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How to secure leadership buy-in for digital marketing initiatives

Martech

Digital marketing and martech are transforming businesses, but getting leadership to invest can be difficult. Marketing teams often struggle with doubts about past results, tight budgets or a fear of change, making it hard to win support. Below are strategies to help you gain leadership support for digital marketing investments.

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Are You Ready to Be a Fractional CMO?

Duct Tape Marketing

Are You Ready to Be a Fractional CMO? written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I do a solo show exploring the misconceptions surrounding the role of the Fractional CMO.

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Marketers Claim a Broader Role and Increased Influence Amid Pressures

The CMO Survey

The 34th edition of The CMO Survey reveals a complex landscape for marketing leaders: While their organizational influence grows and AI adoption accelerates, they face increasing pressure to demonstrate ROI amid slowing budget growth and performance metrics. In this constrained environment, marketing budgets grew just 3.3%

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How Privy’s former CMO learned to love low-budget, scrappy marketing

Hubspot Marketing

Early in my career, I read and devoured everything about social media marketing, digital marketing, and online marketing. The reporters would say, “Wow, this is a really good comment on this article. Hey, let’s feature this person in the next article.”

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Overcoming workplace politics: A marketer’s guide to cross-functional partnerships

Martech

Trinh Tham (left), founder of Straatt Business Reimagined, discusses leadership with (from top) Marni Puente, SVP/CMO SAIC; Karen Feldman, VP marketing and communications at IBM Consulting and keynote host Drew Neisser, founder of CMO Huddles. Show that marketing is an able partner in important business decisions.

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Marketing Budget and Job Growth Rebound

The CMO Survey

But despite macroeconomic and political concerns, marketing spending at U.S This is according to the 33rd edition of The CMO Survey , directed by Professor Christine Moorman of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and co-sponsored by Fuqua, Deloitte, and the American Marketing Association. companies grew by 5.8%

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If I could double your email revenue, would you listen to me?

Martech

But I’m seeing a pullback of resources from digital marketing, which has been the historically winning solution. The cornerstone of that solution is email marketing. The average marketing budget is 7.7% If you’re the CMO or VP of marketing, ask whether your transactional programs come close to that standard.

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