Vision Edge Marketing

APRIL 19, 2018

Investment in Marketing Technology (Martech) remains strong based on the Gartner CMO 2017-2018 spend survey which found that Marketing leaders are allocating 22% of their expense budget to martech. Every touchpoint should reflect that you value your customers and that you understand the world they are living in.

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chiefmartech

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Aside from the anecdotal evidence that I frequently hear on LinkedIn and Twitter threads, Gartner’s most recent Marketing Technology Survey frames the problem quantitatively: on average, the 324 enterprise marketing technology leaders they surveyed reported that only 42% of their martech capabilities are being used.

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6sense

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Editor’s note: This article is a part of a series recapping the sessions from the 2021 Empowered CMO retreat. The Empowered CMO Network is a community of women elevating women and the role of the CMO through open, authentic, and inspiring connections. Chief Market Officers are at an important moment in our evolution.

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Mereo

MARCH 21, 2024

Around three-quarters of B2B buyers consider their last purchase difficult or complex ( Gartner ). They fail to provide consistent value touchpoints on relevant channels along the buying journey. This one example goes to show: Overall B2B buying has gotten more complicated.

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The Customer

JUNE 22, 2021

More specifically, though 82% of respondents said their firms are trying to collect more types of customer data , 61% went on to admit that capturing and making sense of digital customer data is difficult for them and 55% said understanding customers across all touchpoints and lifecycle stages is challenging. The CMO Balancing Act.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 7, 2017

In this new world, the “ Engagement Economy ,” everyone and everything is connected through more channels and touchpoints than ever before. Hear Gartner’s 8 Commandments for Strategic Dashboard Design— Martin Kihn, Research VP, Gartner for Marketing Leaders, Gartner. Frustrated by Your Marketing Dashboard?

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 11, 2015

Of course, with a staggering amount of technology available to marketers ( 1,876 vendors as of Scott Brinker’s latest count ,) and Gartner’s predictions that the CMO will spend more on IT than the CIO by 2017, it comes as no surprise that managing this technology took it’s place as a major responsibility in the survey.

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Engagio

APRIL 23, 2020

Practice Vice President, Gartner. CMO, Sendoso. CMO, TechTarget. CMO, MarvelMarketers. CMO, Lessonly. We’ve lost events as a channel altogether and we’re feeling the strain on email and digital – so each touchpoint must be measured through a lens of empathy, value, and timeliness.

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6sense

OCTOBER 26, 2021

A few years ago at an Empowered CMO retreat, things were looking a little grim for CMOs. We need to be obsessive about the experiences we provide at every touchpoint, and we need to optimize them based on the real buyer’s journey — not what we want it to be. In others, it was being eliminated altogether.

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chiefmartech

AUGUST 1, 2016

Creativity matters more — how you apply that technology in the service of brilliant and compelling campaigns, programs, and customer touchpoints. The last detailed information I had on CMT adoption was from 2014, when Gartner reported that 81% of big firms (more than $500 million in revenue) had a CMT.

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chiefmartech

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

When Gartner’s annual CMO Spend Survey for 2017-2018 came out last year, many people seized on the fact that the money CMOs allocated for marketing technology had dropped to 22% of their budget , on average, down from 27% the year before. To dismiss these top CMO priorities as a shallow techno-fetish is a mistake.

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chiefmartech

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

It’s from a new Gartner report, 4 Actions to Improve Martech ROI , and it reveals a pretty dramatic shift in ownership of martech responsibilities from marketing to IT. In the context of the evolving marketing/IT split, the question you’d want answered is: are those external services providers reporting to the CIO or the CMO?

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LeadsRX

JULY 19, 2021

Mid- and senior-level marketing managers couldn’t possibly go to their CMO – who in turn needs to convince the CFO, CRO and CEO – asking for more precious marketing dollars to spend to promote the business. Source: Gartner Marketing Data and Analytics Survey 2020, September 2020 (400 marketers surveyed).

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Terminus

MAY 23, 2019

Whether it’s your CMO, your head of sales, your CEO, or just that curious little reporting angel on your shoulder – we all want proof that our marketing is having an impact. According to Gartner, there are 9.6 The Need for Account-Centric Measurement. But how do you know it’s working. Show me a dashboard.”. You’ve been there.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

With dispersed environments as the norm, CMOs need to find new ways to keep teams in sync so they aren’t weighed down trying to manage brand positioning across touchpoints. By equipping teams to stay on-brand no matter the channel or context, CMOs can drive up customer and employee engagement while positioning the business for growth.

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Engagio

APRIL 20, 2020

Practice Vice President, Gartner. CMO, Sendoso. CMO, TechTarget. CMO, MarvelMarketers. CMO, Lessonly. Every touchpoint should be human-centered and the story you tell has to connect the dots between the pain they are experiencing right now and how your product is a must-have in helping them move forward.

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Litmus

AUGUST 3, 2021

A recent Gartner survey illustrates the current state of play, finding that marketing budgets as a percentage of revenue have fallen from 11% in 2020 to 6.4% in 2021 , their lowest level in the history of Gartner’s CMO Spend Survey. Oh, to dream big. The current state of marketing budgets and what to do.

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Martech Advisor

JANUARY 17, 2020

Last year, Gartner announced that 75% of the 244 organizations it surveyed across the globe increased their spending on CX technology. With so many channels in play, from brick-and-mortar to web and mobile, brands need a carefully articulated CX strategy that takes all of these touchpoints into account.

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Strategic-IC

OCTOBER 12, 2021

ABM is all about personalization.” - Alice de Courcy, CMO at Cognism. When embarking on ABM, it’s important to consider how every touchpoint can be tailored to an account’s specific needs and challenges. The modern customer journey also requires multiple touchpoints. Create an outstanding account experience.

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Engagio

APRIL 20, 2020

Practice Vice President, Gartner. CMO, Sendoso. CMO, TechTargeet. CMO, MarvelMarketers. CMO, Lessonly. Every touchpoint should be human-centered and the story you tell has to connect the dots between the pain they are experiencing right now and how your product is a must-have in helping them move forward. .

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Martech Advisor

MARCH 18, 2020

According to a recent CMO survey by Gartner, marketing technology consumed nearly a third of marketing budgets, making this segment the largest area of investment for marketing resources and programs. Based on the survey, CMOs spent an average of 25 percent of their marketing technology budget on three channels: search (11.2

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The ABM Agency

APRIL 30, 2023

As a CMO at a large B2B SaaS organization, you may be familiar with the concept of Account Based Marketing. Create Your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP): Develop a detailed profile of your ideal customer by analyzing existing customer data, industry trends, market research reports like those from Gartner, or other relevant sources.

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SnapApp

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Your ideal customers are on Facebookand LinkedIn, searching on Google, opening your competitor’s emails, attending events, watching webinars and engaging with brands across many different touchpoints. . Ideally, a prospect targeted by a multichannel marketing campaign would get a seamless experience across all the different touchpoints.

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Engagio

APRIL 29, 2018

Gartner began using the Hype Cycle in the 90s, and it can be applied to any new technology that earns a groundswell of activity and growth. Most CEOs don’t approach their CMO saying “do you want more budget and people to do this ABM thing?” ABM requires high-value, customized, valuable touchpoints.

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chiefmartech

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Essentially, our ability to assign a specific value to each touchpoint or event — often a paid ad view or click — contributing to a final business outcome or conversion. This would allow us to stop giving undeserved credit to the last or first campaign or touchpoint logged in the chosen system of record. What was it about?

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chiefmartech

OCTOBER 23, 2015

The experience-driven emphasis on quality across prospect touchpoints. Andy Hobsbawm , the CMO of IoT software platform EVRYTHNG, gave a really eye-opening presentation on what’s becoming possible — much faster than you might imagine — as consumer products of every kind become smart and connected. Supert smart advice.

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chiefmartech

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Gerry Murray , Research Manager of the CMO Advisory at IDC , will present Cognitive Marketing: The Rise of the Super Intelligent Marketer — will illuminate the new capabilities that “cognitive services” now offer marketers, leveraging data and artificial intelligence.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 15, 2020

Research from Gartner has revealed that not only does most of the buyers’ journey happen before the company is ever contacted; only 17% of the cumulative time a buyer puts into making a purchase will be spent meeting with potential suppliers. The 2020 CMO Survey reported that 14.5% It’s also a trend that continues to accelerate.

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Choozle

APRIL 30, 2024

According to Gartner’s 2023 CMO Spend and Strategy Survey , 25.6% While MTA focuses on pinpointing the effectiveness of individual touchpoints, MMM broadens the scope by delving into wider marketing dynamics, encompassing external variables.

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chiefmartech

DECEMBER 1, 2018

But now I’ve also got some great quantitative data to share with you, compliments of Gartner. Bryan Yeager and Anna Maria Virzi , two leading analysts in the marketing technology industry, recently produced the 2018 Gartner Marketing Technology Survey of 504 marketing leaders responsible for marketing technology decision-making.

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Martech Advisor

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Customer experience is the overall experience of a customer with a company or brand, across all touchpoints over the entire customer life cycle. Here’s what it includes: Pre purchase : Proactive information or assistance from the company across all customer touchpoints of interaction, whether online or offline.

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Single Grain

AUGUST 22, 2023

Content Marketing Institute ) 78% of Chief Marketing Officers (CMO) view custom content as the future of marketing. Gartner ) More than 30% of SaaS subscribers cancel their subscription within the first three months. Gitnux ) 74% of B2B marketers say providing value is the top factor in content marketing success.

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Martech

APRIL 22, 2022

The proven approach is more convergent in its practicality; it’s about creating integrated experiences across your prospects and customers’ preferred channels, a seamless experience encompassing online and offline touchpoints. I recently spoke with a CMO who wanted to add a CDP to the upcoming budget cycle. ” .

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chiefmartech

JANUARY 21, 2019

Well, there are effectively zero barriers to entry, with cheap cloud infrastructure, free open source foundations, and a seemingly unending stream of creative new tactics and touchpoints continually emerging in marketing’s domain. Technology and management consulting firms increasingly vie for the CMO’s ear.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

MARCH 11, 2024

About 48% of organizations that use an account-based strategy experienced a higher average win rate, according to Gartner. Marketing is usually the first touchpoint; through targeted campaigns, prospective buyers are pulled in via digital ads, physical promotions, webinars, and other marketing materials.

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ClickZ

DECEMBER 16, 2019

CMOs who can tap into and leverage data from across the enterprise will be able to boost customer engagement, reduce churn, and improve profitability – all by aligning with consumer values, and subsequently, designing personalized experiences for every touchpoint. But, CMOs first need a unified view of this data to monetize it.

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