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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.

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Two Ways To Integrate Sales and Marketing in an Enterprise

Pam Didner

Sales and marketing alignment is hard in small and large B2B companies. I was asked: “what’s the best way to integrate sales and marketing efforts within a large company?”. Honestly, there is no best way for sales and marketing alignment in big enterprises. This is driven by top management.

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Executive Insights: Account-Based Marketing (ABM) with Eric Martin of SAP Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

When I recently interviewed Kathleen Schaub about the changes in marketing over her long tenure as both a CMO and the lead of IDC’s CMO Advisory Practice, she commented on what had changed most for marketing professionals. We have come a long way from the “one-size-fits-all” and “spray-and-pray” marketing tactics of the past.

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3 Pivotal Ways CEOs can Facilitate CMO Success in 2020

Martech Advisor

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. This gives rise to a unique set of challenges for CMOs. What’s the CMO Role in 2020? How can this be achieved?

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Nine Benefits of Using Social Proof in Marketing

Webbiquity

With social proof, prospective customers get an in-depth look at a product or service without wading through direct marketing or sales-focused copy. Affiliate sales support independent publishing. Small local businesses should enable Facebook ratings and reviews immediately. Better Facebook Page ratings boost search rankings.

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How to Support Sales as a Marketer in a Changing Environment

Pam Didner

The difference between winning and losing is your ability to demonstrate your impact on sales using digital data. In essence, digital marketing is a lot of work, as is demand generation and working with sales. As a marketer, the way to support your sales team depends heavily on your job scope. VP of Marketing or CMO.

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Feel the Force of the Dark Funnel

Strategic-IC

on LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook and everywhere else I share my content. This is the challenge of Dark Social and the Dark Funnel [more on which is which later]. But, just because Dark Social and the Dark Funnel exist in the shadows, you simply cannot ignore it. What is the ‘Dark Funnel’? Of course I can.