B2B Marketing Directions

AUGUST 15, 2021

Last month, Gartner released the findings of its CMO Spend Survey, 2021. The survey produced 400 responses from marketing decision makers and influencers located in North America, Europe and the UK. The mean percentage of revenue allocated to marketing in 2021 is about the same in both B2B and B2C companies. in 2020 to 5.8%

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 8, 2014

A fascinating new study was released this morning from Salesforce ExactTarget Marketing Cloud (a client of Convince & Convert ). Called 2014 State of Marketing , insights from over 2,500 global marketers , the report is full of data about marketers’ outlook and plans for the coming year.

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B2B Marketing Directions

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The findings of the August 2021 edition of The CMO Survey were published last month. The CMO Survey is led by Dr. Christine Moorman and sponsored by Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, the American Marketing Association and Deloitte LLP. The CMO Survey is conducted semi-annually, and it provides a wealth of information.

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Allocadia

MAY 25, 2021

It’s imperative that marketers remain agile in marketing planning and make strategic budget allocation decisions. Over the past year, business goals have continued to evolve due to the effects of COVID-19.

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Allocadia

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

A rigid annual marketing plan is no longer sufficient, and marketing is being asked to pivot global plans and resources when it’s required by the business. Watch the first webinar in our “Plan Smart. series with guest speakers: Forrester Principal Analysts Marcia Trask and BrandMaker CMO Jim Williams.

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Allocadia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Annual marketing planning is an exciting time when marketing organizations chart their course for the year with the mindset of no goal is impossible and ready to overcome any challenge. In reality, marketing planning at enterprise organizations is rarely straightforward.

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accelerate agency

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The job of the CMO is arguably the most difficult in the C-suite. The average CMO lasts just 20 months, so they have to move fast to make an impact. Read on to learn more about: What does a SaaS chief marketing officer do on a regular basis? Here, a CMO is likely to take a goal-driven approach to planning.

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accelerate agency

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The job of the CMO is arguably the most difficult in the C-suite. The average CMO lasts just 20 months, so they have to move fast to make an impact. Read on to learn more about: What does a SaaS chief marketing officer do on a regular basis? Here, a CMO is likely to take a goal-driven approach to planning.

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accelerate agency

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The job of the CMO is arguably the most difficult in the C-suite. The average CMO lasts just 20 months, so they have to move fast to make an impact. The marketing industry, too, has become increasingly complex over the past two decades, and the CMO’s role has grown exponentially. . Commercialization.

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Allocadia

JUNE 17, 2019

How can meaningful benchmarks ensure you spend your next marketing dollar in the right way? Marketing teams often have several sources of benchmark data to use for planning – but struggle with how to make this data actionable, diminishing the impact that benchmarking can have. Discover the path to actionable planning data!

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Whether you interact daily with your company's CMO or are considering hiring one for your own company, it can be tricky to identify what a CMO does and why a CMO is critical to your company's success. To help you better understand the role and daily function of a CMO, keep reading. What is a chief marketing officer (CMO)?

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Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 29, 2019

I recently hosted our latest invite-only CMO Roundtable in Seattle. We partnered with Allocadia and our topic focused on Finance and Marketing Alignment with the CFO and CMO. Chris Pick , CMO from Apptio and Samantha Bannister , VP of Finance and Operations from Allocadia were the panelists who provided valuable insights.

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B2B Marketing Directions

OCTOBER 10, 2021

This is the second of three posts discussing some of the B2B-specific findings of the August 2021 edition of The CMO Survey. The "Part 1" post discussed the economic outlook of B2B marketers and the state of marketing spending in B2B companies. of their total marketing budget on digital marketing activities.

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Allocadia

AUGUST 19, 2020

Revenue leaders are facing the steepest economic challenges seen in 10 years – leaner budgets and a need for hyper-efficiency makes static long-term planning obsolete. With ongoing environmental changes, the pains related to planning are amplified today. Interested in more marketing planning content?

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Envy

APRIL 29, 2018

Most companies do not and therefore the result is bland messaging and marketing tools that do not mean much to anyone. The graveyard masses of unqualified leads that will never convert - cluttering your CRM, reflecting a chunk of wasted marketing budget - is a scene no CMO needs. This is a marketing disaster.

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Launch Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

The ability to scale marketing efforts faster: After hiring internally, it will take time for a VP of Marketing to get acclimated. An agency has a larger team of resources that can devote time to crafting a strategy and plan, establishing a budget, conducting market research, and driving execution.

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SmartBug Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The combination of brand positioning, lead generation, digital marketing, local advertising, and paid media helps franchisees maximize their marketing efforts while adhering to established brand standards. For this article, we spoke to franchise business expert Jenn Foster , fractional CMO and founder of Foster Marketing.

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Valasys

JUNE 27, 2023

A recent LinkedIn research highlights that 76% of B2B chief marketing officers often feel pressured to demonstrate short-term returns on investment, while 70% of B2B marketers prioritize generating new business in their marketing budgets.

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B2B Marketing Directions

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

With the beginning of the fourth quarter less than a month away, many B2B companies have already started planning for 2019. Over the next several weeks, marketing leaders will be evaluating how well their existing marketing programs have performed and developing plans for the coming year. five years from now.

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The Marketing Blender

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

How to calculate and allocate your marketing budget for the next fiscal year in 2020. Tips for planning next year’s marketing budget before the end of this quarter. In Q4, two different phenomena hit marketing departments—either belts get tightened or a “use it or lose it” mentality takes hold. Our Services.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

These changes are affecting tactics, budgets, messaging, and metrics as illustrated in the compilation of B2B marketing facts and statistics below. B2B marketing budgets are shifting to digital and social. Overall, B2B marketing budgets are expected to increase, on average, by about 5% in the coming year.

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Sprout Social

MAY 3, 2023

The role of chief marketing officer (CMO) is changing dramatically. When I think about marketing leaders in my networks and our customers—whether it’s B2C or B2B—our roles encompass so much more than bringing awareness to our brand and positioning. Are you trying to expand into new markets?

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ClickZ

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Key findings include: 54% of marketers think martech budgets will increase next year. Many marketers (39%, the largest group) report spending 10-25% of their marketing budgets on martech. Top choices of types of martech where people plan to invest in the next year are email, automation, and social media.

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Golden Spiral

JANUARY 22, 2021

The following points provide a logical flow for marketing budget planning. Align Your Budget with Company and Sales Strategies. Budgeting is a strategic activity but many approach it with a tactic: entering numbers on a spreadsheet. Focus your marketing budget conversations on strategy. Advertising.

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Allocadia

JUNE 7, 2019

If you’re a data-driven marketer, it means that every choice you make about where, when, and how to allocate your marketing budget is backed by hard evidence of performance and impact. But, we noticed CMOs were struggling to plan against the stages of the customer journey, as important as they know it is.

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Allocadia

APRIL 16, 2019

If you’re a data-driven marketer, it means that every choice you make about where, when, and how to allocate your marketing budget is backed by hard evidence of performance and impact. But, we noticed CMOs were struggling to plan against the stages of the customer journey, as important as they know it is.

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Allocadia

MARCH 31, 2019

Serving B2B markets worldwide, the company designs, develops and sells products and services that provide network infrastructure for networking requirements of service providers, enterprises, governments, and research and public sector organizations worldwide. – Eric Andrews, VP Global Marketing Operations, Juniper Networks.

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ClickZ

AUGUST 30, 2021

Non-conformity with ‘ what is’ permeates every fiber of their culture, including how they approach marketing planning and strategy. Here are three trends that are top-of-mind with challenger brand marketers and offer valuable food for thought to your own 2022 marketing strategy. Media effectiveness.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 7, 2021

For the marketers who were able to pivot quickly, many B2B demand generation best practices helped to ease the pain of 2020. As marketers lost access to traditional channels like live events and in-person meetings, many marketing budgets were redirected into demand generation campaigns. And it definitely takes planning.

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Allocadia

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

COVID-19 and the ensuing market-turbulence put marketing teams under a microscope to explain exactly where they are spending and pivoting marketing dollars – and how it is driving business results.

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Terminus

AUGUST 9, 2023

This challenge was the focus of our recent webinar, “How Savvy Marketers Gain CFO Buy-In.” ” The webinar featured insights from industry experts such as Bob White, CFO at Terminus, Kristen Martin, Fractional Interim CMO, Ellie Ahmadi, Marketing Executive and Jennifer Weber, Sr.

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The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Marketing By Objectives Objective-Action-Budget In a recent article for the CMO Council’s Newsletter, Nicolas Watkis argues “ Marketers won’t succeed if they don’t have objectives ”.

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B2B Marketing Analytics

AUGUST 24, 2019

Across all our marketing analytics projects , we see that events are the biggest driver when it comes to deal acceleration and new pipeline creation. No other marketing tactic has the potential to impact so much pipeline in 1 go. I am sure that every CMO, field marketing and event marketing leader can relate to this dilemma.

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PureB2B

JUNE 14, 2021

Marketing budgets, a critical element in any marketing campaign but difficult to generate, and getting approval seems like an arduous task. That is a general notion, and it comes from what marketing directors have noticed over the years. Such stats only go to prove that justifying a marketing budget to the CFO is hard.

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Allocadia

APRIL 28, 2020

This spring, every marketing organization across the globe stepped back and reevaluated their plans. Marketing never sleeps – even during an economic crisis, marketers are tied to the mandate of moving the needle and driving impact for their organization. Tip #3 – Invest in the Best.

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Allocadia

APRIL 26, 2019

Marketers are increasingly asked to prove their impact. The difficulty to align marketing metrics with business priorities was highlighted in the 2018-2019 Gartner CMO Spend Survey. It’s not that marketers want to be seen as cost centers – the opposite! But how can they do this? But just one second….

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Allocadia

JANUARY 17, 2019

Marketers are increasingly asked to prove their impact. The difficulty to align marketing metrics with business priorities was highlighted in the 2018-2019 Gartner CMO Spend Survey. It’s not that marketers want to be seen as cost centers - the opposite! But how can they do this? MPM is the answer to your problems.

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