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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?

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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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Digital Transformation Comes of Age: B2B Findings from "The CMO Survey"

B2B Marketing Directions

This is the second of three posts discussing some of the B2B-specific findings of the August 2021 edition of The CMO Survey. The "Part 1" post discussed the economic outlook of B2B marketers and the state of marketing spending in B2B companies.

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The Persistent Measurement Challenge: B2B Findings From "The CMO Survey"

B2B Marketing Directions

This post will conclude my discussion of several B2B-specific findings from the August 2021 edition of The CMO Survey. In my earlier posts, I reviewed what the survey revealed about the state of marketing spending and the progress B2B companies have made on the digital transformation of marketing.

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Laying the groundwork for AI in MOps: How to get started

Martech

As a marketing leader or CMO, you’re looking to harness AI to generate tangible business outcomes and elevate customer experiences. AI’s predictive analytics can unlock nuanced consumer behavior patterns, allowing for more targeted marketing efforts. Sales and marketing alignment. ROI measurement.

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Why Isn’t Chief Content Officer a Bigger “Thing” Yet?

Contently

For this reason, content creators typically fall under the marketing function, and marketers are often led by Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs). At some, a CMO will lead the marketing department and hire a VP of Content Marketing to run content strategy and production. The first is their budget.

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Executive Insights: Account-Based Marketing (ABM) with Eric Martin of SAP Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

When I recently interviewed Kathleen Schaub about the changes in marketing over her long tenure as both a CMO and the lead of IDC’s CMO Advisory Practice, she commented on what had changed most for marketing professionals. How has this impacted ABM and what are the key learnings from this “new reality”?

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What Are Experts Prioritizing in 2018 B2B Marketing Budgets?

KoMarketing Associates

It’s clear advances in cloud data and data visualization is quickly becoming invaluable to B2B marketers. Samantha Stone , Author, Founder & CMO, The Marketing Advisory Network. As we go into 2018 marketers must make data integrity a higher priority. Elena Britton , Head of US Marketing, Indusa.