Allocadia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

COVID and the ensuing market-turbulence put marketing teams under a microscope to explain exactly where they were spending and how it was driving business impact. Faced with the upheaval of all we’ve previously known, marketers need a new set of benchmarks to guide their investment strategy.

Advertising Benchmark 52

Advertising Benchmark Marketing Report Spending Budget Programs 52

ClickZ

MAY 9, 2020

30-second summary: Board members, C-level, and Director+ level executives from retail and ecommerce, technology, media and publishing, and other businesses participated in our ClickZ and Search Engine Watch: Benchmark survey 2020. said their marketing budgets are staying the same, while 28.4% Some key takeaways: 46.3%

Advertising Benchmark 93

Advertising Benchmark Work Management Customer Surveys Marketing Management 93

Kabbage

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

2016 has been a year of technological innovation and adoption in the B2B marketing world. With the growth in solutions, channels, and data, marketers have increasingly become more analytical and strategic when implementing campaigns to drive revenue. Marketing Budgets are Increasing. In the SOPM report, 45.7%

Trends 183

Trends Planning Top of Funnel Marketing Budget 183

Contently

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This awoke a sleeping giant: content marketing. The Content Marketing Institute’s 2022 Annual B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends Report gives an interesting insight into the new post-pandemic landscape. LinkedIn reins supreme for B2B marketers. Key takeaways.

B2B Marketing 213

B2B Marketing Research Content Marketing Marketing Budget Creation 213

Sword and the Script | B2B

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Whether you are tallying up your results for the end of the year, or planning programs for the next year, benchmarks provide context for companions. Benchmarks give us a sense of how well we are resourced and what sort of results others in industry are providing. 1) Content marketing benchmarks.

Advertising Benchmark 91

Advertising Benchmark Webinar Metrics Top of Funnel Studies 91

KoMarketing Associates

MAY 1, 2013

Last month, Content Marketing Institute (CMI) released its report , “B2B Software Content Marketing: 2013 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends – North America,” sponsored by the International Data Group (IDG). The report, which highlights responses from more than 1400 B2B software marketers across the U.S.

Marketing Management 120

Marketing Management Marketing Budget Budget Programs Peer-to-peer 120

KoMarketing Associates

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

With the end of year fast approaching, many organizations are taking a good look at budgets and priorities for the new year. Software Advice’s recently released 2014 B2B Demand Generation Benchmark report revealed that the vast majority of B2B marketers (79 percent) use at least 11 different marketing software applications.

Budget Programs 120

Budget Programs Marketing Report B2B Marketing Research 120

KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 8, 2015

As we wind down 2015, marketing budgets and planning for the new year begin to take focus. Hopefully, the performance metrics associated with your organization’s marketing programs have yielded success and validation for tactics proposed at the beginning of the year. It is that time in the year again. Demand Generation.

Marketing Budget Creation 120

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Budget Programs Enterprise Management 120

Conductor

JANUARY 4, 2022

The most common misconception about SEO from marketers is that it’s dead (for context, this is also one of the go-to jokes from fellow search experts). When it doesn’t, it’s easy for marketers and decision-makers to focus on the ROI of paid channels that provide instant gratification. Increase in organic marketing leadership.

Trends 115

Trends SEO Paid Search Agency Marketing Budget 115

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.

Budget Programs 206

Budget Programs Marketing Budget Creation Statistics Allocation 206

Hinge Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2019

How is this relevant to marketers? When going through various stages of the buyer journey, purchasers of B2B and professional services have a list of criteria they use to evaluate service providers and vendors. . It reinforced key marketing messages, and satisfied the rational criteria I would use to evaluate brands like these.

Marketing Budget 117

Marketing Budget Top of Funnel Work Management Research 117

ClickZ

MAY 27, 2020

30-second summary: 35% of marketers said their marketing budgets were decreasing, the slump, however, shows signs of recovery in the past week. On the contrary, 36% increasing spend on marketing technology while 40% of marketers chose to maintain the same budgets for martech spending. Commerce & Sales.

Customer Surveys 86

Customer Surveys Trends Peer-to-peer Marketing Budget 86

Tomorrow People

MARCH 13, 2018

You need to have an excellent digital content distribution strategy and your marketing agency has the experts who can help. A generation ago, digital was a rounding error in marketing budgets, with success measured in hundreds of pageviews rather than millions of customers. Share your content marketing findings early.

Planning 232

Planning Marketing Budget Creation Advertising Agencies Marketing Budget 232

Metadata

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A quick definition for newer marketers in the room: A call to action (CTA) is a statement that prompts someone to do something. We don’t have to tell you that marketing budgets took a hit this year , with average budgets falling from 9.5% Source: 2023 B2B Paid Social Benchmark Report Why did it crash?

Cost per Lead 52

Cost per Lead Paid Social Agency CPO CPL 52

Optinmonster

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Are you looking for sustainable ways to market your business? Not sure where to start: email marketing vs. social media? Both email and social media marketing are promising channels to grow your business. In this post, we’ll share important insights into email and social media marketing. Let’s get started! This is a 138.2%

Social Media 111

Social Media Email Marketing Social Marketing Marketing Budget 111

KEO Marketing

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Digital marketing campaigns often result in some of the highest conversions of any marketing activities. Traditional marketing tactics are no longer enough to stay competitive. These new demands create a challenge for marketers in the B2B space as marketing budgets are often smaller than those of B2C companies.

Marketing Budget 67

Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Budget Programs Marketing AI 67

Hinge Marketing

JANUARY 29, 2020

I hear this all the time from professional service providers. But that’s not a sustainable growth strategy in today’s marketplace…and the research backs that up. Technology and automation will reshape the skills needed in marketing departments. What strategies do they use to drive growth? Can you copy their success?

Marketing Budget 118

Marketing Budget Studies Paid Search Agency Work Management 118

KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Not all marketers have implemented account-based marketing (ABM) into their overall strategies, but those who have are seeing several benefits, and they intend to continue investing in it in the future. In the coming months, marketers claim that 28 percent of their marketing budget will be spent on ABM.

Account Based Marketing 144

Account Based Marketing Studies Planning ABM 144

ClickZ

AUGUST 29, 2020

30-second summary: As of August, nearly 42% of marketers reported decreasing marketing budgets. Interestingly, 33% of marketing budgets are allocated to marketing technology. 44% of CMOs experienced mid-year budget cuts with 11% expecting significant budget cuts. Reducing media buying.

Planning 118

Planning Marketing Budget Creation Allocation Peer-to-peer 118

SocialPilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

When we talk about AI in marketing terms, it means AI can enhance the work of marketers by providing insights and automating tasks, allowing for more creativity and personalized customer engagement. 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

Sprout Social

JANUARY 24, 2024

Influencer marketing has grown beyond getting a viral moment. It has become a core element of marketing and sales strategies. Our Q3 2023 Pulse Survey revealed 81% of US-based social marketers consider influencer marketing an essential part of their social media strategy.

Paid Content 93

Paid Content Marketing Analytics Tools Advertising Agencies Marketing Budget 93

Everything Technology Marketing

OCTOBER 22, 2010

MarketingSherpa asked more than 900 B2B marketers how they expect their marketing budgets to change for 2011. The results are in: The majority of B2B organizations are increasing marketing budgets for inbound marketing tactics, including social media, virtual events and webinars, SEO and PPC.

Marketing Budget 100

Marketing Budget Allocation B2B Marketing Trends 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

Companies are often lax about defining a specific marketing budget number and sticking to it, and this makes managing to a number very difficult. This type of ever-changing budgeting can lead to missed opportunities throughout the year and unexpected results and perceived under performance at the end of the year.

Marketing Budget Creation 59

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Budget Programs Planning 59

ClickZ

JUNE 3, 2020

21% of marketers pulled creatives to prevent looking insensitive. Top three marketing technologies that are winning attention are Content & Experience, Data, and Advertising. In order to help you stay a step ahead, we bring to you a quick wrap up of key movements and trends from across the marketing industry.

Paid Search Agency 116

Paid Search Agency Spending Advertising Agencies Marketing Budget 116

KEO Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Successful marketing leaders understand the value of early planning. There are many benefits of completing marketing plans and budgets early. There are many benefits of completing marketing plans and budgets early. 5 Steps to Setting a Marketing Budget. Identify the annual marketing budget early.

Marketing Budget Creation 59

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Budget Programs Allocation 59

DivvyHQ

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Hopefully your content marketing budget won’t do the same. Although content marketing is relatively inexpensive, there are always plenty of needs to be addressed. The trouble, of course, is that content marketing’s true impact is not always readily apparent. Content Marketing Works. It just does.

Marketing Budget Creation 56

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Paid Search Agency Content Marketing 56

ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Modern marketers need to be agile as a rule, able to adjust and to tweak plans as necessary to optimize the performance of everything. This means adhering to a clearly defined Demand Generation Strategy that is buyer-centric and all the things we need it to be to obtain our goals, and then sticking to it. That is more than one a month.

Demand Generation 100

Demand Generation Demand Marketing Budget Webinar Metrics 100

The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking The Danger of Email Marketing Benchmarks A recent article from BtoB Online about email deliverability reminded me of how dangerous this whole thing of email marketing deliverability numbers can be.

Advertising Benchmark 100

Advertising Benchmark Work Management Marketing Management Planning 100

Content Standard

JUNE 12, 2017

Most professionals love the close of Q2 each year: summer weather is getting into swing, many people have prepared to take well-earned vacations, and it’s time for the marketing conference circuit to kick into high gear. Cassandra is a marketing executive for a mid-size B2B tech company. There’s a lot to look forward to.

Marketing Budget 46

Marketing Budget Spending Trends Allocation 46

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.) linear TV, direct mail) and eleven online channels (e.g.

Account Based Marketing 52

Account Based Marketing ABM Spending Budget Management 52

markempa

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

If your 2011 marketing budget is tighter than you want it to be, trying giving sales less leads. According to Marketing Sherpa’s just-released 2011 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report , a whopping 80 percent of the 935 respondents said they pass unqualified leads along to sales. That’s a costly mistake.

Marketing Budget 120

Marketing Budget Budget Programs Sales Qualified Leads Lead Qualification 120

markempa

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

If your 2011 marketing budget is tighter than you want it to be, trying giving sales less leads. According to Marketing Sherpa’s just-released 2011 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report , a whopping 80 percent of the 935 respondents said they pass unqualified leads along to sales. That’s a costly mistake.

Marketing Budget 120

Marketing Budget Budget Programs Sales Qualified Leads Lead Qualification 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

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

BenchmarkONE

AUGUST 19, 2020

When you’re investing money, time, and effort into a PPC strategy , you want to be sure that you squeeze as much potential as possible out of every dollar that you spend. And there are plenty of tools that can help you get there — including those that don’t require you to carve out any more space in your budget. . Well, it isn’t!

PPC 65

PPC Budget Programs Marketing Budget Tools 65

LeanData

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Over the past several years now, marketers and other go-to-market (GTM) professionals have suggested account-based marketing (ABM) motions will be the way of the future, simply because it makes too much sense to discount. Push the old marketing sales funnel aside. Limitations of sales & marketing data processes.

Account Based Marketing 98

Account Based Marketing ABM Analytics Marketing Analytics Tools 98