ViewPoint

APRIL 14, 2017

Last week I published a blog that provided five ways to avoid getting burned by outsourced B2B sales lead generation, qualification and nurturing. Sales/B2B Marketing execs feel intense need to do something, but are afraid to risk budget. The need for sales pressures the CMO to deliver leads fast.

Lead Generation 176

Lead Generation Sales Leads Sales Qualified Leads Generation 176

Zoominfo

JUNE 12, 2023

Our session included go-to-market efficiency insights from ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck and CMO Bryan Law, as well as Bain Partner Mackenzie Bushy and Dell SVP of Global Sales Operations Prabha Ramakrishnan. First, generate more leads of the same or better quality, at the same or lower cost, at the top of the funnel.

Marketing Analytics Tools 130

Marketing Analytics Tools Efficiency Sales Management Product 130

ClickZ

MARCH 10, 2020

Q) Can you give us a brief insight into your professional journey and how you became the CMO of Idomoo? What are the core martech capabilities that you bring to a marketer? Marketeers spend unquantifiable resources on understanding their customers and figuring out exactly when to engage with them and with what messaging.

CMO 110

CMO Video Marketing Paid Search Agency Personalization 110

Pearl Digital Marketing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

These for-hire experts include fractional chief marketing officers (CMOs), chief financial officers (CFOs), vice-presidents for human resources, and chief information officers (CIOs). What is a fractional CMO? The CMO works with all teams, such as IT, human resources, finance, sales, and customer service.

CMO 75

CMO Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 75

Top Rank Marketing

JUNE 30, 2023

media spending came from the digital sector during May, 2023 — up from 56 percent a year earlier, as the overall ad spending level increased for the first time in 11 months, according to recent ad index data. billion in 2022, according to recently-published search advertising data of interest to digital marketers.

Paid Search Agency 56

Paid Search Agency Budget Programs CMO Advertising Agencies 56

Terminus

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Strengthen your “finance speak” — the better you can translate finance to GTM, the better you can tell the story of the middle layer (marketing). Create a strong dialogue with partners in finance to understand the details of what they need to see to understand success with marketing spend.

CMO 29

CMO Budget Programs Marketing Budget Allocation 29

Martech

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Marketers are feeling much more optimistic this quarter, according to the CMO Survey from Deloitte. The Marketer Optimism Score, which measures marketer sentiment on a scale of 0 to 100, went from 58.3 The survey had 316 responses from marketing leaders at for-profit U.S. Marketing spend. Why we care.

Allocation 115

Allocation Marketing Budget Forecasting Lead Scoring 115

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Marketing budgets had been steadily rising, up from $12.3 The pandemic’s impact on marketing budgets continues to play out, but The CMO Survey , published in June 2020, shows a decrease in spending across the board. Image: CMO Survey. In some cases, however, marketing spend is up.

Marketing Budget 292

Marketing Budget Paid Content Budget Programs Marketing Budget Creation 292

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.

Budget Programs 100

Budget Programs Enterprise Management CMO Planning 100

Envy

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Planning a B2B marketing budget is one of the big challenges for CMOs, but the size of marketing budgets as a percentage of company revenue has remained more or less stable at 11% since 2012. Yet B2B marketers have been complaining about “not having enough budget” since the dawn of time.

Marketing Budget Creation 118

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Planning Allocation 118

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 10, 2020

When I recently interviewed Kathleen Schaub about the changes in marketing over her long tenure as both a CMO and the lead of IDC’s CMO Advisory Practice, she commented on what had changed most for marketing professionals.

Account Based Marketing 328

Account Based Marketing ABM Work Management Marketing Management 328

InsightSquared

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The higher the value of the contract, the longer the sales cycle and the more complex the marketing machine, the harder it becomes to know where marketing spend is achieving ROI. That difficulty can have marketers sticking with tried and true, even as marketing channels saturate and returns shrink while dollars expand.

Marketing Attribution 227

Marketing Attribution Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel Funnel Advertising 227

ViewPoint

JUNE 16, 2015

What’s a good lead rate? How much should a lead cost? The lead rate for high quality, enterprise opportunity leads has been roughly flat.) That said, for several years the elephant in the room has been inbound marketing and inbound marketing lead rates. Just google them.)

Lead Scoring 120

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Cost per Lead PointClear 120

Integrated B2B

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

When push comes to shove, it’s hard to find a CEO of a B2B company who sees marketing as the go-to function for business performance. Marketers are constantly challenged by their executive management to demonstrate the effectiveness of their efforts. Does that mean the CMO role at B2B companies is redundant?

CMO 40

CMO B2B Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking 40

Integrated B2B

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

When push comes to shove, it’s hard to find a CEO of a B2B company that sees marketing as the go-to function for business performance. Marketers are constantly challenged by their executive management to demonstrate the effectiveness of their efforts. Does that mean the CMO role at B2B companies is redundant?

CMO 40

CMO B2B Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking 40

InsightSquared

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The higher the value of the contract, the longer the sales cycle and the more complex the marketing machine, the harder it becomes to know where marketing spend is achieving ROI. That difficulty can have marketers sticking with tried and true, even as marketing channels saturate and returns shrink while dollars expand.

Marketing Attribution 159

Marketing Attribution Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel Funnel Advertising 159

Martech

MARCH 21, 2024

As a marketing leader or CMO, you’re looking to harness AI to generate tangible business outcomes and elevate customer experiences. AI can tailor customer interactions, leading to deeper engagement and loyalty. AI can refine attribution models, making it simpler to connect marketing spend with outcomes.

Marketing AI 105

Marketing AI Contingency Planning Work Management Digital Transformation 105

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 coach , to suggest shifts to current marketing investments that improve performance. Who gets credit for the sale?

Marketing Mix 104

Marketing Mix Marketing Attribution Lead Ranking Planning 104

Strategic-IC

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

And the beauty of that focus on accounts is ABM’s ability to deliver truly unique, engaging, and personal buyer experiences that regular B2B marketing strategies simply cannot. Lisa is now Chief Marketing Officer at the Arbinger Institute. You don't have to have a face-to-face meeting.” – Lisa Sharapata, previously CMO at BoostUp 2.

Account Based Marketing 62

Account Based Marketing ABM P2P Ideal Customer Profiles 62

KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 5, 2017

It’s clear advances in cloud data and data visualization is quickly becoming invaluable to B2B marketers. Samantha Stone , Author, Founder & CMO, The Marketing Advisory Network. As we go into 2018 marketers must make data integrity a higher priority. Elena Britton , Head of US Marketing, Indusa.

Marketing Budget Creation 439

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Budget Programs Marketing AI 439

markempa

DECEMBER 12, 2016

I’ve compiled a list of the 10 most popular and shared posts on the B2B Lead Blog, chosen by marketers, just like you, to help you get ready to have a great 2017. For the majority of B2B companies with complex sales, marketing-generated leads rarely account for 50% of revenue and often it’s often much less.

Account Based Marketing 84

Account Based Marketing Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 84

SmartBug Media

OCTOBER 5, 2023

A good KPI dashboard allows a CMO to quickly uncover actionable insights from the data and use those insights to make data-driven decisions that will move the company closer to set goals. This can help you stay on track and identify which marketing channels to invest your time and efforts into. What Is a KPI Dashboard?

Webinar Metrics 59

Webinar Metrics Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Top of Funnel 59

Hubspot

AUGUST 31, 2010

Twice a year Professor Christine Moorman at Duke's Fuqua School of Business surveys hundreds of CMOs to get an overall measure of what is happening in marketing as part of a project aptly called The CMO Survey. Marketing Spending Should Increase. Internet Marketing Spending to Grow.

Budget Management 28

Budget Management CMO Customer Surveys Marketing Report 28

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.

Peer-to-peer 163

Peer-to-peer Budget Programs Content Class 163

Webbiquity

JULY 27, 2021

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%

CMO 203

CMO Gartner Budget Programs Spending 203

Allocadia

MARCH 31, 2019

Juniper”) is a global leading manufacturer of high-performance network infrastructure. – Eric Andrews, VP Global Marketing Operations, Juniper Networks. After conducting an employee survey, Juniper Networks identified that marketing budget management and reporting was a top business pain. The Challenge.

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Budget 40

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

Allocadia

MARCH 30, 2021

The Problem: Missing Measurements and Budget Management. In 2019 Freshworks’ marketing operations team began streamlining various marketing and operational activities. Finally all of the marketing spend data tracked in Allocadia is fed into a BI platform to represent their returns on their marketing investments (ROMI).

Advertising Channels 52

Advertising Channels ROMI Marketing Budget Budget Management 52

markempa

MAY 12, 2008

”We know more about our prospects (leads) than we know about our current customers” was a shocking statement I heard from a client and it stuck with me. Still, I'm amazed at how many marketers seem to only emphasize new account acquisition when they could also be going further with their existing customers.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Generation 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

KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

About 73 percent of marketers claimed that they still rely on manual data capture at events. Post-event, 81 percent said they still seek further information on leads. For more insight into this research, we spoke to Kristen Alexander, CMO at Certain, Inc. Why do marketers appear to be slow to automate data capture?

Event Marketing 124

Event Marketing B2B Marketing Planning B2B 124

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.

Multi-Touch Attribution 113

Multi-Touch Attribution Email Marketing Practices Planning 113

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. Soon, marketers will be able to go all-in on what will work best without having to test the theory.". Digital marketing spend will continue to grow.

Trends 101

Trends Marketing AI Work Management Planning 101

LeadsRX

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

I joined LeadsRx in August 2020 charged with leading and improving upon the processes and services our dedicated Customer Care Team was already providing to customers looking to optimize their ad spend and improve their marketing campaigns. Are we getting a return for our marketing spend. Great questions.

Marketing Attribution 88

Marketing Attribution Multi-Touch Attribution Paid Search Agency Work Management 88

Digilant

OCTOBER 21, 2021

As a result, diversifying media budgets to keep your brand in front of audiences everywhere is critical. . The CMO’s Chase for Perfection. . In today’s environment, CMOs have to be nearly perfect when it comes to marketing spend management. Future-Proofing Your Marketing Strategy. .

ROI 52

ROI Marketing Budget Practices Allocation 52

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. All because the CEO did not insist on a common definition of a lead.

Allocation 174

Allocation PointClear SIC Ideal Customer Profiles 174

Marketri

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Which are most critical to measuring, monitoring, and optimizing your marketing? They mostly focus on lead generation (a top objective for many B2B companies), but they’re also high-level indicators of how well your marketing is contributing to your business goals. The following 10 metrics offer a great place to start.

Lead Ranking 62

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Churn Rate 62