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The rise of Peer-to-peer ABM

Strategic-IC

These organizations typically employed large Sales teams that targeted similarly large corporations. It was very much a Sales-led culture where Sales were the main interlocutor with the client - the guardian of the relationship, the educator - the oracle of all wisdom on the product they were selling. How companies buy.

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Integrate Sales and Marketing Software to Streamline Processes

Act-On

Technology can’t solve every problem between sales and marketing. But once you get aligned on the principles , sales and marketing software integrations can bring shared processes to life much easier. Use software as a tool to align sales and marketing departments. When the two platforms work together, magic happens.

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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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The Big Shift: How the Economy, AI, and Privacy are Changing Everything We Know About Marketing

Act-On

So let’s dive in — here’s what’s top-of-mind for these marketing leaders, along with some sage advice for their peers. As organizations tighten budgets and headcount, marketers tend to experience those downstream impacts as longer sales cycles and lower conversion rates. Marketing — in this economy?

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The Impact of Peer Engagement on The Customer Buying Journey

Vision Edge Marketing

Most business leaders and Marketing and Sales professionals today understand the impact that peer reviews and stories make on the customer bying journey, including the B2B purchase journey. This trend has certainly added more twists and turns to the buying process. Peer Influence and its Effects on the B2B Buying Process.

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Executive Insights: A Marketing Transformation Conversation with CMO Advisor Kathleen Schaub

Marketing Insider Group

While in SAP Global Marketing we launched several thought leadership efforts, and one of the analyst partners I leveraged was IDC, and specifically their CMO Advisory Service. Kathleen recently retired from IDC after a long and distinguished career in marketing, including being a head of marketing and a CMO.

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Top 5 B2B CMO Actions to Strengthen Marketing Relevance

Heinz Marketing

CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) tenures have often shrunk to 2 years while B2B marketing has morphed away from a function responsible for events, creatives, and messaging that pushes product or service messages to drive awareness with prospects and customers. The CMO should partner closely with key functional peers.

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