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.

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Martech

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Campaign management software helps marketers automate the manual tasks of planning, launching and measuring the impact of their campaigns. That’s important because there are a number of moving pieces to many modern marketing campaigns. creative, media, brand, legal, etc.)

Work Management 77

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Hinge Marketing

JUNE 7, 2021

This is why for the 5th time, the Association for Accounting Marketing (AAM) joined forces with the Hinge Research Institute to conduct the industry’s most comprehensive study on CPA marketing budgets. The timing of this study allows accounting marketers to see the many ways these changes have impacted the industry.

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The Marketing Blender

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Your guide to building a marketing budget template. Looking to create a new marketing budget template for your business? Although a marketing budget template can take some time and thought to build, it’s not as difficult as you may think it is. What should you know before building your marketing budget?

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Hinge Marketing

JANUARY 26, 2023

From following innovation in marketing technology to supporting their firm’s recruiting campaigns, the list of ways they need to manage their marketing budget increases in complexity every year. Spoiler alert: the research suggests you should NOT cut your marketing budget this year.

Marketing Budget Creation 99

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Engagio

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

During these uncertain times, putting your limited marketing budget to the best use to stimulate revenue growth and form better relationships with your best customers becomes even more important. Check out our ROI calculator to estimate the ROI for your ABM program. Taking an account-based approach has many benefits.

Account Based Marketing 71

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EveryoneSocial

JUNE 23, 2020

As you begin exploring employee advocacy, one thought that might come to mind is how you will get a budget for it. After all, your company’s tech stack is already growing and there are tons of software products out there to optimize your desired results. Many times, introducing new software and product costs can be met with resistance.

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Golden Spiral

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Have you been asked to cut your marketing budget? Google slashed their own marketing budget at the height of the pandemic. The UK government urged businesses to reduce prices by cutting their marketing spending. Fitness megabrand Peloton is making the marketing cut. What other content (e.g.,

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Contently

AUGUST 11, 2022

When these words start to appear, conventional wisdom tells businesses to cut their marketing budgets. As multiple researchers have found over decades of studies, stopping your marketing efforts during tough times is a mistake. Companies need to keep growing to succeed, and content is one of the most effective ways to do that.

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Metadata

AUGUST 14, 2023

Much of that pressure comes from sky-high expectations—but also the lack of tools to effectively and efficiently launch, manage, and optimize paid campaigns. Performance marketers need help. How does Metadata help performance marketers spend on the right stuff? What’s a budget group in Metadata?

Budget Programs 52

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Contently

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The search for Chief Content Officer (CCO) on LinkedIn yields over 46,000 people. Where do Chief Content Officers fall in the hierarchy? Many companies diversify their structure by creating content teams under a demand generation function of marketing as well. The first is their budget. The reward?

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ClickZ

JUNE 25, 2020

AI is transforming marketing—giving marketers more accurate and more useful insights on a continuous basis. Whether you want to optimize your content, advertising, or audience management, there’s a tool out there for you. . We’re going to explore some of the best AI-based marketing tools currently on the market.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

As an industry, influencer marketing has grown by nearly a factor of 10 in that time, from $1.7 93% of marketers have used influencer marketing at some point, and collectively they plan to directly spend almost twice as much on influencers in 2023 as they did in 2016. billion in 2016 to $16.4 billion in 2022.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Despite growing demand for networking solutions, security software and IT services, these operations can still run into money problems, even when things are going well. Simple cost-saving strategies can go a long way in reducing spending on everything from day-to-day operations to business marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

In this post, you’ll find out how B2B marketers are planning, executing and budgeting their marketing programs, so you can be sure your strategy falls in line with or zooms ahead of your competition in 2020. Have a Formal Marketing Plan. Partner with a Marketing Agency. Create Visual Content.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

If only there were a way to organize your answers to all of these questions -- a place where you could enter in estimated costs for all of your line items, and then compare your projected marketing budget to what you actually end up spending. Click here to download your 8 free marketing budget templates.

Budget Programs 101

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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. It’s why I wrote my first book The Content Formula. We spend our time getting informed and also looking to be entertained. Everyone inside the business creates content.

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Velocity Partners

JUNE 7, 2024

Content as community: How content marketing is changing in the new B2B GTM This is one of a series of blogs about the changing B2B go-to-market. A few years ago, just after B2B content marketing morphed into, well, just B2B marketing , I got together with the senior team here.

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Choozle

JULY 5, 2022

Digital marketing budgets continue to shift in an effort to keep pace with changes in consumer shopping behavior. For the most part, brands are embracing the evolving digital marketing landscape, where consumers expect highly targeted content and offers that are readily available online. Full-funnel budget alignment.

Budget Programs 77

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Content Standard

JANUARY 4, 2019

Or for those working in the digital space, content marketing and advertising. For years, brands have found themselves torn between the familiarity of advertising’s straightforward promotional methods and the daring authenticity of content marketing’s brand storytelling initiatives.

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KEO Marketing

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

StrongView recently released the results of its 2015 Marketing Trends Survey, which indicated that the majority (61%) of marketers planned to increase spending on email marketing this year, making this the top target of increased marketing spending for 2015.

Budget Management 48

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Choozle

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Strategies and budgets have continued to shift after a year of exploring new trends in consumer behavior and the technology available. And through these new developments, confidence in investing in marketing spending is back on the rise entering 2022. Make a note of any changes in your team members or marketing partners.

Budget Programs 79

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The Point

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In uncertain economic times, Market Development Funds (MDF) can be a precious resource for channel partners (resellers, distributors, ISVs) looking for budget to fund sales and marketing activity. By some measures, that may add up to $15 billion of unspent marketing budget every year in the US alone.

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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.

Budget Management 40

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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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Top Rank Marketing

JANUARY 5, 2024

[Survey] 90 percent of B2B marketers have said that their roles have become increasingly complex, while 62 percent of marketing leaders have indicated a change from sales-owned to marketing-owned customer relationships — two of numerous findings of interest to B2B marketers contained in newly-published survey data.

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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.

Budget Programs 52

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It doesn’t matter how big or small your business is; creating a SaaS marketing budget takes a lot of time and effort. All good SaaS marketing budgets go beyond the numbers alone. Join us as we look at how to build a SaaS marketing budget that’s tailored to you. How much do SaaS companies spend on marketing?

Marketing Budget 52

Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Advertising Benchmark Budget Programs 52

accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It doesn’t matter how big or small your business is; creating a SaaS marketing budget takes a lot of time and effort. All good SaaS marketing budgets go beyond the numbers alone. Join us as we look at how to build a SaaS marketing budget that’s tailored to you. How much do SaaS companies spend on marketing?

Marketing Budget 52

Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Advertising Benchmark Budget Programs 52

DealSignal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

What does this mean for digital marketing spend in 2021-2022, and how should you plan to allocate your B2B marketing budget for the best ROI? Here, we explore insights and walk through three tips you should keep in mind when creating your B2B marketing budget.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 1, 2021

Key performance indicators (KPIs) serve as metrics that measure team-wide performance — and are great for digital marketing teams. In fact, 65% of B2B marketers use KPIs to measure their content performance. If you’re not entirely sure what’s working and what’s not for your marketing team, add KPIs into your strategies.

Lead Ranking 207

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Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Social Media Today Ad Market Expands For Fourth Consecutive, October Climbs 3.2% advertising market recorded a rise in year-over-year ad spending, with a 3.2 October marked the fourth consecutive month that the U.S.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 13, 2023

Simply divide your advertising and marketing expenses by the number of leads and you have your figure. The thing to remember is not to miss any related expenses, such as tools for creating and distributing your content. From there, you can determine where to focus your marketing spend.

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Martech Advisor

OCTOBER 7, 2019

As the calendar months roll into fall, visions of spreadsheets, pivot tables, calendars, and PowerPoint presentations loom in every marketer’s mind. With so many moving parts, from budget to messaging, it’s safe to say that most marketers feel angst and dread when it comes time to plan for the next year.

Resource Management 70

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Choozle

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Strategies and budgets have continued to shift after a year of exploring new trends in consumer behavior and the technology available. And through these new developments, confidence in investing in marketing spending is back on the rise entering 2022. Make a note of any changes in your team members or marketing partners.

Budget Programs 52

Budget Programs Marketing Budget Creation Planning Campaigns 52

ClearVoice

MARCH 26, 2024

That’s where your marketing program’s key performance indicators (KPIs) come in. This article provides the ultimate guide to KPIs to help you measure the effectiveness of your content performance and distribution strategies. Reach and Exposure With all content marketing, step one is to see if people are reading it.

Distribution 52

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The way many CMOs (and the CEOs who hire them) define the scope of the role, how they rationalize their organization and programs and the skill set they seek out to fill the role … are all fundamentally flawed. It’s an approach to organizational design akin to taking the Pragmatic Marketing chart and just circling all of the functions.

CMO 147

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