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Report: Marketers to Spend Less on Customer Initiatives as Budgets Fall

KoMarketing Associates

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%

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Report: Marketers Still Lack Control Over Their Budget and Strategy

KoMarketing Associates

Even though marketers are expected to deliver on a number of objectives across their organization, new research suggests that many still lack control over their own strategy and budget. The majority of respondents (52%) stated that their budget is not tied to their strategy. Investing in Digital Marketing Initiatives.

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Report: Marketers Focused on Digital Initiatives Despite Budget Constraints

KoMarketing Associates

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.

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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?

ANNUITAS

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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[Research Round-Up] B2B Highlights From the Fall 2023 Edition of "The CMO Survey"

B2B Marketing Directions

Source: "The CMO Survey" (Christine Moorman, 2023) (This month's Research Round-Up is devoted entirely to the Fall 2023 edition of "The CMO Survey." This research has been conducted semi-annually since 2008 and consistently provides a wealth of valuable information about marketing trends, spending, and practices.)

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What Type of CMO Do You Have?

ANNUITAS

It’s been a while since you’ve heard from the ANNUITAS blog– and we’re very pleased to be back – but we’ve spent the last year creating a lot of new content centered on helping our customers find the answer to a very specific question: What type of CMO do you have? Why is marketing’s story so different than sales? Two Types of CMO.

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Report: 69% of B2B Marketers to Increase Digital Advertising Spend Amidst Pandemic

KoMarketing Associates

As B2B marketers look to strategize amidst the pandemic, new research suggests that they will be putting more of their budget toward digital advertising and email marketing to get by. Other channels that will see an increase in investment include mobile marketing (67%), paid search (66%), website (66%) and SEO (66%).

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