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5 CMO tips to transform marketing operations from killer to dream fulfiller

Martech

That once-in-a-lifetime genius marketing idea hits that will enrapture customers and slay your KPIs. As the firm’s newly appointed CMO, you need a breakthrough. The best CMOs balance creativity with marketing ops constraints and partner with rather than dictate to this vital team.

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4 digital marketing pain points SMBs face today by Microsoft Advertising

Martech

Tight budgets and scrappy teams require innovation at every level — from the Founder and CMO, e-commerce Marketing Director to VP of Marketing, Social Media Director to Paid Search Strategist. Employees can help define the company vision. A challenging digital marketing world. Content creation.

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Martech budgets 2020: Increasing, varied investment, volume

ClickZ

Key findings include: 54% of marketers think martech budgets will increase next year. Many marketers (39%, the largest group) report spending 10-25% of their marketing budgets on martech. Top choices of types of martech where people plan to invest in the next year are email, automation, and social media.

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47 Superb Social Media Marketing Stats and Facts

Webbiquity

Image credit: The CMO Survey. Top executives: social media marketing is for thee, but not for me. 84% of CEOs and VPs say they use social media to help make purchasing decisions. And yet—only 27% of top companies said their C-level executives were actively engaged in social media last year, down 20% from the peak in 2012.

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How to solve the top content creation challenges in B2B content marketing

Sword and the Script | B2B

The top problem in content creation probably comes from the fact that too many B2B marketers haven’t had a single conversation with a customer Most B2B marketers (57%) say creating the right content for their audience is their top content creation challenge in content marketing.

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THE HACKIES: How leading marketing executives tackle martech

chiefmartech

For marketing executives and their teams, building an effective marketing technology stack is a daunting prospect. ” When building your stack, an effective strategy includes several considerations: The company’s business goals. Once you are beyond the core platforms (marketing automation, CRM, CMS, etc.),

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The Seven Needs of a Content-Centric Marketing Organization

Content Standard

Gone are the days when the content marketer was the enfant terrible of the marketing department. These days, our rebel with a cause is wearing fancy suits and golfing with the CMO. But there’s no doubt that the bounds of content marketing are stretching each year. Well, maybe not quite. Status Quo: Silo City.