The CMO Survey

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

AI bolsters marketing returns, weaker Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion investments and impact, and brand activism shifts to hot-button societal issues are among the results of the Fall 2023 edition. Results are based on a sample of 316 marketing leaders at for-profit U.S. companies, 96% of whom hold positions of VP-level or higher.

CMO 288

CMO Transform Customer Acquisition B2C 288

Vertical Response

APRIL 26, 2024

Deciphering which KPIs truly matter for your kpi marketing strategy can be the key to unlocking campaign success. In this article, we cut through the clutter to highlight the top marketing KPIs to track in 2024, equipping you with the knowledge to measure and augment your kpi marketing efficiency.

Shipping 59

Shipping Key Performance Indicator Marketing Marketers 59

Search Engine Land

MAY 6, 2024

This requires diving deep into the performance data to uncover valuable insights that can inform optimization strategies. By analyzing metrics, keywords, competitive landscape and user paths, you can identify opportunities to improve targeting, messaging, budgets and overall campaign performance. What does this indicate?

Analytics 89

Analytics Advertising Advertisers Place 89

Sprout Social

JANUARY 24, 2024

Influencer marketing has grown beyond getting a viral moment. It has become a core element of marketing and sales strategies. Our Q3 2023 Pulse Survey revealed 81% of US-based social marketers consider influencer marketing an essential part of their social media strategy.

Influencer Marketing 96

Influencer Marketing User-Generated Key Performance Indicator Analytics 96

Search Engine Land

APRIL 9, 2024

A full-funnel PPC marketing strategy is incredibly important. This article will take you step-by-step through the marketing funnel, giving you tactical recommendations on how to keep the marketing funnel in mind when building your PPC strategy and some recommendations on how to measure success.

Marketing Strategy 111

Marketing Strategy Marketing Marketers Shipping 111

Rock Content

MARCH 11, 2024

Exploring the content marketing ROI myth is essential for businesses to understand the true value and impact of their marketing efforts. Each year, businesses consider what they can afford to spend on content marketing and what they get from it. The benefits of content marketing can be subtle, though.

Content Marketing 96

Content Marketing Key Performance Indicator Marketing Marketers 96

Influence & Co

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In the realm of business, think of your marketing analytics reporting as a detailed map that guides you through the complexities of your company’s operations. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) stand out as critical beacons, guiding your strategic decisions and illustrating the effectiveness of your journey towards business objectives.

Analytics 72

Analytics Key Performance Indicator Health Marketing 72

Martech

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The last two years were transformative for our team at Belkins as we chose to make a significant investment solely in marketing. For me, stepping into the shoes of a CMO without a previous background in marketing was like a roller-coaster ride. Yet, we enhanced our outreach by testing, learning, and focusing on key metrics.

Transform 125

Transform CMO Marketing Marketers 125

Martech

JANUARY 12, 2024

As we slide into 2024, B2B marketing leaders face new challenges: deals are harder to close, budgets are shrinking, and expectations are rising. We must rethink what it means to be effective in marketing. It’s about the mechanics of marketing and the fine-tuning of various activities and processes.

Key Performance Indicator 132

Key Performance Indicator Transform Marketing Mix Marketing 132

Rock Content

APRIL 22, 2024

What’s the biggest difference between marketing that makes money and marketing that’s just a huge waste of time? “It all comes down to knowing a few simple, but incredibly important marketing analytics and metrics,” says Adam Erhart. What is Digital Marketing? Other experts back up this assertion.

Digital Marketing 88

Digital Marketing Analytics Key Performance Indicator Social Media Marketing 88

Martech

MAY 13, 2024

See more about how marketers are using MarTechBot here. I am the first generative AI chatbot for marketing technology professionals. Prompt: As a function of the business, where should Martech / Marketing Ops align? Under marketing? The language model is based on content from MarTech embedded on top of ChatGPT.

CMO 93

CMO Key Performance Indicator CRM Analytics 93

Hubspot Marketing

DECEMBER 19, 2023

It’s also an incredibly complex market, with countless platforms, technologies, and companies all doing their best to stay competitive in this rapidly evolving space. Because of its massive user base, social media is a major component of many companies’ marketing strategies. Social media is big business.

User-Generated 92

User-Generated Marketing Marketers Social Media Marketing 92

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 31, 2023

There’s no question that your marketing agency’s capabilities will have a major impact on the success of your marketing strategy. Properly reviewing your marketing agency’s capabilities is no easy task. Here’s what you need to know to review and select a marketing agency that’s guaranteed to grow your business.

Thought Leadership 116

Thought Leadership Digital Marketing Marketing Marketers 116

Hootsuite

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

They can be key performance indicators : numbers that inform and measure your social media strategy and help your team see where you’ve been and where you’re going. A vanity metric is a social media metric that looks impressive at a glance but doesn’t necessarily indicate a company’s overall success in reaching its goals.

Key Performance Indicator 107

Key Performance Indicator Social Media Marketing Marketing Marketers 107

Hubspot Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Reviewing performance through key performance indicators (KPIs), tells your team when you've met the mark or fallen short. Types of Key Performance Indicators. These KPIs usually track the overall health and performance of the organization. The question "what is a KPI?" Why are KPIs important?

Key Performance Indicator 144

Key Performance Indicator Customer Acquisition User-Generated Health 144

Rock Content

MARCH 19, 2024

The rise of the creator economy is just one example, but it’s one that forever changed the face of digital marketing as we know it. Here we’ll go over the benefits of incorporating creator-driven content into your marketing campaigns, as well as how to do it right. Many actually prefer creator-driven content to the alternatives.

Key Performance Indicator 82

Key Performance Indicator Marketing Marketers Succession Management 82

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 11, 2024

Love it or hate it, as marketers, we’re all aboard this fast-moving train. Quick Takeaways In 2024, the significant increase in spending on video ad campaigns underscores the critical role of video in marketing strategies. Here’s a stat to chew on: US marketers are now spending 41.9% That’s not pocket change!

Key Performance Indicator 93

Key Performance Indicator SEO Analytics Shipping 93

Martech

OCTOBER 19, 2023

While businesses value the synergy between marketing, sales and product teams in theory, they often struggle to create a cohesive atmosphere and deliver seamless customer experiences in practice. To bring every team on the same page, the right key performance indicators (KPIs) should be in place.

Product 130

Product Customer Acquisition Key Performance Indicator Customer Journey 130

Kuno Creative

JULY 13, 2023

Are you ready to expand your marketing department? Or perhaps you realize that asking your reduced staff to do less with more has quickly led to overwhelm and reduced key performance indicators. A good inbound marketing consultant can save the day, if you find the right one.

Inbound Marketing 74

Inbound Marketing Real Estate Key Performance Indicator Price 74

Search Engine Land

APRIL 26, 2024

While this is a good indication of how a core update has impacted your site’s visibility in the SERPs, you’ll need to dig deeper to really understand the update’s effects. Examine your performance reports, looking for changes in impressions, clicks or average position compared to the previous period. See terms.

SEO 123

SEO Communications Place Analytics 123

Digital Marketer

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Enter experience marketing – a strategy that transcends traditional advertising by focusing on creating immersive, memorable interactions. In today’s competitive market, experience marketing is not just beneficial; it’s essential.

Transform 94

Transform Key Performance Indicator Customer Journey Marketing 94

Martech

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

See more about how marketers are using MarTechBot here. I am the first generative AI chatbot for marketing technology professionals. Prompt What are some data analytic goals for an insurance marketing department? Answer Some data analytic goals for an insurance marketing department may include: 1.

Customer Acquisition 96

Customer Acquisition Analytics Customer Key Performance Indicator 96

Search Engine Land

JANUARY 22, 2024

Have you ever implemented the top-performing variation from a PPC ad copy A/B test but don’t actually see any improvement? However, when marketers start using such a methodology, they often start geeking out and hear about the “Holy Grail” of valid results: reaching statistical significance (or stat sig).

Customer Journey 107

Customer Journey PR Marketing Marketers 107

Rock Content

JANUARY 8, 2024

The secret often lies in their marketing planning. In the business world, a well-planned marketing strategy can be the difference between failure and success. But what actually constitutes an effective marketing plan ? Understanding the essence of marketing planning is the first step to unlocking its potential benefits.

Marketing Plan 81

Marketing Plan Key Performance Indicator Marketing Marketers 81

Martech

MARCH 11, 2024

Time is running out to get all those well-laid marketing plans off the whiteboards and into action. No matter where your company is at in the post-third-party preparation curve, the truth is that we won’t fully realize the impact on our marketing efforts until Google finally flips the switch and we head into the unknown.

Customer Acquisition 127

Customer Acquisition User-Generated Marketing Marketers 127

Martech

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

As senior marketing leaders, you’re undoubtedly well-acquainted with the challenge of doing more with less. But here are a few secrets that savvy marketing leaders should know to help deliver exceptional results despite resource constraints. Re-evaluate who you’re marketing to and how. It’s good advice. Who reads this report?

Key Performance Indicator 112

Key Performance Indicator Copywriting Marketing Marketers 112

Sprout Social

OCTOBER 19, 2023

As the digital market space rapidly evolves, customers are seeking authenticity and human connection from brands like never before. To meet this rising demand, your marketing team needs to be agile, think out of the box and keep up with deadlines—all while operating within limited budgets and constrained team bandwidths.

User-Generated 125

User-Generated Marketing Marketers Advertising 125

Martech

MARCH 14, 2024

Register (free) for The MarTech Conference here The session, live-streaming on Wednesday, March 20 at 11.50am ET (then available on demand) is designed to help you: Go from a high-level customer journey map to understanding how to measure tactical CX performance. Q: What are the advantages of using customer journey maps for this?

Transform 103

Transform Customer Journey Analytics Customer 103

Martech

MARCH 29, 2023

A “more is better” notion in marketing technology results in cluttered and inefficient stacks, overspending, underutilization and poor ROI. It’s time to prioritize a strategic and holistic view of your company’s martech stack and create a lean, efficient, results-driven marketing technology infrastructure.

Key Performance Indicator 105

Key Performance Indicator Law Marketing Marketers 105

Rock Content

APRIL 12, 2024

Content marketing today is a two-sided coin of sorts, requiring both art and science to accomplish necessary goals. The reality is that you need a balance of the two — art and science — creativity and analytics – to be successful in your content marketing. Other brands will find success while you watch.

Marketing Strategy 87

Marketing Strategy Content Marketing Key Performance Indicator Analytics 87

Hubspot Marketing

JANUARY 22, 2024

But have no fear – here, I've rounded up seven data-backed strategies for nailing Q1, as well as Q1 marketing tips from HubSpot experts. Interested in influencer marketing? Half of marketers plan to increase their influencer marketing investment in 2024. Let's dive in. Start with micro-influencers.

eCommerce 111

eCommerce Marketing Marketers Influencer Marketing 111

Search Engine Land

JULY 27, 2023

“Broad match gives you the most relevant reach and conversions within your performance goals.” – Google Marketing Live 2023 This is how Google describes broad match in their Google Marketing Live 2023 recap. ” This made me want to uncover how paid search accounts perform at the match-type level. Wait, what?

Marketing 98

Marketing Marketers Advertising Advertisers 98

Martech

JANUARY 26, 2023

As we enter 2023, it’s time to look ahead and plan your digital marketing priorities for the rest of the year. To address these challenges, three key elements should be at the forefront of any successful digital strategy this year: Using data to inform your strategy. Reaching buyers today is difficult.

Marketing Strategy 141

Marketing Strategy Whitepaper Key Performance Indicator Analytics 141

Martech

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Marketers who think of their customers’ and prospects’ best interests in everything they do tend to create marketing that resonates better and is overall more effective. While most marketers believe they’re customer-centric, certain behaviors demonstrate it. Let’s look at five ways to prove your team focuses on customers.

Customer 100

Customer Customer Journey Marketing Marketers 100

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

If your nonprofit is ready to start advertising online , you’ll first need the resources to power your marketing strategy. But your nonprofit will have to go above and beyond its existing marketing strategy to make the most of Google’s grant. That’s why we’ve created this guide! With that in mind, let’s begin.

Marketing Strategy 96

Marketing Strategy Marketing Marketers Promotion 96

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 8, 2024

With the success of today’s marketers hinging on adaptability, integrating AI isn’t just an option—it’s a strategic necessity for growth. The Vast Influence of AI on B2B Marketing The influence of AI is visible in every facet of B2B marketing, from lead generation and customer engagement to data analytics and decision-making processes.

Key Performance Indicator 102

Key Performance Indicator Transform Marketing Mix Marketing 102

Martech

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

What does this mean for marketers? By knowing where you’re headed, you can use agile marketing to focus on the work that’s going to perform best. Know where you’re headed So many marketers are working reactively. Baseline metrics that measure your current performance.

Key Performance Indicator 107

Key Performance Indicator Marketing Marketers Performance Marketing 107