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Marketing Strategy and Planning: How To Avoid Marketing Budget Disasters

Marketing Insider Group

It’s that time of year again and I have to ask the only question that matters for those of us involved in marketing strategy and planning: Do you know which marketing programs have worked and which ones didn’t? Accountability is tough on B2B Marketing organizations. It should be followed by a business plan.

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Marketing Strategy and Planning: How To Avoid Marketing Budget Disasters

Marketing Insider Group

It’s that time of year again and I have to ask the only question that matters for those of us involved in marketing strategy and planning: Do you know which marketing programs have worked and which ones didn’t? Accountability is tough on B2B Marketing organizations. It should be followed by a business plan.

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eGuide on getting more ROI from your marketing strategy

Tomorrow People

Why inbound marketing is your marketing strategy’s new best friend. You want your marketing strategy to get you better results. You want more from marketing budget - and that makes perfect sense. But what’s the missing ingredient that can transform your marketing into something truly effective?

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20 Captivating Marketing Statistics That Will Drive 2014 [Infographic]

Crimson Marketing

Marketing teams will spend $135 billion on digital marketing collateral. Internet advertising will account for 25% of the entire ad market by 2015. Trends in the marketing mix. Social media: Social marketing marketing budgets will double over the next 5 years.

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Map Lead Generation Targets to Financial Goals For Campaign Success

Strategic-IC

When planning a marketing campaign, it’s the Marketing Director’s responsibility to ensure the strategy will deliver on financial goals. If you are to precisely map financial goals and lead generation targets to plan a successful Inbound marketing campaign, the following five steps are crucial. Rand Fishkin.

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10 Remarkable Discoveries About Inbound Marketing in Europe [NEW REPORT]

Hubspot

An important part of that mission is understanding what inbound means to European marketers and their companies. At HubSpot, we have strong opinions on inbound marketing, but we wanted to hear from other marketers in Europe about their experiences with inbound. marketers for their team in 2013.

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Marketing, Death and Taxes

Marketing Insider Group

So while this may be considered blasphemy to some of my fellow marketers, clearly we are wasting large portions of our marketing budgets. Maybe Marketing isn’t as bad a death or taxes but sometimes it feels like it. So how do we pull Marketing out of its downward spiral: the same way we deal with death and taxes.

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