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CMO Salary Data Suggests Declining CMO Influence?

Marketing Insider Group

What does a CMO’s (chief marketing officer) salary have to do with their influence? While marketing remains a critical aspect of business growth, CMOs are losing ground in the realm of influence. It’s evolving, and so must the role of the CMO. A dramatic nosedive for CMO salaries. Quick Takeaways.

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The CMO Isn’t Dead: Mastering the Skills of the Modern Marketing Leader

Content Standard

So why the recent flurry of headlines pronouncing the death of the CMO? In reality, the CMO role is evolving, as it should , and companies are restructuring, as they do. Thankfully, I know very few CMOs who fit this description. Successful CMOs are effectively becoming customer ethnographers.

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Is the Role of the B2B CMO Past Its Prime? Or Is It Just in Need of Some Re-positioning around Go-to-market Leadership?

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There is perhaps no more challenging role in the C-suite than that of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) within a B2B organization. While the data on average tenure for CMOs changes each year, the consistent trend is that – among the C-suite – CMOs typically have some of the shortest tenure, well shorter than CEOs, CFOs and CIOs.

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How Well Can an Outsourced CMO REALLY Know Your Business?

The Marketing Blender

Having a full-time Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) or marketing manager in-house certainly provides a sense of comfort. That’s why outsourced CMO is something that many businesses are turning to. A fractional CMO can quickly become familiar with these aspects because they don’t spend months figuring out what to do.

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Follow the money: CMO budgets for martech and marketing operations

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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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Mission Impossible: Making Hard Choices as a First-time CMO (Part 2)

DiscoverOrg

Fear isn’t a luxury the CMO can afford. Today’s CMO position – “ a minefield where many talented executives fail ” – requires the courage of conviction to survive. If you’re a first-time CMO, this goes double. Driving customer acquisition and sustained revenue growth requires strong follow-up (and follow-through).

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Why CMO-as-a-Service is the Best Fit for Startups

Sage Marketing

There is an age-old debate that all startups face when it comes to marketing – the choice between hiring in-house marketing or bringing on a CMO as a service agency. What is CMO as a Service? Flexibility One fantastic benefit of bringing in a CMO as a service is the various aspects of flexibility. Let’s start with the basics.