B2B Marketing Directions

AUGUST 15, 2021

Image Source: Gartner, Inc. Last month, Gartner released the findings of its CMO Spend Survey, 2021. The Gartner survey was conducted from March through May of this year. The survey produced 400 responses from marketing decision makers and influencers located in North America, Europe and the UK. in 2020 to 5.8%

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Marketers who understand how these behaviors are evolving can set up their companies for success in the coming decade. Those who don’t risk misallocating marketing budgets by focusing on the wrong tactics. The 63-page study provides a wealth of insights for B2B marketers and product managers. as opposed to products.

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sagefrog

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The digital space is evolving, and B2B social media marketing is witnessing a paradigm shift in 2024. With the onset of the new year, marketers are urged to assess the current state of their strategies. Here are the top 7 B2B social media trends reshaping this year’s B2B social media strategy.

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KoMarketing Associates

JULY 6, 2022

As marketers continue to discover new tactics to help them achieve their top objectives, new research indicates that many are now willing to invest more in paid channels. However, many marketers are still dedicated to utilizing their budget on unpaid channels as well. is invested in email marketing. Specifically, 10.1%

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DealSignal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

What does this mean for digital marketing spend in 2021-2022, and how should you plan to allocate your B2B marketing budget for the best ROI? Here, we explore insights and walk through three tips you should keep in mind when creating your B2B marketing budget.

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Envy

DECEMBER 23, 2020

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. When you lay out your strategy for 2021, assume that up to 30% of your budget will be cut.

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It doesn’t matter how big or small your business is; creating a SaaS marketing budget takes a lot of time and effort. All good SaaS marketing budgets go beyond the numbers alone. Join us as we look at how to build a SaaS marketing budget that’s tailored to you. How much do SaaS companies spend on marketing?

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It doesn’t matter how big or small your business is; creating a SaaS marketing budget takes a lot of time and effort. All good SaaS marketing budgets go beyond the numbers alone. Join us as we look at how to build a SaaS marketing budget that’s tailored to you. How much do SaaS companies spend on marketing?

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accelerate agency

JANUARY 10, 2022

Whether you’re a brand new startup or an established business, building a SaaS marketing budget is a time-consuming project. As we’ll explore, building a SaaS marketing budget is about more than just figures. How much do SaaS companies spend on marketing? Does spending more on marketing equal more success?

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accelerate agency

APRIL 12, 2023

Finding the right SaaS marketing strategy for your company may seem challenging, but in such a competitive environment, it’s crucial. It’s estimated that the total value of the worldwide SaaS market will hit $195 billion in 2023, up 17% from 2022. Data Source How is SaaS marketing different?

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Martech

MAY 22, 2023

Marketing budgets remain flat in 2023 having failed to climb back to pre-COVID levels. That’s one takeaway from Gartner’s latest CMO Spend and Strategy survey unveiled at the Gartner Marketing Symposium and Xpo in Denver. this year Catalytic marketing. The state of martech spend.

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nDash

DECEMBER 14, 2020

My job as a B2B SaaS & enterprise software content strategist is to wrangle brands into champions in the eyes of their audience—and my approach has worked. I believe my team outperformed all others at Gartner Digital Markets at Capterra because they were encouraged to stay curious, test new ideas, reflect, and iterate.

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Martech

MARCH 2, 2023

And although marketing budgets, as a share of revenue, rebounded last year to more than 9%, according to the 2022 Gartner CMO Spend and Strategy Survey , they are still lower than they were in 2020, forcing CMOs to achieve more with less. What is marketing mix modeling?

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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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Hubspot

MARCH 23, 2021

It's also about adhering to a strict budget, and achieving new levels of growth while simultaneously choosing the most cost-effective option for your business. Here, we'll explore typical marketing budgets, as well as marketing budgets by industry, so you can determine how your budget matches up against competitors.

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Oktopost

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Promoting the company’s products and services. Creating and executing sales strategies. Developing and managing the sales department budget. Sadly, 96% of marketing and sales professionals stated that the two departments are misaligned across strategy, processes, and goals. Why Does Sales Need Lead Insights?

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accelerate agency

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Software as a service (SaaS) is a business model which is becoming ever more popular. You need a SaaS marketing strategy that works. One which can help you with what is often the tough job of selling your service to prospective customers. What follows are 12 elements of a successful SaaS marketing strategy.

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Oktopost

JANUARY 5, 2021

I speak daily with product, marketing, and sales professionals about the impact that social media can have on developing buyer personas, launching a product, building a brand, or even on individuals standing in their respective marketplace. But what has this got to do with social media? billion, are active social media users.

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chiefmartech

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Gartner recently released their CMO Spend Survey 2017-2018. The headline of their report: Budgets Recede Amid Demand For Results. 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%

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The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Suit over Gartner’s Magic Quadrant Big Marketing Ploy In an earlier post I wrote about ZL Technologies lawsuit over Gartner Group’s Magic Quadrant, over what it considered “multitude of illegalities&#.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Event Marketing. With both digital and in-person events, you still need to rely on social media, SEO tips , and your website to promote the event. Event marketing typically consumes a significant share of B2B marketing budgets, as it generates leads and builds connections. Support small businesses.

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 8, 2014

Several interesting point in this study, including the fact that increasing brand awareness is the number two priority among respondents (which are incidentally a very broad pool of marketers – from entry level and small business, to 35+ years of experience and global enterprise companies). Can You Increase the Budget for Everything?

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chiefmartech

AUGUST 29, 2021

But it is why I always look forward to Gartner’s annual CMO Spend Survey report. Allocation of budget is a CMO’s way of “voting with their wallet” for what they think is most important. of the budget. Closely related, marketing analytics was ranked #4 with 11% mean budget allocation.

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nDash

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

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ClickZ

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

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. Are martech budgets increasing, decreasing, or static? Just 4% anticipate a decrease.

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ClickZ

JUNE 5, 2020

Social media posts, mentions, reviews can all contribute to the overall sentiment analysis. What’s important is to introduce AI to our marketing stack as the solution to several of our current problems. It’s not enough to predict that AI will be soon part of your marketing strategy. Scaling personalization.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

As we look ahead, the future of marketing is shaping up to be an exhilarating swell, filled with evolving challenges and opportunities. Keen to see how your marketing playbook compares with the industry’s best? Or maybe you’re itching to find out the latest strategies keeping top marketers on their toes?

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Golden Spiral

APRIL 1, 2022

Consulting giant McKinsey pointed towards this change as early as 2007: “…marketers must work more intensively than they have in the past with colleagues in other functions to develop, deliver, and communicate value propositions to consumers who want independent advice and frequently aren’t willing to pay for higher-touch sales and service.”.

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Martech

MARCH 14, 2022

With that said, let’s begin the journey to unlock the power of your marketing technology with this advice: Do not purchase another platform, point solution, service, or analyst report until you read this article and share it with the rest of your marketing organization.

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KoMarketing Associates

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Looking ahead to 2018, CMOs already have an idea of how they intend to spend their marketing budget, according to new research. A focus on existing customers, analytics and digital marketing is emerging. Furthermore, they are shifting their greatest share of the budget (9.2 percent) toward analytics in the coming months.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2016

According to Gartner, by 2017 the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) will spend more on IT than the CIO. Validating the increase in spending on marketing technology, such as marketing automation and social media management, will require an even more specific understanding of each tool’s ROI. Aligned Goals.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 20, 2020

So why are marketing teams still not measuring content ROI? Businesses today spend about a third of their marketing budget on content , but nearly half aren’t measuring the ROI of their content, and even less consider their content performance as “very successful”. Proving content ROI will help get those budgets back up.

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B2B Marketing Directions

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Respondents with B2B product companies said they currently spend about 10% of their marketing budget on analytics, while those with B2B services companies said they devote about 7% of their budget to analytics. Spending on marketing analytics appears poised to increase.

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SmartBrief - Marketing

JULY 25, 2023

Essentially, marketing leaders are trying to optimize the resources they have while searching for creative ways to connect with their audiences without sabotaging their marketing budget. But still, how do you optimize your social media marketing efforts when your campaign budgets are shrinking?

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SmartBrief - Marketing

JULY 6, 2023

A recent Marketing Dive story reported that marketing budgets account for 9.1% At the same time – per a recent news release by Gartner – 75% of CMOs face increased pressure to “do more with less” to achieve profitable growth in 2023. of total company revenue in 2023 — a percentage that fell slightly from 9.5%

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Madison Logic

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Not all this time is spent talking to sales about solutions. Look at the graphic below from Gartner: most of the time spent by a B2B buying committee is away from solution providers. Buyer intent data is a collection of signals that reveal when a prospective customer is looking for or interested in learning about a solution.

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Choozle

JANUARY 25, 2022

There are many ways that customers can find your product, thanks to your marketing channels. You might advertise through social media, through Google Ads, and by using an SEO strategy. Perhaps a landing page from a social media ad. You can use this to reallocate your marketing budget. Modify sales pathways.

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