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Survey: 58% of Customers Say Social Media Has Influenced a Purchasing Decision

KoMarketing Associates

SUMO Heavy recently conducted the “2018 Social Commerce Revisited” report to determine how customers are currently using social media and how it is influencing the buyer journey. Back in August 2017, nearly 9.8 Now, new research suggests that using it may be essential to not only capturing leads, but converting sales.

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Why being a CMO is better than being a CEO?

Seismic

The struggles behind how to attribute credit to marketing , high rates of turnover in the position, and difficulty creating proper expectations lead to the belief that being a CMO is a shaky ground to stand on. When I joined Seismic, I had never been the CMO before. Leveraging analytics through the entire buyer’s journey.

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On the limited value of branded content

Biznology

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You May Be Surprised At The Biggest B2B Marketing Responsibility Of 2016

Marketing Insider Group

Of course, with a staggering amount of technology available to marketers ( 1,876 vendors as of Scott Brinker’s latest count ,) and Gartner’s predictions that the CMO will spend more on IT than the CIO by 2017, it comes as no surprise that managing this technology took it’s place as a major responsibility in the survey.

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3 Ways to Keep Customers Engaged with Your Mobile Marketing Apps

Kaon

So it’s no wonder that mobile marketing has become a top line item and priority for 2017 as businesses attempt to penetrate the almost 224 million monthly active app users in the US. In an exclusive interview with CMO.com , CMO of GE Measurement & Control, Marcelo Prado said, “We wanted to approach our customers in a different way.

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Introducing Tech Talks: Save time, skip the salesperson and explore the martech landscape like never before

ClickZ

With funding increasing every year since 2017, last year saw a record high. According to Gartner’s latest CMO Spend Survey we are now spending more of our marketing budgets on Technology (26%) vs 25% on labor. When starting a search for a new technology where are you meant to start?

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Key B2B Marketing Trends To Keep An Eye On In 2018

Envy

Probably the biggest buzzword of 2017 across the board has been AI. Their video content is well integrated into their overall sales funnel, with great video content for each stage of buyers journey. Justin Gray , the CMO of LeadMD claims that, “Our definition of account-based marketing is just good marketing.