accelerate agency

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The job of the CMO is arguably the most difficult in the C-suite. The average CMO lasts just 20 months, so they have to move fast to make an impact. At its basic level, the role of the CMO is to define its company’s strategic direction. Is your GTM strategy ready?

Marketing Budget 52

Marketing Budget CMO Enterprise Management Marketing Analytics Tools 52

accelerate agency

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The job of the CMO is arguably the most difficult in the C-suite. The average CMO lasts just 20 months, so they have to move fast to make an impact. At its basic level, the role of the CMO is to define its company’s strategic direction. Is your GTM strategy ready?

Marketing Budget 52

Marketing Budget CMO Enterprise Management Marketing Analytics Tools 52

accelerate agency

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The job of the CMO is arguably the most difficult in the C-suite. The average CMO lasts just 20 months, so they have to move fast to make an impact. The marketing industry, too, has become increasingly complex over the past two decades, and the CMO’s role has grown exponentially. . GTM strategy best practices.

Marketing Budget 52

Marketing Budget CMO Enterprise Management Marketing Analytics Tools 52

Lead Liaison

JANUARY 10, 2023

Determining ROI on events: Why are you operating blind? In fact, it is a piece of information that is readily available to them if they would just ask this simple question of their CEO, CFO, CMO, or owner of the company. The post Determining ROI on events: Why are you operating blind? So, what is this question?

Lead Liaison 98

Lead Liaison ROI Lead Capture Marketing Automation Services 98

The Marketing Blender

MAY 4, 2021

Our Services. The how and why of marketing ROI. You’ve probably heard the term thrown around a lot: ROI. But how do you really know if your marketing efforts are successful? It’s not always easy to calculate but getting an accurate read on your revenue ratios is the best path to understanding your marketing ROI.

ROI 97

ROI Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 97

KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 7, 2021

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. And unfortunately, only about half of demand generation marketers are using personas.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Marketing Budget 236

B2B Marketing Analytics

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Among the most interesting trends shaping the modern marketing function is the rise of a new breed of the CMOs called the “Revenue CMO”. The role of the CMO has undergone a radical shift especially in B2B technology companies, which are driving the revolution of this new breed of the CMOs.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2016

According to Gartner, by 2017 the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) will spend more on IT than the CIO. Validating the increase in spending on marketing technology, such as marketing automation and social media management, will require an even more specific understanding of each tool’s ROI. Aligned Goals. Focused KPIs.

Budget Programs 104

Budget Programs ROI Marketing Automation Services Marketing Budget 104

Digilant

OCTOBER 21, 2021

As a result, diversifying media budgets to keep your brand in front of audiences everywhere is critical. . The CMO’s Chase for Perfection. . In today’s environment, CMOs have to be nearly perfect when it comes to marketing spend management. Future-Proofing Your Marketing Strategy. .

ROI 52

ROI Marketing Budget Practices Allocation 52

Terminus

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

For brand marketers, previously measured on nearly impossible to quantify metrics like impressions and visibility, this is a new challenge. In contrast, digital and demand gen marketers are nearly always responsible for pushing small (or large) marketing budgets to do more. What kind of budget does the department have?

CMO 29

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Marketers must stop looking for a magic “predictable ROI” formula and embrace marketing’s complex realities, says Kathleen Schaub, an expert on modernizing marketing organizations. Schaub, a former tech CMO, led IDC’s CMO Advisory practice for nine years. Investors not accountants. Get MarTech!

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Conference ROI Terms and Conditions Planning 91

KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

As detailed in coverage earlier this year, CMO’s remain committed to growing their investment in social media. The CMO Survey Highlights and Insights Report”, published in February 2017, found that even though B2B CMO’s currently spend 10.5 Furthermore, B2B CMO’s foresee social media spending rising to 18.5

Social Media 193

Social Media Marketing Budget B2B Thought Leadership Media 193

Martech

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Even more concerning is the marketing technology landscape may be headed towards a “killing field,” as Larry Ellison once described the software industry during the dot-com bubble. As a vendor, many of us have seen our clients’ marketing budgets slashed in 2023.

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Marketing Management Marketing Budget Budget Programs Vendors 108

KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 17, 2019

It’s that time of year again: As 2019 comes to a close, marketing teams are gearing up to outline their 2020 strategy. For many, creating a new year’s strategy starts by looking back at the previous one. Which strategies worked and which didn’t? Start With the Right Strategy. Don’t know where to start?

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Statistics Marketing Budget Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy 157

Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 26, 2021

The challenges we are facing have changed how we communicate with consumers and market our products and services. How can chief marketing officers empower their organizations to remain nimble in changing times? Without the right strategies, businesses can quickly sink into an inescapable abyss (AKA go out of business).

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Organization Planning Marketing Budget Terms and Conditions 355

6sense

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Editor’s Note: CMO Coffee Talk is an open space for more than 1,300 CMOs to come together weekly with their peers and discuss timely, crowd-sourced topics. Matt Heinz of Heinz Marketing co-hosts these dynamic, illuminating conversations with 6sense CMO Latané Conant. . Think Beyond Budget . Create vs. Buy.

CMO 62

CMO Peer-to-peer Budget Programs Organization 62

Litmus

JANUARY 26, 2021

At some point in your email marketing career (if you haven’t already), you’ll go through the rite of passage that is migrating email service providers (ESP) or marketing automation platforms (MAP). Your new CMO or other marketing leader wants to move to a new platform. The post New CMO. That’s HUGE.

CMO 78

CMO Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services Marketing Budget Creation 78

Martech

OCTOBER 28, 2022

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. Rapid changes in the advertising industry also contribute to marketer overwhelm. “ Evaluating ROI/ROAS.

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Paid Content Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency SMB 134

Content Standard

JULY 14, 2021

Each offers a unique set of product and service packages, industry specialties, and track records. As you weigh potential partners against one another, it’s also worth looking from a macro level: how each option fits with your organization’s overarching marketing goals, most pressing areas of need, and content marketing budget.

Advertising Agencies 136

Advertising Agencies Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 136

KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 8, 2015

As we wind down 2015, marketing budgets and planning for the new year begin to take focus. Hopefully, the performance metrics associated with your organization’s marketing programs have yielded success and validation for tactics proposed at the beginning of the year. Mobile Marketing. Marketing Technology.

Marketing Budget Creation 120

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Budget Programs Enterprise Management 120

Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 29, 2019

I recently hosted our latest invite-only CMO Roundtable in Seattle. We partnered with Allocadia and our topic focused on Finance and Marketing Alignment with the CFO and CMO. Chris Pick , CMO from Apptio and Samantha Bannister , VP of Finance and Operations from Allocadia were the panelists who provided valuable insights.

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CMO Marketing Attribution Work Management Marketing Budget 67

Envy

APRIL 29, 2018

Most companies do not and therefore the result is bland messaging and marketing tools that do not mean much to anyone. The graveyard masses of unqualified leads that will never convert - cluttering your CRM, reflecting a chunk of wasted marketing budget - is a scene no CMO needs. This requires talent in itself.

CMO 83

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 14, 2020

But marketing, in many organizations, is stuck in the past. They overwhelmingly blame their CMO. A study from the Fournaise Marketing Group found 80 percent of CEOs don’t trust their CMOs. There’s no return on investment (ROI) with these vanity projects. Image: Marketing in the Midst of Disruption.

Paid Content 291

Paid Content Ad Frequency Paid Search Agency Marketing Budget 291

Content Standard

JULY 1, 2022

We entered 2022 with marketing budgets finally climbing back from the pandemic’s record lows to an average of 9.5% Some CMOs I’ve recently spoken with are preparing for budget cuts as high as 30%. Consider that for a second: Your brand experience is as important to buyers as your products and services.

Marketing Budget 115

Marketing Budget Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Marketing Budget Creation 115

B2B Digital Marketer

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

There are, however, some marketers who do not get every event right. Event marketers of the future must stay ahead of the event marketing game in order to succeed. What is the best way to do it? In this episode, Jonathan Kazarian points out some of the top mistakes event marketers make and shows you how to avoid them.

Marketing Budget 52

Marketing Budget Marketing & Strategy B2B Multi-Channel 52

Sprout Social

MAY 3, 2023

The role of chief marketing officer (CMO) is changing dramatically. When I think about marketing leaders in my networks and our customers—whether it’s B2C or B2B—our roles encompass so much more than bringing awareness to our brand and positioning. For example, you may allocate your budget accordingly.

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Allocation Peer-to-peer Marketing Budget Work Management 96

SmartBug Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Preparing for a marketing presentation for your Board of Directors is an important part of being a successful Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)—particularly in a year when, across multiple industries, marketing needs to showcase their return on investment. Two things to keep in mind: ROI calculation: Check out these formulas.

Allocation 64

Allocation Sales Qualified Leads CMO Marketing Budget 64

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

I worked with Deanna Ransom , Televerde’s Global Head of Marketing and Marketing Services and Chairperson of Diversity and Inclusion for many years in SAP North American Field Marketing. Q: Fred, why is marketing analytics so important as we move into planning our 2021 strategies.

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Planning Analytics Enterprise Management Work Management 323

ClickZ

AUGUST 29, 2020

30-second summary: As of August, nearly 42% of marketers reported decreasing marketing budgets. Interestingly, 33% of marketing budgets are allocated to marketing technology. 44% of CMOs experienced mid-year budget cuts with 11% expecting significant budget cuts. Reducing media buying.

Planning 118

Planning Marketing Budget Creation Allocation Peer-to-peer 118

Martech

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Every CMO I’ve talked with in the past two years is hungry for talent, but they haven’t had the budget to staff up. While 61% of CMOs report they lack the in-house capabilities to deliver their strategy, spending on in-house labor remained static, per Gartner’s 2022 CMO Spend survey. .

Work Management 108

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Budget Budget Programs 108

KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Content marketing can be a powerful way to build a foundation for your overall marketing strategy, create lead generation opportunities, and engage with your target audience. So it’s critical to take the time to create a strong content marketing strategy that can deliver relevant content to your audience.

Budget Programs 206

Budget Programs Marketing Budget Creation Statistics Allocation 206

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

They are now looking for quantifiable answers to these questions: What, or when, is the return of investment (ROI)? How much is marketing contributing to revenue? As a CMO or director of digital marketing, you can use a handful of B2B marketing metrics to answer them. Qualified Lead Rate.

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Cost per Lead ROMI CPL Churn Rate 259

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 9, 2020

Even larger companies need to cut corners when it comes to their marketing budget. Just because you’re with a large company doesn’t mean that you have an unlimited budget for content marketing. Outsource production and automate distribution to boost your ROI. Start with a Content Marketing Audit.

Marketing Budget Creation 268

Marketing Budget Creation Paid Social Agency Paid Search Agency Cost 268

GrowPowerful

APRIL 20, 2023

As a founder, you may feel overwhelmed trying to manage all aspects of your business, including (and sometimes especially)marketing. The good news is there's an innovative solution that can help your startup thrive without breaking the bank: fractional marketing leadership.

Paid Search Agency 52

Paid Search Agency Efficiency Work Management Companies 52

Martech

MARCH 2, 2023

Boards and the C-suite expect CMOs to lead the way to profitable growth in 2023 despite various macroeconomic pressures manifesting into the “ triple squeeze ,” making everything more expensive. As a forecaster , to predict the outcome that raising or lowering marketing budgets will have on marketing’s contribution to the overall budget.

Marketing Mix 102

Marketing Mix Marketing Attribution Lead Ranking Planning 102

Golden Spiral

APRIL 1, 2022

The average tenure for a CMO has fallen further, to just 40 months , the shortest in the C-Suite. The Changing Role of the CMO. The Impact of Marketing Automation on Marketing and Sales. The Data-Driven CMO. The second change propelling a new world order for B2B sales and marketing is the dawn of the digital CMO.

Top of Funnel 62

Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Work Management Paid Content 62

SmartBug Media

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Channel marketing is a strategy businesses can use by working with third parties to take your products or services to a larger audience. It helps organizations to quickly go to market and scale no matter what size an organization is. In this article, we’ll highlight the value add of channel marketing for CMOs.

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Advertising Channels Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Marketing Budget 64