Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 17, 2023

Over the years, we’ve read (and written) some of the best marketing articles, making our judgment pretty great when it comes to determining value. The best marketing articles are not only chock-full of valuable insight, but they also stand the test of time. 25 Best Marketing Articles No time to sift through Google SERPs?

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Marketing budgets as a percentage of revenue fell in 20201 to “their lowest level in recent history,” analyst firm Gartner reported in The State of Marketing Budgets 2021. Budgets were almost cut in half, falling from 11% in 2020 to 6.4% CMOs are having to square the circle this year. Why we care.

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Marketri

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Episode #4: The Future of Outsourced Marketing Departments In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, marketing departments are undergoing significant transformations. The need to compete, increasing specialization in marketing , and various other factors are driving this evolution.

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The Marketing Blender

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Our Services. What is a fractional CMO? If you’re thinking about outsourcing some (or all) of your marketing responsibilities, you may have stumbled upon fractional CMO services. What is a fractional CMO, how are they different from a marketing agency, and how can they support your business?

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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. Read on to learn more about: What does a SaaS chief marketing officer do on a regular basis?

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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. Read on to learn more about: What does a SaaS chief marketing officer do on a regular basis?

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Continuing to navigate the “next normal” world, marketing and GTM teams have been under new pressures due to inflation, talent shortages, slowing economic conditions, possible renewed COVID restrictions, and the digital transformation hangover. The companies range from mid-market startups to large public enterprise companies.

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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.

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Martech

MARCH 31, 2022

You finished your best singing-in-the-shower rendition of Ed Sheeran’s “Shivers” when BAM! 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. CMOs can learn from Jobs. Was it your bathrobe?

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 26, 2021

The challenges we are facing have changed how we communicate with consumers and market our products and services. The importance of marketing has increased for most businesses. Marketers are more optimistic than ever before. More marketers are beginning to implement AI and machine learning. Make Short-Term Plans.

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Martech

MAY 13, 2024

Marketing technology spending fell this year, reaching its lowest level in a decade, according to a new Gartner report. of the marketing budget, down from about 25.4% in 2023, according to Gartner’s 2024 CMO Spend Survey. Meanwhile, CMOs are clearly prioritizing media spend as they seek to drive revenue growth.”

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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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Meerkat Marketing

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Virtual Chief Marketing Officers (Virtual CMO) are becoming increasingly popular as many businesses struggle to understand how they should be marketing during the pandemic. . A Strategic Marketer at a Fraction of the Cost. Added Expertise and Mentorship for Junior Resources.

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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. The job of a digital marketing decision-maker within an SMB can be challenging— from the long hours to shifting budget priorities.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2017

It’s planning season, marketers. Gartner recently found that marketing budgets are beginning to recede, dropping from their peak (12.1% According to Gartner, the drop is due in part to marketing leaders being too distracted by tactics and execution. Is marketing pulling its weight? What did we get for this spend?

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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. That’s HUGE. Warm up your new IP address(es).

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Content Standard

JULY 14, 2021

Once your content marketing needs outgrow your internal capacity, it’s time to start looking for outside help. Before you kick off your search for the perfect content marketing partner, though, your business must first look within itself to understand its marketing goals and needs.

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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. It is that time in the year again. Demand Generation.

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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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Choozle

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Jumping out of a plane, throwing the first pitch at a baseball game, or climbing all the 14ers in Colorado might be more daunting than creating a marketing budget. But, as a marketer, I can’t think of anything more unnerving than creating your very first marketing budget. How do I show what’s working?

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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. . Making the Case for Brand Investments .

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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.

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Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Marketing planning season is here for the top performing B2B marketers. Yes, just one month into Q4 the most proactive B2B marketers are starting their 2019 planning process. I also know a lot of B2B marketers don’t start planning until late January simply because corporate objectives aren’t finalized and budgets aren’t set.

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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

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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.

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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.

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Martech

APRIL 29, 2024

If you thought tech’s post-COVID letdown, marked by higher interest rates, widespread layoffs and consolidation, would put an end to marketers’ “shiny object syndrome,” it looks like you were wrong. For a lot of marketers, especially in the B2B sector, that time is not now. Having adequate resources was also cited as a challenge.

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Martech

APRIL 5, 2023

As marketers, we know what this means. When times get tough, marketing budgets get cut. We also know businesses that keep investing in email marketing are better off when the economy improves. Besides my own recommendations, I also asked five other email experts for their best advice for recession-proof email marketing.

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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.

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Launch Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

Finding the ideal candidate for a VP of Marketing role is an ongoing challenge for B2B executive leaders. Marketing is a rapidly evolving field, necessitating a candidate who has a unique blend of skills and leadership qualities to thrive in today’s competitive digital landscape.

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The Marketing Blender

MAY 4, 2021

Our Services. The how and why of marketing 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. These are called “marketing qualified leads” or MQLs.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 7, 2019

Companies are allocating large sums of their marketing budgets for technology investments that promise to make their teams more productive and the business more profitable. But when it comes to marketing automation there is a whole lot more to it than just setting up emails and social media posts to be sent out on a scheduled time.

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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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B2B Digital Marketer

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

How to avoid common mistakes and stay ahead in the B2B event marketing game. Increasingly, companies are seeking ways to stand out from the crowd, and event marketing is an excellent starting point. There are, however, some marketers who do not get every event right. What is the best way to do it? Memorable Quotes.

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The Marketing Blender

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Our Services. How to calculate and allocate your marketing budget for the next fiscal year in 2020. Tips for planning next year’s marketing budget before the end of this quarter. In Q4, two different phenomena hit marketing departments—either belts get tightened or a “use it or lose it” mentality takes hold.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 7, 2020

There’s no one solution that fits all, but we asked six leading agencies to share their best advice about effectively growing their business, building stronger client-agency relationships and increasing client retention throughout the year and into 2021. – Beth Ryan, CMO, RyTech LLC. Innovate around client needs.

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Vision Edge Marketing

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In business, the purpose of a budget is to ensure our organizations have enough resources to meet its objectives. The use of sub-accounts is the most common approach to budgeting and is used to separate funds for different expenses. The best place to start is to understand the purpose of a budget.

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