The Marketing Blender

MARCH 2, 2022

What is the fractional CMO scope of work? For a fractional CMO, scope of work is usually determined by a few different factors, including: The budget you have assigned to spend on marketing. The nature of your current and future marketing initiatives. Marketing Strategy. Marketing plan or roadmap.

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Marketri

OCTOBER 10, 2023

While strategic leadership often comes from a Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) or VP of Marketing with extensive experience, there are various other specialized roles required to create a successful marketing strategy. As a company scales, its marketing needs may change from year to year.

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Vision Edge Marketing

DECEMBER 13, 2022

But this approach has a number of drawbacks, which is why we recommend outcome-based budgeting and planning. The best place to start is to understand the purpose of a budget. In business, we budget and allocate resources for what is important to the success of the organization. Let’s explore why.

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The Marketing Blender

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

How to calculate and allocate your marketing budget for the next fiscal year in 2020. Tips for planning next year’s marketing budget before the end of this quarter. In Q4, two different phenomena hit marketing departments—either belts get tightened or a “use it or lose it” mentality takes hold.

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ClickZ

AUGUST 29, 2020

30-second summary: As of August, nearly 42% of marketers reported decreasing marketing budgets. Interestingly, 33% of marketing budgets are allocated to marketing technology. 44% of CMOs experienced mid-year budget cuts with 11% expecting significant budget cuts. Management.

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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 CMO Survey is conducted semi-annually, and it provides a wealth of information.

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B2B Marketing Analytics

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Among the most interesting trends shaping the modern marketing function is the rise of a new breed of the CMOs called the “Revenue CMO”. The role of the CMO has undergone a radical shift especially in B2B technology companies, which are driving the revolution of this new breed of the CMOs.

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6sense

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Editor’s Note: CMO Coffee Talk is an open space for more than 1,300 CMOs to come together weekly with their peers and discuss timely, crowd-sourced topics. Matt Heinz of Heinz Marketing co-hosts these dynamic, illuminating conversations with 6sense CMO Latané Conant. . Making the Case for Brand Investments .

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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?

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Crimson Marketing

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

The problem is, by the time you analyze those results, you’ve likely already spent too much—or too little—on marketing. As Lance Walter, CMO of financial intelligence technology company Host Analytics suggests, there is a better way. Marketing Technology Podcasts'

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Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 29, 2019

I recently hosted our latest invite-only CMO Roundtable in Seattle. We partnered with Allocadia and our topic focused on Finance and Marketing Alignment with the CFO and CMO. Chris Pick , CMO from Apptio and Samantha Bannister , VP of Finance and Operations from Allocadia were the panelists who provided valuable insights.

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Sword and the Script | B2B

APRIL 23, 2024

The two organizations teamed up to survey “sales and marketing executives at about 1,100 US software and cloud hosting companies.” We need to experiment with marketing too. There are so many variables to every campaign that it’s important to design good experiments. Companies that do this tend to outperform peers.

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Allocadia

MAY 25, 2021

It’s imperative that marketers remain agile in marketing planning and make strategic budget allocation decisions. Over the past year, business goals have continued to evolve due to the effects of COVID-19.

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Martech

MAY 22, 2023

Marketing budgets remain flat in 2023 having failed to climb back to pre-COVID levels. That’s one takeaway from Gartner’s latest CMO Spend and Strategy survey unveiled at the Gartner Marketing Symposium and Xpo in Denver. The state of martech spend.

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Envy

APRIL 29, 2018

Most companies do not and therefore the result is bland messaging and marketing tools that do not mean much to anyone. The graveyard masses of unqualified leads that will never convert - cluttering your CRM, reflecting a chunk of wasted marketing budget - is a scene no CMO needs. This is a marketing disaster.

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Terminus

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

For brand marketers, previously measured on nearly impossible to quantify metrics like impressions and visibility, this is a new challenge. In contrast, digital and demand gen marketers are nearly always responsible for pushing small (or large) marketing budgets to do more.

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Sprout Social

MAY 3, 2023

The role of chief marketing officer (CMO) is changing dramatically. When I think about marketing leaders in my networks and our customers—whether it’s B2C or B2B—our roles encompass so much more than bringing awareness to our brand and positioning. Are you trying to expand into new markets?

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B2B Marketing Directions

AUGUST 13, 2023

The objective of this research was to examine several factors currently affecting B2B marketing, including the state of marketing budgets and spending priorities, and the strategies and tactics B2B marketers are using to drive growth. Here's a brief summary of some of the significant findings from this important survey.

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Martech

APRIL 5, 2023

When times get tough, marketing budgets get cut. We also know businesses that keep investing in email marketing are better off when the economy improves. They combine quick wins for short-term gains with longer-term strategic revisions designed to work now during economic uncertainty and later when times improve.

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PureB2B

MAY 13, 2022

They’re responsible for leading a team of marketing professionals while also planning larger scale campaigns. Here’s a list of the top challenges B2B marketing directors face, with suggestions on how to solve them. Marketing Budget. Is there a way you can make an impact and help increase marketing attribution?

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Any marketing campaign should start with a solid plan that sets out what you’re aiming to achieve, how you’re going to do it, the deadline for doing it, and how you’ll measure its success. SaaS marketing is no exception. Skip ahead, if you like: What is a SaaS marketing plan?

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Any marketing campaign should start with a solid plan that sets out what you’re aiming to achieve, how you’re going to do it, the deadline for doing it, and how you’ll measure its success. SaaS marketing is no exception. Skip ahead, if you like: What is a SaaS marketing plan?

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Any marketing campaign should start with a solid plan that sets out what you’re aiming to achieve, how you’re going to do it, the deadline for doing it, and how you’ll measure its success. SaaS marketing is no exception. Skip ahead, if you like: What is a SaaS marketing plan?

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Content Marketing Institute

JULY 24, 2018

What would you do if your boss unexpectedly increased your annual content marketing budget? We asked the presenters at Content Marketing World 2018 to share what they would do. Often, this happens as the budget year nears its end and your team needs to spend the designated dollars or lose them.).

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KoMarketing Associates

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

As detailed in coverage earlier this year, CMO’s remain committed to growing their investment in social media. The CMO Survey Highlights and Insights Report”, published in February 2017, found that even though B2B CMO’s currently spend 10.5 Furthermore, B2B CMO’s foresee social media spending rising to 18.5

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Allocadia

JUNE 13, 2019

While what goes on in Marketing has often been somewhat of a mystery to Finance executives, in recent years we’re seeing more collaboration and partnership between Finance and Marketing. Today’s strategic CFO wants to be seen as more than the office of “no” when engaging the CMO. Annual Budgeting Expense Management Process.

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ClickZ

JULY 16, 2019

Moreover, 46% of marketers say that the abundance of data channels and sources make it harder for them to plan their long-term strategy. According to Keith Weed, former CMO of Unilever, “We have moved to an era where data, algorithms and analytics rule. Similarly, the size of the organization also affects their future plans.

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SmartBug Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The combination of brand positioning, lead generation, digital marketing, local advertising, and paid media helps franchisees maximize their marketing efforts while adhering to established brand standards. For this article, we spoke to franchise business expert Jenn Foster , fractional CMO and founder of Foster Marketing.

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The ABM Agency

JANUARY 15, 2021

For some B2B companies, the 2021 marketing budget has increased due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While there’s some level of uncertainty, the general consensus is there’s extra money that can be used on marketing, albeit in different ways than previous years. Before You Spend: Campaign Planning.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 7, 2019

Companies are allocating large sums of their marketing budgets for technology investments that promise to make their teams more productive and the business more profitable. Automation is truly revolutionary and offers numerous benefits that every CMO needs to be aware of. Marketing automation is creating new roles.

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6sense

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Where will your marketing dollars go in 2016? If you’ve done an effective job of tracking ROI for your marketing initiatives, you probably have a good idea of how to allocate your budget. Content Marketing. How much budget do you allocate for content marketing? Source: IBM and the CMO Club ).

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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%. The cost of implementing a social media campaign will vary based on your goal, industry, overall budget, and other factors. B2B services: 18.3%. B2C product: 21.8%. B2C product: 21.8%. B2C services: 18.7%.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

These changes are affecting tactics, budgets, messaging, and metrics as illustrated in the compilation of B2B marketing facts and statistics below. B2B marketing budgets are shifting to digital and social. Overall, B2B marketing budgets are expected to increase, on average, by about 5% in the coming year.

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Martech

OCTOBER 20, 2022

. “Gartner recently stated 26% of enterprise marketing budgets are being allocated toward martech,” said Brinker, “You need talented people to implement and harness all that technology, and there’s a lot of room for specialization.” ” What is a marketing technologist?

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Golden Spiral

JANUARY 22, 2021

The following points provide a logical flow for marketing budget planning. Align Your Budget with Company and Sales Strategies. Budgeting is a strategic activity but many approach it with a tactic: entering numbers on a spreadsheet. Focus your marketing budget conversations on strategy. Advertising.

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Allocadia

APRIL 3, 2019

When Jeremie joined Hitachi Vantara, marketing operations was in charge of data quality and spend tracking – but no one was tasked with managing the marketing department’s strategic planning and investments. In fact, the CMO mandated that all marketers adopt this formal, standardized approach and process.

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Allocadia

JUNE 7, 2019

If you’re a data-driven marketer, it means that every choice you make about where, when, and how to allocate your marketing budget is backed by hard evidence of performance and impact. But, we noticed CMOs were struggling to plan against the stages of the customer journey, as important as they know it is.

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