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Recession Planning: Should You Cut Your Marketing Budget?

Zoominfo

The constant pendulum swings give consumers and businesses little confidence for planning ahead, and the only thing we can probably agree on is that everything really is weird. All too often, marketing budgets are the first to be scaled back. Additionally, your current employees can be a great — and free — marketing channel.

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How to optimize your marketing budget: Do more with less

Sprout Social

With an economic downturn looming, it’s not surprising around 75% of CMOs report being asked to do more with less in a Gartner survey. Marketers are finding it increasingly difficult to set the right budget, optimize it and keep the leads flowing. How has AI impacted the market? Let’s look at these steps in detail.

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15 Key Statistics Designed to Guide Successful B2B Content Marketing Programs

KoMarketing Associates

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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How To Plan Your B2B Marketing Budget Like A CMO Pro

Envy

How do you plan when your marketing (and beyond) world spins at an unprecedented pace? Pandemic aside, this is not the first time B2B marketers will face drastic changes to their best intended budget plans. Here are some practical tips to keep you on the right marketing budgeting (and planning) track.

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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. Ergo, CMOs invest martech. It’s 11.4%

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Make Each Dollar Count: How to Maximize Marketing Budget in 2024

Oktopost

But budget limitations can make or break even the best, and most thorough plans you’ve set to accomplish in 2024. They’re expected to make every marketing dollar count and deliver maximum impact on a limited budget. A new year means new opportunities. CMOs have long encountered this problem.

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Choosing a Content Marketing Partner: 9 Factors to Consider

Content Standard

Once your content marketing needs outgrow your internal capacity, it’s time to start looking for outside help. Before you kick off your search for the perfect content marketing partner, though, your business must first look within itself to understand its marketing goals and needs.