Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

With an economic downturn looming, it’s not surprising around 75% of CMOs report being asked to do more with less in a Gartner survey. Marketers are finding it increasingly difficult to set the right budget, optimize it and keep the leads flowing. How has AI impacted the market? How has AI impacted the market?

Marketing Budget 124

Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Paid Content Budget Programs 124

KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 2, 2019

When it comes to developing a cohesive, effective digital strategy, new research suggests that marketers who come from larger companies may have an easier time doing so. This was compared to just 81 percent of $1B-$5B companies, and 75 percent of $500M to $1B companies. Marketers Predict a Rise in Budgets.

Marketing Budget 158

Marketing Budget Paid Search Agency Research Marketing & Strategy 158

Webbiquity

MAY 3, 2022

Millions of workers across travel, entertainment, venues, technology, and event services had to pivot from panic as events evaporated, then fitfully returned. Here are key findings from 10 research reports released since the beginning of April, 2022. Virtual and digital services will be essential elements, not optional add-ons.

Marketing Report 336

Marketing Report Event Marketing Research Trends 336

KoMarketing Associates

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Predicting the actions that a prospect may take is essential for marketers looking to optimize the customer experience. As a result, more are mapping the customer journey, and new research suggests that this tactic is here to stay. About 24% are already building or testing journey maps, while 26% have and utilize defined journey maps.

Planning 250

Planning Customer Surveys Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Plans 250

Oktopost

DECEMBER 21, 2023

But budget limitations can make or break even the best, and most thorough plans you’ve set to accomplish in 2024. They’re expected to make every marketing dollar count and deliver maximum impact on a limited budget. However, these numbers varied based on the company’s industry.

Marketing Budget 62

Marketing Budget Budget Programs Paid Content Marketing Budget Creation 62

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Running a business is expensive—especially a tech company that’s trying to provide the best services possible for clients. Despite growing demand for networking solutions, security software and IT services, these operations can still run into money problems, even when things are going well.

Marketing Budget 241

Marketing Budget Marketing AI Work Management Budget Programs 241

Zoominfo

AUGUST 3, 2022

All too often, marketing budgets are the first to be scaled back. We surveyed nearly 250 marketers , and while 59% of respondents said they either were not adjusting their budgets or weren’t making significant changes, almost 40% said they were cutting back on marketing spend in anticipation of a recession.

Marketing Budget Creation 130

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Planning Advertising Agencies 130

B2B Marketing Directions

AUGUST 13, 2023

Source: LinkedIn and Ipsos (This month's Research Round-Up discusses some of the significant findings from a recent global survey of B2B business and marketing leaders conducted by LinkedIn and Ipsos.) This spring, LinkedIn and Ipsos conducted a significant survey of B2B business and marketing leaders located around the world.

Customer Surveys 52

Customer Surveys Linkedin Research B2B Marketing 52

Hinge Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2019

When going through various stages of the buyer journey, purchasers of B2B and professional services have a list of criteria they use to evaluate service providers and vendors. . Being confident that you will receive tangible business results is a logical reason to want to work with a company. At the event. Brands like L.L.

Marketing Budget 117

Marketing Budget Top of Funnel Work Management Research 117

Hinge Marketing

JUNE 7, 2021

On top of the loss and personal stress experienced by so many, it has also been a period of rapid market change, requiring businesses to adapt and evolve without a clear roadmap. . Download the Executive Summary of the 2021/22 AAM Marketing Budget Benchmark Study here for free! Marketing budgets doubled in a two year period.

CPA 117

CPA Cost per Acquisition Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation 117

KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Marketers often need a healthy budget to achieve their top objectives, but new research suggests that 2020 may come with less resources than in previous years. Gartner recently published “The Annual CMO Spend Survey 2019-2020” report, and statistics showed that marketing budgets accounted for an average of 10.5%

Marketing Budget 159

Marketing Budget Marketing Report CMO Gartner 159

B2B Marketing Directions

MAY 14, 2022

Source: The CMO Survey (This month's Research Round-Up is devoted entirely to the most recent edition of The CMO Survey, which was published in late February. The CMO Survey has been conducted semi-annually since 2008, and it consistently provides a wealth of valuable information about marketing spending, trends and practices.)

CMO 52

CMO Customer Surveys Research B2B 52

Martech

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The companies range from mid-market startups to large public enterprise companies. Part of my task was auditing and evaluating GTM and marketing support as well as value-added performance by agencies, consultancies, and other advisors — including analyst firms. Winning marketing organizations self-regulate.

Marketing Analytics Tools 113

Marketing Analytics Tools Marketing Budget Enterprise Management Work Management 113

Hinge Marketing

MARCH 26, 2020

What’s the best way to market your firm? . While that may sound like a trick question, recent research has produced tangible, practical answers that can help firms make smarter marketing decisions. Even firms that embrace online marketing often do it wrong, wasting precious time and money. What’s going on?

Marketing Budget 122

Marketing Budget Work Management Marketing Management Webinar Metrics 122

B2B Marketing Directions

AUGUST 15, 2021

Last month, Gartner released the findings of its CMO Spend Survey, 2021. The firm hosted a webinar and published a report discussing the findings of this research. The Gartner survey was conducted from March through May of this year. In contrast, the mean percentage in consumer products companies declined by only 2.5

Marketing Budget Creation 98

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Budget Programs Allocation 98

B2B Marketing Directions

MARCH 12, 2023

(This month's Research Round-Up features two recent studies that examine the state of account-based marketing. One is the 2022 ABM Benchmark Survey by Momentum ITSMA and the ABM Leadership Alliance , and the second is the ABM Census 2022 survey by B2B Marketing.

Account Based Marketing 52

Account Based Marketing ABM Customer Surveys Research 52

Sword and the Script | B2B

MAY 21, 2024

Gartner survey shows B2B marketing leaders divvy up ‘anemic’ marketing budgets, which are at the lowest levels in four years If it feels like your marketing budget is tight, you are not alone. Marketing budgets are at their lowest point since businesses slashed budgets following the pandemic.

Paid Content 72

Paid Content CMO Paid Search Agency Spending 72

Webbiquity

DECEMBER 6, 2022

You can probably guess the top two social networks for B2B marketing pretty easily, but do you know which platform is #3? What the biggest missed opportunity is for B2B marketers? How your social media marketing budget stacks up to your peers and competitors? The Biggest Missed Opportunity for B2B Marketers.

Social Media 238

Social Media Allocation Social Marketing B2B Marketing 238

KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 19, 2023

Although marketers have shifted their focus to initiatives, such as the customer experience and customer relationship management (CRM), new research suggests that they will invest less in these areas in the coming months. This comes as marketing budgets as a percent of company budgets fall to 12.3%, on average, from 11.8%

Budget Programs 223

Budget Programs Marketing Report Spending Marketing Management 223

Hubspot

MARCH 27, 2020

For instance, let's say you're a marketer at a startup, and have decided to propose investing in Twitter Ads to the decision-makers at your company. If you've prepared a marketing budget, you can refer back to it for the answer. Marketing budgets are imperative to a company's success.

Marketing Budget 92

Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Startups Budget Programs 92

B2B Marketing Directions

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Source: "The CMO Survey" (Christine Moorman, 2022) (This month's Research Round-Up continues my review of selected B2B findings from the September 2022 edition of "The CMO Survey." In last month's Research Round-Up post , I discussed some of the major findings in the latest edition of "The CMO Survey."

CMO 52

CMO Customer Surveys Analytics Research 52

B2B Marketing Directions

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The findings of the August 2021 edition of The CMO Survey were published last month. The CMO Survey is led by Dr. Christine Moorman and sponsored by Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, the American Marketing Association and Deloitte LLP. The survey was in the field August 4-25, 2021. for-profit companies.

CMO 96

CMO Customer Surveys B2B Gartner 96

Walker Sands

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

But most of the time, it’s budget. Investing in market research sounds expensive and long term, and your expansion needs are immediate. Here are three signs your B2B company might be ready to invest in better market research to optimize your current and future growth efforts. It doesn’t have to be that way.

Research 52

Research Marketing Budget Paid Search Agency Marketing & Strategy 52

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. This happened as overall marketing budgets fell to an average of 7.7% It went from 25.6%

Spending 110

Spending Marketing AI Gartner Advertising Agencies 110

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Now, they are doubling down on content marketing. Because Google told us content marketing is the best way to rank for buyer search. Research from the Content Marketing Institute states that more than two-thirds of marketers are increasing their content marketing budgets in 2022, with 1 in 5 increasing by double digits.

Marketing AI 357

Marketing AI Marketing Budget Paid Search Agency Mobile Advertising 357

Hinge Marketing

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Today’s government contracting firms, like other professional services firms, find themselves battling for top talent. Mergers and acquisitions are happening at a breakneck pace, and marketing budgets remain historically high as government contracting firms struggle to compete in a new, digitally driven marketplace.

Marketing Budget 98

Marketing Budget Studies Peer-to-peer Work Management 98

nDash

JANUARY 4, 2022

By 2027, the big data market is predicted to reach $103 billion in revenue. A 2020 report by MicroStrategy found that around 94% of companies believe that data and analytics will be essential to the growth of their company. She’s written about data analytics for a variety of publications and content marketing clients.

Marketing Budget 98

Marketing Budget Budget Programs Analytics B2B Thought Leadership 98

accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It doesn’t matter how big or small your business is; creating a SaaS marketing budget takes a lot of time and effort. Every company in the SaaS field will have a different way of calculating theirs, and they’ll all arrive at different figures in the end. All good SaaS marketing budgets go beyond the numbers alone.

Marketing Budget 52

Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Advertising Benchmark Budget Programs 52

accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It doesn’t matter how big or small your business is; creating a SaaS marketing budget takes a lot of time and effort. Every company in the SaaS field will have a different way of calculating theirs, and they’ll all arrive at different figures in the end. All good SaaS marketing budgets go beyond the numbers alone.

Marketing Budget 52

Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Advertising Benchmark Budget Programs 52

Valasys

JUNE 14, 2019

On 11 th June 2019, DiscoverOrg announced the results of its first-ever Purchasing Power Survey. based companies will witness a fiercer intensity, in the years to come. The survey unveiled that 71% of the companies have increased their expense budgets for current fiscal. Other departments viz. Methodology.

Customer Surveys 61

Customer Surveys Paid Search Agency Allocation Marketing Budget 61

KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 13, 2019

As B2B marketers look into new tactics to reel in prospects and customers, new research suggests that they are expanding their marketing budgets accordingly. The CMO Survey conducted in February 2019 recently discovered that the budgets of B2B product marketers are expected to increase 8.5

Customer Surveys 163

Customer Surveys B2B Marketing B2B Marketing Budget 163

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?

Paid Search Agency 322

Paid Search Agency Content Marketing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 322

KoMarketing Associates

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Although marketers are aware of account-based marketing (ABM) and its benefits, new research suggests that they are still just beginning to integrate it into their overall strategies. But despite the slow start, marketers are still investing more in ABM this year compared to last.

Account Based Marketing 123

Account Based Marketing Customer Surveys ABM Budget Programs 123

KoMarketing Associates

MAY 1, 2013

Last month, Content Marketing Institute (CMI) released its report , “B2B Software Content Marketing: 2013 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends – North America,” sponsored by the International Data Group (IDG). The report, which highlights responses from more than 1400 B2B software marketers across the U.S.

Marketing Management 120

Marketing Management Marketing Budget Budget Programs Peer-to-peer 120

KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 29, 2022

Many marketers are feeling the pressure of working with a tight budget at their organization, but new research indicates that they might find room to spend when it comes to digital initiatives. of the overall budget. In fact, research and development budgets are 7.2% over the next 12 months.

Marketing Report 227

Marketing Report Digital Marketing Funnels Marketing Budget CMO 227

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.

Marketing Budget Creation 120

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Budget Programs Enterprise Management 120

Inbox Insight

OCTOBER 27, 2023

According to our first party research conducted within our IFP community, 99% of B2B marketers have witnessed significant sales and ROI increases by harnessing the power of intent data. This data is based on behavioral signals that indicate a person’s interest in a specific topic, product, or service.

Buyer Intent 105

Buyer Intent Intent Data Intent Demand Generation 105