Martech

MAY 24, 2022

Marketing budgets are swelling in 2022, up from the previous year, when high hopes were dashed by a pandemic that wouldn’t quit. In 2021, marketing budgets claimed 6.4% This year, it’s up to 9.5%, according to the Gartner 2022 CMO Spend and Strategy Survey. Paid search and digital display were a close second and third.

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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. What is marketing mix modeling? or “How will a 10% change to upper-funnel media impact bookings?”

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Porch Group Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Marketing departments are certainly no exception and have been forced to balance between cutbacks in spend while still maintaining acquisition and retention strategies to thrive during these difficult times. Martech continues to be a strong category in which CMOs are spending. This varied slightly for B2C and B2B marketers.

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Emplifi

OCTOBER 4, 2019

In its recent 2019-20 CMO spend survey, Gartner reported that 26 percent of the marketing budget is going to paid media. That’s an increase over the past two years, and it’s tied with martech for the biggest piece of the budget pie.

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Emplifi

OCTOBER 4, 2019

In its recent 2019-20 CMO spend survey, Gartner reported that 26 percent of the marketing budget is going to paid media. That’s an increase over the past two years, and it’s tied with martech for the biggest piece of the budget pie.

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chiefmartech

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Gartner recently released their CMO Spend Survey 2017-2018. 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% ” Marketing is still seen a relatively elastic expense.

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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. Funnel imagery permeates marketing. It’s like catnip for sales and marketing teams. Instead of marketing handing off the baton of warm leads to sales, today’s relationship functions more like a symphony than a relay race.

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chiefmartech

MAY 16, 2016

Because I’m a rambling blogger and not a professional journalist, I’m going to bury the lede — that a recent Gartner report shows larger companies spending more on marketing technology than advertising this year — but I promise to get to it eventually. 28% of marketing technology spend goes to infrastructure (e.g.,

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 8, 2014

Marketers are evidently enthusiastic heading into 2014… about everything. A fascinating new study was released this morning from Salesforce ExactTarget Marketing Cloud (a client of Convince & Convert ). We have more marketing capability and capacity than ever, but paradoxically less certainty than ever.

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Pam Didner

JULY 5, 2020

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Account-based marketing (ABM) has become a buzzword in recent years. However, there is confusion among marketers concerning what it means and how to do it effectively. What is account-based marketing? Why is it important for sales and marketing? What are some examples of account-based marketing?

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Martech

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Even if marketers thought they’d found the perfect formula in the technology and strategies they used in 2022, they still have to switch it up in the new year, for one major reason. New tech platforms, devices and trends will generate new behaviors by consumers, and marketers will have to keep up.

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Parse.ly

OCTOBER 7, 2021

You know your content is crucial to driving revenue but does the rest of your organization? Now’s the time to evaluate how content has impacted your bottom line and leverage that data to secure budget for next year. How can we use content to remove friction from our customers’ buying process?

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Navigating the digital marketing world is like surfing – you need to catch the right wave to successfully ride the trends. As we look ahead, the future of marketing is shaping up to be an exhilarating swell, filled with evolving challenges and opportunities. Forbes) 93% of online experiences start with a search engine.

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Valasys

JANUARY 13, 2020

Buyers like to have complete sovereignty in the methods they research about the potential solutions to their problems through specific products or services, engage with the pieces of content being delivered at various stages of their buying cycles & in ways they interact with the salespeople before they decide to close a business deal.

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Launch Marketing

MAY 8, 2018

Recently, LiveOak Venture Partners hosted a network & learn panel discussion with some of Austin’s B2B tech and marketing leaders (including Launch Marketing CEO, Christa Tuttle). The marketing panel shared their experiences and perspectives on a few key challenges and opportunities in B2B marketing for startups.

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Hubspot

APRIL 27, 2015

If you’re in the business of content marketing, there is a 100% chance you need marketing statistics. Statistics lend authority and weight to your blogs, ebooks, and social media posts. Using accurate data in your original content is powerful way to communicate that you’ve done your research. 3) Marketing Charts.

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i-Scoop

JANUARY 3, 2017

Social media and social networks have come a long way since the early days of Facebook and Twitter.

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Zoominfo

JULY 14, 2023

For B2B marketers, that means the challenge of effectively reaching, engaging, and converting their target audience is more complex than ever. As competition intensifies and buyer expectations evolve, the need for a well-defined and comprehensive B2B marketing strategy becomes paramount. What is B2B Marketing?

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Hubspot

JUNE 5, 2013

Not too long ago, HBR published a post outlining the challenge the ''Digital CMO,'' or what we call the ''Inbound CMO,'' faces. Like so many other revolutions, digital marketing has taken hold from the bottom up.". Some of today''s CMOs have catching up to do to keep pace with current marketing trends.

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Ambal's Amusings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

One of the many goals of B2B marketing is to continuously forge better customer relationship. We have invited B2B Experts to shed light on the following question: " What is your one tip on how B2B marketers should forge customer relationships by providing compelling content? Recommended Resources from B2B Marketing Experts.

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Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 15, 2009

What types of metrics do B2B marketers need to measure a marketing campaign's success? We have invited B2B Experts to shed light on the following question: "In what ways have metrics evolved with the increase in digital B2B marketing? Recommended Resources from B2B Marketing Experts. Marketo's Modern B2B Marketing.

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KoMarketing Associates

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

As marketers look ahead to the coming months, new research suggests that they are investing more money in MarTech than any other tactic. Gartner recently conducted “The CMO Spend Survey 2018-2019” and discovered that MarTech now accounts for 29 percent of total marketing expenses. percent) and digital advertising (8.6

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Hubspot

MAY 31, 2013

But if you work in marketing , you probably sometimes feel as if you’re speaking a different language than everyone else in your company, including your CEO. We know this because we just did a completely unscientific survey of our friends in marketing and invited them to gripe about their CEOs. Of course you haven’t. How Reality Works.

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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. This blog is your roadmap through the key trends in paid media that will shape not only 2024 but also the years ahead.

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chiefmartech

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

When Gartner’s annual CMO Spend Survey for 2017-2018 came out last year, many people seized on the fact that the money CMOs allocated for marketing technology had dropped to 22% of their budget , on average, down from 27% the year before. ” Analytics & martech are the most vital marketing capabilities.

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Outgrow

AUGUST 18, 2022

Welcome to the Marketer Of The Month blog! . We recently interviewed Sydney Sloan for our monthly podcast – ‘ Marketer of the Month ’! The biggest challenge that CMOs of this decade are facing. Becoming a function of the market: skills to hone to emerge as a top CMO. About our host: . The Big Questions!

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Martech Advisor

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

With 2020 underway, marketers are looking to get ahead of the trends that are already shaping the way we connect with customers. Modern marketers can often feel like dogs chasing their own tails. Customer expectations and the technology we use to exceed them evolve in a perpetual loop – with marketers stuck in the middle.

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Marketing Graham

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

For many years I’ve used 2% of company turnover as a guide for marketing spend. Gartner recently released their CMO Spend Survey 2019-2020 , and it showed the average marketing spend in North America and the UK was 10.5% includes staff pay, paid media, agency charges and investment in marketing technology (MarTech).

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SnapApp

DECEMBER 5, 2016

And as the content marketing landscape continues to rapidly evolve, it makes sense to look to research to identify trends and patterns that can help guide your strategy. That’s why we’ve gathered 25 content marketing stats all in one place – so you can start thinking about how this data will inform your plans for 2017.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 1, 2020

Content marketing, when you peel away all the layers of techniques, trends, and possibilities, is a business opportunity. Content marketing is the kind of marketing that delivers ROI you can measure. Unlike other methods of marketing, content marketing stands out because it is completely sustainable.

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chiefmartech

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Marketing Technology Professionals of the World Unite! Most are mid-to-senior level digital, marketing, and technology executives — including many marketing technologists and heads of marketing technology at major firms — paticipating from a wide range of industries. Check out the results of the first study.).

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chiefmartech

OCTOBER 30, 2016

I do not believe in marketing “attribution”. Cross-channel attribution (or “multi-touch attribution”) became a popular concept at the time when web analytics had just completed its journey from IT to the marketing department (circa 2008). It embodies everything marketers ever wanted to get out of data! What was it about?

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Single Grain

AUGUST 22, 2023

There are many benefits to be gained by analyzing content marketing statistics for SaaS businesses who take their growth seriously. Diving into the latest data reveals a wealth of insights into current content marketing trends that can be invaluable for identifying the gaps in your content strategy you may need to fill.

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Vidyard

JULY 9, 2020

It’s an all-too-common story: Someone is learning how to market a startup, so they acquire all the trappings of a marketing operation without knowing why they work. They launch a Twitter account, a LinkedIn company page, a website, and start running ads—and nothing happens. Contents 1. Content Marketing for Startups 3.1.1

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Vidyard

JULY 10, 2020

It’s an all-too-common story: Someone is learning how to market a startup, so they acquire all the trappings of a marketing operation without knowing why they work. They launch a Twitter account, a LinkedIn company page, a website, and start running ads—and nothing happens. Contents 1. Content Marketing for Startups 3.1.1

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Martech Advisor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

As you know, there’s an ongoing shift in the way brands and their marketing departments allocate and manage paid social media advertising. Yuval Ben-Itzhak, CEO of unified social media marketing platform, Socialbakers, has the answers. However, data security isn’t just an IT issue.

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chiefmartech

JANUARY 21, 2019

Ecosystems — instead of marketing cloud suites vs. best-of-breed point solutions, we will have the best of both: open platforms that serve as stable foundations, augmented by large ecosystems of specialized third-party apps that are more deeply integrated. Zen and the Art of Martech Landscape Maintenance. “For God’s sake, why?”

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