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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The Marketing Blender

MARCH 2, 2022

Our Services. What is the fractional CMO scope of work? For a fractional CMO, scope of work is usually determined by a few different factors, including: The budget you have assigned to spend on marketing. The nature of your current and future marketing initiatives. Marketing Strategy.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 17, 2023

Over the years, we’ve read (and written) some of the best marketing articles, making our judgment pretty great when it comes to determining value. The best marketing articles are not only chock-full of valuable insight, but they also stand the test of time. 25 Best Marketing Articles No time to sift through Google SERPs?

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 9, 2020

Even larger companies need to cut corners when it comes to their marketing budget. Learn how to minimize content creation costs for your company here. Just because you’re with a large company doesn’t mean that you have an unlimited budget for content marketing. Repurpose Your Best-Performing Content.

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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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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 8, 2015

As we wind down 2015, marketing budgets and planning for the new year begin to take focus. Hopefully, the performance metrics associated with your organization’s marketing programs have yielded success and validation for tactics proposed at the beginning of the year. It is that time in the year again. source ). >.

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Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Marketing planning season is here for the top performing B2B marketers. Yes, just one month into Q4 the most proactive B2B marketers are starting their 2019 planning process. Accountability requires detailed planning and preparation on how to use resources for the greatest effect.

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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. At its basic level, the role of the CMO is to define its company’s strategic direction. Is your GTM strategy ready?

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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. At its basic level, the role of the CMO is to define its company’s strategic direction. Is your GTM strategy ready?

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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. . GTM strategy best practices.

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The Marketing Blender

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Our Services. What is a fractional CMO? If you’re thinking about outsourcing some (or all) of your marketing responsibilities, you may have stumbled upon fractional CMO services. What is a fractional CMO, how are they different from a marketing agency, and how can they support your business?

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Ledger Bennett

JULY 15, 2020

Significant shift in budget since the onset of the pandemic Late last year Gartner published their 2019-2020 CMO Spend Survey , and while budgets had declined a little in 2019, confidence was very high regarding the outlook for 2020. When a crisis hits, a company’s marketing budget is usually the first to go.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2017

It’s planning season, marketers. Gartner recently found that marketing budgets are beginning to recede, dropping from their peak (12.1% According to Gartner, the drop is due in part to marketing leaders being too distracted by tactics and execution. Figure Out How Marketing Spend Aligns with Business Goals.

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Sword and the Script | B2B

APRIL 23, 2024

The two organizations teamed up to survey “sales and marketing executives at about 1,100 US software and cloud hosting companies.” Sword and the Script Media can help with B2B marketing, PR and social media. That’s how Post It notes were discovered and it went on to be a best-selling project.

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Choozle

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Jumping out of a plane, throwing the first pitch at a baseball game, or climbing all the 14ers in Colorado might be more daunting than creating a marketing budget. But, as a marketer, I can’t think of anything more unnerving than creating your very first marketing budget. How do I show what’s working?

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Marketri

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Key Reasons for Outsourcing Outsourcing provides companies with the opportunity to build a full-service marketing team without any waste. In today’s marketing environment, specialization is key. This allows for a highly efficient marketing structure, enabling companies to allocate more budget towards outreach and visibility.

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ClickZ

AUGUST 29, 2020

30-second summary: As of August, nearly 42% of marketers reported decreasing marketing budgets. Interestingly, 33% of marketing budgets are allocated to marketing technology. 44% of CMOs experienced mid-year budget cuts with 11% expecting significant budget cuts. Commerce & Sales.

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Meerkat Marketing

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Virtual Chief Marketing Officers (Virtual CMO) are becoming increasingly popular as many businesses struggle to understand how they should be marketing during the pandemic. . A Strategic Marketer at a Fraction of the Cost. A Virtual CMO can act as a mentor and teacher to help grow your marketing talent already in place.

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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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Content Marketing Institute

JULY 24, 2018

What would you do if your boss unexpectedly increased your annual content marketing budget? We asked the presenters at Content Marketing World 2018 to share what they would do. Often, this happens as the budget year nears its end and your team needs to spend the designated dollars or lose them.).

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Martech

MARCH 31, 2022

You finished your best singing-in-the-shower rendition of Ed Sheeran’s “Shivers” when BAM! That once-in-a-lifetime genius marketing idea hits that will enrapture customers and slay your KPIs. As the firm’s newly appointed CMO, you need a breakthrough. You just applied a dose of shampoo to your hair.

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Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Report] 43 percent of software as a service (SaaS) leaders have said that they use competitive analysis for pricing research, with 34 percent turning to feedback from existing customers, while 14 percent utilize previous market research, according to newly-published B2B survey data. How Do B2B SaaS Companies Determine Pricing?

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 7, 2021

A few B2B marketing strategies did particularly well in 2020, and demand generation was one of them. For the marketers who were able to pivot quickly, many B2B demand generation best practices helped to ease the pain of 2020. And unfortunately, only about half of demand generation marketers are using personas.

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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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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Any marketing campaign should start with a solid plan that sets out what you’re aiming to achieve, how you’re going to do it, the deadline for doing it, and how you’ll measure its success. SaaS marketing is no exception. Skip ahead, if you like: What is a SaaS marketing plan?

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Any marketing campaign should start with a solid plan that sets out what you’re aiming to achieve, how you’re going to do it, the deadline for doing it, and how you’ll measure its success. SaaS marketing is no exception. Skip ahead, if you like: What is a SaaS marketing plan?

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Any marketing campaign should start with a solid plan that sets out what you’re aiming to achieve, how you’re going to do it, the deadline for doing it, and how you’ll measure its success. SaaS marketing is no exception. Skip ahead, if you like: What is a SaaS marketing plan?

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B2B Marketing Analytics

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Among the most interesting trends shaping the modern marketing function is the rise of a new breed of the CMOs called the “Revenue CMO”. The role of the CMO has undergone a radical shift especially in B2B technology companies, which are driving the revolution of this new breed of the CMOs.

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BenchmarkONE

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Whether you’re a brand new startup or a tenured business, at some point during your company’s growth, you may find the need for an experienced chief marketing officer (CMO) who can lead your marketing team and efforts. . When hiring a CMO, many businesses assume their only option is someone who will be full-time.

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Martech

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Tight budgets and scrappy teams require innovation at every level — from the Founder and CMO, e-commerce Marketing Director to VP of Marketing, Social Media Director to Paid Search Strategist. Rapid changes in the advertising industry also contribute to marketer overwhelm. Content creation. Keeping it fresh.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 26, 2021

The challenges we are facing have changed how we communicate with consumers and market our products and services. How can chief marketing officers empower their organizations to remain nimble in changing times? Make Short-Term Plans. One key strategy is planning for a shorter term than you have in the past.

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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. share) of total US marketing budgets in June, up from 13.3% Read more here. Click here to learn more.

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Content Standard

JULY 14, 2021

Each offers a unique set of product and service packages, industry specialties, and track records. As you weigh potential partners against one another, it’s also worth looking from a macro level: how each option fits with your organization’s overarching marketing goals, most pressing areas of need, and content marketing budget.

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The Marketing Blender

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Our Services. 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.

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Velocity Partners

DECEMBER 13, 2023

If you have an ABM strategy, I’d bet my last stinkin’ dollar you made it in one of two ways. The trouble is, when you treat ABM like an add-on to your existing marketing, you tacitly base your entire marketing strategy around people less likely to buy from you. You’re also strangling funding to your best prospects.

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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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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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