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Do CMOs Really Spend More on MarTech Than CIOs? A New Study Says No.

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Like many people in the marketing technology industry, I was tickled in 2011 when Gartner predicted that CMOs would soon have bigger tech budgets than CIOs , and even more tickled when Gartner said in 2016 that it had happened. I understand Gartner's logic but I find the IDC figures more plausible.

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Landscape of MarTech Vendor Directories

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This includes Scott's slide plus versions from Luma Partners , Gartner , MarTech Advisor , Terminus/FlipMyFunnel , and Growthverse. This would ordinarily be Scott Brinker's popular Chief MarTech Landscape but I've recently seen so many variations on the theme that I put together a composite slide instead.

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What Happens When Everyone Has a CDP?

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Another way to look at it is this: CDP has been cruising through the Gartner Hype Cycle for the past four years. So education and training of CDP users will remain important regardless of how CDPs are purchased or delivered. Each hype cycle stage implies a common customer question*.

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Should Customer Data Platforms Be "Marketer-Controlled"?

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Bottom line: I’ll leave “marketer-controlled” in place for now but suspect its days are numbered. _ *CEH is a Gartner term , which they define as “ an architectural framework that ties multiple systems together to optimally engage the customer.

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Get Ready for CDP Horror Stories as Customer Data Platforms Enter the Trough of Dillusionment

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It’s nearly a year since Gartner placed Customer Data Platforms at the top of its “hype cycle” for digital marketing technologies. The hype cycle shouldn’t be taken too literally but it does capture the growing interest in CDPs and reminds us to expect this attention to attract critics.

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Hard Data to Justify Your Marketing Automation Investment

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It includes five pages of properly sourced industry statistics from Aberdeen , Forrester , Gartner and SiriusDecisions. The Heart of Growing Conversion Rates," 2008): Best in Class Average % higher Inquires to Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) nearly 10% 3.9%

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MarTech Conference: Chief Marketing Technology Officers Come Out and Play

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That being the case, I think it doesn''t insult anyone to say that the two that most resonated with me personally were by Laura McLellan of Gartner – source of the famous “marketing will spend more than IT by 2017” forecast, which she reported has already come true -- and Clorox Director of Marketing Technology Shawn Goodwin.