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Content Marketing During a Downturn: Here’s What the Conventional Wisdom Gets Wrong

Contently

Data shows that proactive marketing “ pays off ” during recessions—for brands across industries, including the likes of Toyota, Amazon, Coca-Cola, etc. Companies need to keep growing to succeed, and content is one of the most effective ways to do that. How content marketing leads to meaningful ROI.

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Why UGC campaigns may be the answer to the biggest challenges CMOs face this year

SmartBrief - Marketing

Because of the volatile economic climate and rising inflation costs, many are trimming their marketing spend. In fact, Gartner reports 75% of CMOs are being asked to “do more with less” this year and are feeling pressure to cut their martech investments. CMOs are caught between a rock and a hard place.

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Who are the Buyers of Cybersecurity Solutions?

Madison Logic

We’ll use these insights to emphasize changes and deliver recommendations that help marketers prioritize companies and content to increase engagement and conversion. ML Insights data reveals a 158% increase in vendors targeting Medium-Small companies (50-199 employees) from Q4 2021 to Q4 2022. Why ML Insights?

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Customer Marketing and Martech Innovation During Covid-19

Porch Group Media

A majority of marketers (52%) reported increased spending during March-June 2020. This varies somewhat by industry, with heath, insurance and retail reporting the highest increases in marketing spend. Just look at Amazon as a great example of putting customers first in everything. Top Priorities During Pandemic.

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Five Impacts of CMO Budget Cuts – Gartner 2021 CMO Spend Survey

Webbiquity

According to Gartner’s annual CMO Spend Survey, as reported by Laurie Sullivan in MediaPost , “Marketing budgets as a percentage of revenue fell to their lowest level in recent history…Marketing budgets as a proportion of company revenue fell from 11% in 2020 to 6.4%

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TheCustomer Quick-Take: September 22, 2021

The Customer

Today, Amazon claims that these recommendations drive 35 percent of their sales. Quick-Take: Today, the company launches a new platform called Freestyle that creates a customized store for every shopper. of marketing spend is directed toward them. And Then There’s Really Innovative Personalization. CUSTOMER DATA.

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CMO Spend in the Current Economic Climate and Plans for 2021

Porch Group Media

Marketing departments are certainly no exception and have been forced to balance between cutbacks in spend while still maintaining acquisition and retention strategies to thrive during these difficult times. One change CMOs are making due to these budget pressures is shifting outside agency work to in-house employees.