DiscoverOrg

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Extending far beyond traditional marketing tactics, today’s CMO shoulders vast and complex responsibilities that now span technology, analytics, revenue and—above all—measurable impact. A longer-term goal might be to get better aligned with sales by integrating a specific cross-functional tool, or improving MQL conversion rates by X%.

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Envy

MARCH 25, 2019

In my experience, while the tools and tactics may have changed with the tides, the fundamentals have stayed the same. The crux of the problem is that new marketers are all too often taught only the marketing tools and tactics and are skipping over the classical marketing fundamentals. This is why. Tech didn’t kill classic marketing.

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Allocadia

APRIL 5, 2019

Many MOPS are holding themselves back by ONLY reporting on revenue contribution, or on the other hand, exclusively reporting at the tactical level. Terms like the “buyer’s journey,” marketing funnel stages, and labels like “MQL” and “SAL” are not always commonly understood to anyone outside of the marketing and sales function.

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The Mx Group

OCTOBER 9, 2018

For example, when your CMO asks you how the XYZ campaign is doing, she probably doesn’t want to see the click-through rate of every email. Campaign / Tactic Effectiveness. Some campaigns are designed specifically to increase awareness and might not generate MQLs, but they need to be analyzed in the same way as other campaigns.

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DemandBase

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Does your organization have a direct line of sight from MQL to closed won? We’ll share consumer case studies and implementation tactics that ensure your strategies scale easily, delight customers, and generate the data you need to assess program efficacy. Speaker: Randy Frisch President & CMO, Cofounder, Uberflip. #1

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Ledger Bennett

MARCH 11, 2019

Quick results are rarely sustainable – tactics and activities will be adopted that have limited ability to ever reach the scale desired, but may drive some initial results. TAKE THE DEMAND GENERATION MATURITY INDEX SURVEY NOW In fact, I can’t even count the number of times a CMO has pressured timescales.

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Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

This past week we kicked off a new series of CMO breakfasts across North America starting with Seattle and San Francisco. The topic: Let’s say in your next job, the CEO banished the venerable marketing qualified lead (MQL). The post Banish the MQL? By Matt Heinz , President & Founder of Heinz Marketing. Frighten you?

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ViewPoint

MAY 3, 2012

I recommend to you an enlightening archived roundtable on this topic at Focus.com, The CMO’s New Revenue Metrics. The cost-per-lead metric falls somewhere in the “Transactional/Tactical” to “Operational Efficiency” range. First, a quick word on the cost-per-lead approach: Cell B2: MQL KPIs.

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B2BMarketing.net

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Elevating ABM: Modern techniques for a changing world Next up, CMO of Demandbase, Jon Miller, discussed the evolution of marketing and outdated practices, and introduced an ABM playbook. They debated about some of the different approaches to Ai adoption in marketing including data-driven tactics and strategic planning.

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6sense

JANUARY 11, 2022

During a fun and illuminating breakout session at 6sense’s recent CMO Coffee Talk Retreat , more than 100 marketing leaders divided into eight groups, each tasked with unpacking important topics facing CMOs today. Group #1: What is the CMO of the Future? There’s no beginning or end to being a CMO,” one attendee said. .

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Velocity Partners

APRIL 16, 2024

The other day, I had the privilege of sitting down with Jon Miller, founder CEO of Marketo and Engagio and most recently CMO at B2B Go-to-Market powerhouse Demandbase. JM : Nearly every CMO is struggling to grow pipeline with budgets that are static at best. You can find the other five blogs in the series here. SW : Hi Jon.

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Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Specialties: Large Team Leadership, Lead / Demand Generation, Problem-Solving & Optimizing, Account Based Marketing (ABM), Business / Sales Development, Strategy & Analysis, Go-To-Market Strategy, International Marketing, Tactical Execution, Marketing Mix Integration, Start-Up organization, Growth, Turn-arounds, and Operations.

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Full Circle Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

When marketing teams create leads and monitor their progress through the funnel inside the platform the sales team also uses, marketing can identify issues at critical points, such as MQL-to-SAL conversions, and address any problems to expedite lead progress through the funnel. Building a Solid Case for Attribution to the CMO.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 8, 2023

The CMO Council recently found that only 12% of marketers believe they have content marketing engines that are strategically programmed to target the right audiences with relevant and persuasive content to engage across channels and perpetually. Let’s just make ANY inquiry an MQL right away! If so, you’re not alone. Dismal, right?

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Envy

JANUARY 11, 2018

Expert Tip: As you’re setting your KPIs, sit down with your sales team to set clear parameters as to what qualifies as lead, MQL and SQL. But to get you started, here are some of the basic KPIs which most CMOs would want to keep an eye on. #1: that is great news for every CMO. What marketing KPIs should you keep track of?

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Single Grain

AUGUST 17, 2021

The vice president (VP) of marketing is a director-level marketing expert who directly reports to the president, director of marketing , chief marketing officer ( CMO ), or the chief executive officer (CEO) of the company. VP of Marketing vs. CMO vs. Marketing Director. What Is a VP of Marketing? Knowledge of market research.

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6sense

DECEMBER 10, 2021

CMO Casey Carey shared how Kazoo reimagined its demand-capture strategy to drive significantly higher account engagement, conversions, and win rates. 63pp MQL quality. 70% 4Q21 MQLs YoY. Its revenue team knew that MQLs, arbitrary target account selection, and lead-based approaches weren’t working anymore. .

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Engagio

OCTOBER 1, 2018

For the 3rd year in a row, top CEOs and CMOs assembled to give you an inside view on “what’s worked” and “what hasn’t worked” for them so that you are equipped to leverage ABM to transform your business and win the hearts of your customers!

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Aberdeen

JANUARY 15, 2019

Not every company can roll out the necessary predictive platform, strategy, tactics, personpower, and expertise. And that’s why we do what we do, because not every organization is prepared or able to surmount the limits of intent data. We also provide the intent data itself and the context, too.

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Outgrow

AUGUST 18, 2022

Becoming a function of the market: skills to hone to emerge as a top CMO. About our guest: Sydney is a CMO, board advisor, and thought leader who has held senior leadership positions in product marketing, operations, field marketing, partner marketing, business development, and customer experience. About our host: .

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6sense

AUGUST 29, 2021

We hear from marketers pretty regularly who really do believe in the value of an account-based approach — and are perhaps even employing some ABM tactics — but just don’t know how to fully flip that switch. 6sense CMO Latane? In her book, No Forms. No Cold Calls. And that alone is a good indicator that they’re using the wrong data.

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Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Our guest this time was Ryan Bonnici , CMO at G2 Crowd. He is the new CMO at G2 Crowd. However, I think CEOs potentially don’t understand how to leverage their CMO and their director of Coms or the director of PR properly. But there’s definitely a lot of strategies and tactics that are still very applicable today.

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Allocadia

APRIL 23, 2019

But this data takes time to compile, and when the CMO calls asking for a marketing plan in two weeks, it can cause major fire drills. Truth 3 : Your goal is to help your CMO make decisions more easily. Here are the stakeholders that will care about these results: CMO. Metrics for Planning: Tactical Results. Marketing Ops.

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Allocadia

JUNE 20, 2018

But this data takes time to compile, and when the CMO calls asking for a marketing plan in two weeks, it can cause major fire drills. Truth 3 : Your goal is to help your CMO make decisions more easily. Here are the stakeholders that will care about these results: CMO. Metrics for Planning: Tactical Results. Marketing Ops.

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Metadata

DECEMBER 8, 2021

So you’re up to speed on the difference between ABM and demand gen tactics , you’ve launched a couple of campaigns , and leads are starting to trickle in. And most sales teams want their marketing teams focused on sourcing new deals, not running tactics that just help them claim attribution on revenue that would inevitably close anyway.

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Full Circle Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In the Gartner CMO Spend Survey , nearly 70% said they expected to increase martech investments over the next 12 months. Another point in favor of more CMO-CIO collaboration: there’s evidence that it increases revenue. CMOs and CIOs: Stronger Together in the Digital Age. Building a Solid Case for Attribution to the CMO.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Each of them shared the latest in strategy development, tactics, solutions, and the tech stack. This doesn’t mean that inbound processes and inbound SDRs will go away; it just means you will need to supplement your inbound, MQL-focused efforts with targeted, account-based sales outreach. Bringing Your ABM to Life with Video.

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chiefmartech

MARCH 30, 2017

The following is a guest article by Sangram Vajre , co-founder and CMO of Terminus , founder of the #FlipMyFunnel movement, and author of Account-Based Marketing For Dummies. Gartner predicts that 2017 will be the year the CMO will outspend the CIO in terms of technology infrastructure.

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Full Circle Insights

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Rumors that the CMO role is going the way of the dodo bird have been circulating for years. Talk of the role’s imminent extinction ramped up considerably in 2019 when the CMOs of three major brands—McDonald’s, Uber, and Johnson & Johnson— stepped down and were not replaced.

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Full Circle Insights

JULY 9, 2020

When it comes to velocity, smaller is better and Chart D shows a nice trend of much faster times from MQL to Closed/Won. Building a Solid Case for Attribution to the CMO. Top 10 Reports Your CMO Wants from Digital Marketing. MQL vs Revenue-Based Demand Planning. Ultimate CMO Board Package Reference Guide.

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Full Circle Insights

MAY 20, 2022

Building a Solid Case for Attribution to the CMO. Research Brief: Marketing ROI: Adapting ROI Concepts For B2B Tactic Or Program Evaluation. Research Brief: Marketing ROI: Adapting ROI Concepts For B2B Tactic Or Program Evaluation. Top 10 Reports Your CMO Wants from Digital Marketing. MQL vs Revenue-Based Demand Planning.

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Full Circle Insights

JANUARY 28, 2021

Building a Solid Case for Attribution to the CMO. Top 10 Reports Your CMO Wants from Digital Marketing. MQL vs Revenue-Based Demand Planning. Ultimate CMO Board Package Reference Guide. Economic Uncertainty Is Resurrecting the CMO Role. CMOs: Now More than Ever. Got CMO Skills? ABM Success Metrics.

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Full Circle Insights

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

A Gartner CMO spend survey found that 68% expect to increase martech investments in the coming months. But will CMOs consult with their CIO before buying a new martech solution? Steps Toward Building a Great CMO-CIO Relationship. So, how can CMOs reach out? Building a Solid Case for Attribution to the CMO.

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SnapApp

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Triblio | CMO. . . Orbit Media | CMO. . . Phizzle | CMO. . . 2: Once they have clarity around those shared metrics, they can work to develop specific strategies and tactics tailored to their particular business. 1: Marketing and Sales must come to an agreement on the definition of a marketing qualified lead (MQL).

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Full Circle Insights

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In recent years, high-profile companies have eliminated the CMO role, indirectly fueling more speculation about marketing’s future. Have overarching strategies and detailed tactics to drive growth, including recommendations on new product development. Building a Solid Case for Attribution to the CMO.

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Heinz Marketing

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

He shares some keys to helping make sure that operational alignment happens on a day to day tactical level. What are some keys to helping make sure that operational alignment happens on a day to day tactical level? Kevin: We’ve moved very far beyond our marketing’s producing MQL and sales, the same as MQL, are no good.

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Full Circle Insights

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Building a Solid Case for Attribution to the CMO. Top 10 Reports Your CMO Wants from Digital Marketing. MQL vs Revenue-Based Demand Planning. Ultimate CMO Board Package Reference Guide. Economic Uncertainty Is Resurrecting the CMO Role. CMOs: Now More than Ever. Got CMO Skills? ABM Success Metrics.

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