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. If you spend that on an ad campaign at a $10 cost per click, you get 50 clicks.

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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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Envy

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Pandemic aside, this is not the first time B2B marketers will face drastic changes to their best intended budget plans. Here are some practical tips to keep you on the right marketing budgeting (and planning) track. Yet B2B marketers have been complaining about “not having enough budget” since the dawn of time.

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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?

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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?

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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. How much are you spending on trade shows? What did we get for this spend?

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Ledger Bennett

JULY 15, 2020

Significant shift in budget since the onset of the pandemic Late last year Gartner published their 2019-2020 CMO Spend Survey , and while budgets had declined a little in 2019, confidence was very high regarding the outlook for 2020. When a crisis hits, a company’s marketing budget is usually the first to go.

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accelerate agency

JANUARY 10, 2022

Whether you’re a brand new startup or an established business, building a SaaS marketing budget is a time-consuming project. As we’ll explore, building a SaaS marketing budget is about more than just figures. How much do SaaS companies spend on marketing? Does spending more on marketing equal more success?

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Blue Flame Thinking

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Throughout many industries, marketing budgets took a hit. In fact, in a recent survey of CMOs by Gartner , 44% reported facing midyear budget cuts due to the effects of the pandemic. A Common Trend: Reduced Marketing Budgets and Narrowed Focus. How Marketing Planning Discussions Look Different in 2020.

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Martech

MARCH 2, 2023

And although marketing budgets, as a share of revenue, rebounded last year to more than 9%, according to the 2022 Gartner CMO Spend and Strategy Survey , they are still lower than they were in 2020, forcing CMOs to achieve more with less. Imagine a product or service with a six-month sales cycle.

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B2B Marketing Directions

OCTOBER 3, 2021

It provides response data by four primary economic sectors (B2B product companies, B2B services companies, B2C product companies and B2C services companies), fifteen industry sectors, company size and volume of internet sales. In a recent post , I discussed some of the findings of Gartner's CMO Spend Survey, 2021.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Every CMO I’ve talked with in the past two years is hungry for talent, but they haven’t had the budget to staff up. While 61% of CMOs report they lack the in-house capabilities to deliver their strategy, spending on in-house labor remained static, per Gartner’s 2022 CMO Spend survey. .

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Porch Group Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Marketing departments are certainly no exception and have been forced to balance between cutbacks in spend while still maintaining acquisition and retention strategies to thrive during these difficult times. Martech continues to be a strong category in which CMOs are spending. Read more here.

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accelerate agency

APRIL 12, 2023

Finding the right SaaS marketing strategy for your company may seem challenging, but in such a competitive environment, it’s crucial. It’s estimated that the total value of the worldwide SaaS market will hit $195 billion in 2023, up 17% from 2022. Data Source How is SaaS marketing different?

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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. When it comes to budget conversations, the essential question to answer is: “Was this spending justified?”

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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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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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Martech

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

“Year over year we’ve seen marketing analytics at the top of marketing budgets,” said John Hurley, Head of Product Marketing at Amplitude, in his recent MarTech session. “It’s a big spend for a lot of teams.” New marketing analytics tools for a new era.

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accelerate agency

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Software as a service (SaaS) is a business model which is becoming ever more popular. You need a SaaS marketing strategy that works. One which can help you with what is often the tough job of selling your service to prospective customers. What follows are 12 elements of a successful SaaS marketing strategy.

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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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SmartBrief - Marketing

JULY 25, 2023

Because of the volatile economic climate and rising inflation costs, many are trimming their marketing spend. In fact, Gartner reports 75% of CMOs are being asked to “do more with less” this year and are feeling pressure to cut their martech investments. CMOs are caught between a rock and a hard place.

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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. • How much are you spending on trade shows? • What did we get for this spend?

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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. How much are you spending on trade shows? What did we get for this spend?

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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. Marketers are spending more on martech than on people. The conundrum.

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Crimson Marketing

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

He ought to know—his company’s marketing budget is already 3 times greater than its technology budget—a turn of events Gartner predicts will only begin to proliferate widely after a couple more years. Lance Walter is Chief Marketing Officer for Host Analytics and leads the company’s global marketing efforts.

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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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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Corcoran Group plays the long game with their social media strategy : “While we can’t specifically tie a particular Tumblr post to a sale, we get that we need to nurture and build relationships with our followers in hopes that maybe, down the line, it could turn into something.”. Social Media Number of the Week: 10. of revenue.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Corcoran Group plays the long game with their social media strategy : “While we can’t specifically tie a particular Tumblr post to a sale, we get that we need to nurture and build relationships with our followers in hopes that maybe, down the line, it could turn into something.”. Social Media Number of the Week: 10. of revenue.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

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Marketing Graham

MARCH 30, 2022

But did it affect the marketing budget, and if so, by how much? Here are some scary figures from Gartner’s research. I find benchmarking my marketing spend against the average really useful – especially when I’m begging for more money. Most expected budgets to be cut by 5%-15%, but quickly recover.

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Marketing Graham

MARCH 30, 2022

But did it affect the marketing budget, and if so, by how much? Here’s some scary figures from Gartner research. I find benchmarking my marketing spend against the average really useful – especially when I’m begging for more money. Most expected budgets to be cut by 5%-15%, but quickly recover.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. for each $1 in server capital spending, increasing to $0.70

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Mass Analytics

AUGUST 23, 2022

Marketing Mix Modeling Is Your Means To Leverage Your Marketing Budget. This blog is the first of a series of articles that will introduce our readers to Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM), a proven marketing and ROI measurement technique. Marketing Mix Modeling is the essential measurement Step in the Marketing Plan.

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Marketing Graham

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

For many years I’ve used 2% of company turnover as a guide for marketing spend. But it now seems that figure may be out of date – it’s time to rethink my budget benchmarking. I find marketing budget benchmarking really useful – especially when I’m pleading with the CEO for more money.

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SnapApp

DECEMBER 4, 2017

And as the content marketing landscape continues to rapidly evolve, it makes sense to look to research to identify trends and patterns that can help guide your strategy. That’s why we’ve gathered 54 content marketing stats all in one place – so you can start thinking about how this data will inform your plans for 2018. .

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Porch Group Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Where are Enterprise Marketers Allocating Their Budgets? Not a surprise, spend on digital channels is continuing to increase while spend on more traditional channels such as newspapers and magazines is on the decline. In a recent study by Gartner, digital and social channels garnered a healthy portion of marketing spend.

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Porch Group Media

DECEMBER 11, 2019

MarTech Spend Up to 30% of Marketing Budgets. With so many new marketing technologies available, CMOs are spending. In 2019, marketing spend on technology was close to one-third of marketing budgets according to research by WARC/BDO. Email Marketing Effectiveness vs Difficulty.

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