Crimson Marketing

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Your company conducts quarterly budget reviews to determine how well projections aligned with performance. The problem is, by the time you analyze those results, you’ve likely already spent too much—or too little—on marketing. Lance Walter is Chief Marketing Officer for Host Analytics and leads the company’s global marketing efforts.

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B2B Marketing Directions

AUGUST 15, 2021

Last month, Gartner released the findings of its CMO Spend Survey, 2021. The survey produced 400 responses from marketing decision makers and influencers located in North America, Europe and the UK. In manufacturing companies, the mean percentage of total company revenue devoted to marketing fell from 12.7%

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Contently

OCTOBER 11, 2022

For this reason, content creators typically fall under the marketing function, and marketers are often led by Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs). At some, a CMO will lead the marketing department and hire a VP of Content Marketing to run content strategy and production. The first is their budget.

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Allocadia

MAY 23, 2023

“We’ve more than doubled our pipeline-to-spend ratio. Additionally, we’ve had record-setting quarters in terms of total pipeline contribution, despite budgets not going up. said Tim West, Senior Manager of Marketing Operations at Box. They started with the investment side of the equation.

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Martech

MARCH 2, 2023

Boards and the C-suite expect CMOs to lead the way to profitable growth in 2023 despite various macroeconomic pressures manifesting into the “ triple squeeze ,” making everything more expensive. As a forecaster , to predict the outcome that raising or lowering marketing budgets will have on marketing’s contribution to the overall budget.

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B2B Marketing Directions

DECEMBER 18, 2016

By this point, most B2B marketers are well into their planning for 2017, and it appears that many marketers will have healthy marketing budgets in the coming year. Several research studies have found that a majority of marketers are expecting their budgets to increase in 2017. over the ensuing 12 months.

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Drew Neisser

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Josh Leatherman has been with Service Express for over a decade, serving the last 6 as CMO as the company has grown from $30 million to $250 million in ARR. Tune in to this episode to learn the secret to revenue growth, how to maximize marketing spend, and how to build customer advocacy programs in the face of a downturn.

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B2B Marketing Directions

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Over the next several weeks, marketing leaders will be evaluating how well their existing marketing programs have performed and developing plans for the coming year. The CMO Survey is a valuable resource for information regarding these important issues. of the marketing budget currently to 18.8%

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B2B Marketing Directions

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Image Source: Allocadia Over the past six months, I've devoted several posts to reviewing research studies that have examined the impact of COVID-19 on B2B marketing and buying behaviors. The first series of posts (available here , here , and here ) discussed the findings of a special edition of The CMO Survey that was fielded in May.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Simply put, marketers need to reflect on not only what the return was but which program achieved the best return—and use this insight for future decisions. The rising demand for marketing ROI. As businesses continue to search for new ways to drive revenue—and tighten their margins—the pressure on the CMO builds.

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Allocadia

MARCH 31, 2019

Less than five weeks after signing the contract, we had deployed Allocadia to manage almost 200 budgets across 230 users distributed around the globe. – Eric Andrews, VP Global Marketing Operations, Juniper Networks. How can we achieve better return on our marketing investments? The Challenge. The Solution.

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Allocadia

JUNE 13, 2019

Today’s strategic CFO wants to be seen as more than the office of “no” when engaging the CMO. So what’s the key to gaining better alignment between Finance and Marketing? To answer that question it is critical to understand exactly what CFOs expect from Marketing. Annual Budgeting Expense Management Process.

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Webbiquity

JULY 27, 2021

CMOs are reporting that marketing budgets are being slashed. Here’s what that means, and practical ideas that go beyond the bad news to how B2B marketers to adapt. in 2021, their lowest point in the history of Gartner’s CMO Spend Survey.” ” Here are five likely impacts of those budget cuts.

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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% Figure Out How Marketing Spend Aligns with Business Goals.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 4, 2021

Jake Milstein , CMO at CI Security , told me: "When the pandemic hit, there was a huge spike in registrations and attendance in virtual events that attempted to mimic in-person events. Revenue and Budget. A/B Testing will become a waste of time and budget. Digital marketing spend will continue to grow.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 16, 2018

By the end of 2018, an estimated $500 billion in digital commerce revenue will be attributable to email marketing, reports Gartner. And if you are managing email marketing campaigns your CMO wants to know: What impact did they make in terms of revenue? Can you prove they achieved a return on investment? Conclusion.

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Allocadia

APRIL 3, 2019

When Jeremie joined Hitachi Vantara, marketing operations was in charge of data quality and spend tracking – but no one was tasked with managing the marketing department’s strategic planning and investments. Compounding matters was the disconnect between marketing and finance.

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ViewPoint

MAY 13, 2016

How to define a lead and gain agreement is the first of 7 Truths about Sales and Marketing that CEOs need to know. This post is part of a series about the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results. In that post I quoted a client and friend who at the time was CMO for a Fortune 100 company.

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Allocadia

APRIL 2, 2019

“We’ve more than doubled our pipeline-to-spend ratio. Additionally, we’ve had record-setting quarters in terms of total pipeline contribution, despite budgets not going up. Tim West, Senior Manager, Marketing Operations, Box. Spreadsheet Nightmares. Up-leveling the ‘I’ data in ROI.

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PureB2B

JUNE 14, 2021

Marketing budgets, a critical element in any marketing campaign but difficult to generate, and getting approval seems like an arduous task. That is a general notion, and it comes from what marketing directors have noticed over the years. Such stats only go to prove that justifying a marketing budget to the CFO is hard.

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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. spend): 61%.

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The ABM Agency

JANUARY 15, 2021

For some B2B companies, the 2021 marketing budget has increased due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Dollars usually spent on trade shows, in-person events, and travel expenses are up for grabs; the sales team is working virtually, spending less cash on entertaining potential clients. Before You Spend: Campaign Planning.

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Terminus

AUGUST 25, 2022

Terminus CMO, Natalie Cunningham , recently gave a keynote address at B2BSMX in Boston. We’ve taken her talking points and spun them up into this blog to talk about how this time of change is a real opportunity for marketers. Every marketer is scrambling. Budgets are under scrutiny like we haven’t seen in more than a decade.

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Marketing Analytics Tools Ideal Customer Profiles Top of Funnel Budget Programs 26

Metadata

JANUARY 27, 2021

Us marketers all understand that spending money on ads that get served to the wrong people is just a cost of doing business. Tightening belts and getting strategic Before 2020 tested us all, marketing departments had more wiggle room. It was 2020’s microscope that finally put a probe into where budgets were being allocated.

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LeadsRX

JANUARY 7, 2022

Identify what has and is working, and has and is not working, to improve marketing performance down the road. The CMO-CIO/CISO Relationship – Partners in Safe, Effective Marketing. The days of IT and marketing butting heads are long over. 2022 – The Year Marketing Analytics Goes Mainstream. Get predictive.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 19, 2016

Image credit: The CMO Survey. Among the top 100 global brands, just 31 CMOs maintain active Twitter accounts, and only six of those big-brand CMOs have more than 10,000 Twitter followers. But social media marketing spending will rise anyway. The CMO Survey ). The CMO Survey ). The CMO Survey ).

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Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 30, 2019

And the onus of that experience is beginning to lean on marketing far more heavily. At the same time, marketing is continuing to take on more of the buyer’s journey than ever before, and today, marketers spend exorbitant amounts of money trying to get the attention of the buyer. How are marketers encouraging engagement?

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Research Budget Programs Enterprise Management Marketing Budget 72

Heinz Marketing

MARCH 27, 2023

I’d love to hear a little bit about what you’re seeing in the market, both in terms of the evolution of the marketing function, as well as how people are sourcing that work. And when you used to ask marketers about transformation, it’s we want to do some innovation. Matt: I would agree.

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Engagio

JANUARY 7, 2019

Leverage intent signals to drive segmentation for your marketing programs. Peter Isaacson , CMO, Demandbase. ABM will become a core platform for marketers in the MarTech stack. The number of account-based programs will grow by at least 150%. the market sees the proven outcomes from early adopters.

Account Based Marketing 76

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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% Figure out how marketing spend aligns to business goals.

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Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Budget Programs Work Management 56

SnapApp

JANUARY 29, 2015

Here’s what you missed in great reads for modern marketers this week: Marketo Blog: Flaunt Your Humanity. Jim Stengel, former CMO of Procter & Gamble, gave one of a series of interviews of marketing thought leaders by the Economist Intelligence Unit (sponsored by Marketo) and shared some very interesting insights.

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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% Figure out how marketing spend aligns to business goals.

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Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Budget Programs Work Management 40

Vision Edge Marketing

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Now that 2012 is less than 50 days away, you are likely tackling your marketing plan and budget. The pressure for marketing organizations to justify their spending, prove their programs’ contribution to the organization, and demonstrate value is only increasing. Establish outcome-based marketing objectives.

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Single Grain

JULY 6, 2021

The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) is a crucial position for every organization, but hiring a CMO is more challenging than any other C-level position. In this article, I will discuss what a CMO is, the different skills needed to become a great CMO, and how you can hire the perfect CMO for your organization.

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Aberdeen

JANUARY 25, 2019

In this week’s roundup of intent data news and features, we’ll assess marketing budgets, touch on LinkedIn, take a trip to an unfamiliar industry, and consider how to format a B2B content marketing strategy. B2B Marketing Budget Boost. This Marketing Daily column explores B2B marketing spend projections for 2019.

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Allocadia

APRIL 23, 2019

I believe core marketing investment (spend) data is just as fundamental. First, it’s the simplest and clearest type of marketing measurement — there can be very little uncertainty about methodology or approach. Second, having your marketing spend data in order is essential to your organization’s big-picture health.

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Marketing Attribution Allocation Marketing Proposals ROI 45

Engagio

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Repeated cuts over the last few years have hit marketing departments hard. Marketing programs are often the first thing to get cut, leaving many teams with shrunken program budgets. This hampers company growth, and if not managed well, can trigger a cycle of cuts and stagnant growth.

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