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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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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. IT is like HR.

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Follow the money: CMO budgets for martech and marketing operations

chiefmartech

But it is why I always look forward to Gartner’s annual CMO Spend Survey report. Allocation of budget is a CMO’s way of “voting with their wallet” for what they think is most important. Marketing processes and ways of working (44%) and technology acquisition and utilization (38%). But #2 and #3?

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The Digital Transformation Imperative: A Look at How Far Professional Services Firms Have Come

Hinge Marketing

The coronavirus pandemic accelerated the need for remote teams, location-independent business operations – and all of the digital transformations required to make these possible. The most common questions decision-makers ask about digital transformation include: How does my firm’s “digital maturity” compare to others?

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Bridging Tech and Humanity: Insights from the CMO Summit

Marketri

Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the CMO Summit in San Francisco, a gathering that brought together marketing leaders to discuss the current and future landscape of our industry. Embracing the AI Revolution The CMO Summit exhibited several discussions around the ever-evolving topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in marketing.

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Digital Transformation in B2B Commerce

Martech Advisor

Digital transformation is on the mind of every B2B commerce marketer. Coveo CMO Mark Floisand explains best practices and lessons learned in the new reality of customer experience. When you can understand the journey of previous users, you can create a more effective and efficient buying process. Complex product catalogs.

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Rethinking Buyer Personas In An Era Of Digital Transformation

Tony Zambito

To think digital transformation is primarily a consumer phenomenon is a fallacy. In this era of disruptive digital transformation, customer behaviors in B2B and B2C markets are radically changing. The era of digital transformation has fused notions of a buyer and a user into one.