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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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Content Marketing and Social Media: 25 Insights and Stats from Three Research Reports

Webbiquity

Nearly three-quarters of companies plan to maintain or grow their content marketing teams over the next year. Those are among the findings from a trio of this year’s best research reports, from WordPress VIP , Hootsuite , and Metricool. How are goals and strategies for content marketing changing? Budgets are growing.

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Report: Omnichannel Marketing Yielding Positive Results for B2B Marketers

KoMarketing Associates

As B2B marketers expand their budgets to improve upon demand generation, new research suggests that implementing an omnichannel strategy may be the key to success. In general, most B2B marketers (47%) use their product marketing budget to execute their omnichannel program.

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Two-thirds of marketers report mid-year budget cuts

Martech

Two-thirds of marketers are facing reduced budgets in the second half of the year, according to new research from email management software company Exclaimer. Also, many marketers are out of sync with how customers want to hear from them — focusing on social media instead of email. Get MarTech! In your inbox.

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Report: Content Marketers Anticipate Utilizing AI Solutions

KoMarketing Associates

Although most marketers predict that their content marketing budgets will increase as the year goes on, new research indicates that they intend to invest more in artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for assets and skills, such as writing. 29% forecast that their content marketing budget will at least stay the same.

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Your B2B Marketing Budget Playbook for 2021 Success [Research]

Marketing Insider Group

Most companies have learned that B2B marketing budgets are much more important than they thought – and that their existing marketing strategies, well, kind of sucked. Look, we all knew B2B marketing had plenty of problems long before COVID-19: Generic, bland, and forgettable content. Virtual events and webinars (52%).

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Report: Organizations Intend to Boost Marketers’ Video Budgets in 2020

KoMarketing Associates

Video is becoming increasingly important to marketers, and new research indicates that many organizations are willing to increase their budgets for this medium in the coming months. About 20% stated that they may boost this budget by more than 10%. Video Continues to Be Beneficial to Marketers.