Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

As a CMO or director of digital marketing, you can use a handful of B2B marketing metrics to answer them. ARPA is essential if you want an exact average income, especially when you change the pricing. The ARPA helps reveal trends in account contraction and expansion, assess pricing plans, and identify how ARPA is changing.

Cost per Lead 258

Cost per Lead ROMI CPL Churn Rate 258

ViewPoint

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Who is teaching the CMO how to sell? Let’s see what is causing this role re-alignment and how the CMO is learning these new skills, specifically sales. The typical CMO in a larger enterprise has been in marketing most, if not all, of their professional career. So how can today’s CMO gain these new skills?

CMO 120

CMO Marketing Automation Services Disintermediation Demand Generation Agencies 120

Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 8, 2023

How Do B2B SaaS Companies Determine Pricing? Report] 43 percent of software as a service (SaaS) leaders have said that they use competitive analysis for pricing research, with 34 percent turning to feedback from existing customers, while 14 percent utilize previous market research, according to newly-published B2B survey data.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The list of questions below should help you and your team to get started: Explore DAM solutions from vendors like Acquia, Widen, Cloudinary, MediaValet and more in the full MarTech Intelligence Report on digital asset management platforms. Click here to download! How much training will we need? What is the total cost of ownership?

Digital Asset Management 115

Digital Asset Management Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 115

Vision Edge Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2020

We live in a peer-bound world,” says Chandar Pattabhiram, CMO for Coupa. Whether you’re buying cars, software, or any other category, buyers are influenced more by their peers than by the vendor themselves.”. Effects on the B2B buying process- We live in a peer-bound world. “We

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Peer-to-peer Buy Sales Cycle B2B Sales 285

KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 1, 2020

The February 2020 edition of “The CMO Survey” revealed that more customers place an emphasis on trusting relationships with vendors when it pertains to business, outpacing factors such as superior innovation, product quality, and low price. How do B2B marketers build trust in today’s digital marketing environment?

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Trust Marketing Marketing Management B2B Marketing Ad Building 180

Martech

MARCH 18, 2022

The CMO can be held accountable for the spend, but he must be able to speak to the CEO in terms they can understand. Read next: 19 questions to ask marketing attribution vendors. Promotion was just one part of the “Four Ps”— product, price, place and promotion”, a concept developed in the 1950s to describe marketing, Brenner explained.

ROI 127

ROI Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Planning 127

Martech

DECEMBER 27, 2022

In 2022, digital experience platform (DXP) Sitecore expanded its composable offerings , which allow organizations like Cirque du Soleil to pick and choose among various digital ecosystems instead of committing to one vendor for all of their digital architecture. Consumers will be more price-conscious and commerce will respond. “A

Enterprise Management 98

Enterprise Management Digital Experience Platform Organization Marketing Management 98

Martech

MAY 10, 2022

When Rowan Tonkin joined Planful as CMO three years ago, he faced two main challenges. Last year, Forrester reported that about 90% of 650 tech buyers surveyed want vendors to provide content that’s relevant at every stage of the buying journey. Are they accessing pricing data? They’ll visit brand’s website.

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Buying Cycle Intent Ideal Customer Profiles Planning 95

chiefmartech

AUGUST 16, 2023

If you’re a martech vendor who isn’t prioritizing good integrations as a first-class feature, you’re ignoring the big, booming voice in the sky at your peril. One related data point from Gartner’s latest CMO Spend and Strategy Survey reports that the majority of CMOs are under pressure to cut martech spend.

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Budget Programs Work Management Marketing Management Paid Search Agency 84

B2B Marketing Traction

AUGUST 11, 2011

What’s the best way to price your product or service for business to business (B2B) marketing? This is one of the most common questions B2B marketers have, and pricing your product or service wrong can be a disaster. Cost-Basis Pricing. But with cost-basis pricing, you may be leaving money on the table.

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Pricing Price Elasticity Work Management 100

The Point

MAY 9, 2017

Steve Patti is a former B2B CMO, agency CEO, and CxO advisor with 30 years of international experience helping brands grow revenues. In the absence of value, sales organizations default to pricing as their primary mechanism for closing deals. (HS) We need to step back for a moment and ask ourselves: what is ABM in the first place?

Account Based Marketing 206

Account Based Marketing ABM Marketing Automation Services Lead Scoring 206

Biznology

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Once in place, companies avoid changing vendors as much as possible. If the seller delivers a good product or service, on time, at a reasonable price, offers new ideas and solutions, and becomes a trusted partner, that’s what will keep the competitors at bay. Your vendors are already locked. It’s usually not price.

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Loyalty B2B Marketing Lock-In B2B 104

Webbiquity

JULY 27, 2021

According to Gartner’s annual CMO Spend Survey, as reported by Laurie Sullivan in MediaPost , “Marketing budgets as a percentage of revenue fell to their lowest level in recent history…Marketing budgets as a proportion of company revenue fell from 11% in 2020 to 6.4% But B2B vendors have moved more sales online as well.

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6sense

DECEMBER 8, 2021

And in CMO Coffee Talk, a community of 500+ marketing leaders I help moderate, many CMOs are realizing that, while sponsoring trade shows, conferences, and events has long been a mainstay of our marketing strategy, there’s a lot we’d change if we could. Offer discounts to vendors who participate in sustainable practices (e.g.,

Ideal Customer Profiles 62

Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Personalization Lead Scoring 62

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

60% of buyers who feel a “high brand connection” are more likely to purchase, even at a higher price, from those brands versus competitors. The CMO Survey ). The CMO Survey ). The CMO Survey ). The CMO Survey ). The CMO Survey ). Social media benefits are unclear. billion in 2014. MediaPost ).

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Stats Social Media Marketing Automation Services B2B Marketing 110

Hinge Marketing

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

CMO/VP of Marketing (26%). While it’s true that third-party vendors come with higher price tags, they also come with much higher rates of success. These vendors can reduce operational burdens, labor costs, and the risk of hiring and training new staff. Consulting (42%). Legal (5%). Chief Product/Technology Officer (9%).

Digital Transformation 80

Digital Transformation Work Management Marketing Management Service 80

chiefmartech

JULY 1, 2019

Over that time, the landscape of marketing technology has grown from around 1,000 vendors to over 7,000. But you’d be hard-pressed to find a CMO today who would use that adjective to describe it. But since we launched the event five years ago, the context in which it operates — the profession of marketing — sure has.

Marketing Management 90

Marketing Management Paid Search Agency Conference CMO 90

Sword and the Script | B2B

JUNE 27, 2023

Responding companies had a median revenue of $45 million with an average selling price (ASP) of $52,000. A CMO will have 2-3 groups of SDRs turnover given the average CMO tenure. For this latest report, they polled 365 B2B companies. Most (69%) are U.S.-based based and about one in five (21%) are global.

Statistics 54

Statistics Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Marketing B2B 54

DiscoverOrg

APRIL 20, 2017

In addition to lowering the cost of database maintenance by decreasing unnecessary bloat, marketing teams can consolidate vendors and negotiate lower pricing with fewer parties. Bad data exposes organizations to penalties, fines, degradation of brand reputation, customer attrition, weaker vendor negotiations, and much more.

ROI 269

ROI Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Management 269

Seismic

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Honest – Buyers are navigating the sales process with several vendors, products, and pricing models, yet only 30% of buyers felt that sellers were transparent about pricing. 43% of buyers said that a seller who doesn’t know their own product or service would be a deal-killer. Selling is no longer transactional.

Work Management 52

Work Management Marketing Management Buyer's Journey Sales Cycle 52

Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Summary: Teradata's acquisition of Aprimo takes the largest remaining independent marketing automation vendor off the market. Teradata announced today that is acquiring marketing automation vendor Aprimo for a very hefty $525 million – even more than the $480 million that IBM paid for somewhat larger Unica in August.

Resource Management 120

Resource Management Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management 120

6sense

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

If you want to know what CMOs think of events, what they need, what they won’t stand for anymore – highlights from last Friday’s CMO Coffee Talk discussion follow: Selling sponsorships will require a lot more value to the buyers to justify investment… and CFO scrutiny will be bigger factors with approvals.

Guerilla Marketing 48

Guerilla Marketing Lead Ranking Marketing & Strategy Vendors 48

KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

I had the opportunity to speak with Michael Ni , CMO/SVP, Marketing and Products, of Avangate , an e-commerce platform designed for the software and cloud service markets, about the evolution of B2B e-commerce and the need for B2B marketers to establish true business to individual (B2i) connections.

Enterprise Management 120

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Top of Funnel 120

6sense

AUGUST 28, 2021

And in CMO Coffee Talk , a community of 500+ marketing leaders I help moderate, many CMOs are realizing that, while sponsoring trade shows, conferences, and events has long been a mainstay of our marketing strategy, there’s a lot we’d change if we could. Offer discounts to vendors who participate in sustainable practices (e.g.,

Ideal Customer Profiles 48

Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Personalization Lead Scoring 48

nDash

JULY 30, 2021

Registration prices vary depending on the number of people who are registering at once. You’ll learn about CMO/CEO alignment, demand generation, eCommerce in B2B, and more. ” Registration for this event ranges between $1,250 (public-sector price) and $1,450 (standard price). 6: Gartner Marketing Symposium|XPO.

Marketing AI 52

Marketing AI Co-Registration Demand Generation Agencies Advertising Agencies 52

Walker Sands

AUGUST 1, 2022

Based on what you’ve said, it doesn’t seem like you need a CEO or a CMO source, but is that true? We’d want to talk to CMOs and SVPs of marketing at brands, and even at publishers, because they have something to sell. But salespeople and CMOs at tech vendors and publishers play a different role.

Work Management 52

Work Management Marketing Management Media Paid Search Agency 52

Capstone Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2017

However, it isn’t the marketing automation platform for one organization; it’s the actual marketing automation vendors and their ability to aggregate data, actions and responses across all of their customer instances that have a tremendous amount of untapped (and semi-creepy) potential of insight. same size, average sale price, and industry).

Marketing Automation Services 49

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Work Management Marketing Management 49

Single Grain

JULY 6, 2021

The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) is a crucial position for every organization, but hiring a CMO is more challenging than any other C-level position. In this article, I will discuss what a CMO is, the different skills needed to become a great CMO, and how you can hire the perfect CMO for your organization.

CMO 52

CMO Paid Content Paid Search Agency Work Management 52

Porch Group Media

JULY 27, 2022

Jennifer Renaud , SVP and CMO of Masonite, has spent her career building brands at large enterprise companies like Microsoft and Oracle. There are some buyers who are just going to buy based on price and availability and some who are going to be super focused on design and really curating their home. Meet Jennifer Renaud.

Purchase 52

Purchase First-Mover Advantage Enterprise Management Work Management 52

Capstone Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2017

However, it isn’t the marketing automation platform for one organization; it’s the actual marketing automation vendors and their ability to aggregate data, actions and responses across all of their customer instances that have a tremendous amount of untapped (and semi-creepy) potential of insight. same size, average sale price, and industry).

Marketing Automation Services 40

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Work Management Marketing Management 40

Leadspace

JANUARY 17, 2017

Vendors like Demandbase and Marketo website personalization leverage this information to personalize the content displayed. The IP addresses of people browsing that site is collected by vendors like Bombora and Big Willow. They could be the CEO or CMO – but they could just as easily be a junior intern or a janitor.

Intent Data 67

Intent Data Lead Ranking Intent Marketing Automation Services 67

Mereo

JANUARY 6, 2022

As you look to pay your people more, also consider optimizing the price of your products ; how can you increase your value proposition in order to afford the talent you need? Now leaders need to plan for how to keep key employees on-staff. Salary increases may be appropriate, especially in relation to inflation and market competition.

B2B 45

B2B Buyer's Journey Buyer Personas B2B Sales 45

Aberdeen

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Late Stage Words – words that indicate the buyer is choosing between vendors (i.e., price’, ‘vendor’, ‘consulting’, ‘WorkStride’, ‘LifeDojo’, etc.). Review Sites – sites that vendors pay to register on for exposure among category vendors (i.e., case study’, ‘example’, ‘best practice’, etc.). Signal Sources.

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Intent Signal Buyer Intent Intent Intent Data 49

Allocadia

APRIL 17, 2018

Blame my background as a CMO industry analyst.). Content Management (managing upstream marketing processes) and Performance Management (plans, spend, and measurement) are integral to a CMO’s marketing organization. Marketing used to be taught as a combination of “product, price, place, and promotion.”

Resource Management 40

Resource Management Allocation Work Management Marketing Management 40

Allocadia

APRIL 23, 2019

Blame my background as a CMO industry analyst.). Marketing Resource Management (MRM) is a category that’s been around for many years – but initial MRM vendors were on-prem, expensive, clunky, and slow to deploy. Marketing used to be taught as a combination of “product, price, place, and promotion.” MPM + CMP = MRM 2.0.

Resource Management 40

Resource Management Allocation Work Management Marketing Management 40

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 23, 2017

In this blog, I’ll walk you through what intent data is, how to use it to drive revenue, and how to evaluate a vendor: What is Intent Data? Their IP addresses are collected by vendors like Bombora and Big Willow. They could be the CEO or CMO—but they could just as easily be an intern or a student.

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Intent Data Intent Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Services 48