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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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Gartner: Give up on the complete view of the customer

Martech

Almost half of the most advanced CDP users have significant challenges with data integration, Gartner’s Matt Wakeman told an audience at Marketing Symposium. Blowing up conventional wisdom This was the week Gartner analysts set about exploding some very familiar ideas about customer data collection and management.

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Mission Impossible: Making Hard Choices as a First-time CMO (Part 2)

DiscoverOrg

Fear isn’t a luxury the CMO can afford. Today’s CMO position – “ a minefield where many talented executives fail ” – requires the courage of conviction to survive. If you’re a first-time CMO, this goes double. DiscoverOrg, we did this by getting sales and marketing in the same room to “whiteboard” the lead process.

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Gartner rips CMOs over martech while business demands ‘more with less’

Sword and the Script | B2B

The tech analyst likens CMOs spending and utilization of martech to gambling with the marketing budget but the real culprit may well be short-term thinking in business CMOs are buying and implementing marketing technology (martech) that their marketing teams aren’t using. That all seems causal, but then the survey takes a strange turn.

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ANNUITAS Predicts – How Go-to-market Will Transform in 2024

ANNUITAS

Seventy-one percent of CMOs said they lack the budget to fully execute their strategy in 2023,” reports Gartner in a survey of more than 400 CMOs and marketing leaders. Ninety-four percent of marketers are using AI tools as part of their GTM Tech Stack, according to Deloitte’s bi-annual CMO survey. Their approach?

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3 steps to determine if AI is the answer to your problem

Martech

This is the same problem companies faced when CMOs started hiring data scientists a few years ago when the data scientists quickly discovered that the CMO had no idea what problems the models were solving, and the data itself needed herculean engineering before models could even be built. Ask the CEO/CMO why she wants you to use AI?

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How CMOs Can Keep Marketing Organizations Agile in Changing Times

Marketing Insider Group

Understanding how your organization fits into society can help you remain relevant and address current challenges and concerns authentically. CMOs must be strong communicators and empathetic to the needs of their customers and marketing team. 11 Ways CMOs Can Help Their Marketing Organizations Stay Agile in Crazy Times.