B2B Marketing Directions

MARCH 13, 2022

(This month's Research Round-Up features the latest ABM benchmark study by ITSMA and the ABM Leadership Alliance, Winterberry Group's latest forecast of marketing and advertising spending, and a survey examining the future of marketing events by the CMO Council and Cvent.) display advertising, digital video).

Account Based Marketing 52

Account Based Marketing ABM Spending Budget Management 52

SmartBug Media

OCTOBER 1, 2020

One of the most underrated skill sets of a marketing leader is the ability to guide decision-making based on budgetary analysis. The most skilled marketers aren't just the ones who can identify the best channels for growing customers; they are also the ones who can identify the best channels to avoid. Marketing efficiency.

Marketing Budget Creation 82

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Budget Programs Cost per Lead 82

Savanta

JULY 23, 2011

Have you ever wondered how other B2B marketers spend their digital marketing budgets? I certainly have so when Omobono and The Marketing Society asked Circle Research to survey B2B marketers and establish how they behave in relation to digital, we jumped at the chance.

Advertising Benchmark 120

Advertising Benchmark Activities Peer-to-peer Budget Programs 120

Metadata

OCTOBER 6, 2021

For demand marketers focused on driving sales and business growth, revenue is the ultimate KPI. This B2B Paid Social Benchmark Report will give any B2B company the data, insights, and social media strategies to level up their social media ads. How to set your own benchmarks. How long should your ad text be?

Cost per Lead 78

Cost per Lead Paid Social Agency Advertising Benchmark CPL 78

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2017

It’s planning season, marketers. Gearing up for another fight with finance to spar over the funds you need to fuel next year’s programs and activities? Gartner recently found that marketing budgets are beginning to recede, dropping from their peak (12.1% How much are you spending on trade shows?

Marketing Budget 134

Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Budget Programs Work Management 134

Sword and the Script | B2B

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

I’ve read and written about the survey since about 2013 and have found it to be an interesting indicator of industry benchmarks. This time around survey polled 341 senior marketers – 95% of which hold the title of vice president or higher – to produce the survey. Overall, most marketers expect their budgets to grow by 8.7%

CMO 65

CMO Advertising Benchmark Customer Surveys B2B Marketing 65

Animalz blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Content marketers fall for this same trap all the time. Most content marketers spend too much time creating great content and not enough thinking about how to get it read and seen. SEO Is No Longer the Safe Bet It Once Was There was a time, not long ago, when distribution was of less concern in content marketing.

Ideal Customer Profiles 82

Ideal Customer Profiles Distribution Advertising Channels ROI 82

Metadata

OCTOBER 6, 2021

For demand marketers focused on driving sales and business growth, revenue is the ultimate KPI. This B2B Paid Social Benchmark Report will give any B2B company the data, insights, and social media strategies to level up their social media ads. How to set your own benchmarks. How long should your ad text be?

Cost per Lead 52

Cost per Lead Paid Social Agency Advertising Benchmark CPL 52

KEO Marketing

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The art of budgeting can be tricky. Companies are often lax about defining a specific marketing budget number and sticking to it, and this makes managing to a number very difficult. Best practices call for a clearly defined marketing budget and a clearly defined, and measurable, plan to accompany it.

Marketing Budget Creation 59

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Budget Programs Planning 59

SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Looking for a way to formally measure the success of your marketing efforts? In this day and age, it is simply not enough to rely on gut feeling or intuition to determine how successful your marketing strategy has been. Here are the marketing success metrics you should be tracking and measuring up against. Cost Per Lead.

Cost per Lead 137

Cost per Lead Advertising Benchmark Acquisitions Marketing & Strategy 137

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Content Marketing ROI is probably the biggest question I get from marketers who are struggling to build their own business case internally. We spend our time getting informed and also looking to be entertained. The first challenge we have to overcome is the belief that marketing is just about creating ads. Utilization.

ROI 303

ROI Content Marketing Digital Asset Management Business 303

ClearVoice

MARCH 26, 2024

That’s where your marketing program’s key performance indicators (KPIs) come in. Key Metrics for Content Distribution “There are three objectives for content marketing: reach, engagement, conversion. To keep your KPIs manageable, here are the most important figures to watch in different areas.

Distribution 52

Distribution Cost per Acquisition Marketing Analytics Tools Enterprise Management 52

SocialPilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

“Artificial intelligence is not a substitute for human intelligence; it is a tool to amplify human creativity and ingenuity.” – Fei-Fei Li , Co-Director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. But there’s more to AI marketing than just the strategies and the tools. What is AI Marketing?

Marketing AI 71

Marketing AI Work Management Marketing Budget Marketing Management 71

Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Our Sites: Content Marketing Institute. Content Marketing World. Content Marketing Stats. B2B Content Marketing Assessment. « Must-See Content Marketing Examples From 2011. How to Climb the Engagement Pyramid with Public Sector Content » « Must-See Content Marketing Examples From 2011. |

Advertising Benchmark 40

Advertising Benchmark Budget Programs Marketing Report Statistics 40

Martech

JULY 27, 2022

A marketing performance management (MPM) platform employs statistical modeling and machine learning to holistically evaluate the performance of a company’s marketing initiatives on bottom-line impact. It helps marketers allocate future spend and bring it in line with business goals. How flexible is the system?

Enterprise Management 93

Enterprise Management Marketing Management Allocation Paid Search Agency 93

Allocadia

JUNE 13, 2019

John O’Rourke is Vice President of Strategic Marketing at Host Analytics. With a background in accounting and finance, John has over 30 years of experience in the software industry, including 20 years of experience in EPM Product Marketing at Hyperion Solutions, Oracle and Host Analytics.

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Allocation Marketing Budget Creation Budget Programs 40

Allocadia

DECEMBER 22, 2017

It’s planning season, marketers. Gearing up for another fight with Finance to spar over the funds you need to fuel next year’s programs and activities? Gartner recently found that marketing budgets are beginning to recede, dropping from their peak (12.1% • What did we get for this spend?

Marketing Budget 56

Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Budget Programs Work Management 56

Allocadia

APRIL 3, 2019

The Challenge Like many global marketing organizations, VMware’s team needed more visibility into how its marketing budget was being spent. Marketing leaders couldn’t effectively predict or evaluate marketing ROI. Marketing leaders were tasked with creating a high-level report on global marketing spend.

Resource Management 52

Resource Management Work Management Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget 52

Allocadia

APRIL 16, 2019

It’s planning season, marketers. Gearing up for another fight with Finance to spar over the funds you need to fuel next year’s programs and activities? Gartner recently found that marketing budgets are beginning to recede, dropping from their peak (12.1% How much are you spending on trade shows?

Marketing Budget 40

Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Budget Programs Work Management 40

The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Although the level of marketing spend doesn’t usually correlate to marketing effectiveness, it is useful to know how others in your industry or other companies of similar size are spending their money on marketing. Five Benchmarks. In other words, is a good benchmark for the big guys.

Allocation 100

Allocation Spending Paid Search Agency Online Marketing 100

SmartBug Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Take a moment to imagine your ideal in-house marketing team. Here’s what I see: Marketing is consistently exceeding their SMART goals; return on marketing efforts and progress towards key performance indicators (KPIs) are simple to track; and sales and marketing work side by side as a well-oiled machine.

Top of Funnel 111

Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing ABM Ideal Customer Profiles 111

B2B Marketing Analytics

AUGUST 2, 2020

As though the ever-increasing expectations of the c-suite from marketing teams to demonstrate the quantifiable impact were not enough and now we are in these unprecedented times, which have further highlighted the need for marketing to be more data-driven and efficient with their investments. This is where.

Marketing Attribution 91

Marketing Attribution Resource Management Multi-Touch Attribution Analytics 91

KoMarketing Associates

OCTOBER 1, 2015

As more B2B marketers embrace content marketing, they are learning what makes it a successful component of their overall strategies. About 44 percent of B2B marketers claim that they are gaining a better understanding of what content marketing effectiveness looks like. Factors for Content Marketing Success.

B2B Marketing 120

B2B Marketing Content Marketing Planning B2B 120

SmartBug Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Effective franchise marketing drives customer acquisition, maintains brand integrity, and facilitates sustainable growth. The combination of brand positioning, lead generation, digital marketing, local advertising, and paid media helps franchisees maximize their marketing efforts while adhering to established brand standards.

Planning 64

Planning Paid Search Agency Marketing Budget Top of Funnel 64

Allocadia

APRIL 8, 2019

There‘s a little secret most marketers know, but don‘t talk about. According to The CMO Survey of marketers, only 35 percent of decisions are made based on marketing analytics. Just one in three marketing decisions is data-driven. Better budgeting and planning are critical to improving marketing performance.

Planning 40

Planning Budget Programs Marketing Budget Creation Webinar Metrics 40

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Do you know how much to spend on your B2B marketing budget in 2009? How to allocate your budget across programs and headcount? Or how to split marketing programs budget between investments such as events, advertising, and PR? For example: Marketing Investment Trends. for software, 0.8%

Forecasting 48

Forecasting Advertising Benchmark CMO Budget Programs 48

Content Standard

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

But how can you really tell when your content marketing program is achieving the outcome you seek? Metrics: Your Content Marketing Strategy’s North Star. Every content marketing strategy needs a North Star to guide it toward its destination. Improve Your Content Marketing Analysis with the Right Technology.

ROI 85

ROI Content Marketing Budget Programs Work Management 85

Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2017

B2C marketers may be about to hit that stage given the signs that popped up as we read through the survey data and fill-in responses to the latest annual content marketing research. You can read the full results in B2C Content Marketing 2018: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America , produced by CMI and MarketingProfs.).

Research 110

Research Content Marketing Marketing Budget Creation Planning 110

ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 18, 2016

This year Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs published their 7 th B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends – North America study. When asked, “Is it clear what an effective or successful content marketing program looks like?” It Takes a Village-. ” only 41% responded yes.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Content Marketing B2B Content 100

ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 18, 2016

This year Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs published their 7 th B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends – North America study. When asked, “Is it clear what an effective or successful content marketing program looks like?” It Takes a Village-. ” only 41% responded yes.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Content Marketing B2B Content 100

ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 18, 2016

This year Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs published their 7 th B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends – North America study. When asked, “Is it clear what an effective or successful content marketing program looks like?” It Takes a Village-. ” only 41% responded yes.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Content Marketing B2B Content 100

LeadsRX

JANUARY 7, 2022

From IT and marketing working together; to getting micro-analytical; to using analytics to be predictive; to focusing on the “smaller” in SMBs, the New Year is shaping up to be a challenging and opportunistic one for marketers. Rockefeller could be the theme behind our look at four trends in performance marketing for 2022.

Marketing Attribution 76

Marketing Attribution Multi-Touch Attribution Trends Advertising Agencies 76

KEO Marketing

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Digital marketing plans for 2018 will consume a large portion of most B2B companies’ entire marketing budgets. The ease of tracking and adjusting mid-campaign, the extensive reach, and the preference by consumers for digital communications, make digital marketing a high priority for 2018.

Marketing Budget Creation 54

Marketing Budget Creation Planning Marketing Plans Marketing Budget 54

Heinz Marketing

JULY 26, 2021

By Matt Heinz , President of Heinz Marketing. The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals.

Top of Funnel 107

Top of Funnel Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Work Management 107

The Point

APRIL 23, 2020

There’s plenty of debate online about the merits of marketing spend in a recession, but the reality is that many B2B firms are currently cutting back on large-scale investment. Nurture programs need care and feeding to make sure they’re performing as well as they should. Good marketing data is more important than ever.

Budget Management 263

Budget Management Spending Work Management Marketing Management 263

Webbiquity

DECEMBER 1, 2010

MarketingSherpa recently released its 2011 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report. You can download the executive summary for free (or pay $400 for the full report ). A slightly higher percentage of marketers than last year (41% vs. 39%) called “marketing to a lengthening sales cycle&# a top challenge.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services B2B Marketing Trends Planning 100

Bound360

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

‘Tis the season for marketing self reflection. The annual budgeting season is a right of passage for marketing leaders, a time to assess what worked this year and what did not. One of my old managers used to say, “a budget is the most tangible representation of a strategy.” How much is marketing driving pipeline?

Planning 45

Planning Marketing Plans Budget Programs Account Based Marketing 45