The Marketing Blender

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Your starter guide to marketing budget software. If you’re like most marketing professionals, then you know that having a well-managed budget is crucial to the success of your campaigns. But what you may not realize is that using marketing budget software can help you save both time and money.

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Martech

MARCH 18, 2022

Is marketing return-on-investment missing in action ? The mystery of the marketing spend has baffled many CEOs, often illustrated by this quip that half the spend is wasted, if they only knew which half. Analysis of data shows that it is probably … the least effective form of marketing.” Brenner said. “A

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SmartBug Media

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Getting buy-in from the leadership team for your marketing spend can be a daunting task, especially when marketing has traditionally had a reputation of contributing little to the overall revenue goals of a business. Back up Your “Why” with Metrics and Data to Prove ROI. Start with Why.

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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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Walker Sands

DECEMBER 23, 2021

No matter how you slice it, effectively budgeting for marketing is a complex exercise with as many inputs as there are levers for success. And now, with the pandemic impacting the way many organizations think about spend and ROI, there is more pressure than ever to directly connect investments to business return.

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Binary Demand

JUNE 22, 2023

Furthermore, it enables businesses to optimize their marketing spending and increase their ROI, making it a critical component of B2B prospecting. Prices remain constant regardless of plan or strategy changes. They want to collect real-time B2B data to create targeted marketing campaigns and identify potential leads.

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Content Standard

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Marketers love their processes. From abstract creative thinking to nitty-gritty marketing budget balancing, we’re constantly searching for patterns to settle into. Yet many marketers dump the creation of stories into their old content pipelines and expect the best. Mapping Budget to Your Story.

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Atomic Reach

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Irrelevant statistics pass for ROI tracking. This blind inefficiency translates into wasted marketing spend. Attempts to cut costs through automated solutions typically fail to maintain the tone of human authenticity necessary for effective influencer marketing. What’s Wrong with Old-school Influencer Marketing?

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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.

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The Marketing Blender

APRIL 16, 2020

How to make smart cuts to your Marketing Budget…. I acknowledge that many businesses need to make cuts to their marketing budget right now to stay alive, so how do you do that without being like one who cuts off their nose to spite their face? If you lack strategy, all other spend will be wasted. Digital Marketing.

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B2B Marketing Analytics

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Marketing Analytics and ROI are the 2 terms making a lot of noise across the marketing world to the point that they are almost beating “ ABM ” in the popularity. What do these terms actually mean for a marketer and why are they becoming a top priority for all marketing organizations?

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ClearVoice

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Marketing is Essential During a Recession. It’s tempting to cut back on your marketing budget, but data shows that is actually not a good idea. According to a new report from Analytic Partners , if you cut back on marketing spending during a recession, your competitors may swoop in and steal your business.

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Sword and the Script | B2B

APRIL 11, 2020

You can’t control the constraints imposed by the Coronavirus, but you can make a case to keep your marketing budget It’s a challenging time to be a marketer. Second, the business is chasing after your budget with a saw. And that’s the theme for this week’s Unscripted Marketing Links [UML]. What sort of studies?

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KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 18, 2019

Its efficiency and overall ROI continue to prove its worth in a field full of marketing strategies. Participants were specifically asked a series of questions about content marketing, which included insight into ROI, quality of leads, and overall success. A Rise in Social Media Marketing Spend.

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Allocadia

MARCH 30, 2021

The Problem: Missing Measurements and Budget Management. In 2019 Freshworks’ marketing operations team began streamlining various marketing and operational activities. Measuring ROMI – with little visibility into spend, it was increasingly difficult to calculate the corresponding ROI to their campaigns.

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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.

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Allocadia

MARCH 13, 2020

Three actions marketing organizations can take and how Allocadia can help. As marketers we all wish that we could set our plan and budget at the beginning of the year or quarter and we are able to execute exactly as planned. Document spend that has been forecasted, committed, and spent.

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Stevens & Tate

APRIL 18, 2024

This article will explore how automation and specific digital marketing strategies can optimize outreach and resident acquisition efforts. The Role of Automation in Senior Living Marketing Modern marketing automation provides a variety of tools designed to enhance efficiency and efficacy in reaching potential clients.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 26, 2021

If you’re like most companies, you realized in 2020 that annual marketing budget planning doesn’t work anymore. Annual budgets aren’t flexible enough to keep up with your audience’s dynamic behavior. Quick Takeaways: Annual marketing budget planning isn’t ideal anymore. Don’t overcomplicate things.

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Binary Demand

JUNE 19, 2023

Furthermore, it enables businesses to optimize their marketing spending and increase their ROI, making it a critical component of B2B prospecting. Prices remain constant regardless of plan or strategy changes. They want to collect real-time B2B data to create targeted marketing campaigns and identify potential leads.

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The Point

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In B2B circles, Q4 is historically a time of year when marketing spend picks up. Sales teams need the push to meet year-end numbers, whilst at other companies, spending marketing dollars in Q4 is simply a matter of “use it or lose it.” Does your corporate blog contribute to overall marketing ROI in a measurable way?

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B2B Marketing Analytics

AUGUST 2, 2020

As though the ever-increasing expectations of the c-suite from marketing teams to demonstrate the quantifiable impact were not enough and now we are in these unprecedented times, which have further highlighted the need for marketing to be more data-driven and efficient with their investments.

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SocialPilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Generative AI can analyze large amounts of data to identify patterns, predict consumer behavior, personalize content, optimize ad placements, and automate email marketing and customer service tasks. By leveraging AI, marketers can make data-driven decisions, improve customer experience, and ultimately increase ROI.

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Madison Logic

JANUARY 5, 2023

2023 will pose challenges to B2B marketers as they navigate global economic uncertainty and a push to maximize their marketing spend and ROI on account-based marketing (ABM) campaigns. 2023 will be an exciting time for B2B marketers . This is the cornerstone for enhancing the customer experience. .

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Allocadia

MARCH 31, 2019

Serving B2B markets worldwide, the company designs, develops and sells products and services that provide network infrastructure for networking requirements of service providers, enterprises, governments, and research and public sector organizations worldwide. . – Eric Andrews, VP Global Marketing Operations, Juniper Networks.

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B2B Marketing Analytics

OCTOBER 20, 2019

With our marketing analytics services , we have been enabling our customers to access 2019 (and before) marketing performance data on the fly along with the ability to drill down into the data to discover actionable insights and do what-if analysis for 2020 planning.

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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. As a coach , to suggest shifts to current marketing investments that improve performance.

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Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 29, 2019

Here are detailed takeaways: Success starts with planning. A strong CMO and CFO partnership is built on planning, communication, and results. Planning is the starting point. Many CMOs and marketing VPs start their planning process late and this forces reactive decisions without data models.

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B2B Marketing Directions

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Source: Analytic Partners Analytic Partners , a provider of marketing optimization solutions, recently published an ebook that offers marketers five recommendations for addressing the economic uncertainty that's likely to exist for much of 2023. Given this view, Analytic Partners recommends that marketers, ".

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Allocadia

APRIL 2, 2019

After introducing Allocadia’s MPM platform, Hitachi found instances where unused marketing spend was left sitting which translated to missed opportunities. If data is not entered properly – or missing completely – it affects the global marketing budget and thus the entire business. Allocadia Investment Planning Summary.

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ClearVoice

JUNE 24, 2021

That’s why an overwhelming 90% of all companies and other organizations use content in their marketing plans, including 91% of B2B marketers and 86% of B2C marketers. Here's a look at the top content marketing statistics and trends and how you can make the most of them. Video content performance and ROI.

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The Marketing Blender

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In this situation, not only will the fractional CMO help develop a successful marketing strategy, but they’ll implement it, too. This team usually includes all the typical components of a marketing agency – content writers, designers, developers, digital marketing specialists, and more. Build a marketing budget.

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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. How content marketing leads to meaningful ROI. Where to increase your content spend.

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illumin

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

It involves the strategic planning, negotiation, and purchase of ad space and time on various media channels to reach a target audience effectively and, with the rise of digital advertising, media buying has evolved to include both traditional and digital channels. Media planning focuses on the strategic aspect of the campaign.

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Allocadia

JUNE 13, 2019

Let’s start with the annual budgeting and expense management process – what do CFOs expect from Marketing here? Marketing budget must be aligned to financial targets set by the company. The days of adding a line item called “Marketing” to a corporate budget are long gone.

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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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Brightedge

JULY 26, 2022

US influencer marketing spend is forecasted to reach $4.14 The Organic search channel is extremely valuable to influencer marketing initiatives, as they both underpin goals of reaching new audiences and generating attention and amplification, whether through links or shares. How Influencer Marketing Can Improve Your SEO.

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