Business at Duke, and the American Marketing Association discovered that B2B product marketers expect a 9.3

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B2B Marketing B2B Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget 263

B2B Marketing Directions

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

To plan effectively for 2019, marketing leaders need a solid understanding for the overall economic and competitive environment and the major trends impacting B2B marketing. The CMO Survey is a valuable resource for information regarding these important issues. of the marketing budget currently to 18.8%

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InsightSquared

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

When sales cycles are short, marketing attribution can be fairly straightforward. The higher the value of the contract, the longer the sales cycle and the more complex the marketing machine, the harder it becomes to know where marketing spend is achieving ROI. Simplifying is better,” he told us. “I

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Marketing Attribution Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel Funnel Advertising 227

Contently

OCTOBER 11, 2022

For this reason, content creators typically fall under the marketing function, and marketers are often led by Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs). At some, a CMO will lead the marketing department and hire a VP of Content Marketing to run content strategy and production. The first is their budget.

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Drew Neisser

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Josh Leatherman has been with Service Express for over a decade, serving the last 6 as CMO as the company has grown from $30 million to $250 million in ARR. You can recession-proof your business. How to maximize marketing spend in the face of budget cuts. But he’s not too nervous.

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SmartBug Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The combination of brand positioning, lead generation, digital marketing, local advertising, and paid media helps franchisees maximize their marketing efforts while adhering to established brand standards. For this article, we spoke to franchise business expert Jenn Foster , fractional CMO and founder of Foster Marketing.

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InsightSquared

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

When sales cycles are short, marketing attribution can be fairly straightforward. The higher the value of the contract, the longer the sales cycle and the more complex the marketing machine, the harder it becomes to know where marketing spend is achieving ROI. Simplifying is better,” he told us. “I

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Marketing Attribution Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel Funnel Advertising 159

ClickZ

AUGUST 12, 2019

In 2018, poor customer service reportedly cost US companies $75 billion , up from $62 billion in 2016. Understandably, customer experience has been a top priority for many marketers — a huge shift in process that offers enormous business impact. Rebecca has spent her career in enterprise cloud software and tech marketing.

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Integrated B2B

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

When push comes to shove, it’s hard to find a CEO of a B2B company who sees marketing as the go-to function for business performance. Marketers are constantly challenged by their executive management to demonstrate the effectiveness of their efforts. Does that mean the CMO role at B2B companies is redundant?

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Integrated B2B

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

When push comes to shove, it’s hard to find a CEO of a B2B company that sees marketing as the go-to function for business performance. Marketers are constantly challenged by their executive management to demonstrate the effectiveness of their efforts. Does that mean the CMO role at B2B companies is redundant?

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CMO B2B Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking 40

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. What is marketing mix modeling? Marketing mix modeling (MMM) can help answer them.

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Allocadia

MARCH 31, 2019

Serving B2B markets worldwide, the company designs, develops and sells products and services that provide network infrastructure for networking requirements of service providers, enterprises, governments, and research and public sector organizations worldwide. How can we achieve better return on our marketing investments? “It

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 5, 2017

It’s clear advances in cloud data and data visualization is quickly becoming invaluable to B2B marketers. Samantha Stone , Author, Founder & CMO, The Marketing Advisory Network. As we go into 2018 marketers must make data integrity a higher priority. Elena Britton , Head of US Marketing, Indusa.

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The Effective Marketer

AUGUST 10, 2014

Look at how people are structured and what the reporting structure looks like and it will tell how the company is run, what is important to them, and how they think about their product and services and the market in general. A marketing org chart can give you clues about how a company goes to market.

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Webbiquity

JULY 27, 2021

According to Gartner’s annual CMO Spend Survey, as reported by Laurie Sullivan in MediaPost , “Marketing budgets as a percentage of revenue fell to their lowest level in recent history…Marketing budgets as a proportion of company revenue fell from 11% in 2020 to 6.4% Wrapping It Up.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Marketers are placing less emphasis on traditional analytics in favor of operations. “Marketing analytics actually went from #2 to #4 in the last year,” said Hurley, citing Gartner’s CMO Spend Survey. “But it still makes up a large percentage of where marketing teams are allocating their budgets.

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LeadsRX

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

I joined LeadsRx in August 2020 charged with leading and improving upon the processes and services our dedicated Customer Care Team was already providing to customers looking to optimize their ad spend and improve their marketing campaigns. Are we getting a return for our marketing spend. You are in good hands.

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Ledger Bennett

JULY 15, 2020

Significant shift in budget since the onset of the pandemic Late last year Gartner published their 2019-2020 CMO Spend Survey , and while budgets had declined a little in 2019, confidence was very high regarding the outlook for 2020. When a crisis hits, a company’s marketing budget is usually the first to go.

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Marketri

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

They mostly focus on lead generation (a top objective for many B2B companies), but they’re also high-level indicators of how well your marketing is contributing to your business goals. But if your website traffic-to-lead ratio is high, that means your marketing is doing what it should—moving ideal buyers to action.

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Content Standard

DECEMBER 10, 2020

As physical marketing spend shifts to digital channels, brands are looking to sales enablement and demand generation. During a recent visit to the Harvard Business Review, I used up my free allotment of articles. As the Harvard Business Review (HBR) notes, presenting with empathy and transparency is key.

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Sales Management Top of Funnel Marketing & Strategy Banner Ads 126

Hubspot

JANUARY 4, 2021

Businesses will find new ways to encourage online connections. Kevin Alansky , Chief Marketing Officer at Higher Logic , says: "The virtual and digital-first world will continue in 2021 and possibly beyond. Soon, marketers will be able to go all-in on what will work best without having to test the theory.".

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LeadsRX

JANUARY 7, 2022

From IT and marketing working together; to getting micro-analytical; to using analytics to be predictive; to focusing on the “smaller” in SMBs, the New Year is shaping up to be a challenging and opportunistic one for marketers. This quote from American business magnate John D. The trend here is that analytics is pervasive.

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Marketing Attribution Multi-Touch Attribution Trends Advertising Agencies 76

Allocadia

APRIL 3, 2019

In just 12 months, Jeremie established process and discipline around marketing performance reporting to significantly elevate marketing’s standing within the company, with the help of Allocadia. To market its offerings, the company calls upon more than 250 marketers in over 30 countries around the globe.

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Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Allocation 52

PureB2B

JUNE 14, 2021

Social media marketing: From LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook to TikTok, you need a strong presence anywhere your target audience hangs out. Email marketing: Sending regular, high-quality emails can keep your business visible to existing consumers while also aiding the conversion of new ones. Provide ROI projections.

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Budget Programs Paid Search Agency Optimization Advertising Agencies 62

The ABM Agency

APRIL 10, 2023

Reading Time: 11 minutes As a leading strategy for B2B SaaS marketing, account-based marketing (ABM) has become increasingly important in today’s rapidly changing landscape. This personalized touch helps build trust and fosters long-term business partnerships that drive revenue growth over time.

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