Zoominfo

AUGUST 3, 2022

All too often, marketing budgets are the first to be scaled back. We surveyed nearly 250 marketers , and while 59% of respondents said they either were not adjusting their budgets or weren’t making significant changes, almost 40% said they were cutting back on marketing spend in anticipation of a recession.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Running a business is expensive—especially a tech company that’s trying to provide the best services possible for clients. Despite growing demand for networking solutions, security software and IT services, these operations can still run into money problems, even when things are going well.

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Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Marketing Dive Is Marketing Becoming More Complex? Report] Within two years marketers will work with an average of 7.5 service providers, manage 14.6 channels, and utilize 16.3 In the meantime, you can follow us on our LinkedIn page , or at @TopRank on Twitter/X for even more timely daily news.

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Marketers often need a healthy budget to achieve their top objectives, but new research suggests that 2020 may come with less resources than in previous years. Gartner recently published “The Annual CMO Spend Survey 2019-2020” report, and statistics showed that marketing budgets accounted for an average of 10.5%

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B2B Marketing Directions

AUGUST 15, 2021

Image Source: Gartner, Inc. Last month, Gartner released the findings of its CMO Spend Survey, 2021. The Gartner survey was conducted from March through May of this year. The survey produced 400 responses from marketing decision makers and influencers located in North America, Europe and the UK. in 2020 to 5.8%

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Sword and the Script | B2B

MAY 30, 2023

The tech analyst likens CMOs spending and utilization of martech to gambling with the marketing budget but the real culprit may well be short-term thinking in business CMOs are buying and implementing marketing technology (martech) that their marketing teams aren’t using. Ergo, CMOs invest martech. It’s 11.4%

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 26, 2021

The challenges we are facing have changed how we communicate with consumers and market our products and services. How can chief marketing officers empower their organizations to remain nimble in changing times? Without the right strategies, businesses can quickly sink into an inescapable abyss (AKA go out of business).

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Marketers who understand how these behaviors are evolving can set up their companies for success in the coming decade. Those who don’t risk misallocating marketing budgets by focusing on the wrong tactics. The 63-page study provides a wealth of insights for B2B marketers and product managers. as opposed to products.

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DealSignal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

What does this mean for digital marketing spend in 2021-2022, and how should you plan to allocate your B2B marketing budget for the best ROI? Here, we explore insights and walk through three tips you should keep in mind when creating your B2B marketing budget.

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Envy

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Pandemic aside, this is not the first time B2B marketers will face drastic changes to their best intended budget plans. Here are some practical tips to keep you on the right marketing budgeting (and planning) track. When you lay out your strategy for 2021, assume that up to 30% of your budget will be cut.

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KoMarketing Associates

JULY 6, 2022

As marketers continue to discover new tactics to help them achieve their top objectives, new research indicates that many are now willing to invest more in paid channels. However, many marketers are still dedicated to utilizing their budget on unpaid channels as well. is invested in email marketing. Specifically, 10.1%

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It doesn’t matter how big or small your business is; creating a SaaS marketing budget takes a lot of time and effort. All good SaaS marketing budgets go beyond the numbers alone. Join us as we look at how to build a SaaS marketing budget that’s tailored to you. How much do SaaS companies spend on marketing?

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It doesn’t matter how big or small your business is; creating a SaaS marketing budget takes a lot of time and effort. All good SaaS marketing budgets go beyond the numbers alone. Join us as we look at how to build a SaaS marketing budget that’s tailored to you. How much do SaaS companies spend on marketing?

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Content Standard

JULY 14, 2021

Each offers a unique set of product and service packages, industry specialties, and track records. As you weigh potential partners against one another, it’s also worth looking from a macro level: how each option fits with your organization’s overarching marketing goals, most pressing areas of need, and content marketing budget.

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B2B Marketing Directions

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Image Source: Gartner, Inc. Gartner recently published the findings of the 2020 Gartner Marketing Operations and Organization Survey. The survey results are described in two reports - the 2020 Marketing Operations Survey report, and the Marketing Organization Survey 2020 report.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Gartner recently found that marketing budgets are beginning to recede, dropping from their peak (12.1% According to Gartner, the drop is due in part to marketing leaders being too distracted by tactics and execution. Figure Out How Marketing Spend Aligns with Business Goals.

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Ledger Bennett

JULY 15, 2020

Significant shift in budget since the onset of the pandemic Late last year Gartner published their 2019-2020 CMO Spend Survey , and while budgets had declined a little in 2019, confidence was very high regarding the outlook for 2020. When a crisis hits, a company’s marketing budget is usually the first to go.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Done the right way, commissions can be a powerful incentive to give your best and go beyond your comfort zone. In my 20-plus-year career, and as founder of the Harris Consulting Group, I’ve learned some valuable lessons, tips, and best practices when it comes to structuring sales commissions. Who’s it for?

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Top Rank Marketing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Here are four reasons why B2B marketers will have to innovate to survive in 2023 – along with some analysis on how to turn these challenges into great opportunities to innovate. In fact, as the unstable economic climate continues, marketing budgets seem to be caught in the crosshairs once more.

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Contently

AUGUST 11, 2022

When these words start to appear, conventional wisdom tells businesses to cut their marketing budgets. As multiple researchers have found over decades of studies, stopping your marketing efforts during tough times is a mistake. There’s a really interesting contrast playing out in marketing right now.

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Martech

AUGUST 28, 2023

Marketers are using only one-third of their martech stack’s capability, according to Gartner’s 2023 Martech Report. Utilization has been declining amid huge increases in spending on marketing technology: up 35% from $15.3 of their marketing budget on technology, says Gartner. billion in 2020 to $23.6

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accelerate agency

JANUARY 10, 2022

Whether you’re a brand new startup or an established business, building a SaaS marketing budget is a time-consuming project. As we’ll explore, building a SaaS marketing budget is about more than just figures. How much do SaaS companies spend on marketing? Does spending more on marketing equal more success?

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accelerate agency

APRIL 12, 2023

Finding the right SaaS marketing strategy for your company may seem challenging, but in such a competitive environment, it’s crucial. It’s estimated that the total value of the worldwide SaaS market will hit $195 billion in 2023, up 17% from 2022. Data Source How is SaaS marketing different?

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B2B Marketing Directions

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Gartner has just published the results of its 2019-2020 CMO Spend Survey. The research report is based on survey responses from 342 marketing executives in North America and the U.K. The Gartner study produced several valuable data points, but I want to focus on three takeaways that I found particularly interesting.

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Blue Flame Thinking

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Throughout many industries, marketing budgets took a hit. In fact, in a recent survey of CMOs by Gartner , 44% reported facing midyear budget cuts due to the effects of the pandemic. A Common Trend: Reduced Marketing Budgets and Narrowed Focus. How Marketing Planning Discussions Look Different in 2020.

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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. . It reinforced key marketing messages, and satisfied the rational criteria I would use to evaluate brands like these.

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nDash

DECEMBER 14, 2020

My job as a B2B SaaS & enterprise software content strategist is to wrangle brands into champions in the eyes of their audience—and my approach has worked. I believe my team outperformed all others at Gartner Digital Markets at Capterra because they were encouraged to stay curious, test new ideas, reflect, and iterate.

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 22, 2020

As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be felt across the industry, new research is shedding light on how marketers have altered the way they invest and utilize marketing technology (martech). Marketing Budgets and the Impact of the Pandemic.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Every CMO I’ve talked with in the past two years is hungry for talent, but they haven’t had the budget to staff up. While 61% of CMOs report they lack the in-house capabilities to deliver their strategy, spending on in-house labor remained static, per Gartner’s 2022 CMO Spend survey. . Why is it such a problem?

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The Marketing Blender

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Our Services. 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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Hubspot

MARCH 23, 2021

It's also about adhering to a strict budget, and achieving new levels of growth while simultaneously choosing the most cost-effective option for your business. Here, we'll explore typical marketing budgets, as well as marketing budgets by industry, so you can determine how your budget matches up against competitors.

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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. this year Catalytic marketing. The state of martech spend.

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accelerate agency

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Software as a service (SaaS) is a business model which is becoming ever more popular. You need a SaaS marketing strategy that works. One which can help you with what is often the tough job of selling your service to prospective customers. What follows are 12 elements of a successful SaaS marketing strategy.

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chiefmartech

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Looking for the latest data on enterprise marketing technology spend? Gartner recently released their CMO Spend Survey 2016-2017. It’s already been in the news because their report showed that marketing budgets climbed for another consecutive year, now up to 12% of total company revenue. Look no further.

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Martech

MARCH 2, 2023

And although marketing budgets, as a share of revenue, rebounded last year to more than 9%, according to the 2022 Gartner CMO Spend and Strategy Survey , they are still lower than they were in 2020, forcing CMOs to achieve more with less. Imagine a product or service with a six-month sales cycle.

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sagefrog

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

With the onset of the new year, marketers are urged to assess the current state of their strategies. As businesses embrace the dynamic nature of online platforms, staying ahead of the curve with the right social media experts, tech tools, and solutions becomes vital. of overall company revenue. [1]

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B2B Marketing Directions

OCTOBER 3, 2021

It provides response data by four primary economic sectors (B2B product companies, B2B services companies, B2C product companies and B2C services companies), fifteen industry sectors, company size and volume of internet sales. In a recent post , I discussed some of the findings of Gartner's CMO Spend Survey, 2021.

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