ClickZ

MAY 9, 2020

30-second summary: Board members, C-level, and Director+ level executives from retail and ecommerce, technology, media and publishing, and other businesses participated in our ClickZ and Search Engine Watch: Benchmark survey 2020. said their marketing budgets are staying the same, while 28.4% Some key takeaways: 46.3%

Advertising Benchmark 93

Advertising Benchmark Work Management Customer Surveys Marketing Management 93

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

Hubspot

MARCH 27, 2020

As a marketer, it's undeniably critical you're fully aware of your own budget and resources, and use that information when making decisions. 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. Marketing Costs for a Startup.

Marketing Budget 92

Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Startups Budget Programs 92

Webbiquity

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Those are among the findings from a trio of this year’s best research reports, from WordPress VIP , Hootsuite , and Metricool. These studies are packed with trends and insights related to content marketing, social media management, and advertising on Meta platforms. How are goals and strategies for content marketing changing?

Social Media 311

Social Media Stats Marketing Report Paid Search Agency 311

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. Content Marketing. Demand Generation.

Marketing Budget Creation 120

Marketing Budget Creation Marketing Budget Budget Programs Enterprise Management 120

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

Sword and the Script | B2B

AUGUST 8, 2023

SaaS companies have an average of 38 active cases studies that are between 500-1,000 words in both HTML and PDF format; here’s how they incentives customers, sales and customer success to solicit new case studies Case studies are a pillar of B2B marketing, particularly in technology circles like software-as-a-service (SaaS).

Case Studies 86

Case Studies Case Study Advertising Benchmark Paid Search Agency 86

Outgrow

MAY 21, 2021

16 Unbelievably Useful E-commerce Marketing Tools You Need ASAP! E-commerce marketing can be a challenging process at times. It can also get confusing to identify which e-commerce marketing tools might be useful. This time, we’ll be noting the most feature-packed e-commerce marketing tools.

Marketing Automation Services 139

Marketing Automation Services Paid Content Budget Programs Enterprise Management 139

Sword and the Script | B2B

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Whether you are tallying up your results for the end of the year, or planning programs for the next year, benchmarks provide context for companions. Benchmarks give us a sense of how well we are resourced and what sort of results others in industry are providing. 1) Content marketing benchmarks.

Advertising Benchmark 91

Advertising Benchmark Webinar Metrics Top of Funnel Studies 91

Metadata

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

[Insert the collective sighs of marketers.]. Although marketing budgets have recovered slightly since bottoming out during the pandemic, many B2B marketing teams are still treading water as sales cycles slow, buyers put their projects on hold, and leadership teams go into fight-or-flight mode. Please, don’t do that.

Cost per Lead 98

Cost per Lead Ideal Customer Profiles Budget Programs CPL 98

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. percent) have “just started” to use an ABM program. In 2017, only 20 percent of the total marketing budget was dedicated to ABM.

Account Based Marketing 123

Account Based Marketing Customer Surveys ABM Budget Programs 123

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?

Marketing Budget 42

Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Budget Programs Allocation 42

Sword and the Script | B2B

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Another edition of the bi-annual survey of CMOs published by Christine Moorman , a professor at the business school at Duke University, was published at the end of August. I’ve read and written about the survey since about 2013 and have found it to be an interesting indicator of industry benchmarks. over the next 12 months.

CMO 65

CMO Advertising Benchmark Customer Surveys B2B Marketing 65

Sprout Social

JANUARY 24, 2024

Influencer marketing has grown beyond getting a viral moment. It has become a core element of marketing and sales strategies. Our Q3 2023 Pulse Survey revealed 81% of US-based social marketers consider influencer marketing an essential part of their social media strategy.

Paid Content 92

Paid Content Marketing Analytics Tools Advertising Agencies Marketing Budget 92

Sprout Social

JULY 31, 2018

Instagram influencers are flooding the feed, but which trendsetters are the best advocates for your brand? Here are eight ways to measure and benchmark your performance when using Instagram influencers. Set Your Benchmarks. And whose popularity translates into better results? Assess Your Brand Reach Today. New visitors.

Advertising Benchmark 77

Advertising Benchmark Budget Programs Marketing Budget Click Rate 77

KoMarketing Associates

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

With the end of year fast approaching, many organizations are taking a good look at budgets and priorities for the new year. Software Advice’s recently released 2014 B2B Demand Generation Benchmark report revealed that the vast majority of B2B marketers (79 percent) use at least 11 different marketing software applications.

Budget Programs 120

Budget Programs Marketing Report B2B Marketing Research 120

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

ClickZ

MAY 27, 2020

30-second summary: 35% of marketers said their marketing budgets were decreasing, the slump, however, shows signs of recovery in the past week. On the contrary, 36% increasing spend on marketing technology while 40% of marketers chose to maintain the same budgets for martech spending.

Customer Surveys 86

Customer Surveys Trends Peer-to-peer Marketing Budget 86

Martech

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Take Martech’s 2024 Salary and Career Survey From AI to layoffs, it’s been quite a year. Please take this short survey so we can have your input on the state of martech salaries and careers. Click here to take the survey Why we care. Dig deeper: 15 cutting-edge tools every B2B marketer should know What’s next?

Campaigns 103

Campaigns Account Based Marketing B2B DemandBase 103

Hinge Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2019

How is this relevant to marketers? 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. . speakers were able to tell compelling stories based on insights derived from survey data. At the event.

Marketing Budget 117

Marketing Budget Top of Funnel Work Management Research 117

ClickZ

JUNE 3, 2020

In order to help you stay a step ahead, we bring to you a quick wrap up of key movements and trends from across the marketing industry. Marketers prepared to pivot strategy to fit the changing environment. The study also found that brand marketers are prepared to pivot strategy according to the changing environment.

Paid Search Agency 116

Paid Search Agency Spending Advertising Agencies Marketing Budget 116

Vision Edge Marketing

APRIL 14, 2014

Here’s something we know after conducting the marketing performance measurement and management study since 2001: Best-in-Class marketers are relentless when it comes to continuous improvement. They regularly audit and benchmark. And that’s where our annual marketing performance study comes in!

Advertising Benchmark 100

Advertising Benchmark Work Management Class Budget Programs 100

B2B Marketing Directions

MARCH 13, 2022

(This month's Research Round-Up features the latest ABM benchmark study by ITSMA and the ABM Leadership Alliance, Winterberry Group's latest forecast of marketing and advertising spending, and a survey examining the future of marketing events by the CMO Council and Cvent.)

Account Based Marketing 52

Account Based Marketing ABM Spending Budget Management 52

markempa

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

If your 2011 marketing budget is tighter than you want it to be, trying giving sales less leads. According to Marketing Sherpa’s just-released 2011 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report , a whopping 80 percent of the 935 respondents said they pass unqualified leads along to sales. That’s a costly mistake.

Marketing Budget 120

Marketing Budget Budget Programs Sales Qualified Leads Lead Qualification 120

markempa

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

If your 2011 marketing budget is tighter than you want it to be, trying giving sales less leads. According to Marketing Sherpa’s just-released 2011 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report , a whopping 80 percent of the 935 respondents said they pass unqualified leads along to sales. That’s a costly mistake.

Marketing Budget 120

Marketing Budget Budget Programs Sales Qualified Leads Lead Qualification 120

KoMarketing Associates

JUNE 2, 2016

A few weeks ago, we covered the “ 2016 State of B2B Digital Marketing ” report from Ascend2 and Marketo. Even though the most significant barrier to B2B digital marketing success relates to inadequate marketing budget, 84 percent of B2B marketers still believe their strategies are successful.

Social Media 120

Social Media Budget Programs Media B2B 120

Digilant

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Over the next five years, the overall portion of social media in marketing budgets is estimated to increase to 24.5%. As such, it is crucial to understand social media campaign best practices to be both authentic and cost-effective. Budget accordingly. B2B services: 18.3%. B2C services: 18.7%.

Paid Content 52

Paid Content Social Media Advertisements Advertising 52

Kabbage

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Over the span of the year the number of MarTech vendors has nearly doubled, over $1 billion in venture capital has been invested in marketing technology, and marketing budgets have grown exponentially (“ Walker Sands State of Marketing Technology 2017 Closing the Gap Between Martech Innovation and Adoption,” 2016 ).

Trends 183

Trends Planning Top of Funnel Marketing Budget 183

B2B Marketing Directions

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Source: Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs (This month's Research Round-Up reviews some of the major findings from the latest content marketing survey by the Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs. The survey was in the field during July 2022. Recent actions by the U.S.

B2B Marketing 52

B2B Marketing Research Budget Programs Content Marketing 52

Martech Advisor

MARCH 31, 2020

And while marketers and business leaders struggle to make the best of a bad situation, markets and revenues around the world seem to be in a state of steady decline. Having a crisis strategy became the talk of the marketing community, and marketing and sales experts shared tips to work from home effectively.

Hubspot 75

Hubspot Marketing Budget Features Work Management 75

B2B Marketing Directions

JUNE 20, 2020

Various industry analysts have estimated that B2B companies typically spend from 12% to 24% of their total marketing budget hosting and/or participating in events. Recent research has shown that most B2B marketers view in-person events as a highly effective marketing tactic. The short answer is: No one really knows.

Top of Funnel 69

Top of Funnel Personalization Enterprise Management Marketing Budget 69

Content4Demand

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

As part of my quest to find new ways to support our clients’ content marketing goals and strategies for 2020, I dove into the newly published B2B Content Marketing 2020: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America from Content Marketing World (CMI) and spotted some notable takeaways.

B2B Marketing 47

B2B Marketing Budget Programs Top of Funnel Planning 47

The Effective Marketer

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Only One Thing Matters in Online Surveys – WIIFM Marketers have several tools at their disposal in their arsenal of marketing weapons, one of which is surveys.

Customer Surveys 100

Customer Surveys Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Forrester Research has recently released a study, “ Benchmark Your Interactive Marketing Maturity “, that aims to give you some metrics to figure out whether you are putting your money on the right marketing tactics. Five Benchmarks. Sure, knowing the benchmark metrics help a little but what are the numbers?

Allocation 100

Allocation Spending Paid Search Agency Online Marketing 100

Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The outlook for B2C content marketing looks bright if budgets are any indication. Fifty-seven percent of B2C marketers surveyed expect their 2019 content marketing budget to increase over 2018, and 29% of those expect it to increase by more than 9%. How to Find and Reuse Your Best Content [Tools].

Research 88

Research Top of Funnel Content Marketing Budget Programs 88

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

IDC has just completed their annual Tech Marketing Benchmarks Survey, and the news is good for tech marketing teams. The latest survey (completed 9/10) reveals that large technology vendors have increased their marketing budgets by 3.7% This is quite a change from 2009 budgets, which declined 8.3%

Marketing Budget 40

Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Budget Programs Planning 40

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 8, 2017

Author: Mary Kate Francis ABM might be a new addition to the marketing buzzwords dictionary, but the concept is nothing new. Account-based marketing (ABM) has existed as a marketing strategy for decades. So why has account-based marketing only recently gained widespread popularity and practice among B2B businesses?

Account Based Marketing 131

Account Based Marketing ABM Sales Qualified Leads SMB 131