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. or “How will a 10% change to upper-funnel media impact bookings?” Marketing mix modeling (MMM) can help answer them.

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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 By sector, B2C Services companies report the highest rate of optimism, with 72% reporting feeling more optimistic.

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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.)

Account Based Marketing 52

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Gartner recently found that marketing budgets are beginning to recede, dropping from their peak (12.1% According to Gartner, the drop is due in part to marketing leaders being too distracted by tactics and execution. Finance may ask: “Marketing, what have you done for me lately?”.

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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.

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SmartBug Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

For this article, we spoke to franchise business expert Jenn Foster , fractional CMO and founder of Foster Marketing. Jenn: My experience has almost exclusively been assisting home services franchise brands. Jenn: My experience has almost exclusively been assisting home services franchise brands.

Planning 64

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Crimson Marketing

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

The problem is, by the time you analyze those results, you’ve likely already spent too much—or too little—on marketing. As Lance Walter, CMO of financial intelligence technology company Host Analytics suggests, there is a better way.

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The Marketing Blender

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Our Services. How to calculate and allocate your marketing budget for the next fiscal year in 2020. Tips for planning next year’s marketing budget before the end of this quarter. In Q4, two different phenomena hit marketing departments—either belts get tightened or a “use it or lose it” mentality takes hold.

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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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Budget Programs Paid Content Paid Search Agency Marketing Budget Creation 52

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. Continually test new tactics. .

ROI 52

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ViewPoint

JUNE 10, 2016

Understanding the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results—the final of a multi-part blog series. Many challenges facing Sales and Marketing have been around since the beginning of time. Experience has taught me that only 5% to 15% of inquiries are ready to speak to Sales.

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 27, 2023

By Matt Heinz , President of Heinz Marketing If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 4, 2021

Here's what else 2021 has in store based on the predictions of this fabulous group of marketing leaders. Marketers will plan asynchronous events that plug into the funnel. Latané Conant , Chief Market Officer at 6sense , predicts: "This year saw an explosion of virtual events as marketers adapted to a changing world.

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Allocadia

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Gartner recently found that marketing budgets are beginning to recede, dropping from their peak (12.1% According to Gartner, the drop is due in part to marketing leaders being too distracted by tactics and execution. ” Your goal should be to focus on “where should we spend our next dollar?”

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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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Allocadia

APRIL 16, 2019

Gartner recently found that marketing budgets are beginning to recede, dropping from their peak (12.1% According to Gartner, the drop is due in part to marketing leaders being too distracted by tactics and execution. Finance may ask: “Marketing, what have you done for me lately?”.

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Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Budget Programs Work Management 40

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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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Digital marketing budgets continue to rise, often at the expense of offline advertising spend. But digital marketers must continue to evolve practices as they strive to make their content an asset, rather than an annoyance, to prospective buyers. Yet marketers continue to spend heavily on online advertising.

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Content Standard

JUNE 12, 2017

Cassandra is a marketing executive for a mid-size B2B tech company. As she watches her employees pack their bags for Florida, she knows she has to stick around and report on the current state of their marketing budget. As for why spend has continued to trend upward, marketing technology is largely to blame.

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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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Webbiquity

JANUARY 19, 2016

Image credit: The CMO Survey. 46% of B2B marketers say they’re not sure whether any social channels have generated revenue for their businesses. Only 13% believe they’ve proved the impact quantitatively—though that may be because just 14% tie social media marketing activities to sales levels. 70% of the U.S.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

As we look ahead, the future of marketing is shaping up to be an exhilarating swell, filled with evolving challenges and opportunities. Keen to see how your marketing playbook compares with the industry’s best? Or maybe you’re itching to find out the latest strategies keeping top marketers on their toes?

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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.

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Content Standard

JANUARY 25, 2018

There is still a disconnect within organizations on why this channel should be fully integrated into the overall marketing strategy and not in a silo. Social media remains a silo within the marketing department: In the most recent CMO Survey , marketing leaders gave an average of 4.2 (7 Social Media Evolution.

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ClickZ

AUGUST 26, 2020

30-second summary: With more marketing budgets being spent on marketing technology than on people, and with an increasing number of marketing technology there is a whirlwind of confusion around martech. Our third market trend covers off the demand from marketers for technology.

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LeadsRX

JANUARY 7, 2022

Optimizing return on ad spend ( ROAS ) is more important for small businesses than any other business type. In 2022, SMBs will continue to adopt analytics at a rapid pace and can, and will, benefit from the best practices established by larger, global brands. Predictive Marketing – Get Humans Involved with the Data.

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Marketing Attribution Multi-Touch Attribution Trends Advertising Agencies 76

Top Rank Marketing

JULY 2, 2018

This is the time to evaluate and prioritize your efforts so you can revamp your integrated digital marketing strategy to include a tactical mix that will not only refocus your strategy to reach your objectives, but also improve how you measure and achieve ROI. For example, email marketing. 4 - Invest in efficiency.

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Engagio

OCTOBER 6, 2023

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. We recently explored the challenge of defending marketing budgets at the Demandbase Smarter CMO Forum.

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Marketing Budget Budget Programs Peer-to-peer Allocation 62

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? Making marketing more relevant through sales enablement (slides 11-15).

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Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 30, 2019

By Josh Baez , Engagement Manager at Heinz Marketing. The average consumer experiences tremendous marketing fatigue, and with the proliferation of available marketing channels, content formats, and competition, buyers are bombarded from every angle—and the experience isn’t always a positive one. Key Findings.

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Research Budget Programs Enterprise Management Marketing Budget 76

ViewPoint

MARCH 6, 2012

According to McKinsey principal Mary Ellen Coe, “…CMOs need to be stewards of customer engagement and experience, which means they need to manage and influence the experience positively across the organization.” Overall, it requires an understanding of the purchase process from the buyer's point of view.

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B2B Marketing Traction

MARCH 12, 2010

One marketing tool to use in determining which marketing strategies and inbound marketing tactics will be most effective in B2B marketing planning is your product or service lifecycle stage. Introduction Stage of Marketing Product Lifecycle. Growth Stage of Marketing Product Lifecycle.

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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. LinkedInterest-based Targeting.

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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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Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 12, 2010

And the only brands that can accept that are likely to be big ones with multi-platform marketing budgets. With mid-level brands the debate becomes more acute because the marketing budget is more thinly spread. Measuring that part of the process isn’t just dicey, it’s a recipe for insanity.

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Full Circle Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

A Single Source of Truth for Marketing and Sales. Whatever the industry, marketing and sales departments that don’t share a single source of data truth tend to be misaligned because they aren’t operating from the same set of facts. Velocity & Shortening Your Sales Cycle. Get Everyone on the Same Page.

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Vision Edge Marketing

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Without alignment between Marketing and the business, it’s impossible to quantify the value Marketing is providing to the business, let alone focus on the right metrics to establish progress toward helping the organization achieve its goals. Establish outcome-based marketing objectives. Develop performance-based programs.

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