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B2B Demand Generation Best Practices: 10 Proven Ways to Improve Your Results

KoMarketing Associates

A few B2B marketing strategies did particularly well in 2020, and demand generation was one of them. For the marketers who were able to pivot quickly, many B2B demand generation best practices helped to ease the pain of 2020. So B2B demand generation has gained influence thanks to the pandemic.

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Why you don’t need a CMO… yet

Martech

However, most likely, you don’t need a CMO. There are plenty of reasons to hold off on hiring an in-house CMO, ranging from the effect on your bottom line to a CMO’s inability to build successful marketing efforts without an established sales cycle to extrapolate from — let alone a team to build out content and campaigns.

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The New Role of the Modern CMO

Sage Marketing

In the dynamic world of B2B marketing, the role of a Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) has undergone a profound evolution. Traditionally, CMOs were tasked with responsibilities centered around branding and demand generation. Determine your target audience and product or service offerings. How can we disrupt the market?

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Digital Connections 2.0: Interview with Nick Webb, CMO, CloudPay

Modern B2B

The other thing that compounds it is that marketing tech tends to be non-core to the business, so it’s unclear if it sits with the CMO or the CTO. As you go through a budgeting process, there’s a proportion allocated to demand generation, maybe another pot for brand awareness. And then you’ve got systems investment.

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Executive Insights: Account-Based Marketing (ABM) with Eric Martin of SAP Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

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. We have come a long way from the “one-size-fits-all” and “spray-and-pray” marketing tactics of the past.

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Make Each Dollar Count: How to Maximize Marketing Budget in 2024

Oktopost

Research your market The 2023 CMO Survey found that marketing budgets account for more than 10% of their organization’s total budget , and contribute to about 9% of their organization’s revenue. Focus on understanding their needs, preferences, and perceptions related to your products or services.

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Chief Revenue Officer – Friend or Foe to the CMO?

Ledger Bennett

So in principle, the CRO should be a great ally to both the CMO and Sales Director, because their aim is simply to help make your departments even more effective. As a result, the CRO can easily justify push back on any involvement in activity that doesn’t have a direct impact on revenue generation. The CMO is usually not so fortunate.

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