Trade Press Services Newsletter

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The Content Marketing Institute’s 13th Annual B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report has just been released and has some excellent insights for marketers as we move into 2023. The best news from this year’s report? Content marketing isn’t going anywhere.

Marketing Report 130

Marketing Report B2B Marketing B2B Thought Leadership Planning 130

B2B Marketing Directions

AUGUST 13, 2023

Source: LinkedIn and Ipsos (This month's Research Round-Up discusses some of the significant findings from a recent global survey of B2B business and marketing leaders conducted by LinkedIn and Ipsos.) This spring, LinkedIn and Ipsos conducted a significant survey of B2B business and marketing leaders located around the world.

Customer Surveys 52

Customer Surveys Linkedin Research B2B Marketing 52

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

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

KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 31, 2017

Marketo’s “2017 Marketing Benchmark Report: North America” has found that marketers are implementing mobile marketing and optimization as a part of their multi-channel marketing strategies. Marketers are also increasing their focus on content creation as content marketing investment rises.

Mobile Marketing 120

Mobile Marketing Advertising Benchmark Marketing Report Allocation 120

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. According to the SOPM report, 57.3%

Trends 183

Trends Planning Top of Funnel Marketing Budget 183

Hinge Marketing

JANUARY 22, 2015

All too often, marketing budgets become a battleground for the various perspectives and emotions of an organization’s decision-makers. Chaotic budgets based on a patchwork of beliefs rather than the goals and needs of the business. Fortunately, there’s a better way: basing the budget on research. The result?

Marketing Budget Creation 48

Marketing Budget Creation Allocation Peer-to-peer Planning 48

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

B2B Marketing Directions

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Gartner recently published the findings of the 2020 Gartner Marketing Operations and Organization Survey. The survey results are described in two reports - the 2020 Marketing Operations Survey report, and the Marketing Organization Survey 2020 report.

Gartner 64

Gartner Research Enterprise Management Planning 64

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

Hinge Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2019

A few months prior, I lead an initiative to switch survey vendors to the Qualtrics platform which offered capabilities superior to our past vendor. speakers were able to tell compelling stories based on insights derived from survey data. Research like this doesn’t always have to only live in a formal, published report.

Marketing Budget 117

Marketing Budget Top of Funnel Work Management Research 117

The Mx Group

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

As you start creating and presenting your plans for next year (yes, it’s that time again!), Remember, getting buy-in from the key players in your organization will help you get the resources, time and budget you need to create a content marketing program that achieves the marketing and business objectives they expect.

B2B Marketing 83

B2B Marketing Content Marketing Planning Marketing Budget Creation 83

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

Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Fifty-seven percent of B2C marketers surveyed expect their 2019 content marketing budget to increase over 2018, and 29% of those expect it to increase by more than 9%. But our latest research reveals that 56% of B2C marketers who increased spending over the last 12 months did so in the area of content creation.

Research 90

Research Top of Funnel Content Marketing Budget Programs 90

Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Even so, many manufacturing companies are in the young/first steps phases of content marketing maturity, as reported in today’s release of Manufacturing Content Marketing 2018: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America sponsored by IEEE GlobalSpec Media Solutions. You can use this one-page plan.)

Research 101

Research Planning Marketing Budget Creation Content Marketing 101

B2B Marketing Directions

JUNE 20, 2020

Various industry analysts have estimated that B2B companies typically spend from 12% to 24% of their total marketing budget hosting and/or participating in events. Recent research has shown that most B2B marketers view in-person events as a highly effective marketing tactic. The short answer is: No one really knows.

Top of Funnel 69

Top of Funnel Personalization Enterprise Management Marketing Budget 69

Content4Demand

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

As part of my quest to find new ways to support our clients’ content marketing goals and strategies for 2020, I dove into the newly published B2B Content Marketing 2020: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America from Content Marketing World (CMI) and spotted some notable takeaways. This isn’t at all surprising.

B2B Marketing 47

B2B Marketing Budget Programs Top of Funnel Planning 47

Content Marketing Institute

JANUARY 16, 2018

data from our annual content marketing survey, as reported in today’s release of Content Marketing in the United Kingdom 2018: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends sponsored by Tomorrow People. Only 5% in UK somewhat committed to #contentmarketing report high success via @CMIContent #research.

Research 100

Research Content Marketing Paid Search Agency Marketing Budget Creation 100

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

The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Forrester Research has recently released a study, “ Benchmark Your Interactive Marketing Maturity “, that aims to give you some metrics to figure out whether you are putting your money on the right marketing tactics. Five Benchmarks. Sure, knowing the benchmark metrics help a little but what are the numbers?

Allocation 100

Allocation Spending Paid Search Agency Online Marketing 100

Martech Advisor

MARCH 31, 2020

And we're looking at how marketing strategies will need to evolve and adapt to changing consumer behavior. Let's look at the brands that made marketing news and the reports and studies that caught emerging trends for 2020 and beyond. Here are your essential marketing updates for March 2020: What's Hot in Martech.

Hubspot 75

Hubspot Marketing Budget Features Work Management 75

The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Sure, depending on your industry the numbers might be skewed but at least you have a benchmark and something to show (or not!) The report goes a bit further and also tells us that 52% of all registrations occur within 10 days before a scheduled webinar and 15% registering on the day of the webcast. What’s the ROI of webcasting?

Webinar Metrics 100

Webinar Metrics Webcast Marketing Automation Services Sales Qualified Leads 100

ViewPoint

AUGUST 29, 2011

Jim Dickie is the Managing Partner with CSO Insights ; a research firm that specializes in benchmarking how companies are leveraging people, process, and technology to optimize the way they market to, sell to, and service customers. So the net effect is that many companies will not have more money to spend on lead creation.

Acquisitions 120

Acquisitions Allocation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 120

DivvyHQ

JANUARY 23, 2019

If someone were to get all meta and survey B2C marketers about which survey results they look forward to most each year, you gotta like CMI and MarketingProfs’ chances of claiming the top spot. Here are our top takeaways from the B2C content marketing statistics featured in this year’s report. That’s quite alright.

Planning 49

Planning Content Marketing Allocation Research 49

Sword and the Script | B2B

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The top problem in content creation probably comes from the fact that too many B2B marketers haven’t had a single conversation with a customer Most B2B marketers (57%) say creating the right content for their audience is their top content creation challenge in content marketing. 3x salary – to replace them too.

Marketing Budget Creation 118

Marketing Budget Creation B2B Marketing CMS Development B2B Thought Leadership 118

B2B Marketing Directions

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

This summer, Starfleet Media published The 2015 Benchmark Report on B2B Content Marketing and Lead Generation. The Starfleet report is based on a survey of high- and mid-level marketing and sales professionals that was conducted in the second quarter of this year. content assets.

Research 45

Research B2B Marketing Allocation Content Marketing 45

Webbiquity

JANUARY 19, 2016

Image credit: The CMO Survey. But social media marketing spending will rise anyway. Despite the lack of metrics or executive involvement, the share of overall marketing budgets devoted to social media marketing is expected to increase from about 10% on average today to nearly 25% within the next five years.

Social Media 100

Social Media Stats Social Marketing CMS Development 100

Hubspot

APRIL 5, 2017

When it comes to marketing, small businesses need a lot of bang for their buck. Basedon on a recent Gartner CMO Spend Survey , marketing budgets now account for 12% of company revenue, a steady increase from 2010. With that in mind, here's one concrete approach that marketers can take towards justifying their work.

Small Business Marketing 68

Small Business Marketing Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking Advertising Agencies 68

DealSignal

APRIL 12, 2018

Are events one of your most significant marketing budget line items? In fact, The 2017 IDC Tech Marketing Benchmark Study found that events account for 21.3% of marketing budgets. Tradeshow benefits and risks. If so, you’re not alone. The challenge of “blind” pre-reg attendee lists. Event List Enrichment.

ROI 40

ROI Campaigns Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Automation Services 40

Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2011

2012 B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends [Research Report]. Last year, the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) and MarketingProfs published a popular study on B2B content marketing and repeated the research survey this year to see how the field is changing. Case studies: 32% increase.

Advertising Benchmark 40

Advertising Benchmark Budget Programs Marketing Report Statistics 40

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 9, 2010

According to recent survey results, 90% of B2B marketers are actively involved in producing custom content , and are investing some 25% of marketing budgets to custom content creation and promotion.

Urgency Marketing 40

Urgency Marketing Marketing Budget Peer-to-peer Content Marketing 40

KoMarketing Associates

OCTOBER 30, 2012

According to BtoB Magazine’s latest report on social media marketing, B2B marketers are leveraging social media for customer service, product marketing, hiring and recruiting, and traffic and lead acquisition. So, in other words, a literal tweeter! So what can you do to keep up?

Planning 120

Planning Marketing Budget BtoB Word of Mouth 120

Content Standard

JUNE 2, 2015

What a difference a year makes: A new study shows marketers are now aggressively leaning on content to build a branded reputation and, through that, increase the volume and quality of their leads. Starfleet reports businesses are 2.5 content assets per month—a nearly 20 percent increase over content production from the prior year.

Lead Generation 40

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Top of Funnel Lead Scoring 40

ClearVoice

MARCH 19, 2020

A content plan is comprised of all the marketing assets and data-gathering functions needed to achieve the goals set forth in your content strategy. Everything from SEO research and engagement tracking, to blogging and white paper writing, are included in a content plan. What is a content plan? Now, back to that plan.

Marketing Budget Creation 101

Marketing Budget Creation Sample Planning Top of Funnel 101

KoMarketing Associates

OCTOBER 2, 2018

This information is timely because many organizations are thinking about budgeting and planning marketing objectives for the new year. For some, including a notable percentage of our clients, the fiscal year is already drawing to a close and strategic planning takes on an even greater urgency. 2018 B2B Marketing Trends.

Budget Programs 123

Budget Programs Marketing Report B2B Marketing Work Management 123

Hubspot

OCTOBER 16, 2014

For our report, we surveyed marketing professionals across the United Kingdom, both leaders and practitioners, to find out the current trends in marketing. Our research aims to help marketers in the U.K. set realistic benchmarks and focus on issues where there is progress to be made. as in the U.S. "79%

Inbound Marketing 28

Inbound Marketing Marketing Budget Creation Click Rate Marketing Budget 28

Valasys

DECEMBER 11, 2019

When one thinks about how to market to a software company, it seems like a colossal task. One may be confused about where, to begin with, to design a B2B SaaS marketing plan. Marketers may have different B2B SaaS marketing strategies but one needs to connect those ideas to their SaaS digital marketing strategies.

Marketing Budget Creation 59

Marketing Budget Creation Planning Marketing Plans Marketing Budget 59