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Is the Role of the B2B CMO Past Its Prime? Or Is It Just in Need of Some Re-positioning around Go-to-market Leadership?

ANNUITAS

There is perhaps no more challenging role in the C-suite than that of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) within a B2B organization. While the data on average tenure for CMOs changes each year, the consistent trend is that – among the C-suite – CMOs typically have some of the shortest tenure, well shorter than CEOs, CFOs and CIOs.

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CMO Perspective: Using B2B Data & Data Types for Audience Segmentation

SalesIntel

It groups customers based on data such as business size (by the number of employees or annual revenue), company location (whether it’s San Francisco or rural Kentucky), industry (by NAICS or SIC), or job title (manager, VP, CEO), etc. A well-defined, quantifiable ICP will keep the leads coming in like a well-oiled machine.

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What Do You Sell, Who Do You Sell It To and Why Everyone Has to Have The Same Answer

ViewPoint

How to define a lead and gain agreement is the first of 7 Truths about Sales and Marketing that CEOs need to know. Marketing was creating opportunities for $10,000 deals while sales was only interested in those valued $1 million plus. All because the CEO did not insist on a common definition of a lead. Define what a lead is.

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Should Companies Manage Their Employees’ LinkedIn Profiles?

Marketing Craftmanship

LinkedIn has become an important business channel, not only for individuals to showcase their professional credentials, but also for companies seeking to promote their value proposition and to establish or manage brand awareness. High Street Partners (HSP) is the leading professional advisory firm in the international expansion space.

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5 Ways for Marketers to Overcome the Analytics Hurdle

LeadsRX

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. That leads to mental fatigue and a tendency to revert to assumption-based decision-making. Poor Data Quality.

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List Buying: 3 reasons why this tactic can be deadly for marketers

markempa

Flood a certain ZIP or SIC code with a cleverly designed message. Wait for the leads to pour in. In fact, a couple of weeks ago, one of the members of the B2B Lead Roundtable group on LinkedIn asked: “I am looking for input on lead purchasing. It must offer, in response to that engagement, something she’ll value.

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