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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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5 Doable Steps to Maximize CMO B2B Engagement

Navigate the Channel

Here are 5 steps you can take to maximize communications between your Chief Marketing Office (CMO) and the customers that really matter. In contrast with a low-level salesperson, a CMO taking a potential partner executive out for a round of golf creates relationships throughout the entire chain of command.

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What Type of CMO Do You Have?

ANNUITAS

It’s been a while since you’ve heard from the ANNUITAS blog– and we’re very pleased to be back – but we’ve spent the last year creating a lot of new content centered on helping our customers find the answer to a very specific question: What type of CMO do you have? Why is marketing’s story so different than sales? Two Types of CMO.

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[Research Round-Up] B2B Highlights From the Fall 2023 Edition of "The CMO Survey"

B2B Marketing Directions

Source: "The CMO Survey" (Christine Moorman, 2023) (This month's Research Round-Up is devoted entirely to the Fall 2023 edition of "The CMO Survey." This research has been conducted semi-annually since 2008 and consistently provides a wealth of valuable information about marketing trends, spending, and practices.)

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What is a fractional CMO?

The Marketing Blender

What is a fractional CMO? If you’re thinking about outsourcing some (or all) of your marketing responsibilities, you may have stumbled upon fractional CMO services. What is a fractional CMO, how are they different from a marketing agency, and how can they support your business? What is a fractional CMO?

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B2B Findings From "The CMO Survey" - Part 1

B2B Marketing Directions

The findings of the August 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 LLP. The CMO Survey is conducted semi-annually, and it provides a wealth of information.

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COVID-19's Surprising Impact on Marketing Spending

B2B Marketing Directions

Within the past several days, however, research has been published that provides several important insights about how COVID-19 has affected marketing. And the findings about marketing spending are particularly interesting - and a little surprising. The average change in budget reported by survey respondents was +5.2%.