B2B Marketing Directions

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Image Source: Gartner, Inc. Gartner recently published the findings of the 2020 Gartner Marketing Operations and Organization Survey. The survey results are described in two reports - the 2020 Marketing Operations Survey report, and the Marketing Organization Survey 2020 report.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Done the right way, commissions can be a powerful incentive to give your best and go beyond your comfort zone. In my 20-plus-year career, and as founder of the Harris Consulting Group, I’ve learned some valuable lessons, tips, and best practices when it comes to structuring sales commissions.

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Top Rank Marketing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Here are four reasons why B2B marketers will have to innovate to survive in 2023 – along with some analysis on how to turn these challenges into great opportunities to innovate. In fact, as the unstable economic climate continues, marketing budgets seem to be caught in the crosshairs once more.

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Martech

AUGUST 28, 2023

Marketers are using only one-third of their martech stack’s capability, according to Gartner’s 2023 Martech Report. Utilization has been declining amid huge increases in spending on marketing technology: up 35% from $15.3 of their marketing budget on technology, says Gartner. billion in 2020 to $23.6

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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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Hinge Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Scientists believe there is a tendency for cognitive processes or neural functions to be specialized to one side of the brain or the other. How is this relevant to marketers? According to a major study by Google, Gartner and Motista , B2B buyers are more emotionally connected to the brands they purchase than B2C consumers.

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Blue Flame Thinking

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Throughout many industries, marketing budgets took a hit. In fact, in a recent survey of CMOs by Gartner , 44% reported facing midyear budget cuts due to the effects of the pandemic. A Common Trend: Reduced Marketing Budgets and Narrowed Focus. How Marketing Planning Discussions Look Different in 2020.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Every CMO I’ve talked with in the past two years is hungry for talent, but they haven’t had the budget to staff up. While 61% of CMOs report they lack the in-house capabilities to deliver their strategy, spending on in-house labor remained static, per Gartner’s 2022 CMO Spend survey. . Processing.

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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

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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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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PathFactory

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The number of interactions during the purchase process has also increased, rising from an average of 17 in 2019 to 27 in 2021. Marketers have already responded by doubling down on content production — the Content Marketing Institute reports that, on average, 26% of B2B marketing budgets are allocated to content.

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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. Imagine a product or service with a six-month sales cycle.

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sagefrog

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

With the onset of the new year, marketers are urged to assess the current state of their strategies. As businesses embrace the dynamic nature of online platforms, staying ahead of the curve with the right social media experts, tech tools, and solutions becomes vital. of overall company revenue. [1] of overall company revenue. [1]

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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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Onalytica B2B

JANUARY 8, 2019

I feel like the more I learn and do, the more I need to learn and do to keep up with great ideas and practices in B2B marketing. My very first professional job was an inside sales rep for a PC-based software company that sold developer tools in the early 90’s. And the buying process needs to be made as easy as possible.

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DiscoverOrg

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

According to Gartner, in 2007, spending on software rose 13% and overall IT spending grew 11% worldwide. The proliferation of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and cloud computing created huge changes to the software market. 2017 is shaping up to be the year where marketing pulls ahead. Why so high?

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Event marketing typically consumes a significant share of B2B marketing budgets, as it generates leads and builds connections. POS marketing is any kind of marketing material you use at your point of sale, or checkout. Don’t buy through “review sites” and give your money to Gartner.

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Content4Demand

MAY 21, 2020

Written by Marjorie Romeyn-Sanabria & Michael Rodriguez Republished with permission from Demand Gen Report With in-person engagement on hold this spring and possibly into summer, B2B marketers continue to pivot their strategies to make up for lost leads, maintain relationships with clients and attract new business.

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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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ClickDimensions

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In the fast-paced world of B2B sales and marketing, the landscape of complex and costly tech solutions can be overwhelming but also the key to success for small to medium businesses (SMBs). For SMBs, streamlining processes and ensuring that systems work seamlessly together is crucial. Did you know? Find out more here.

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ClickDimensions

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In the fast-paced world of B2B sales and marketing, the landscape of complex and costly tech solutions can be overwhelming but also the key to success for small to medium businesses (SMBs). For SMBs, streamlining processes and ensuring that systems work seamlessly together is crucial. Did you know? Find out more here.

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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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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. Ways of working: People and processes .

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Martech

OCTOBER 20, 2022

At the risk of being nostalgic, it was a simpler time for our industry: the martech landscape was comprised of a mere 1,000 solutions and nobody had even heard of Cambridge Analytica. Fast forward to today, that martech landscape now has over 10,000 solutions , with new product launches and integrations happening daily. .

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Kabbage

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Over the span of the year the number of MarTech vendors has nearly doubled, over $1 billion in venture capital has been invested in marketing technology, and marketing budgets have grown exponentially (“ Walker Sands State of Marketing Technology 2017 Closing the Gap Between Martech Innovation and Adoption,” 2016 ).

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 8, 2014

Other than the 6% of responding marketers that predict they’ll spend less on banners in 2014, where are all these dollars coming from? The oft-reported prediction from Gartner that the CMO will control more technology budget than the CIO by 2017 may in fact turn out to be true, but that’s still three year off – allegedly.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 20, 2020

“Content is king” is a phrase that’s dominated the marketing world for years now, and for good reason. It helps connect with customers in their buying process and it helps drive demand. So why are marketing teams still not measuring content ROI? Proving content ROI will help get those budgets back up. Content works.

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Golden Spiral

APRIL 1, 2022

It’s like catnip for sales and marketing teams. But today’s process is in for a revamp. The funnel is stretching, as customers dart in and out of the awareness/consideration/decision stages of the buying process. The Impact of Marketing Automation on Marketing and Sales. The Changing Role of the CMO.

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ClickZ

JUNE 5, 2020

What’s important is to introduce AI to our marketing stack as the solution to several of our current problems. When it comes to marketing technology (martech), there is a big opportunity to scale your business while keeping up with their latest trends. Scaling personalization. All stages of the funnel have one thing in common.

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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. One area where marketers can cut expenses without compromising quality is translation.

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6sense

APRIL 13, 2016

“When Gartner first wrote about predictive lead scoring in August 2014, the practice was still in its early stages.” In their March Tech Go-to-Market report, Gartner notes that “predictive lead scoring is now a “must have” for B2B technology marketing leaders with high volumes of leads from inbound channels and events.”

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ClickZ

AUGUST 26, 2020

30-second summary: With more marketing budgets being spent on marketing technology than on people, and with an increasing number of marketing technology there is a whirlwind of confusion around martech. Our third market trend covers off the demand from marketers for technology.

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Content Standard

OCTOBER 23, 2017

This estimated $40 billion market is eager to find enterprise customers seeking to build out their marketing technology stack, and the demand for these services is steadily increasing. If you’re just starting to build a marketing stack, then understanding where to put your money first is a fairly straightforward process.

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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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Allocadia

APRIL 28, 2020

And now we’re doing it in a constantly fluctuating market with shrinking budgets. 65% of CMOs and marketing leaders are bracing for moderate to significant budget cuts according to Gartner. We have six tips for how to manage marketing investments during a crisis. Tip #3 – Invest in the Best.

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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. First, the cost to produce UGC is minimal since you’re relying on your best customers to create images and videos of your product or brand.

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