Martech

MAY 22, 2023

Marketing budgets remain flat in 2023 having failed to climb back to pre-COVID levels. That’s one takeaway from Gartner’s latest CMO Spend and Strategy survey unveiled at the Gartner Marketing Symposium and Xpo in Denver. this year Catalytic marketing. The state of martech spend.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Every CMO I’ve talked with in the past two years is hungry for talent, but they haven’t had the budget to staff up. While 61% of CMOs report they lack the in-house capabilities to deliver their strategy, spending on in-house labor remained static, per Gartner’s 2022 CMO Spend survey. .

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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. As a forecaster , to predict the outcome that raising or lowering marketing budgets will have on marketing’s contribution to the overall budget.

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Crimson Marketing

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

The problem is, by the time you analyze those results, you’ve likely already spent too much—or too little—on marketing. As Lance Walter, CMO of financial intelligence technology company Host Analytics suggests, there is a better way.

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sagefrog

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

With the onset of the new year, marketers are urged to assess the current state of their strategies. As businesses embrace the dynamic nature of online platforms, staying ahead of the curve with the right social media experts, tech tools, and solutions becomes vital. of overall company revenue. [1] of overall company revenue. [1]

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Golden Spiral

APRIL 1, 2022

The average tenure for a CMO has fallen further, to just 40 months , the shortest in the C-Suite. It’s like catnip for sales and marketing teams. But today’s process is in for a revamp. The funnel is stretching, as customers dart in and out of the awareness/consideration/decision stages of the buying process.

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KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Content marketing can be a powerful way to build a foundation for your overall marketing strategy, create lead generation opportunities, and engage with your target audience. So it’s critical to take the time to create a strong content marketing strategy that can deliver relevant content to your audience.

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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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Webbiquity

JULY 27, 2021

CMOs are reporting that marketing budgets are being slashed. Here’s what that means, and practical ideas that go beyond the bad news to how B2B marketers to adapt. in 2021, their lowest point in the history of Gartner’s CMO Spend Survey.” ” Here are five likely impacts of those budget cuts.

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Martech

OCTOBER 20, 2022

At the risk of being nostalgic, it was a simpler time for our industry: the martech landscape was comprised of a mere 1,000 solutions and nobody had even heard of Cambridge Analytica. Fast forward to today, that martech landscape now has over 10,000 solutions , with new product launches and integrations happening daily. .

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Onalytica B2B

JANUARY 8, 2019

I feel like the more I learn and do, the more I need to learn and do to keep up with great ideas and practices in B2B marketing. My very first professional job was an inside sales rep for a PC-based software company that sold developer tools in the early 90’s. And the buying process needs to be made as easy as possible.

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Martech

MARCH 14, 2022

With that said, let’s begin the journey to unlock the power of your marketing technology with this advice: Do not purchase another platform, point solution, service, or analyst report until you read this article and share it with the rest of your marketing organization. Ways of working: People and processes .

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Kabbage

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Over the span of the year the number of MarTech vendors has nearly doubled, over $1 billion in venture capital has been invested in marketing technology, and marketing budgets have grown exponentially (“ Walker Sands State of Marketing Technology 2017 Closing the Gap Between Martech Innovation and Adoption,” 2016 ).

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ClickZ

AUGUST 26, 2020

30-second summary: With more marketing budgets being spent on marketing technology than on people, and with an increasing number of marketing technology there is a whirlwind of confusion around martech. Our third market trend covers off the demand from marketers for technology.

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 8, 2014

Other than the 6% of responding marketers that predict they’ll spend less on banners in 2014, where are all these dollars coming from? The oft-reported prediction from Gartner that the CMO will control more technology budget than the CIO by 2017 may in fact turn out to be true, but that’s still three year off – allegedly.

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B2B Marketing Directions

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

All respondents were affiliated with B2B or hybrid B2B/B2C companies, and all were involved in the content marketing efforts of their organization. Half of the respondents were concentrated in two industries - technology/IT/software/hardware and agencies (content marketing, advertising, digital, PR, etc.).

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Allocadia

APRIL 28, 2020

And now we’re doing it in a constantly fluctuating market with shrinking budgets. 65% of CMOs and marketing leaders are bracing for moderate to significant budget cuts according to Gartner. We have six tips for how to manage marketing investments during a crisis. Tip #3 – Invest in the Best.

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Content Standard

OCTOBER 23, 2017

This estimated $40 billion market is eager to find enterprise customers seeking to build out their marketing technology stack, and the demand for these services is steadily increasing. If you’re just starting to build a marketing stack, then understanding where to put your money first is a fairly straightforward process.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 4, 2014

Things really started to get serious when Laura McClellan from Gartner said that thing about marketing technology. By 2017 the CMO will spend more on technology than the CIO. ”. Consider her first point on how marketing is becoming increasingly technology-based … absolutely true, but not necessarily a good thing.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

As we look ahead, the future of marketing is shaping up to be an exhilarating swell, filled with evolving challenges and opportunities. Keen to see how your marketing playbook compares with the industry’s best? Or maybe you’re itching to find out the latest strategies keeping top marketers on their toes?

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Parse.ly

OCTOBER 7, 2021

As businesses gear up for 2022, executives are looking to invest in strategies that yield the biggest results and cut funding to the ones that don’t. Now’s the time to evaluate how content has impacted your bottom line and leverage that data to secure budget for next year. Lindsey: “There is quite a bit still being figured out.

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Valasys

JULY 12, 2019

A new study from marketing research firm Gartner revealed that despite the proliferation of digitization, 77% of B2B buyers still are under an impression that making a purchase is time-consuming & even painful. Therefore, B2B marketers also need to abide by certain practices to optimize their marketing endeavors.

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chiefmartech

MARCH 27, 2017

For marketing executives and their teams, building an effective marketing technology stack is a daunting prospect. I’ll touch on three practical approaches that marketing leaders and their teams take to MarTech strategy: How do we decide which martech bets to make? Strategy shapes the decision-making process.

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Zoominfo

JULY 14, 2023

As competition intensifies and buyer expectations evolve, the need for a well-defined and comprehensive B2B marketing strategy becomes paramount. Here’s how to make sure your B2B marketing strategy gets results. What is B2B Marketing? How Does a B2B Marketing Strategy Differ from a B2C Marketing Strategy?

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 7, 2012

When it comes to marketing, the same can be said for your attitude toward analytics. As a CMO, cultivating a data-driven marketing team can drive more insightful marketing decision-making and thus, better results. In fact, Gartner predicts that CMOs will outspend CIOs by 2017. Not so much.

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Porch Group Media

AUGUST 3, 2021

50 Statistics on the Latest Marketing Trends and Strategies (updated for 2021). As marketers, we all want to know the numbers. What is working, which strategies are driving conversions, and where can I get the most bang for my buck? Below is a list of 50 incredible marketing statistics that every marketer should know.

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Hubspot

APRIL 27, 2015

Self-described as a “research discovery engine,” Factbrowser compiles the latest power stats on business and technology from reputable sources, like Nielsen, Forrester, Gartner, Google, and more. 2) State of Inbound Marketing. 4) CMI’s Content Marketing Budgets, Benchmarks, and Trends. 5) The CMO Council.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Could David Bowie's 70s hit be a marketer's theme song, or what? On a related -- but arguably more serious -- note, according to the 2012 CMO Survey by the American Marketing Association and Duke University, Marketing appears to be one of the early rebounders in the initial economic recovery. "Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes."

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ClickZ

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

According to a November 2018 Gartner report , marketing technology currently accounts for nearly one-third of a CMO’s marketing budget, making it the single largest area of investment when it comes to marketing resources and programs. But too often, marketers must conform to off-the-shelf software.

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ClickZ

APRIL 15, 2020

The ability to sell software as a service changed that since the upfront investment in software and the onboarding process were better aligned with how marketing budgets worked. Engagio connects to a company’s existing systems like CRM and marketing automation to deliver an account-based lens.

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Valasys

AUGUST 28, 2019

Event marketing is the pragmatic marketing of a brand, service, or product through promotional events that involve direct interaction with a brand’s representatives. Also, 87% of the C-suite executives believe in the power of live events & plan to increase their marketing budget spent on organizing such events.

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Martech Advisor

MARCH 18, 2020

With the start of the new decade, marketers and technologists alike have both an opportunity and a challenge to help brands optimize their data in a new era of customer service. Historically, predictions have promised major breakthroughs in everything from emerging realities to artificial intelligence and smart mobile devices.

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Content Standard

AUGUST 27, 2018

.” This has been a popular marketing mantra in recent years, as content marketing trends and organic reach increasingly attracted the attention—and budgets—away from advertising. Today, content marketing is no longer a competitive advantage, it’s a marketing mandate.

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Choozle

APRIL 30, 2024

According to Gartner’s 2023 CMO Spend and Strategy Survey , 25.6% of marketing budgets are now dedicated to paid media, underscoring its critical role in marketing strategies. When you search for something, like “best pizza near me,” those businesses have paid to appear there.

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Full Circle Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Marketing leaders are betting on a digital-focused future by adopting martech solutions at an accelerated pace. In the Gartner CMO Spend Survey , nearly 70% said they expected to increase martech investments over the next 12 months. CMOs avoid consulting their CIO before making martech purchases for a variety of reasons.

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Full Circle Insights

MAY 20, 2022

Marketers who are selling to accounts are typically dealing with a group of buyers who give off different behavioral signals, so predictive analytics, a programmatic method to assess big data and derive predictions about the future could be a powerful strategy to leverage. Marketing Attribution and Funnel Metrics Are Still the Key.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 27, 2012

The future of our beloved marketing industry is changing fast -- the good news is, we don't even need a crystal ball to see where it's headed! Little did he know when yearning for this marketing system that it was in the process of being built. Now, it's time to tap into the other dreams marketers are having.

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